Leopoldo Cavalli (Visionnaire), Marco Bizzarri (Faro AI) © courtesy Visionnaire

Visionnaire: fund Faro AI acquires majority stake

FOREL, led by Marco Bizzarri (former CEO of Gucci) and Mario Gardini as advisory company to FARO Alternative Investments, entered into an agreement on behalf of the Faro AI fund to acquire a majority...

Italian Design Brands becomes Dexelance

After the goal reached in May 2023 with the listing on Euronext Milan and the entrance with a prominent role of Tamburi Investment Partners S.p.A., the Italian Design Brands group definitively transforms and presents itself...
Monica Pedrali - Photo © DSL Studio

Pedrali, the secret of success

How has the overall economic situation impacted the performance of your business in 2023/2024? In 2023 we reached sales of 122 million euros, a new record. We were very pleased, since we were coming off...
Minotti

Upholstered furniture and digital performance: the 2023 ranking

2023 will certainly not be remembered as the best year for the design/furniture sector. Many upholstered furniture companies have observed a decline in sales; more so for those who by nature have a more...

The Great Enterprises of Tomorrow

The eighth edition of the Premio Giovani Imprese, established in 2015 by Altagamma. Its aim and mission is encapsulated in the payoff “Believing in the Future”: believing in the future and in the young...
Fast – Photo @ Lorenzo Capelli

From product to image

Last April, during Milan Design Week, the outdoor furniture company Fast, in collaboration with Spotti Milano, opened its first flagship store in the Durini Design District. A minimal and warm space, with interior design by...
Ralph Lauren Home

New luxury design partnership

Ralph Lauren Corporation, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, has announced a strategic partnership with Haworth Lifestyle Design, which already owns the Cappellini, Cassina, Ceccotti, DZine, Karakter, JANUS et Cie, Luminaire...
One Bangkok, render

Future Thailand chooses Italian design

One Bangkok is located at the center of the capital of Thailand. With its area of 108 rai (about 172,800 sqm) and an investment of 120 billion euros, it is one of the most...
Vues du Brésil by Zuber, design Jean-Julien Deltil

A part of legend

Pierre Frey, founded in 1935 by the textile designer for which it was named, is a French interior design company run as a family business, which designs and produces fabrics, wallcoverings, carpets and traditional...

Venini awarded as ambassador of Made in Italy

Conferred last Friday at Palazzo Montecitorio, in Rome, by Comitato Leonardo, the award of the same name went once again this year to the companies most representative of Made in Italy excellence that have...