Wood, wine and design: hospitality takes shape with Riva1920
From wineries to restaurants, a curated furniture collection brings authenticity and timeless elegance to hospitality spaces In the world of hospitality design, elegance, function and authenticity blend to shape unforgettable spaces. The new Food & Wine Collection by Riva1920 reflects this balance with unmistakable style, combining the beauty of solid wood with the values of […]
Ligne Roset and Responsible Design: the New Version of the Kobold Sofa in Reishi
A turning point for the brand in the integration of natural and sustainable materials in furniture design on an industrial scale. Ligne Roset introduces the Kobold sofa, designed by Erwan Bouroullec, upholstered with a revolutionary biomaterial: Reishi. This innovative new category of natural material, grown and shaped from mycelium, is patented by the California-based biotech […]
High expectations for CIFF Guangzhou 2025
CIFF Guangzhou 2025: a Must-Attend event for Industry professionals, innovators, and Design enthusiasts focused on Home Furniture and Office/Commercial Spaces After the outstanding success of the March 2024 edition, which saw a record number of exhibitors and visitors from around the world, CIFF Guangzhou is set to open a new chapter filled with even more […]
PAMBIANCO DESIGN CONFERENCE: THE FURNITURE MARKET IN 2023
The future of Italian design: the trends from the Pambianco 2023 design conference The ninth design conference organized by Pambianco on 28th June 2023 in Milan was an opportunity to take a look on the current situation of the furniture market. The meeting, titled The new normal of Italian furniture, was in fact attended by many […]
Tribus, when design is in the details
Enuit21 presents Tribus, the new bed with the metal detail that embellishes the headboard, created by designers ferriani.sbolgi from the HUB Young Talents program A headboard that resembles the façade of a palace, a metal detail that looks like it just came out of a jewel box. This is Tribus, the new Enuit21 project by […]
libero 3000: the most minimalist shower enclosure from Duka comes in new colors
natura 4000 and libero 4000 are the latest proposals of Colour Up Your Life, the new colorful project for shower enclosures by Duka After pura 5000 ColourArt, natura 4000 and libero 4000 Colour Up Your Life, Duka continues with its research in the world of color. libero 3000, the smart and functional freestanding shower enclosure, […]
Freedhome system by Caccaro: the wall unit
Freedhome by Caccaro: the customized wall unit for the sleeping and living areas The first modular furniture system launched by Caccaro in 2018, Freedhome, consists of very capacious modules that can store objects and decorate the entire wall surface. In fact, Freedhome offers storage modules that can also form partitions, making it possible to gain […]
Tessuto, the award-winning decorative radiator by Cordivari Design
Tessuto is the award-winning decorative radiator by Cordivari Design that blends into the environment thanks to its textile effect Tessuto, the decorative radiator designed by Marco Pisati for Cordivari Design, warms the house and blends into the space. A heating piece of furniture inspired by the beauty of classical art, Tessuto artificially reproduces the weft […]
New Flou catalog 2022: beds and more
Flou presents the new catalog of the 2022 collection. Beds, upholstered furniture, complements and ideas for sleeping, living and outdoor areas Flou presents the new catalog of the 2022 collection. A collection of ideas from which to draw inspiration for furnishing the sleeping, living and outdoor areas of the home with care and elegance. The […]
Colour Up your Life: color your home with Duka shower enclosures
natura 4000 and libero 4000 are the latest proposals of Colour Up Your Life, the new colorful project for shower enclosures by Duka Duka continues restyling its shower enclosures and cubicles with models from the natura 4000 and libero 4000 series. Shower profiles, handles, hinges and other structural components are turned into elegant decorative details; […]
The trends from the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2022: the living area
Wallpapers, floors, tables, chairs and accessories: interior design trends for 2022 From the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2022, trends for the living area confirm that interior design embraces the whole environment. So, interior design includes surfaces, floors and facings, furniture, tables, chairs, and accessories. In addition to natural materials, also sustainable, recycled and recyclable materials – […]
