Quzhou Sports Park complex
Completed end of 2022, Quzhou Stadium is the centerpiece of a complex spanning almost 700,000 square meters that will be known as Quzhou Sports Park in Zhejiang Province. It is conceived as a piece of land art that submerges itself into the nature and welcomes everyone to gather and share the sports spirit. Despite its impressive […]
Loro Piana Interiors | Delight Chairs
Designed by Paola Navone Otto Studio, the chair’s sleek form and extended armrest are perfect for placement of books, glasses, or anything needed close at hand during outdoor relaxation. Exteta handcrafted the chair using superior-quality Sapelli mahogany, highlighting its fine veins with a matte or glossy finish that gives a silky feel, aptly complementing the […]
“Grande-Dame”, second act
Celebrating its one hundredth birthday last October but as enchanting as ever. If not more. The hotel La Mamounia, known as the “Grande-Dame” of Marrakech, has undergone major renovation work, begun in 2020 and carried out by Patrick Jouin and Sanjit Manku. In this “second act” the Studio has completed the public areas of this […]
A style revolution
DATA SHEET Client: CM Resort (Project owner), 1875 Finance (Client representative), IRBIS Consulting (Project owner assistant), EDIFEA (Design & Build) Hotel operator: Six Senses Hotel Resorts Spas Architecture: AW2 architecture & interiors, JP Emery Architectes Interior design: AW2 architecture & interiors Landscape design: Denogent Furniture design: on design by AW2 & Reda Amalou Design Outdoor […]
Flexform | Parker
Taking inspiration from tradition with an exquisitely contemporary sensibility, Antonio Citterio has come up with Parker for Flexform, a soft chair that is reminiscent of old wicker chairs. Versatile in terms of its configuration – two and three-seater sofas, footrests, an element with back and armrest for face-to-face compositions or standalone use – embodies a […]
Design and beyond
The theme of this edition of the Superdesign Show (15 – 21 April 2024), “THINKING DIFFERENT – everything, everywhere, everyone”, is an invitation to extend its range of action to unusual spheres, thinking of different types of users, contaminating the local DNA of the various countries with the global desires of world citizens, imagining new […]
Pedrali, the secret of success
How has the overall economic situation impacted the performance of your business in 2023/2024? In 2023 we reached sales of 122 million euros, a new record. We were very pleased, since we were coming off the year of 2022, which reported an increase of 22% with respect to 2019, so ulterior growth was not fully […]
Key takeaways from the Hospitality Innovation Summit 2024
The 2nd Edition of the Hospitality Innovation Summit for Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which took place on the 6th and 7th of March 2024, culminated with a blockbuster response, setting new heights of excellence in the process. The summit was kick-started by Turab Saleem, Partner at Knight Frank, who also served as the knowledge […]
A temple to Spritz
DATA SHEET Client: Gruppo Montenegro Architecture & Interior design: Studio Marcante–Testa Project and content management: MindTheGap Studio Plants and facilities design: PGS ingegneria Content of the exhibition design & visual identity: Studio Fludd Production coordination & executive production: Epica Film Local architect: Stefano Romagna Project manager: Roberta Minici Building construction: Steelwood Engineering Set-up arrangements: Amap, […]
Cannes, between tradition and the future
From 12 to 15 March, Cannes hosts MIPIM, one of the world’s must-attend events in the real estate sector: one goes there to discover projects “in the making”, to network, to do business. La città è al cuore di una baia ricca di gioielli architettonici nascosti: il più famoso è il Palais Bules, villa visionaria […]
«This is how I create objects to love»
Trained at the (former) school of communication and design “Università del progetto” in Reggio Emilia, then gaining experience as a senior designer in the studio-workshop Matteo Thun & Partners in Milan, Simone Cagnazzo, born in Lecce in 1978, continues to shape new ideas today in his Studio Cagnazzo, with a team of professionals in various […]
Transparency
Light and transparency are the protagonists of these lamps that play with materials and forms, exploiting the potential of transparent, opaque or translucent glass, or fabrics and metal screens to filter luminosity. The pieces are inspired by architecture or nature, and provide soft or specific lighting in space, depending on the needs of its inhabitants. […]
Venini, the art of shining
Play of lights and precious patterns, the refined technique of glass masters and a kaleidoscopic color palette: Venini is all of this, a story of excellence transmitted since the 1920s and continues to look to the future. The Venini universe is design and decoration (expressions that the brand collects in the Art Glass line) and […]
Industrial architecture for design
Vitra, the internationally renowned brand offering timeless furniture created by some of the most important designers in the world and in history, has chosen the Salamanca district, in Castello 19, as the location for its first single-brand showroom in Madrid. Salamanca, in fact, has become a meeting point over the years for the architecture and […]
Inda between colors, impressions and reflections
Two vertical palettes of 144 colors that would overjoy any artist, and two horizontal touchscreens on which to immediately start to generate a solution: this is the calling card of Inda, welcoming clients into the space in Milan redesigned by Studio Marco Piva, 380 square meters on two levels. A location that instead of suggesting […]
Brera in Venice
Within the majestic restoration project for the Procuratie Vecchie in Venice (by Studio David Chipperfield Architects Milan) is the new headquarters for The Human Safety Net (THSN), the foundation of the Gruppo Generali, the design of which saw the participation of Pedrali. The entire third floor of the building overlooking Piazza San Marco houses the […]
Revamping Belle Époque
DATA SHEET Client: Experimental Group Architect & Landscape design: Henry Martinet Interior design: redesigned by Dorothée Meilichzon Furnishings: custom-designed Lighting: Ingo Maurer, Anthony Dickens Graphic design: Studio L’Etiquette Photo credits: Mr Tripper Neo-Basque inspirations, Art Deco tributes, colorful touches, and the perennial call of the sea – or, more exactly, the ocean – opening before […]
The future (of the office) is dynamic
The office of the past no longer exists. This is clear to anyone who has recently crossed the threshold of a workplace. Open-plan areas and spaces with windows instead of closed, separate rooms; equal working positions shared by all instead of personal desks with family photos. Also due to greater fluidity between working methods inside […]
Well-being is an art
‘The art of modern bathrooms’, the claim that accompanies RONAL Bathrooms, unequivocally announces the ability to create an advanced aesthetic combined with innovative functions. Ex SanSwiss, specialized in high-quality shower enclosures and trays, the new bathroom and wellness division of RONAL Group encompasses the Ronal, Glass 1989, Kudos and Karol brands, and activates a partnership […]
A “textile” facade
DATA SHEET Architecture: Moussafir Architectes, Inside Outside Construction companies: Lisandre, Rok, Kozac, Tischlerei Bereuter, Oleolift, Lenco Photo credits: Hervé Abbadie Neutral, generic architecture. This is how the building in Paris appears, designed in the 1970s by the Biro Fernier studio, and the object of a recent renovation turned it into a mixed-use commercial location with […]