Selezione Interiors, known for their innovative ability to provide solutions for intricate millwork with their custom Italian fabrication, announces their second brick-and-mortar location opening in Los Angeles, California. The 1300-square-foot space will offer clients access to the brand's extensive sample library of curated materials and direct c...

Italian designer Piero Lissoni says that American clients are becoming more amenable to investing in detail-oriented architecture as he announces the official opening of Lissoni Architecture in New York City. After a certification process through the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in New York, Lissoni announced the opening of Lissoni Archit...

From May 22nd to the 27th, The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) presents Italy on Madison. A series of special events and cultural happenings will highlight outstanding Italian Brands and restaurants that make New York City a slice of Italy. Promotional and experiential activities will highlight authentic Made in Italy fashion, culinary culture, and desi...

Last month, America’s design cognoscenti flocked to Italy for an annual pilgrimage that—Covid notwithstanding—has become a predictable migratory pattern. Just as birds flock south for the winter in search of warmer weather, every spring, designers in sharp shoes and magazine editors in statement glasses head to Milan Design Week on the hunt for the...

The Salone del Mobile in Milan represents an event of global significance, a prestigious international showcase for the Design industry. The 2023 edition, held on April 18-23, was a great success and saw an extraordinary effervescence of initiatives, with hundreds of events between Business and Art, Design and Culture. Let’s take for example, among...

Venice is an urban oxymoron, a 21st-century international village, caught in-between its dual identity as a mecca for the global cultural crowd (hello, Venice Architecture Biennale 2023) and home to a permanent population of locals. Venice sits at the centre of the contemporary cultural stage thanks to a legacy of institutions in the field – histor...

Shortly after his graduation from the University of Venice in 1963, the Italian artist, architect and designer Gaetano Pesce reached out to local chemical companies, in the hope that they could tell him how to work with their wares. 

 "I realized that nobody taught me materials from my own time," the artist said. Two firms invited Pesce to visit,...

High-end Italian furniture maker Cassina will open the doors to its largest store ever in Los Angeles on Wednesday, the company told WWD Thursday. Located at 145 North Robertson Boulevard in West Hollywood, the store spans two floors and 13,000-square-feet of prime retail space. It is Cassina’s biggest store in the world, after its Milan Via Durini...

From splattered plates that line the tables of trattorias to the Teste di Moro peering down from every balcony to the ubiquitous pigna (pine cones) symbolizing vitality, good health, and luck, ceramics are everywhere in Sicily.  The island’s clay–unique for its distinct combination of silicates–has produced high-quality ceramics celebrated worldwid...

The textile collector dwells in a creative soul. He has no predefined color, he darts away from preconceptions, he stands with one foot in a future all to be designed, and with the other in the artisanal past — the one that comes from a quality that, with its scent, does not compromise the principle of good rules. Tiziano Zorzan has an indefinite a...