Stepping into the Museo Bagatti Valsecchi is a real feast for the senses. Tucked between Via Santo Spirito and Via Gesù in the centre of Milan, this late 19th-century neo-Renaissance palazzo opened it’s doors as a museum in 1994. As though this museum wasn’t spectacular enough, the recent intervention by two Ladies – Goga Ashkenazi – billionaires, oil-magnate and serial entrepreneur, and Rossana Orlandi – highly respected art and design curator – takes the experience of visiting Bagatti Valsecchi to a whole new level…

Crescent House celebrates the elements of light, darkness and fire. It’s a simple rectangular box, clad in torched timber and painstakingly detailed with paper thin roof and wall terminations. Punctured cladding at the entry produces patterns of daylight within, like dancing confetti decorating its interior. As occupants negotiate the gentle sweep of the elliptical walls within the structure, the hedge becomes the ceremonial arrival point…

I wanted to let you know about a super exciting collaboration between Yellowtrace and Yatzer! Costas Voyatzis and I teamed up to bring you our hand-picked selection of the best installations and projects from the recent Milan Design Week 2013…

The work of Paris-based artist Philippe Soussan is not easily described. His pieces sit at the intersection of photography, sculpture and installation art. They are avant-garde and surreal. A playful game of ideas…

Today’s post sings praises to mirrored interiors and art installations. I’m a huge fan of mirrors in interiors. Enormous, single piece mirrors that extend floor to ceiling. No joints please, thanks very much. Mirrors are the ultimate chameleons. They are slick, sharp, and they just work…