A house between past and future

Past and future cross their paths in this house in Liguria, an Italian region I am particularly attracted to, having spent many summers there. The project is by Arch. Marco Ciarlo who was able to merge two distinct houses, one from the 1600's and one more recent, into one. The house has, of course, many different levels due to the slopes...

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Selezioni Innovative Stone Design

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Final report from IDSwest 2010, Vancouver

Brent Comber design at IDSwestThis is the final report from IDSwest, Vancouver, with some brief encounters of interesting people and great products: Sarah Richardson and Tommy Smythe at IDSwestOur famous Sarah Richardson talked at length about Interior design and if you want to know more just read the post that Marcus Design wrote (Nancy...

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Karim Rashid at IDSwest, Vancouver

Karim Rashid at IDSwest, VancouverWhen I was at the talk that Karim Rashid gave at IDSwest, Interior Design Show West, in Vancouver, I found he was able to elaborate on many ideas I already had in my head in a more basic form.  His philosophy resounded with me and I use this term to describe what he said because he is a thinker and a...

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Interior Design Show West, Vancouver

IDSwest, Vancouver Convention Center This post and the followings are for all of you not able to be in Vancouver for the four days of Interior design show, also known as IDSwest, which is expanding and becoming more creative every year.  Some of the West's most successful, influential and creative designers, firms and retailers...

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Brillante choice: Moooi

Emperor suspended lampDuring the Design Week in Milan I enjoyed  Moooi's showroom, a company owned by  B&B Italia at 50%.Designed by Neri & Hu  the Emperor lamp has a cage made of Bamboo rattan, the frame is aluminum and the diffuser is glass. Each cage is woven by hand, so every lamp is unique. It comes in various...

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The joy of autumn

It is already officially autumn, grapes and chestnuts time (in Italian uva e castagne) and why not try an Italian chestnut dessert called Montebianco, named after the highest Italian Alps mountain, Monte Bianco, raising to 4,810 meters (and French too since it sits at the border of the two countries) with the charming town and elegant ski...

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