Downtown Design
redazione 19/04/2023

Moodboard - Orient Express

Simplicity and refinement and at the same time complexity: these are the keys to an aesthetic sense that ideally stems from a love of the arts of the Far East. Which is distilled here into shapes that are both modern and timeless

1 | Stucco wallpaper from the collection “Les Thermes” by Arte. 2 | The Trail table with trihedron grouped leg, designed by Giuseppe Bavuso for Lapalma. 3 | The Campanula suspension lamp in Venetian crystal by García Cumini, produced by Barovier & Toso. 4 | Levia Stand, freestanding bookcase in coated metal, formed by square sections, by Gino Carollo for Ronda Design. 5 | Tabi wallpaper from the Tale Books Kimono collection created by Nicola Bottegal for Londonart. 6 | Delta Vienna, created by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Arflex, with back and seat in a personalized version with Vienna straw, a material that is elastic but strong. 7 | Together for the first time, Ceccotti Collezioni and Poltrona Frau present the Duo collection, a complete line for the living area designed by Roberto Lazzeroni. 8 | Elegance and comfort enter the world of the office by i4Mariani with the new Sella collection of chairs, by Palomba+Serafini. 9 | Halley by Stilnovo is the reissue of the lamp created by the German designer Richard Sapper in 2005. 10 | A timeless classic: the Déco vase created by Napoleone Martinuzzi in 1930 for Venini.

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