NYCxDesign Awards: triumph for Made in Italy

Though NYCxDesign has been postponed till October, the traditional related contest took place as expected. The fifth edition of the NYCxDesign Awards, as usual, honored outstanding products and projects in a range of categories....

A new setting for the Living Divani Gallery

Living Divani Gallery renews its look for the launch of the 2021 Indoor Collection within a neutral space, lit up by the soft mood lights of large and refined suspended dome lamps, made of...

New openings: 5 must-visit showrooms

Milano Design Week and the Fuorisalone constitute a great opportunity to open new showrooms. The already dense map of design destinations in the center of Milan – which has already grown substantially since Milano...

10 design fairs in autumn 2021

The Salone del Mobile in Milan in September was only the beginning. After the pandemic pause, many design events are on the verge of a live comeback. From the Italian fair for the restaurant...
HD Expo + Conference 2021

The force of the network

One of the strong points of HD Expo + Conference, the biggest event on hospitality in the United States, is its program of encounters and conferences taking place throughout the days of activity. For...
Dragon White by Battilossi

Moodboard – Soft Tone

1 | Dragon White carpet from the capsule collection of BATTILOSSI (Design Variations – Circolo Filologico, via Clerici, 10), a modern reinterpretation of the throne room in Imperial China. 2 | A graphic profile...
Copenhagen - Photo © Kristian Mansson

3daysofdesign: Remember to Play

The 2022 iteration of 3daysofdesign was announced a few weeks ago, with graphics by Luca Nichetto, giving the event an image that zooms in on this year’s theme: “Remember to Play.” Nichetto has depicted...
Icon collection by Mara, Design Marcello Ziliani

New visions

We hear a lot of talk about hybrid work, or an operative mode that includes the presence of staff in the office, but also in remote linkage – halfway between traditional labor and smart...
Marco Sammicheli - Photo © Gianluca Di Ioia

The IFDM interviews: Marco Sammicheli

The Triennale turns a hundred this year. What is its legacy and what can we learn from it? It’s a century old but has no signs of aging. Like a grande dame, it has spent...
Babby by Contardi, design Paola Navone

Contardi: beautifully imperfect

The fulcrum of the design of the Baggy lamp designed by Paola Navone for Contardi is the skilful workmanship of the materials, capable of making the polycarbonate diffuser look like a crumpled paper tube....