The Honest Conversations are Happening in DMs: Dana’s Notes from Milan Design Week 2026.Sixteen years on from her first Milan Design Week, Dana Tomić Hughes returned alone for the first time. What she found was a design industry that has engineered honesty out of itself, where the brand activation has overtaken the design...
European Design Giants Land in Sydney as Mobilia Completes National Expansion.The final piece of Mobilia's national expansion has fallen into place with the opening of their Sydney flagship in Alexandria. What began as Tony Fazzari's modest Perth workshop in 1969 has blossomed into a design empire, representing...
Does Design’s Biggest Event Reflect a World in Crisis? Dana’s Unfiltered Take on Milan 2025.Milan Design Week 2025 reflected our broader cultural moment: confused, transitioning, searching for meaning. With the world in crisis, genuine creativity struggles, while marketing machines dominate. Fashion brands have invaded design...
Inside Sunnei’s Rule-Breaking Milan Flagship Where Retail Meets Cultural Hub.Milan's coolest fashion brand Sunnei has completed their multifaceted flagship by unveiling a gallery space within their headquarters. This final piece transforms the "Store-Café-Gallery" concept into Milan's newest cultural destination....
Milan Unpacked: Exploring the Heart of Design Week with Dana Tomić Hughes.Explore the charm and complexity of Milan Design Week through Dana Tomic Hughes’ comprehensive report, Milan Unpacked 2024 in partnership with Space. Focusing on installations, experiences, heritage brands, fashion houses, group shows,...
Fashion Meets Design: Three Shows That Have Us Inspired This Season.Fashion and design have always intertwined, natural bedfellows that overlap in sinuous ways. While the marrying of form and function is at the heart of both, the runway is a place for pure, unadulterated spectacle and art. Some of our...
An Exercise in Imagination: 1970s House Renovation in Bergamo by Officina Magisafi.In Bergamo, a Northern Italian province outside of Milan sits this intricately revamped 1970s house by Officina Magisafi. Inspired by the owners’ passion for industrial aesthetics and the United States, the design studio took an...
Highlights from Milan Design Week & Salone del Mobile 2022, Part 02.Part 02 of our visual diary from Milan Design Week and Salone Del Mobile 2022 captures our epic design travels in, across and out of the city, and over at Rho Fiera, bringing you our carefully chosen highlights from the ultimate global...
Atelier de Troupe and cc-tapis present Le Tapis Nomade Inside a Mid-century Milanese Building.Designed in Los Angeles, produced in Nepal and debuted in New York, Le Tapis Nomade is a rug born from the collaboration between Atelier de Troupe and cc-tapis, a stimulating encounter that culminated in a dedicated photo and video shoot....
