French architect and one of Molteni&C ‘s top designers, Jean Nouvel, is in the middle of a major development of the Louvre Abu Dhabi. With a fairly clear picture of what I would want as a living room, I visited the numerous designers pages and reviewed examples of their finished work and found a designer that design style really sums up my taste and would love to have design a living space for our abode.
Owned by two of the kindest, loveliest, funniest, and most gracious men I’ve ever met, Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen (for those who don’t know them, they are the design talents who bought Nicholas Haslam’s legendary store / business in Pimlico and made it into their own, and now do the interior design for dozens of extraordinary estates over the world), this country retreat is the kind you always hope to own one day.
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Italian-Design confirms again its participation to the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show. This special kitchen-focused discussion spotlights how the best kitchens are being designed and laid out, and reveals the freshest looks in kitchen design today, framed within the context of real spaces designed by our panel of experts. I hope this book offers some great ideas for your next trip, whether you’re an architecture aficionado, a design fan, or simply a lover of gardens, textiles, fashion and style. Many target the higher end of the design market, their businesses thriving on a clever mix of heritage, the availability of sought-after design classics and a focus on novel design solutions. Industrial design becomes a driver, and household furnishings are an extraordinary tool for the avant-garde. From the Salone del Mobile in Milan to the 100{86645904ee1fa062b901341f72ae2e4c62ce4f733fc843e441e51c4591f1a64c} Design 2014 in London, there are countless destinations to visit in between.
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Paint is the fastest and least expensive way to create change, drama and impact in your space. Among the designers that have helped the brand make its mark are Ludovico (Vico) Magistretti, who produced the popular Maui” chair, Philippe Starck who designed the first chair for Kartell, Dr. Glob,” Alberto Meda , who made the Honeycomb” chair, Antonio Citterio, who made the Mobil” chest of drawers, and other noted designers such as Patricia Urquiola and Ferruccio Laviani.
The rest of the show presents pieces from hundreds of different female designers throughout Italian history—navigating the installation as a river, or a timeline, that begins in the late nineteenth century and ends with bold works of the present day.
Very often, engineers’ talent influences modern design, as in the case of Pininfarina, Michelotti, Zagato and Frua, who are directly involved in the automobile design. The history of Italian interior design is long …
