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Design

Nicolas Schuybroek: Arte Povera as an antidote to the society of appearance

Arte Povera and Gesamtkunstwerk, American Minimal Art and Radical architecture – Nicolas Schuybroek’s work for Aesop is an installation of soap bars supported by a removable and reusable MDF structure

Debora Vitulano

Lucca

Grand Universe Lucca, music is the leitmotif in Puccini’s hometown

A hotel since 1857, a recent restoration has strengthened Grand Universe Lucca’s link to the past and projected it into the contemporary – while remaining the epicenter of the city of a hundred churches

Matteo Mammoli

Milan

The sushi counter at IYO Omakase is a showcase of technique, raw materials, and aesthetics

Koshihikari rice, Edomae-zushi, the art of Nigiri, and all the master’s tools: at the sushi counter of IYO Omakase, it’s like being in the theater and breaking the fourth wall

Matteo Mammoli

Milan

Sakeya, Milan: a House of Sake with a fusion bistro inspired by Obanzai cuisine

Chef Masaki Inoguchi combines seasonal ingredients and the Obanzai culinary tradition with European flavors to accompany the sake tasting experience in the Japanese speakeasy

Editorial Team

Athens

Ernst Ziller’s legacy: restoring Athens’ architectural heritage for the modern age

Exploring the creative pulse of Psiri, Athens’ Zeitgeist district, through the Monument Hotel Athens – arising from the restoration of a building by Ziller from 1881

Editorial Team

New York

Casa Magazines, New York. The community around one of the last-standing magazine shops in the city

At Casa Magazines, «inclusivity extends to independent creators – to those who walk in with their merch saying, ‘I want to sell my magazine here’, Casa responds with ‘How many copies do you want to leave?»

Francesca Fontanesi

Perfumery

Amouage, Purpose: Quentin Bisch enhancing the freshness of Omani frankincense

The tree is a visual metaphor for what the perfume expresses on an olfactory level, playing on the contrast and duality between smoky, resinous, warm, and woody notes and other fresher ones

Mariangela Peci

Milan

Sine by Di Pinto: Neapolitan heritage, organic materials and cultural humor

After traveling the world, chef Roberto Di Pinto opened his gastrocratic restaurant, Sine. Organic and locally sourced products are used to celebrate his Neapolitan roots – and vocation for art

Editorial Team

Milan

Raw materials, broth, minimal design – Andrea Berton and the poetics of rigor

A glass wall separates the dining room from the kitchen – through a curtain of rough fabric, one watches the brigade at work. In conversation with Chef Andrea Berton, from his culinary presidium in Porta Nuova, Milan

Matteo Mammoli

Milan

El Porteño Prohibido: tango, malambo, malabares and Argentinian asado in Milan

El Porteño Prohibido: tango, malambo, malabares and Argentinian asado in Milan

Debora Vitulano

Florence

Lorenzo Villoresi: raw materials and inspirations, it all starts with a Pot Pourri

The Blue Lotus discovered in Sri Lanka propels Lorenzo Villoresi into new experiments. A conversation about the Maison, the changing perfume industry, and the value of raw materials

Cesare Cunaccia

Paris

Les Exclusifs de Chanel: celebrating the disruption of conventional norms in perfumery

Henri Robert, Jacques Polge, and Olivier Polge, inherited Beaux’s duty to maintain N°5’s production, preserving raw materials while reinventing it. In 2007 Chanel Les Exclusifs was born

Giulio Polverigiani

Lugano

Swans, lindens, and horse chestnuts: nature taking over the streets of Lugano in fall

From Renaissance church Santa Maria degli Angioli to the LAC and MASI contemporary art exhibitions: if you walk around Lugano you can stop to chat with the swans

Debora Vitulano

Tuscany

Mater: a mother, a matrix, a vegetative womb

In the Sacre Forests of Casentino, Tuscany, chef Filippo Baroni and Marta Bidi assume the roles of Custodians, offering a monastic hospitality intertwined with sacred recipes in their Mater restaurant

