Milan Home of Industrial Designer Francesco Faccin.The rise and rise of styling means that nowadays things are rarely what they seem. Call it artful composition or plain trickery; the reality is that most of the images we see are a little (or very) different to the real deal. Whether...
Room Mate Giulia Hotel in Milan by Patricia Urquiola.We’re convinced there’s either three Patricia Urquiolas, or the one-and-only woman hasn’t slept in the past few years. Either way, the amount of work the enormously talented designer pumps out is truly astonishing. Room Mate...
Milan Design Week 2016 Survival Kit & Our Updated Must-See Milan Itinerary.We are sharing some tips for the upcoming Salone del Mobile including our must-see Milan itinerary - from hotels, restaurants, bars & site seeing. If you’re heading to Milan Design Week 2016 this April (or heading to Milan at any...
World Press Photo Contest: Captivating Images for 2016.Launched in 1955, the World Press Photo Contest is an annual competition that celebrates the highest standards in photojournalism. Photo entries are judged in terms of their accurate, fair, and visually compelling insights about our world....
Stories On Design // Top Shelf.Today's story focuses on shelving that's more than just the name itself suggests. Top Shelf is an ode to joinery elements that play an integral part within interior architecture. Top Shelf acts both as a sculptural and a functional...
Olivetti Showroom in Venice by Carlo Scarpa.Overlooking Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, peaking out from the cloisters and watching the hustle and bustle of passers by, is Carlo Scarpa’s Olivetti Showroom. Typically Scarpa, typically Venetian and beautifully Italian, in...
Lemon Shop by Lorenzo Capucci in Lugo, Italy.This project arises from the brief to transform the ground floor of a 20th century building into a commercial activity open to the public. The developer desired to emphasise the socio-cultural dimension as well as the commercial...
Stories On Design // Perfectly Perforated.Perfectly Perforated (try saying that as fast as you can five times in a row) is a celebration of the love affair architects & interior designers seem to have with the 'hole'. Get your mind out of the gutter - you know that I mean,...
17th Century Villa San Valerio Albiate, Italy with a 1950s intervention by Luigi Caccia Dominioni.Let’s take a step back in time and visit this gem that is altogether grandiose, elaborate and unique. Behold this beauty tucked away in Albiate, Italy - Villa San Valerio. Villa San Valerio is one of the finest examples...