The curator Maria Cristina Didero believes the living room to be the most cherished space of any household. ‘It’s where guests are welcomed – a place of openness, relationships and intimacy.’ Renewing her partnership with Fendi for its tenth presentation at Design Miami, Didero has commissioned a suite of living room furniture, aptly and simply tit...

Lanieri US Fashiontech Insights - research conducted online by YouGov for made-to-measure fashion ecommerce Lanieri.com - shows half (49%) of US adults are interested in buying customized items. 3% of these Americans are likely to spend +1.000$ in made-to-measure products, with an estimated turnover of +4$ billions*. The survey gives a full view ab...

RM Sotheby’s 18-19 January Arizona auction is one of 2018 first major auction, and is set to include the sale of one collector’s substantial collection. A total of 11 cars will be offered, ranging from one of the earliest Alfa Romeos to a Ferrari California T.The collection is being offered entirely without no reserve, and while all the cars on off...

Trento, Italy–based Aquafil, a producer of polyamide (nylon 6), announced the opening of its first carpet recycling facility in the United States. Aquafil Carpet Recycling ACR #1 will invest $10 million in a leased 116,890-square-foot building in Phoenix, AZ, to set up its technology to recycle nylon 6 waste from carpets back into raw material, fur...

Spring is beginning to green the rolling Piedmontese hills as we make our way down the auto strada from Milan.Thi s is familiar country – I spent long stretches of my childhood here, among the wide fields and castle towns, the Alps a constant backdrop of crags and snow. Now, though, I’m here for a glimpse of the future that is also a window into th...

At the recent Maison & Objet design fair in Paris, muted olives hues and fleshy pink tones ran rife. Nests of circular coffee tables came endlessly grouped in threes. Brass detailing abounded. In fact, everything was so pleasantly on trend that little was truly compelling, let alone engaging or amusing. Until, that is, I stumbled across the Seletti...

The Italian food e-commerce sector is worth €849 million in 2017, or 4% of the total of the Italian digital commerce market,  a new study has found. In addition, this sector registered an impressive growth rate of 43% this year, compared to 2016 volumes, reports news agency Ansa. The findings were released during the Netcomm Focus Food conference,...

When: Monday, December 04, 2017 From 6:30 pm To 9:30 pm - Where: IIC New York - Space is limited, RSVP required* Fee: $55.00 (IIC members)/$60.00 (non-members) *To register please call (310) 824-7408 Wine in contemporary Italy: Exploring the unique wines of each region. There are around 350 common wine grape varieties in Italy, so there is so much...

The Prosecco DOC Consortium, the entity that oversees the production of the hugely popular Italian sparkling wine, is pleased to announce the second edition of Prosecco Month beginning December 11th. The activation will see trade, press, and public events at multiple Eataly locations-New York Flatiron, New York Downtown, Chicago, and Boston- throug...

The 2018 Maserati Ghibli mimics no other vehicle in the premium midsize sedan segment. While other automakers continue a predictable march towards familiarity and conformity – there are only so many ways to build a modern high-volume sedan – this European manufacturer forges its own path. While other automakers are pursuing isolation, and supplemen...