Photograph by Manfredi Bellati
Seen at the Elle Décor Party. The Molteni family, Giulia, Carlo and Andrea Molteni came to the Elle Décor party to receive the prize for best seating; Skin, designed by Jean Nouvel.
At The Bulgari Hotel. T: The New York Times Style Magazine and the International Herald Tribune Style Magazine hosted a cocktail party and special exhibition entitled Seeing The Light in the garden of The Bulgari Hotel. Above, T Magazine’s editor in chief, Stefano Tonchi, “bad boy” of Italian art, Francesco Vezzoli and Alice Rawsthorn, the design columnist for the IHT.
Seen at the T Magazine party. Jasper Morrison
Seen at the T Magazine party. Miuccia Prada and Francesco Vezzoli
Seen at the T Magazine party. Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck for Cassina. The Volage sofa designed by Philippe Starck for Cassina. The collection is composed of sofa, ottoman and armchair. The aim of the collection is to achieve daily comfort without sacrificing elegance, luxury thanks to the luxurious upholstery.
Seen at the T Magazine party. German AD's, editor in chief, Margit Mayer.
Seen at the T Magazine party. Armani's Robert Triefus
Seen at the T Magazine party. Michela Moro, Teresa and Angela Missoni.
At Gaia & Gino – Grid. Jaime Haydon talks about his design and inspiration for the Grid Vases for Gaia & Gino “The Grid vase, was inspired by a combination of city influences. Since moving to London, I have been fascinated by British history and the strong medieval atmosphere when I walk through the streets. I became fascinated by tales of the knights templar and the Tudors and the endlessly rich history surrounding me. I came up with vases, inspired by suits of armor, helmets and fencing masks. My trip to Turkey was also relevant. I had visited the city and the beauty I had seen in Islamic arts and crafts was very inspirational. Strong yet fancy armor and the essence of these two cities are very much behind this set of vases."
At Gaia & Gino – Balance. Elle Décor’s Best Designer of the Year, Arik Levy, explains his Balance candle holder for Gaia & Gino, “Balance is both vase and candle holder: these hanging forms swing over the free arch. Creating its own dynamic in space juxtaposition light and flower reflecting the idea of suspension in time and space at every glance.”
A detail. Arik Levy’s upturned acid green collar reads: Dress for Beauty! The bespoke suit was made by Sieger Couture.
Gaia & Gino. Gaia & Gino’s glamorous entrepreneur, Gaye Cevikel chats with designer, Yves Behar. Gaye presented the new collection in the Paul Smith store. The line incorporates traditional forms and patterns into imaginative objects, designed by design luminaries. The choice of the designer is essential, as their language must be in line with the Turkish company’s identity: dynamic, organic, emotional, multi-disciplinary, and multi-cultural.
At B & B Italia. Jean-Marie Masaud is being interviewed whilst sitting on his Terminal 1 daybed for B & B Italia. The French designer, who was the recipient of the Cre-ateur de l’Annee prize in Paris last year, told Metropolis.com “As far as I’m concerned, the role of a designer is not to design objects, but to propose life-enhancing strategies.”
B & B Italia - Terminal 1, designed by Jean-Marie Massaud. The shape of this daybed invites and supports a double function as an armchair and a chaise longue. It is elegant, fluid and harmonic, starting from a glossy plastic body, floating on a metallic frame with the same color finishing.
Photograph by Manfredi Bellati
Seen in Zona Tortona. A detail of Karim Rashid’s jewels. Karim is fixing the time on his Alessi designed watch, as he just flew in from Moscow. Rings also designed by Rashid featuring his trademark pink.
Flower Council Holland and Fiat 500. Elle Décor’s designer of the Year; Arik Levy. Levy has risen to become one of the most interesting and varied industrial designers producing in the 21st century.
Flower Council Holland and Fiat 500. Patrik Fredrikson and Ian Stallard have become internationally recognized as leading exponents of British Avant-Garde for their cutting edge designs.
A Venetian pied a terre. Belgian, Axel Vervoordt is an antique collector, art dealer, interior decorator and a man of great taste. His charming Venetian pied a terre is situated on the piano nobile in the fifteenth century Palazzo Alvera. He is photographed in front of an Italian walnut commode with a collection of modern polydres on top and a round disc on the wall, which was formerly a tabletop. Vervoordt’s taste spans centuries, continents and economic strata, and his profound knowledge of this history of fine and applied arts has led him to create spaces in which his juxtaposition of objects from vastly different eras and cultures makes a strong and impressive statement on present and future interior taste.
The sitting room. Because antique furniture often lacks comfort, Axel Vervoordt has created his own line of sofas, chairs, tables and lamps. The collection is characterized by the mixture of modern leisure and harmonious proportions. Their unpretentious sober design and outstanding craftsmanship endow these furnishings with timeless quality. Two Brian sofas, from Axel Vervoodt’s collection, face each other in the sitting room. Using old wood and a modern iron base, Axel also designed the low rectangular coffee tables. The walls are painted with chalk and natural pigments in a warm terracotta color.
A detail of the living room. The comfortable sofa is designed by Axel Vervoordt and is named Brian, it is upholstered in white cotton fabric. The original Palazzo floor was covered by Axel in poplar wood.
The living room. In the middle of the living room, which is sometimes also used as an alternative dining area, the oval table holds a milieu de table with modern rock crystal candlesticks designed by Axel Vervoordt.
The loggia. The loggia of Palazzo Alvera, built in the fifteenth century, looks out onto a courtyard with a gigantic Sofora Japonica tree that reaches up past the first floor.
The dinning room. The long Swedish pine table takes up most of the dining room. The terracotta covered chairs are original Italian eighteenth century chairs from Piemonte. All the chairs are upholstered in cotton-linen fabric. It is May Vervoordt that selects all the fabrics and creates soft furnishings for all of Axel’s interior design projects. She takes her inspiration from her superb collection of antique textiles.
The “office”. A corner of the dinning room is reserved for business. This small table looks out onto the loggia where a cocktail party is taking place.
The good luck table. In Italy, peperoncini and pomegranates bring good luck. On the eighteenth century Italian console, this pretty polychrome “good luck” composition was created by Axel’s wife May. As always, candles, candles, candles set the mood, they sit in French silver candelabras.
