Italy
and its multidisciplinary workings
Even before Milan Design Week was cancelled, the founders of Studiopepe were already working on a digital project for the occasion.
A House of the Simplest Form
Crafted by Andrew Trotter, this modern-day villa was made to blend with the nuances of Puglia’s idyllic landscape and pay homage to the culture that envelopes it.
R+D.LAB
Contrary to the design sector’s current voracious consumer trends, R+D.LAB advocates select sober looks, with no unnecessary frills, focusing instead on functional, rationalist, elegant designs
Numeroventi
After spending so much time focused on international artists, we need to look at our local resources—at our own community.
A Modern Approach to Rural Dwelling
Atop the rugged cliff sides of the Calabrian coast, a contemporary structure roots firmly to the sun-baked dirt.
A Return to Tradition
Tucked inside a secret valley in one of the last undiscovered corners of Tuscany sits an ancient stone structure.
Iyo Aalto, designed by Maurizio Lai
IYO AALTO has been designed by Maurizio Lai, one of Italy’s most interesting contemporary architects and designers with the key contribution of Poliform.
Passion and Traditional Care
The new Agape Outdoor Collection blurs the boundaries from the traditionally functional definitions of the environment.
Classically Contemporary
From a first floor window of the Palazzo Monti, a brilliant gold square appears out of nowhere, as though suspended from the blue Brescia sky.
Cary Fagan
As I walked in our courtyard the day after his arrival, our chairs were already getting stacked in different corners of the space, initiating a conversation, just like deers roaming through a park.
All taking our seats, for those twenty minutes or so that we talked to Nani Marquina and Ilse Crawford, it felt like we were in a quite home, away from the maddening crowd.
Palazzo Daniele
After a long drive through the dry fields of grass and olive trees in the smouldering heat of the deep south of Italy, we finally reached our destination.
Kissed by the Light of Salento
Antonio Ludovico Scolari and Christian Pizzinini are two eclectic souls brought together by nomadic life and their passion for art and design. Their life is a creative journey made of light and the celebration of beauty.
On 10th and 11th of April, we will be launching issue No.11 during Salone del Mobile in Milan.
Days out with MA Hidden Kitchen
If you ever get the chance to attend a Gatherings out in the fields, you won’t regret it. It always begins the same way, with a warm welcome from those running the event: Melissa, Lele, Laurel and Emilio.
The contrasts of Villa Lena are both in its life and its design, serenity and wildness in equal measure, whichever you require.
A Private Paradise on the Amalfi Coast
Hidden from the madding crowds but still within easy reach of Amalfi Coast’s many attractions lies a private paradise: Ca’ Pa’.
Perched on a hillside
The difference here is the people who know how to welcome you, who make you feel at home and experience something truly unique.
Francesca Sarti & Food
Francesca has developed forms of experimentation that push and blur the boundaries of food design since she founded Arabeschi di Latte.
The group turned into an audience by the simple fact of sharing the wait for the music, winds up exchanging opinions, drinking and reading short stories.
We are open
Thayse Viegas & Maurizio Bergo decided to turn their private home into a innovative art gallery & design studio aiming at promoting emerging talents.
There is poetry in the ancient crafts that makes its home within artists who work by hand to synergise tradition with modern methods.
New traditions
Sharing the local traditions and Italian passion for simple living and quality of life.
Catching a film with Attilio and Paola
Apart form the orange sign above the door you wouldn’t think at all that is a cinema.
Unifying Past and Present
There has never been such a place in Florence where artists and visitors have flowed in and out of the cradle of the Renaissance.