Salone del Mobile 2022 trends: sofas and armchairs
Salone del Mobile 2022 trends: sofas and armchairs Here is a roundup of sofas and armchairs presented at the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2022 from which trends for 2022 emerge. Not only materials and colors, but also sustainability, comfort and functionality. Large sofas Among the upholstered furniture for 2022, very generously proportioned sofas that are comfortable […]
From Bolzan, the Jack bed reloaded
Zanellato/Bortotto’s Jack bed for Bolzan in fabric, leather, wood and metal, customizable and tailored Bolzan presents a new version of the Jack bed, first designed by Zanellato/Bortotto in 2017. In the new version, the fabric remains central but is combined with a wooden frame; also new in this version is leather upholstery. The tubes can […]
Eighth Pambianco Design Summit: the furniture market in 2022
The future of Italian design: trends from the Pambianco 2022 conference The 8th design convention organized by Pambianco on July 5, 2022 in Milan was an opportunity to take stock of the current situation in the furniture market. In fact, the 8th Design Summit, titled The Future of Italian Design in the New Competitive Landscape […]
Caccaro at Milan Design Week
The new Caccaro flagship store in Milan: a great success during Milan Design Week Caccaro has made a return in style to Milan taking advantage of Milan Design Week to launch its new showroom, which opened in May 2022. The opening party on June 8 was the occasion to present the new spaces, designed by […]
Gaber’s new products for 2022
Gaber offers a series of new products, for indoor and outdoor use, featuring sustainable and technological materials Doge outdoor chaise longue: light and handy Doge, the outdoor chaise longue designed by Forsix, is characterized by a simple and essential line. Made of steel, aluminum and technopolymers, it is extremely lightweight and easy to handle, yet […]
Vincent Van Duysen x Zara Home: a new furniture collection
Vincent Van Duysen and Zara Home work together on a new furniture collection that sums up the Belgian architect’s design history Vincent Van Duysen debuts in the mass market with a partner that is actually quite difficult to imagine, when one thinks of it juxtaposed with his architecture. However, seeing the images in that undeniably […]
duka pura 5000 shower enclosure in the new ColourArt version
pura 5000, the shower enclosure by duka characterized by essential lines, has a new look thanks to colors Metal construction details are now offered in different finishes and colors to suit different interior design styles. Moreover, also to meet different aesthetic and installation needs, the duka pura 5000 series now includes a version with wall […]
The Made in Italy furniture sector: provisional results 2021
The furniture sector closes 2021 with positive results, but there are clouds on 2022 The state of health of the wood furniture supply chain offers a picture of positives and negatives. The year 2021 closed with a +14.1% compared to 2019, with a production turnover of over 49 billion euros, compared to 43 in 2019. […]
The world furniture market in 2022
CSIL-Centre for Industrial Studies has presented the Word Furniture Outlook 2021 with the forecasts about the furniture market for 2022 According to CSIL, the furniture industry has doubled its volume from 2000 to 2021, reaching a worldwide volume of about $500 million, which will be surpassed in 2022. The pandemic has had very little effect […]
Wallover by Caccaro: storing sculptures
Caccaro presents Wallover, the storage system that designs the walls of the house Sensoriality, rhythm, light and self-expression are the principles that Caccaro wants to pursue to develop innovative design systems unrelated to passing fads, which allow you to “dress” the house like a tailor-made suit, without sacrificing practicality and functionality. The innovative Wallover System, […]
Paolo Castelli: luxury and sustainable furniture
Paolo Castelli, entrepreneur, talks about the many faces of the furniture industry Paolo Castelli, a dynamic entrepreneur, has a long experience in the production of furniture. With Paolo Castelli spa, he has diversified production into different branches, each of which has a different focus, and which together make Paolo Castelli spa a modern company with […]
Selling furniture online after the pandemic
