Abode Abroad
The family of ten rugs features a complex color palette, combining colder tones, recalling the snowy surfaces of the mountain chain, with warmer hues in a perfect balance: an apparent reference to earthy shades specifically designed to bring typical outdoor materials’ feelings related to nature into the interior design.
Following its successful Tokyo debut at Kudan House in May and fresh off winning the Best Curio Presentation Award at Design Miami.Basel in June, the 2024 edition of Craft x Tech showcases a series of groundbreaking collaborations between six renowned international creators and master artisans from the Tohoku region of Japan.
In his workshop outside London, Tom Faulkner transforms raw metal into award-winning furniture designs, emphasizing strong silhouettes and clean lines.
In a fusion of Italian craftsmanship and contemporary design, MC+ Studio founders Mattia Biagi and Cardenio Petrucci have partnered with luxury rug maker Illulian. The collaboration has produced the Orbis rug, a piece that blends MC+’s multidisciplinary approach with Illulian’s 50-year heritage. Both companies discuss their creative process, inspirations and the challenges of marrying tradition with modern aesthetics.
Nestled along the stunning coastal cliffs of Northern California’s Tomales Bay region lies Lodge at Marconi, a reimagined historic retreat that seamlessly blends mid-century modern design with the rugged natural beauty of its surroundings.
Draga & Aurel have continued their journey of experimentation into materials and transparency with the new ZEN collection of tables and coffee tables, presented recently at the Rossana Orlandi Gallery during Milan Design Week.
With a timeless elegance approach, Migliore+Servetto designed a new collection for NEUTRA which is a step forward in the research of matter and its vibrations. This journey began at Milan Design Week 2023 and has continued under the brand’s creative direction.
Molteni Group has inaugurated the world’s largest Molteni&C Flagship Store and UniFor Showroom in Shanghai, spanning over 3,500 square meters across two floors. This opening aims to create a visionary design landmark, showcasing Molteni&C Collections, an Art Gallery, and an immersive UniFor space tailored for architects and designers.
A strong opening day for the majority of exhibitors got the Spring Decorative Fair, held in Battersea Park from 7-12 May, off to a flying start. The week brought serious buyers, decorators working on projects, and trade customers looking for fine and unusual furniture, mirrors, lighting and elegant C20th furnishings. Art in various disciplines sold well including sets of prints; modernist objects and works of art proved very popular, with a notable interest in Brutalist designs; traditional English antiques and upholstery was in demand.
Scarlet Splendour, the Kolkata-based luxury design brand boasting interior products which are both opulent and exuberant, has put the surface design to the next level with SKIN, the signature art panels creating rich, dramatic vibe for contemporary interiors.