Winning partnerships
From the partnership with Arclinea – unveiled at the Shanghai event alongside the B&B Italia and Maxalto brands – to collaborations with selected local partners, B&B Italia is expanding in the Chinese market, with a particular focus on hospitality
Between past and future
For WeWork’s new headquarters in Shanghai, the Linehouse design duo plays with layers of history and with roles, lending the pragmatic setting a poetic atmosphere
Design Goes Boutique
Hospitality designers from around the US flock to New York for a trade show dedicated entirely to the design of boutique hotels
iDogi award excellence
The third edition of the iDogi Award has come to an end: the international event dedicated to luxury and promoted by the Venetian company
IFDM speaks Chinese
A debut full of novelties: the language, entirely in Chinese; the content, including exclusive interviews with Brand Managers of Made in Italy companies; the destination, the second edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano Shanghai. IFDM launches the Shanghai on Design issue
Don Giovanni by Fornasetti
Mozart's opera inspires by the new Fornasetti collection, Don Giovanni. Themes and iconography are translated into a limited edition furniture and home collection
Getting closer to Shanghai
Just one week at the opening of the three-day of Salone del Mobile.Mialno Shanghai. At the starting grid, a compact line-up of 109 companies
Venini’s limited editions
Peter Marino and Tadao Ando design two limited edition collections for Venini, launched during an exclusive event at the Milan showroom
ReStart4Smart: living in the future
The partnership between Microsoft and La Sapienza University of Rome has given rise to ReStart4Smart, La Casa del Futuro, which was the only Italian design to reach the final of the Solar Decathlon Middle East 2018 in Dubai
Arper, a year of recognition
With five international prizes and two overseas nominations, Arper is set to close 2017 with a record amount of awards, recognition of research constantly applied within the fields of industrial and exhibit design
Second stop-over for Middle East Design Now!
After the debut in London, the exhibition dedicated to Middle East design lands in Dubai on the occasion of the Design Week
The enveloping essentiality of Ethimo’s outdoor proposals
Starring at Downtown Design, Ethimo showcases its latest collections for outdoor spaces, a celebration of wrapping shapes and natural materials
Retail evolutions and trends
A direct and modern look at the latest changes in the Middle East market retail system analyzed through an interview Interiors General Manager, Raed Dibs. Innovation in terms of style, openness to internationality and design projects
Making space for student creativity
International and regional young talents go on stage at the Global Grad Show this year at its third edition, with 200 projects on display from 92 universities from all around the world
Light jewelry pieces illuminates Dubai
In collaboration with SVENM Architecture and Design, Flos has unveiled the Arrangements exhibition at the Dubai Design Week, an installation by the London-based multi-award-winning designer and artist Michael Anastassiades
Swarovski and Fredrikson Stallard: 10 years sculpted in an artistic piece
The Prologue installation visits Dubai for the first time. In the heart of d3 it celebrates the ten-year collaboration between Fredrikson Stallard and Swarovski
A Middle East space for Driade
The first Driade flagship store in the Middle East inaugurates today in Dubai. An event that happens during the design week
Abwab grows: more room for local talent
It is the exhibition space dedicated to local design talents of the MENASA area. This year Abwab welcomes more projects from more several regions in a picturesque setting inspired by nature
MDF Italia, a virtuous encounter of craftsmanship and design
Seating, upholstery, tables, bookcases...MDF Italia collections on display in Dubai reaffirm the modernity of furnishing elements which seamlessly combine contemporary design and meticulous craftsmanship, occasionally evoking ancient manual techniques such as gold smithery
Hospitality is a vocation
A native Australian, with an education in architecture and interior design, with two decade’s experience in the hospitality industry, dozens of high-end hotel projects with independent properties and international chains. Justin Wells has worked with major designers in Australia and in the United Kingdom, and for some years now, he has been working in Dubai where he currently holds the position of Regional Lead Lifestyle in the Middle East for the international firm Woods Bagot