Retail Renaissance

The winter edition of NY NOW is under way, the most impressive American trade show and marketplace dedicated to the home, lifestyle and handmade with renowned international designers. On stage from 3 to 6 February 2019 at the Jacob K. Javits Center. There are over 2,300 exhibitors from all over the world, displaying their unique and innovative products at NY...

Vescom increases the offer

The Vescom upholstery fabrics collection is again being expanded. This time with three recolours for the classics Zanzibar, Ariana and Lani plus three newcomers: Eliot, Burton and Noss. Products that stand out aesthetically in the structure, look and feel; while providing ease of use through exception colour, diversity and material content. Vescom has been an expert in weaving mohair velvet...

Listone Giordano: naturally genial

Behind any company there is always more than meets the eye. There is a history, human values, a philosophy, a perspective. Behind Listone Giordano, brand belonging to the Margaritelli Group, there is this and much more: a culture that is transformed into a product, a connection with the territory that has become progress. Passing through three centuries and four generations,...

A monumental project

Oriental Pearls, a leading Chinese real estate developer operating in the UAE, has unveiled the iconic Tonino Lamborghini Residences Dubai, a 4.6 million square-foot iconic development with nearly 8,000 premium freehold apartments in Meydan. The unveiling comes after Oriental Pearls announced a multi-million dollar agreement earlier this year with Tonino Lamborghini s.p.a., a renowned Italian company that is known for...

ADI: the new Compasso d’Oro Design Museum

An “experiential” museum, a “narrative” museum. It has been called by different names, but will regardless be the first ADI Compasso d’Oro Design Museum. The project for this institution, which will become one of the biggest museums in Europe, was presented yesterday at Palazzo Lombardia, in the heart of Milan, the birthplace of the Compasso d’Oro in 1954 (an...

Seven decades of Bolon

Bolon turns 70 and celebrates in its homeland, Sweden. During the Stockholm Design Week, the brand specializing in the creation of innovative flooring launches Diversity: the collection offers three different patterns, Bling, Buzz and Bouquet, and presents a total of twelve colors. “Diversity is an anticipated addition to Bolon’s portfolio. The collection creates opportunities to play with the patterns and give different floor areas...

Dieffebi plays with spaces

From San Vendemiano to Stockholm. Dieffebi, historic company specialised in metalworking with headquarters in the Treviso area, will be exhibiting at the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, the Swedish trade fair dedicated to furnishing. The stand in Stockholm welcomes, among the other offerings, Echo Lockers, Dotbox and CBox. Echo Lockers is an optimal container system solution. Security and technology guarantee...

79&Park, a hill for living

In November 2018, on the same day, two new residential developments were officially presented in Stockholm, the Innovation Tower and 79&Park, the first architectural works built in the Swedish capital by OMA and BIG respectively, commissioned by the same developer, Oscar Properties. Although extremely different in design, a 36-storey tower and a court building of varying but smaller heights, both...

Design, awards and installations

If January means Imm Cologne and Maison&Objet, February is synonymous with Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, a not-to-be-missed event on the international trade fair calendar. Talks, events and installations: Stockholm becomes the capital of design and furniture from 5 to 9 February. Scandinavian design is strongly influenced by wood, its shapes, colours and workmanship. It is difficult to think of...

Norra Tornen, OMA’s first project in Stockholm

“The Norra Tornen project represents a milestone achievement for us: the culmination of an ongoing effort by our office to create the next generation of modern housing typologies, creating the largest possible variety from a limited number of (prefabricated) elements, allowing the usual formalism of the apartment tower to give way to individuality, domesticity… and perhaps even humanism.” The culmination...