Industrial style and cosy mood. Gianfranco Ferré Home’s 2024 collection, introduced at Salone del Mobile, focuses on contrasts, exploring the harmony between seemingly opposing concepts. The metropolitan aesthetic typical of the brand can be found in industrial lines with metal elements, combined with organic shapes and soft fabrics to add depth and a sense of hospitality.

If bags could talk, they would certainly tell us many stories. But what stories can someone tell us who has been designing bags herself – and has been doing so successfully for a long time? We asked designer Ina Kent for an interview and found out what her first bag looked like in the 1970s, what she thinks of gender-specific bags and that she regularly carries watermelons…

A bag that awakens a deep desire within us. It seems untouchable, which makes us desire it even more. This feeling – at once unbearable and beautiful – is something each of us has felt in some form or another. Inspired by the song “Come On Eileen” by the British band Dexys Midnight Runners, which is dedicated to this theme of love, INA KENT has christened her latest model EILEEN ed.1. A homage to irresistible desire, longing and (forbidden) love…