Editorial Team

COLLECTOR

Design

Form follows formulation

Nicolas Schuybroek: Arte Povera as an antidote to the society of appearance

Arte Povera and Gesamtkunstwerk, American Minimal Art and Radical architecture – Nicolas Schuybroek's work for Aesop is an installation of soap bars supported by a removable and reusable MDF structure

Debora Vitulano

Lucca

A dive into the city of music and a hundred churches

Grand Universe Lucca, music is the leitmotif in Puccini’s hometown

A hotel since 1857, a recent restoration has strengthened Grand Universe Lucca's link to the past and projected it into the contemporary – while remaining the epicenter of the city of a hundred churches

Matteo Mammoli

Milan

IYO Omakase, secret restaurant inside Aalto

The sushi counter at IYO Omakase is a showcase of technique, raw materials, and aesthetics

Koshihikari rice, Edomae-zushi, the art of Nigiri, and all the master's tools: at the sushi counter of IYO Omakase, it's like being in the theater and breaking the fourth wall

Matteo Mammoli

Milan

The House of Sake

Sakeya, Milan: a House of Sake with a fusion bistro inspired by Obanzai cuisine

Chef Masaki Inoguchi combines seasonal ingredients and the Obanzai culinary tradition with European flavors to accompany the sake tasting experience in the Japanese speakeasy

Editorial Team

Athens

Athens' Urban Landscape

Ernst Ziller’s legacy: restoring Athens’ architectural heritage for the modern age

Exploring the creative pulse of Psiri, Athens' Zeitgeist district, through the Monument Hotel Athens – arising from the restoration of a building by Ziller from 1881

Editorial Team

New York

Casa Magazines New York City, Manhattan community bookstore

Casa Magazines, New York. The community around one of the last-standing magazine shops in the city

At Casa Magazines, «inclusivity extends to independent creators – to those who walk in with their merch saying, ‘I want to sell my magazine here’, Casa responds with ‘How many copies do you want to leave?»

Francesca Fontanesi

Perfumery

Amouage, Purpose

Amouage, Purpose: Quentin Bisch enhancing the freshness of Omani frankincense

The tree is a visual metaphor for what the perfume expresses on an olfactory level, playing on the contrast and duality between smoky, resinous, warm, and woody notes and other fresher ones

Mariangela Peci

Milan

Sine by Di Pinto, the gastrocratic philosophy

Sine by Di Pinto: Neapolitan heritage, organic materials and cultural humor

After traveling the world, chef Roberto Di Pinto opened his gastrocratic restaurant, Sine. Organic and locally sourced products are used to celebrate his Neapolitan roots – and vocation for art

Editorial Team

Milan

Interview with starred Chef Andrea Berton

Raw materials, broth, minimal design – Andrea Berton and the poetics of rigor

A glass wall separates the dining room from the kitchen – through a curtain of rough fabric, one watches the brigade at work. In conversation with Chef Andrea Berton, from his culinary presidium in Porta Nuova, Milan

Matteo Mammoli

Milan

El Porteño Prohibido, from Argentina to Milan

El Porteño Prohibido: tango, malambo, malabares and Argentinian asado in Milan

El Porteño Prohibido: tango, malambo, malabares and Argentinian asado in Milan

Debora Vitulano

Florence

Profume and Raw Materials: Lorenzo Villoresi

Lorenzo Villoresi: raw materials and inspirations, it all starts with a Pot Pourri

The Blue Lotus discovered in Sri Lanka propels Lorenzo Villoresi into new experiments. A conversation about the Maison, the changing perfume industry, and the value of raw materials

Cesare Cunaccia

Paris

Les Exclusifs de Chanel, eighteen fragrances

Les Exclusifs de Chanel: celebrating the disruption of conventional norms in perfumery

Henri Robert, Jacques Polge, and Olivier Polge, inherited Beaux’s duty to maintain N°5’s production, preserving raw materials while reinventing it. In 2007 Chanel Les Exclusifs was born

