Welcome to the Ikea Summer Festival
The Ikea Summer Festival begins today, a week full of 100% digital events, created by Ikea in collaboration with CasaFacile.
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ART & DESIGN
Maison Matisse: a design collection inspired by Matisse’s paintings
Henri Matisse is among the most famous, recognized, and loved artists of art history. Everyone knows at list one of his collages and paintings.
Matisse was a...
Beautiful fabrics transformed into collages inspired by famous paintings
"Le Rêve" by Pablo Picasso, "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt, Queen Elizabeth Tudor, the mysterious and exotic atmospheres of Henri Rousseau... these and other very f...
The Memphis Group design turns 40 years old
We do not only know the year in which the Memphis Group was born, we know the exact date - it should be celebrated as a birthday - we know the exact place and a...
Isola.ti: a project by four young Tuscan architects for a floating summer
Beaches are always crowded during summer but this year, with physical distancing measures, will be tricky find a suitable spot in the sun.
Ludovica Aringhier...
8 textile & surface design courses in Italy
Textile design is great part of Italian cultural tradition. In Italy there are some of the most prestigious and famous textile districts in the world such as th...
15 books about print and pattern
After the previous blog post "15 books about colors" here we are with another content for colors and pattern enthusiast: 15 books about print&pattern!
Yo...
15 books about colors
Color is among the characteristics that we all notice immediately. A visual perception that never ceases to fascinate full of artistic, sociological and psychol...
Back to work in a new normal: ideas from the design world
We are in "Fase 2". Quarantine is over. Companies and works are slowly restarting but what kind of "new normal" is waiting us? We will certainly not return to t...
Interview with Silvia Stella Osella: textile design, pattern, colors and new trends
Silvia Stella Osella is a textile and surface designer, color and trend consultant. Maybe not everyone knows what it means and how this is a dream job.
I asked...
Sustainable Design: a new material 100% natural made from seashells
Every year over 7 million tons of seashells are discarded by the sea food industry. The majority of them are being thrown into landfills. Shells are not biodegr...
23 really difficult and beautiful jigsaw puzzles
The most difficult jigsaw puzzles, almost impossible!
Someone says they are anti-stress and meditation activity, certainly for some others puzzle are also the ...