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Carolina Albertini on What the Brain Archives and the Luxury of Boredom

When the adrenaline of a major launch fades and the studio lights dim, Carolina Albertini doesn’t go looking for what...

Milan Design

The Art of Living Well: Daniele Daminelli and His Retro-Futuristic World

For interior designer Daniele Daminelli, creating a space is less about functional layout and more about composing a movie script....

Milan Design

How Spaces Tell Stories: Valentina Ciuffi on Staying Calm and Discovering New Things

Ciuffi doesn’t just inhabit spaces; she reads them. The founder of the Milan-based creative agency Studio Vedèt and co-founder of...

Milan Architecture

Bianca Felicori: Forgotten 20th century gems

You might see her running through the streets of Milano’s Corvetto neighborhood on her way to DOPO?—a project space she...

Milan Design

Iris Roth: Embracing original crafts

“It’s about the little imperfections—those that mass-produced pieces usually lack—and that little crack that makes the piece alive in a...

Milan Art

Staging the Surreal: Pierpaolo Ferrari on Provocation, Playfulness, and the Unexpected

“It’s the surprise, you know? Part of the joy of working with us is the unexpected. You don’t know what...

Milan Design

Marc & Paola Sadler's house of love

When asked when they met, Marc answers immediately “yesterday,” before jovially correcting himself, “no, twenty years ago.” An award-winning designer,...

Milan Art

Olimpia Zagnoli: On Illustration

One hopes for that specific kind of vibrancy resting in every little corner of an illustrator’s home – walking into...