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In Venice, a journey between architecture, art and design in the pied à terre designed by Michela and Paolo Baldessari

The apartment of approximately 110 sqm which the Baldessari siblings have radically renovated overlooks the San Vio canal in the Dorsoduro area, not far from some of Venice’s most famous museums (Guggenheim, The Academia Galleries…). The apartment’s perfect location and the designers’ experience in the field of the arts led the project towards an idea […]

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Sommaruga Palace

Villa Poletti, in Lanzo d’Intelvi, designed in 1915 by Giuseppe Sommaruga leading carachter along the Italian Liberty, is the background where Nicola De Ponti multi-faceted intervention on different sizes flats is inserted. The villa has been divided into indipendent areas while maintaining its original elegance and rigor: a garden entering ground floor, a high ceilings […]

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Dwelling of an architect

Recently, many Milan areas have deeply changed as a result either of the urban architectural redesign or of many buildings, once used for industrial purposes, redestination. Very often, also social changes have influenced entire city blocks’ aspect; one of the best known cases is that of the area between “Porta Genova” and “Navigli” where this […]

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The Creative World of John-Paul Welton

John-Paul Welton: a unique journey Passionate Englishman, John-Paul Welton, has had an incredible career. His roles in diplomatic and government circles took him  to  the Middle East, Asia and the United States.  After several years working in this area, he decided to begin a new chapter and completely devote himself to interior design. Curious by […]

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NATEVO the new FLOU brand furnishes three show-appartments in the Residential blocks designed by ZAHA HADID in Milan’s CITY LIFE district

Collaboration between CITY LIFE and NATEVO defined an innovative solution to furnish three show apartments in residential blocks designed by ZAHA HADID – there are no lamps, chandeliers or other illumination systems installed; the lighting  will be supplied exclusively by the Led lights integrated in the pieces of furniture of the new NATEVO brand. If […]

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Studio house – a strong indoor/outdoor relationship

Former production dedicated bulding in “navigli” area, on two levels, it gathers the firm on the ground floor and Ludovica + Roberto Palomba house on the first. Interiors haven’t been changed much, choosing to maintain the spaces unity. The L shape has been designed around the skylight that identifies a double-height area, where house and […]

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Twin Loft Milan

Conceptual and ironic symmetries in the design of two post – industrial lofts Restructuring and interior design, Milan 2007   A single-cell organism divided into two volumes structurally identical and internally similar but opposite. This is the project –or “projects”? – for the restructuring and interiors of twin lofts, designed by Federico Delrossoin the post-industrial […]

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Ormezzano office interiors – Office design, even after sunset

Boosts of functions and emotions characterize this project by Federico Delrosso for the headquarters of Ilario Ormezzano SpA (Milano) Interpreting industrial architecture in the makeover from manufacturing to services is no simple design challenge. Then, when the client wants to soften the work aesthetic, creating offices with a “domestic mood”,the project becomes a delicate territory […]

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Apartment Renovation Project in Trento, Italy

A vivid artistic mood in an ascetic apartment designed by Michela and Paolo Baldessari – a surprising renovation in the historic centre in Trento (ITALY).  Spatially speaking, it’s a very small step from the exterior of the decorative 18th-century building to the meticulous apartment located on its main floor, but a very large one in […]

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The Living Staircase by Paul Cocksedge – Green Design Project

The Living Staircase by Paul Cocksedge: the staircase becomes green space in the new project of the English designer. Have a look.  Can a staircase become something more than just a means of moving? Definitely yes. We have already seen some projects where this item assumes different functions, from a living vertical bookcase in which […]