Giulio Polverigiani

Lugano

Lugano, Switzerland - a tour during fall

Swans, lindens, and horse chestnuts: nature taking over the streets of Lugano in fall

From Renaissance church Santa Maria degli Angioli to the LAC and MASI contemporary art exhibitions: if you walk around Lugano you can stop to chat with the swans

Debora Vitulano

Tuscany

Mater restaurant – Casentino, Italy

Mater: a mother, a matrix, a vegetative womb

In the Sacre Forests of Casentino, Tuscany, chef Filippo Baroni and Marta Bidi assume the roles of Custodians, offering a monastic hospitality intertwined with sacred recipes in their Mater restaurant

Editorial Team

Milan

Italian Artisan, a marketplace: David Clementoni

Italian Artisan: «Italian manufacturers and contractors from the fashion world»

Italian Artisan’s philosophy ‘Made in Italy, Made Easy’ expresses the platform goal to simplify and coordinate the Italian supply chain’s processes: David Clementoni and Olga Iarussi

Debora Vitulano

Paris

Museum of European Photography in Paris

MEP, Maison Européenne de la Photographie: a space devoted to photography since 1978

MEP Paris shop: experts, researchers, and scholars can find a space dedicated to photography from 1950 to the present day, with a collection of 36,000 references, 4,000 of which published before 1980

Cristian Tonea

Rome

Giacomo Guidi, Contemporary Cluster

Contemporary Cluster, Rome: a fluid space where contemporaneity and tradition merge

The word ‘cluster’ means conceptually approaching and observing dynamics between apparently distant elements that generate circular energy. In conversation with Giacomo Guidi

Editorial Team

Perfumery

Aqua Media Cologne Forte, Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Cologne forte. A collection of gender-neutral fragrances

«Eau de Cologne is a classic olfactive form. The power of classism relies in the simplicity of an expression and minimalism of the form»

Editorial Team

Perfumery

Nobile 1942, Acqua Nobile fragrance cologne Rigati collection

Nobile 1942: Damask silk from Lorsica and hand-blown glass from Altare

The Rigati collection: ‘Rigati’ means ‘striped’ in Italian, referring to the old striped buildings made of marble and slate typically found in Genoa, where Nobile 1942’s warehouse is located

Sofia Brizio

Paris

Diptyque, L’Eau Papier

L’Eau Papier by Diptyque: diluted ink permeating a blank page

Fabrice Pellegrin created L’Eau Papier as he would write a book: sesame in the form of roasted seed extract – this element evokes the scent of ink

Giulio Polverigiani

Perfumery

regenerative medicine, skincare and haircare

Augustinus Bader – cellular renewal research and proprietary TFC8 technology

Trigger Factor Complex: forty amino acids, peptides, vitamins and synthetic molecules naturally occurring in the skin, Professor Bader’s research and the studies on skin burns

Ilaria Sponda

Milan

Arancia La Spugnatura, Acqua di Parma

Acqua di Parma: the Spugnatura technique through the notes of Arancia Vaniglia

The last fragrance of the Blu Mediterraneo collecting the essence of Arancia Vaniglia, working the Spugnatura technique: a limited- edition fragrance by Acqua di Parma

Mariangela Peci

Mexico City

kurimanzutto, Mexico City

kurimanzutto: from a nomad gallery to exhibition spaces – talking with José Kuri

kurimanzutto’s first exhibition, Economía de Mercado, took place in 1999 in Mexico City and remained open to the public for less than twenty-four hours

Debora Vitulano

Paris

Centre Georges Pompidou, exhibition

Over the Rainbow: cinema, erotic photography, and poetry at Centre Pompidou

After the release of the song Over The Rainbow from Wizard of Oz, ‘a friend of Dorothy's’ became a code name to discuss homosexuality in the 70s at the Centre Pompidou

