Category Archives: Interior trends

Diary: Milan Design Week (part 3)

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

This is the last installment, pardon the delay – lots of visiting designers and design events to cover the past week. Day 5 was a lovely, sunny day, so I did some city exploring on my way to the Museo … Continue reading →

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Diary: Milan Design Week (part 2)

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

Day 3: Milan Fairgrounds, Rho. Back to finish the design halls, then Eurocucine. Happy Britto chairs by Infiniti Roche Bobois Gufram’s iconic chairs, like the Bocca by Salvador Dali, were wired with counters to see which got sat on the … Continue reading →

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Diary: Milan Design Week (part 1)

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

Day 1: Press preview day. Met SH, a Milan Fair veteran, in luxury furniture brand B&B Italia’s flagship store on Via Durini. I shadowed her as much as I can so I wouldn’t get lost. From Via Durini we headed … Continue reading →

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Life-sized

Posted on November 19, 2010 by

Seriously? Seriously. Italian manufacturer Doimo Cityline makes real Barbie furniture for children’s rooms. These pictures, however, show the full, adult-sized Barbie Suite in luxury hotel Grand Hotel Savoia in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Yay or nay? Pictures from the Grand Hotel Savoia

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Translation, please

Posted on November 19, 2010 by

I guess all those fashion victims who are berated on various fashion sites/blogs/shows for wearing clothes of a similar fabric as their furniture are getting the last laugh here. New-York based architecture and homeware textile designer Chilewich presents its cubic … Continue reading →

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Random picks

Posted on June 24, 2010 by

Some stuff we like (and one we find puzzling) from the Salone Internazionale del Mobile… Here’s a clue: we like colour, environmentally responsible design, shiny things, interesting details, and comfort! We don’t like gimmicks.

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From the archives

Posted on April 20, 2010 by

Not-so-random images from the Salone Internazionale del Mobile Aren’t these settings sigh-inducing? (Zanotta’s bedroom, above, is the color scheme for the white-washed loft space discussed below) (Ingo Maurer’s La Spezia, above, is the inspiration for said loft space) If I … Continue reading →

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From the archives

Posted on April 20, 2010 by

Some stuff I’ve worked on Five tabletop gardens, photographed by WL Indonesian contemporary art and furniture setting, photographed by JLoh Filipino contemporary furniture setting, photographed by JLoh Color of 2009: Mimosa, photographed by French Boy’s desk with blackboard wall inspired … Continue reading →

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