Out & About in Tortona // MILANTRACE2015.Tortona, an industrial area around Porta Genova – has had a somewhat eventful past in it's 15 years of running during Milan Design Week. Historically a major design hub for young up-and-coming designers and one of the biggest satellite...
G-Rough Hotel Rome by Emanuele Garosci & Gabriele Salini.The building of G-Rough, like the ancient city of Rome it resides in, has seen a lot of the history. Built in the 1600s and renovated in the late 1800s, its architecture showcases the typical Roman bourgeois style of the 17th century. The...
Louis Vuitton’s Objets Nomades at Palazzo Bocconi Milano // MILANTRACE2015.During Salone del Mobile and Milan Design Week 2015, Louis Vuitton provided a little respite with a show dedicated to its 'Objets Nomades' at Palazzo Bocconi. The opulent interiors of Milan's 19th century Palazzo were transformed into a...
Massimiliano Locatelli’s CLS Architetti Studio Set Inside a 16th-Century Church in Milan.The church of San Paolo Converso houses the new headquarters of CLS architetti. The “Firm in the Church” – a project created by the firm’s architects themselves and inaugurated at the end of 2014 – is a structure located inside...
Selected Works by CLS Architetti in Milan.Architects Giovanna Cornelio, Massimiliano Locatelli, and Annamaria Scevola founded CLS architetti in 1993. The residential buildings created by CLS architetti are the result of the firm’s close and direct relationship with clients,...
Nina Yashar’s Spectacular Nilufar Depot // MILANTRACE2015.Without a doubt one of the most talked about venues during Milan Design Week 2015 was the inauguration of Nilufar Depot by Nina Yashar, founder of the famous Nilufar Gallery in Milan. The 1,500sqm space displayed a rich set of historical...
Out and About in 5Vie // MILANTRACE2015.Now in it's second year on the Salone del Mobile itinerary, 5Vie Art + Design District is one of Milan’s oldest neighbourhoods, and a place where artisans, age-old craftspeople and young designers are setting up a creative hub. An...
MILANTRACE Edizione 2015 // Highlights from Milan Design Week 2015.It is with great pleasure that we kick off our Milan report, aka MILANTRACE Edizione 2015. Today I wanted to give you a little overview of some of the things we saw during #MDW15, and share Nick's amazing photos that beautifully...
Extraordinary Beauty of Marble Quarries In Italy & Portugal.Phwoar! I mean, who doesn't love a little bit of marble action every once in a while? Exactly. With this in mind, today's post is here to celebrate our universal love of marble. Equally, it is a reminder of the work that goes into sourcing...