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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

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

Debora Vitulano

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

Milan

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