Milan at the Center – the first Salone del Mobile.Milano Manifesto is born. From April 17 to 22, the 57th edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano will be held at Fiera Milano Rho, a key event for the international furniture and design sector. This year, it will be joined by the biennial EuroCucina and the Salone…
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This year, Homi, in its January edition, renewed the collaboration between Toshiyuki Kita and artisans from 12 workshops in Akita Prefecture, expanding the collection of red cedar furniture with new products. For millennia, humans have been producing objects, artifacts, and tools with curiosity and inventiveness...
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Homi, the Lifestyle Fair, closed its ninth edition – January 26-29 – with 82.300 professional visitors, 17% of whom were international. 1.463 exhibitors, 25% of whom were international, hailed from 39 different countries. The most represented nations were Spain, Germany, Greece, Korea, Belarus, and Guatemala. Homi 2018 provided us with a wealth of creative inspiration for the décor and furnishing accessories of the home of the future. A neo-vintage, or New Deco, flavor – as we discussed in our first article on the Lifestyle Fair – that encompasses diverse fields. Precisely for this reason, at each edition, Homi is divided into ten thematic satellites that help navigate the various typologies, suggesting further "in-depth" exploration.
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By Marta Santacatterina. He's Brazilian, speaks and writes fluent Italian—a language he loves—and comes from a family that has been producing and selling furniture for generations. We're talking about Lucas Bond, a young designer who in 2017 presented his Marina bench at the Brazil… exhibition.
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Homi 2018, the Lifestyle Trade Show, has just ended and did not disappoint our expectations. Home decor, tableware, and all the furnishings, both indoor and outdoor, for the upcoming season spoke a common language. First and foremost, an increasingly green approach, featuring materials and production methods that, while not artisanal, are environmentally friendly. Especially in terms of waste disposal. From a more conceptual perspective, the revival of a distinctly vintage style is confirmed.
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Let anyone who hasn't been captivated, at least once, by one of those walk-in closets complete with shoe racks worthy of Carrie Bradshaw's wardrobe come forward. She brought back into fashion, or rather, popularized, the not-so-secret passion of so many: collecting shoes. Stars can...
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It's there, but you can't see it. The bed, the kitchen, the table, or even a simple lamp. Objects and furnishings that disappear to make room for the domestic environment. Essential when living in small spaces, such as a studio apartment in the city, where the room isn't measured in square meters...
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Maison&Objet 2018, the design event that brought the latest innovations to Paris, projected into the future of style, has just concluded. Projects define a contemporary taste strongly influenced by the past, where minimalism meets color and decoration rediscovers a powerful Deco soul. Art is the primary source of inspiration, and design in 2018 pushes the increasingly blurred line between the two worlds. Design as Art and vice versa.
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By Sebastiano Tonelli. Elena Albricci and Claudio Fiumicelli, the former an architect and the latter a designer, are the founders of Studioventotto, a multidisciplinary studio that caters to the diverse needs of the design world. After their splendid pieces were noticed at last year's Salone Satellite, they share their insights in our interview.…
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By Maria Rosa Sirotti When we enter the bathroom at home, we prepare to pamper ourselves or our children, to relax after a day at work, to enjoy a pleasant and invigorating moment. For this to be a perfect moment, we also need to feel safe, especially when thinking about our children...
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