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Ceramic tableware on Kickstarter

October 3, 2017

Beautiful ceramic plates and cups made squashing together colored clays in a 60-tonne hydraulic press: every piece is unique, the Kickstarter project is made to...

Design / Designers

Basketball courts transformed into colorful abstract paintings

September 28, 2017

Art meets sports. This is the beautiful initiative by the USA Project Backboard association restyling basketball courts that require care and transforms them in...

ART & DESIGN

Fringe interior trend: rétro passion

September 25, 2017

The fringe trend is affecting both fashion and design but more contemporary with bright colors on quite everything: lamps, sofas, mirrors, stools and furniture....

ART & DESIGNDesign / DesignersHome Decor

Villa Pliniana: a place with 2000 years of history on lake Como

September 22, 2017

In Torno, just a few minutes from Como, there is Villa Pliniana, one of the oldest and largest villas of the lake and the one of the most fascinating history. ...

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New MUJI store in the center of Milan

September 20, 2017

Muji opened yesterday a new store in Via Torino 22, just a few steps from the Duomo of Milan. After 12 years the store moved from via Torino 51 (this was the s...

Home DecorMilano

Fun with design: dress up the cabinet

September 15, 2017

"Dressed Cabinet" was the graduation project of the Dutch designer Puck Dieben. The high quality level was so impressive that Vij5 immediately decided to arrang...

ART & DESIGNDesign / Designers

Shopping in Nordic style in Stockholm: 30 shops you cannot miss

September 6, 2017

Stockholm is beautiful. They call it Venice of the North and with its many islands, bridges and huge sky you'll fall in love very soon. It was the first stop...

Design / DesignersShoppingTRAVEL

In London a social enterprise transforms old furniture in design

September 1, 2017

This year London Design Festival (16–24 September) will held a great collaboration between the English designer Yinka Ilori and furniture-salvaging social enter...

ART & DESIGNDesign / Designers

Il nuovo catalogo IKEA 2018

August 8, 2017

Finalmente è arrivato il momento: posso svelarvi le foto in anteprima del nuovo catalogo Ikea 2018! Tante, tantissime le novità. Forse il mio catalogo preferit...

ART & DESIGNIkea

Modular and do-it-yourself furniture: nomadic design and the importance of sharing

July 19, 2017

At the moment you can’t talk about design avoiding "nomadic", "flexible" and "customizable" adjectives. Furniture and the whole house must have to be adaptable ...

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Japan love: an exhibition with over 100 kimonos on display

July 18, 2017

If you are fascinated by Japan culture you can not miss the exhibition "Y Kimono Now" from 23 July to 5 November (there is plenty of time to organize a great tr...

ART & DESIGN

Young designers: Operae 2017 applications are open

July 12, 2017

From 3 to 5 November a new edition of Operæ, the independent design fair, will take place in Turin. Operae is the exhibition dedicated to independent...

ART & DESIGNDesign / Designers

MILANO DESIGN WEEK

Milano Design Week 2022: Fuorisalone best events

A beautiful apartment in Milan with sculptural lights, material surfaces and lots of color

Milano Design Week in formato digitale

ART & DESIGN

New museum for Alexander Calder’s artworks designed by Herzog & de Meuron and a garden by Piet Oudolf

A new green architecture in Paris: how to design a post-pandemic office

A beautiful apartment in Milan with sculptural lights, material surfaces and lots of color

TRAVEL

The 20 most colourful places in the world

Victorian house moved through San Francisco

Travelling in the time of Instagram

Milano

11 unmissable art exhibitions in Milan

The Wes Anderson exhibition at the Fondazione Prada in Milan

The biggest design museum in Europe is coming to Milan

WHAT I LOVE

MetaFlora: the flower designer and the win back of the ’80s plants

How to celebrate the Moon Landing 50th anniversary

11 movies to celebrate 50 years of Moon Landing

DIY

DIY ice cream stand for kids

How to transform old books into an original pen holder (which can also become a DIY Christmas tree holder)

How to make a winter wreath using a bike wheel and dried flowers

Ceramic tableware on Kickstarter

Basketball courts transformed into colorful abstract paintings

Fringe interior trend: rétro passion

Villa Pliniana: a place with 2000 years of history on lake Como

New MUJI store in the center of Milan

Fun with design: dress up the cabinet

Shopping in Nordic style in Stockholm: 30 shops you cannot miss

In London a social enterprise transforms old furniture in design

Il nuovo catalogo IKEA 2018

Modular and do-it-yourself furniture: nomadic design and the importance of sharing

Japan love: an exhibition with over 100 kimonos on display

Young designers: Operae 2017 applications are open