The Manzoni is the new 100-cover restaurant has been created by Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio. Its pre-opening is set to happen during Milan Design Week, revealing both a restaurant and a showroom. The main reason behind the opening of this new restaurant was due to the fact that Tom […]
More details have surfaced regarding the preview for this year’s Salone del Mobile. It seems this year the show will be honoring the work of Leonardo Da Vinci. Many brands have already adhered to echoing this Renaissance master’s ideas. This year’s edition will be celebrating DaVinci’s 500th anniversary of death. With that in […]
We took a vist to Residenze Litta in Corso Magenta where we spoke with the designer, Gian Paolo Venier, who explained the details about the Ivory Collections. It is very much a game of contrasts. Wood and Corian, old time joints vs contemporary couplings, the hardness of the monolith vs the poetics of engraving, naturelness of wood vs last generation finishings, the absolutely clean outer shell vs the inner organization of the object. The superficial and the substance.
Huxley is one of the pieces exposed at the exhibition. It is a cabinet consisting of tow mobile parts made of natural eastern black walnut covered with engraved and lacqierrd structural polyurethane. Its system of built-in clasps make it easy to open and close and it has spinner micro wheels.
This collection is also avalable for customization. It was something that took quite some effort from Venier to make it tailored for an exclusive living.
His other two collections were also being exhibited. The Lak Collection and the NA_NA Collection.
