Elegance for living (and sharing)

Elite by Elie Saab Maison, Design Carlo Colombo
The charm of haute couture for the collections of Elie Saab Maison. The line of furnishings, in fact, reprises all of the refined sensuality of the runway shows created by the Lebanese fashion designer, translated into a total look for contemporary interior design. There are all the ingredients of the Elie Saab style: elegance, femininity, cosmopolitan inspirations drawn from...

Quzhou Sports Park complex

Quzhou Stadium, Zhejiang Province, China - Photo © Aogvision
Completed end of 2022, Quzhou Stadium is the centerpiece of a complex spanning almost 700,000 square meters that will be known as Quzhou Sports Park in Zhejiang Province. It is conceived as a piece of land art that submerges itself into the nature and welcomes everyone to gather and share the sports spirit. Despite its impressive 30,000-seat capacity, Quzhou Stadium...

Loro Piana Interiors | Delight Chairs

Delight Chairs by Loro Piana Interiors
Designed by Paola Navone Otto Studio, the chair’s sleek form and extended armrest are perfect for placement of books, glasses, or anything needed close at hand during outdoor relaxation. Exteta handcrafted the chair using superior-quality Sapelli mahogany, highlighting its fine veins with a matte or glossy finish that gives a silky feel, aptly complementing the design's elegant lines. Loro...

“Grande-Dame”, second act

Le Grand Hall, hotel La Mamounia by Cassina Custom Interiors - Photo © Anson Smart
Celebrating its one hundredth birthday last October but as enchanting as ever. If not more. The hotel La Mamounia, known as the “Grande-Dame” of Marrakech, has undergone major renovation work, begun in 2020 and carried out by Patrick Jouin and Sanjit Manku. In this “second act” the Studio has completed the public areas of this legendary destination (adored by...

A style revolution

Six Senses Hotel by AW2, design by Reda Amalou and Stéphanie Ledoux
Client: CM Resort (Project owner), 1875 Finance (Client representative), IRBIS Consulting (Project owner assistant), EDIFEA (Design & Build) Hotel operator: Six Senses Hotel Resorts Spas Architecture: AW2 architecture & interiors, JP Emery Architectes Interior design: AW2 architecture & interiors Landscape design: Denogent Furniture design: on design by AW2 & Reda Amalou Design Outdoor furniture: Talenti Decorative lamps: Maison Gau...

Flexform | Parker

Taking inspiration from tradition with an exquisitely contemporary sensibility, Antonio Citterio has come up with Parker for Flexform, a soft chair that is reminiscent of old wicker chairs. Versatile in terms of its configuration - two and three-seater sofas, footrests, an element with back and armrest for face-to-face compositions or standalone use - embodies a high level of craftsmanship Parker...

Design and beyond

Superdesign Show 2023, Milan
The theme of this edition of the Superdesign Show (15 - 21 April 2024), “THINKING DIFFERENT - everything, everywhere, everyone”, is an invitation to extend its range of action to unusual spheres, thinking of different types of users, contaminating the local DNA of the various countries with the global desires of world citizens, imagining new domestic, urban and social...

Pedrali, the secret of success

Monica Pedrali - Photo © DSL Studio
How did the general economic situation affect the performance of your business in 2023/2024? In 2023, we achieved a turnover of 122 million euros, the highest ever. We are very pleased, since we were coming from a year, 2022, which still showed an increase of 22% compared to 2019, so further growth was not taken for granted. The results achieved...

Key takeaways from the Hospitality Innovation Summit 2024

Hospitality Innovation Summit 2024
The 2nd Edition of the Hospitality Innovation Summit for Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which took place on the 6th and 7th of March 2024, culminated with a blockbuster response, setting new heights of excellence in the process. The summit was kick-started by Turab Saleem, Partner at Knight Frank, who also served as the knowledge partner for the summit...

A temple to Spritz

Client: Gruppo Montenegro Architecture & Interior design: Studio Marcante–Testa Project and content management: MindTheGap Studio Plants and facilities design: PGS ingegneria Content of the exhibition design & visual identity: Studio Fludd Production coordination & executive production: Epica Film Local architect: Stefano Romagna Project manager: Roberta Minici Building construction: Steelwood Engineering Set-up arrangements: Amap, Gruppo Frassati, Steelwood Engineering, WonderGlass Lighting design: Studio Marcante - Testa in collaboration with Flos Decorative lighting...

Cannes, between tradition and the future

Cannes - Photo © Stockbym
From 12 to 15 March, Cannes hosts MIPIM, one of the world's must-attend events in the real estate sector: one goes there to discover projects "in the making", to network, to do business. La città è al cuore di una baia ricca di gioielli architettonici nascosti: il più famoso è il Palais Bules, villa visionaria costruita tra il 1979...