E-commerce after the pandemic: what has changed in consumer behavior? The pandemic has induced an abrupt discontinuity in many habits, including consumer behavior. Beyond purely numerical data, it is interesting to analyze what scenarios lie ahead for the years to come, after this forced pause. The 7th Pambianco Design Summit, held in July 2021, confirms […]
Filling the home with emotions… with Flou
Flou enriches its home collection with a textile collection recalling all the chromatic nuances and tactile memories of natural elements Trees, earth, wind, ocean … We have never felt before such a strong desire to come into direct, almost osmotic, contact with nature bringing it into our homes. It can be caught with the eyes, […]
An armchair covered with 30,000 petals
Hortensia, the blooming armchair that tells a story The Hortensia armchair has an interesting story. At first, it was a rendering on Instagram, which went viral in no time. People saw it and asked for it even though the armchair didn’t exist yet. So Andrés Reisinger, the designer, started to think of a way of […]
Luigi Colani and the “biodesign”
The designer of speed, of “biodynamics”, founder of “biodesign”, and much more. Luigi Colani, passed away on September 16th, aged 91, is a design legend, who worked in all possible design fields. Born in Germany in 1928 (as Lutz Colani), he worked all over the world. In the early Fifties, in California, he designed new […]
Temporary architecture: “Magic Walls”, from Casacor Sao Paulo 2019
Brazilian architect Leo Romano took part in Casacor Sao Paulo 2019 with “Magic Walls” (Paredes Magicas), a project that uses living space horizontally and vertically. “Magic Walls” is a loft with an area of 100 square meters and very high ceilings, which houses a large living room with open kitchen and dining area, a loft […]
Temporary architecture: Casa Dendê Duratex, from Casacor Sao Paulo 2019
Architect Nildo José completed his first full house project in Casacor Sao Paulo 2019. A residence of 155 square meters, consisting of a large living room facing the garden, a dining area, a bedroom, a bathroom and a kitchen. The project combines many original solutions, mixing essential and very sophisticated elegance with authentically Brazilian elements, […]
Temporary architecture: Casa Contêiner, from Casacor São Paulo
Following the Deca Lab by Ricardo Bello Dias, (read here), here is another temporary architecture from Casacor San Paolo 2019, the Casa Contêiner (The Container House), a project by the architect Marilia Pellegrini, which promotes sustainability and reuse. The reuse of containers to make homes is not really new; however, architect Marilia Pellegrini aims to […]
The Salone del Mobile and the temporary architecture of the booths
There’s no need to add much to the fame of the Salone del Mobile.Milano. It’s the most important furniture fair in the world, and over time it has expanded dramatically, turning into a lifestyle event involving furniture brands, fashion, consumer electronics, publishing, and more. This universal reputation is also built up by the high level […]
Domitilla Dardi: (EDIT) Napoli, design by designers
A new event for those who love Italian design: EDIT Napoli is a trade fair dedicated to design by designers, debuting June 7 to 9 in the Monastery of San Domenico Maggiore, Naples. (On June 6, press preview and opening). The first edition hosts 60 selected exhibitors, local and international players, designers, artisans and small […]
Milan Design Week 2019: trending glass
Glass is widely appreciated for different reasons. It is natural and recyclable, virtually infinite, even though with different techniques. Thanks to different processing technologies, glass appearance can be unique and distinctive, with decorations and colors expressing the high level of technology embodied in the material itself. From Milan Design Week 2019, some of the finest […]
ICFF New York: design in North America
ICFF-International Contemporary Furniture Fair, the most important design fair in North America, is back in May 2019, with the 31st edition. The 2018 edition hosted more than 900 exhibitors, from all categories related to furniture and interior architecture, furnishings, bathroom furniture, kitchen, lighting, floorings and wall coverings, fabrics and wallpapers. The audience is highly specialized, […]
Clerkenwell Design Week turns 10
