The joy of Spring

California? France? Tuscany? No…this is a house in the center of Milan, where in Spring the lucky owners can start dining outdoor. What I love here is the simplicity of the wrought iron pergola, the industrial feeling of the building, the choice of greenery and the touch of white flowers in tune with the white canvas on the classic wooden...

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Night & Day

Night & Day, designed by Joe Velluto for Ruggiu is a refined and magical ceiling light.Milk is the color (but it also comes in black) and generous is the size, it has three different lighting levels, fluorescent to create ambience lighting, 24 white led for an effect of a starry sky in the dark or both for a magic result.Night & Day...

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Tic-Tac, Tic-Tac

Waiting for the Design Week in Milan (I Saloni, April 12-17, 2011) …  the first clock dedicated to 12 fascinating areas where design will be present from Brera area to the Fairground, from Tortona area to La Triennale museum of design to every block in the city where creativity will appear (project by Blitz Bovisa)| ©2011 Brillante...

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Marriages and houses

Today I am transporting you to an  Abbey in Tuscany and an apartment in Florence, both the set for a 2010 Italian movie “Matrimoni e altri disastri” (Marriages and other disasters) starring, among others, Margherita Buy and Marisa Berenson.  It is a comedy talking about a single lady living in Florence  organizing (or trying...

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Qerat, Jordan

Furniture designed and made with passion. This is the spirit of Qerat, Jordan, an extraordinary company established in 1995 in Amman, creating superb pieces made with exotic woods and celebrating “less is more” aesthetic in its approach to furniture, textile and interior design. In this age of mass production, it is great to see...

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Brillante choice

SidewallA bookcase to be fixed to a wall or, if on a rotating base, away from walls or even in the centre of a room, creating separation between areas or the effect of  a column. A totemic piece in many colors, modular and customized at several heights. In wood for the wall or metal for the floor version.   Sidewall is designed...

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150 years of history

For the anniversary of 150 years of Italy unification, events in Italy and all over the world  where Italian communities are (I doubt there is a single country without at least a few Italian families…) are being held in these days and also at Venaria Reale, near Turin,  Esperienza Italia 150 will be present from March to November...

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Handel Hendrix House

  What  George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) and Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) could possibly have in common? Both involved in music, yes, but  what else? Follow me to London and then to Milan for a great musical surprise.George Frideric Handel 25 Brook Street, Mayfair, London is home to a museum devoted to the great baroque German...

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Pray for Japan

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And the Award goes to…

   Do you know Claudia Juestel of Adeeni Design? She is a great designer, editor and  blogger from San Francisco and I invite you to know her better through her Blog, where you’ll find “Tea with Claudia” featuring interesting interviews, the latest with Kyle Bunting, great stories and what also intrigues me, frequent referral...

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Venice treasures for sale

  In a beautiful “palazzo” on the Grand Canal there is a superb collection of antiques, art and furniture. Let’s go up the stairs and have a peek inside."Le Roy" clock with 12 stars to celebrate coronation of Napoleon, 1803 One of two gueridons of the Directoire period, from Naples, very rare. Venetian secretaire, 1760, Rosewood and...

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