14 Oct

Posted at 12:10h in Storie

Three houses reveal John Stefanidis’s method, where past and present coexist through architecture, antiques, craftsmanship and new furnishings. PATMOS: TRADITION WITHOUT FOLKLORE In Patmos, Stefanidis reinterprets the island’s architecture and traditions without giving in to folklore. Inside, the simplicity of the local structures forms a backdrop for...

26 Sep

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Afra (1937–2011) and Tobia Scarpa (1935–) formed one of the most influential duos in Italian design of the second half of the twentieth century. Graduates of the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, they combined the rigor of architectural design with an intimate, domestic language...

04 Sep

Posted at 11:48h in Storie

Elegance, innovation, and timeless linesPaul Theodore Frankl (Vienna, 1886 – Los Angeles, 1958) was an architect, designer, painter, and writer, and one of the leading figures in the birth of American modernism.Arriving in the United States in 1914, Frankl brought an innovative vision inspired by...

17 Jun

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Franco Albini: The Discipline That Becomes PoetryWhen discussing 20th-century Italian design, it's impossible not to mention Franco Albini. An architect, urban planner, and designer, Albini was one of the leading figures of Rationalism, masterfully combining functionality and aesthetics with a formal purity that still feels...

29 Apr

Posted at 16:44h in Storie

Claude e François-Xavier Lalanne, coppia di artisti francesi, hanno trasformato la scultura in oggetto d’uso — e viceversa — mantenendo una coerenza formale e una chiarezza di visione rare.Al confine tra arte, scultura e design, il loro lavoro costruisce un linguaggio personale fatto di animali...

19 Mar

Posted at 12:42h in Storie

By Lorenzo Bassetti“If you can’t build it out of bamboo, then maybe you can’t build it,”, goes an ancient oriental saying. This is because bamboo is an extraordinary material, capable of combining style, functionality and sustainability.An Ancient and Surprising Plant Often mistaken for a tree, bamboo...

01 Feb

Posted at 17:28h in Storie

Disrespectful of any convention, David Hicks taught the world that ancient and modern could belong to the same space. As a skilled observer and designer, he suggested that the game of additions between Baroque style details and details close to pop art could have been...

21 Sep

Posted at 13:29h in Storie

Marzio Cecchi, architetto e designer di fama mondiale, riconosciuta grazie alla capacità di combinare estetica, funzionalità ed ergonomia in tutti i suoi progetti. A soli 18 anni Marzio Cecchi, ancor prima di conseguire la laurea, inizia a lavorare presso un negozio di borse, dove fin da...