Clerkenwell Design Week, held every year in London in May, turns 10 in 2019. Founded 10 years ago as a platform to promote independent design, the 2018 edition welcomed over 34,000 visitors and 300 exhibitors, young designers and brands as well as major international companies, including Cappellini, Kvadrat and Moroso, to name but a few. […]
Bloggers and trends from the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2019
6 trend-hunting bloggers. DDN Blog and 5 other international bloggers – Italianbark.com, Trendstefan.se, Thatscandinavianfeeling.com, Passionshake.com and Interiorsdesignblog.com – visited Salone del Mobile.Milano 2019, spotting some trends for next year. Here they are. The green color keeps on going As already stated by DDN Blog last January, green has been widely diffused at Salone del Mobile 2019. Flou Natevo‘s profusion […]
Fuorisalone 2019: Marc Ange, designer “of luxury, dream and beauty”
Bloom Room is a name not so often mentioned, but it is much better known. In fact, it is the name of the design studio of Marc Ange, a designer born in Rome and grown up in Paris, who after a period spent designing luxury cars, has plunged into the world of luxury, designing products […]
Freedhome by Caccaro, for those who love to keep the house perfectly tidy
Freedhome by Caccaro is a structured system to furnish the walls of your home, to keep everything perfectly tidy. The modules of various sizes are suited for designing vertical surfaces and at the same time for storage of all the items in every room of the house. Doors with full opening, folding, sliding, glass, wooden, double […]
Milan Design Week 2019: Ventura Projects
Ventura Projects at Milan Design Week 2019 Ventura Projects turns 10 and is alive and kicking. After two successful editions of Ventura Centrale, in the ex-Magazzini Raccordati in Ferrante Aporti street, and one edition of Ventura Future Projects, in 2019 Ventura Projects is back at Milan Design Week. Ventura Centrale Ventura Centrale doubles the vaults, […]
Musèe des Arts Decoratifs: the new setting
Bencore in the new setting for the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Parigi What does a design museum look like today? Which are the best solutions to attract an audience more and more passionate about design and more and more informed and demanding? The new arrangement at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, results […]
Salone del Mobile.Milan 2019
The Salone del Mobile.Milan Less than two months to go to the Salone del Mobile.Milan 2019, the most popular and visited furniture fair in the world. However, to call it a fair is now very reductive: over time it has turned into a lifestyle event, which embraces creativity in every field. The Salone del Mobile is […]
Trends in furniture for 2019
At the end of 2018, we looked at the trends in furniture. Now it’s time to take a look at the trends in furniture for 2019, so to do that we start with the first exhibition of the year, imm cologne. Although not a leading trade fair when it comes to trends, it is Europe’s […]
Florence Knoll: designing the American dream
Florence Knoll, a pioneer of contemporary design, designer and entrepreneur, passed away in January 2019, at the age of 101. Her legacy includes some of the most important icons of Midcentury Modern and Space Age furniture, including Eero Saarinen’s celebrated table with its Tulip chairs, as well as a culture of innovation in interior design. […]
Das Haus: the ideal house at imm cologne
The ideal residence? Every year, at imm cologne. The furniture trade show which takes place every year in Cologne in January, hosts every year an international designer or architect who gives his view of contemporary living, drawing its architecture and furnishings. “Das Haus – Interiors on Stage“, recreates, within the Pure Editions area (Hall 3.1), […]
Ambiente, trends home furniture and decor
What will the house of the future look like? Which trends dominate home style in 2019? At Ambiente, in Frankfurt, February 8 to 12, a panorama of the new trends in furniture, materials, styles and colours. Every year the design studio Stilbüro bora.herke.palmisano investigates the trends in furniture, through art, design, architecture, fashion and lifestyle. […]
HOMI: trends and new materials for the home
Trends, design, creativity: HOMI proves to be more and more “the lifestyle show”, a platform in constant progress and rich in contents updated at each edition, thanks to a meticulous research of exhibitors, projects and new exhibition formats. HOMI, January 25-28, 2019 The objects are the main characters of a story about the rooms and […]