Cristian Tonea

Milan

L’Alchimia Milan, Michelin star restaurant

L’Alchimia restaurant, Milan. Raw materials experimentation applied to cuisine

Contemporary Alchemists - focusing on experimentation with raw materials and daring with combinations, the one-Michelin-starred restaurant L'Alchimia offers innovative cuisine while remaining concrete. In conversation with Executive Chef Giuseppe Postorino

Matteo Mammoli

Paris

The perfume list, Anomalia Paris

Anomalia Paris – irregular design interpreting the roughness of the Garden of Eden

Jardin Humanistes was created by French perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour - Anomalia, from the Greek ‘anomalos’, expresses the concept of irregularity in glass bowls produced in ancient French furnaces

Mariangela Peci

Piedmont

Fondazione La Raia, 10th Anniversary

Inventory celebrates biodiversity for Fondazione La Raia’s 10th anniversary

«Tami Izko at La Raia focused on the theme of biodiversity and wanted to emphasize the compromised ability to look at, and systematize what surrounds us»

Maria Bellotto

Normandy

Trudon, Mortagne-au-Perche

Trudon turns 380 – the flame of an icon continues to shine

In conversation with Trudon CEO and Creative Director Julien Pruvost, to delve into raw materials, manufacturing, commitment to the environment – and the importance of art, in all things

Matteo Mammoli

Tuscany

Giglio Restaurant, Lucca

Giglio Restaurant: Cooking inspired by Rrose Sélavy to the beat of The Clash

On the ground floor of Palazzo Arnolfini stands Michelin-starred Giglio Restaurant. Lampoon in conversation with the three chefs Benedetto Rullo, Lorenzo Stefanini, Stefano Terigi

Federico Jonathan Cusin

Perfumery

BYREDO at Salone del Mobile

Preserving Collective Memory Through Art and Fragrance: BYREDO and Dozie Kanu, Bal d’Afrique

Bal d'Afrique, which was inspired by someone else's memories, was created with the intention of preserving and celebrating diasporic connections

Mariangela Peci

Tuscany

San Casciano dei Bagni, Tuscany

How the Medici’s Villa became Fonteverde Resort: San Casciano dei Bagni, Tuscany

Fonteverde is a resort located in the Sienese countryside, where Etruscan thermal baths combine with holistic rituals and modern science in a Renaissance villa

Debora Vitulano

Sicily

Le Calette, Cefalù. A drawing among the folds and inlets of Caldura bay

Mediterranean architecture adapts to small coves, in this corner of Sicily, just a few meters from the center of Cefalù - the energy of this region pulses at Le Calette, after so many decades still a family-run hotel

Matteo Mammoli

Milan

OPR Gallery, Milan

Representing Italian artists in a homologated art world: OPR Gallery, Milan

Milanese art gallery OPR takes its name and origin from Office Project Room, an art space active between 2017 and 2020 and founded by collector Francesco Macchi and artist Matteo Cremonesi

Ilaria Sponda

cape town

COCO-MAT Lofts, sustainable living

From Manufacturing to Sustainability: The Transformation of the Eco-Friendly COCO-MAT Lofts

Sustainable living in Cape Town: COCO-MAT Lofts were renovated by Lida and Luca Verbeeck in 2017 and has been self-sustaining since inception

Simoné Esterhuizen

Como

Ramo Gallery, Lake Como

Personal agency or consumerist culture: talking with Hyun Cho at Ramo Gallery, Lake Como

At the intersection of Swiss and Italian art market: research on the role of galleries in nowadays social media-influenced art world

Ilaria Sponda

Tuscany

Tuscany's Thermal Destinations

In San Giuliano Terme a microclimate invites relaxation of body and spirit

During the Renaissance, the baths were owned by the Medici family and were frequented by many famous artists and intellectuals of the time, including Galileo Galilei

Matteo Mammoli

France

Ardèche, Southeastern France

Discovering Ardèche – triumph of vegetation and biocosmetics since 1983

At the crossroads of Rhône-Alpes, Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon, lies Melvita's headquarter – the brand celebrates its 40th anniversary with a partnership with the wwf to seal its commitment to the environment

Matteo Mammoli

Mexico

Casa Wabi, Mexico City

Bosco Sodi’s art foundation in Mexico City – Fundación Casa Wabi

The art foundation established by artist Bosco Sodi encourages a dialogue between contemporary art and the local communities of Puerto Escondido, Mexico City and Tokyo

Giovanni Bartolini

Florence

FFF Polimoda Master with Li Edelkoort

Trend Forecaster Li Edelkoort for the FFF Polimoda Master – from Farm to Fabric to Fashion

The starting point is the farm, the roots, the anthropological view of fashion. The product is not anymore the aim of the creation, but the material and the ability to construct and deconstruct

Anna Baroni

Milan

Six, Milan: from Navigli to Porta Nuova – embracing the new Milan

The cocktail bar is the result of Gabriele Dodi, the mixologist and bartender of Six – the new Six has an international appeal and is aiming to embrace the Milan of the future

Maria Bellotto

La Portofinese, Portofino

Portofino between traditions and love for the territory: La Portofinese

Portofino is to be an example of sustainability in Italy, the visionary idea of Franca Sozzani. Mino Viacava, founder of La Portofinese: a farm dedicated to privacy

Domiziana Montello

Brescia

Spazio Almag, Brescia

Umberta Gnutti Beretta and Edoardo Monti discuss Spazio Almag outside Brescia

«Spazio Almag is a space where we talk about artists, where people can browse a bookshop, a space where they can lock themselves in the video room and watch video art or NFTs»

Federico Jonathan Cusin

Madrid, the art field

The Collection and the Espacio SOLO Museum, Madrid

Protection No Longer Assured at Colección SOLO in Madrid: an analysis on the sublime

In a present marked by disruptive technologies and disinformation, armed conflicts and environmental collapse, Protection No Longer Assured revisit the concept of the sublime

Ario Mezzolani

Paris, the art field, The Publishing Industry

Perrotin Gallery and Bookstore

In Paris, the Gallery Perrotin hosts artist Bernar Venet and painter Susumu Kamijo

Parisian Gallery Perrotin and bookstore, with the same name, has locations in New York, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong and Shanghai, displaying world class art and merchandise

Anna Prudhomme

architecture, Mexico

Casa Luis Barragán, Mexico

A contemporary architecture recognized by UNESCO in 2004 – Casa Luis Barragán, Mexico

The only individual property in Latin America recognised by UNESCO, Barragán’s home, untouched since the architect passed away in 1988, is a site that art connoisseurs and architects explore

Estelle Lesault

Mexico City, the art field

Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo

Mexico’s cherished artists: Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo

Commissioned by the couple from the architect Juan O'Gorman in 1931, Diego RIvera and Frida Kahlo lived in the estate until 1934

Cristian Tonea

Mexico City, the art field

Museo Anahuacalli, Mexico City

A home for art built from the ashes of a volcano: Museo Anahuacalli, Mexico City

Inspired to Aztec temples, the museum hosts a permanent collection of pre-Columbian finds, temporary exhibitions of contemporary artists and a botanical garden

Debora Vitulano

Perfumery, raw materials

Samuel Ross for Acqua di Parma

From High-Fluorescent Tones to Haikus – Samuel Ross for Acqua di Parma

A scented flipbook, containing slits of images, sketches, and notes. The verbiage in the book is immediately accessible, in a Pantone like format

Ibrahim Kombarji

Paris, the art field

The Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris

The LVMH’s foundation pays homage to Basquiat and Warhol collaborations in Paris

Under Foundation Louis Vuitton's spotlight: A collaboration between Basquiat and Warhol, two of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century

Anna Prudhomme

Perfumery, raw materials

Le Labo eau de parfum

Ecologically aware methods for incorporating musk – Le Labo Eau de Parfum

Genderless scents that are united by their use of cruelty free alternatives to musk and ambergris – the Ambroxyde 17 candle with eau de parfums Lys 41 and Ambrette 9

Genevieve Verdigel

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