MORFOSIS, Rome: wearability and inspiration

Rome-based fashion designer Alessandra Cappiello founded her label Morfosis in 2004, influenced by art, and especially her grandmother, painter Anna Grauso …

Kitchen Quarantine by Massimo Bottura

The circumstances may have been difficult, but chefs and restaurant owners brought us so much joy while we were in lockdown. With fantastic recipes on Instagram, deliveries of our favourite foods and surprise food parcels for doctors at the hospital, they provided immense culinary comfort when we needed it most – the ultimate example of “sharing is caring” …

Quellenhof Luxury Resort Lazise, Italy: la dolce vita // LIFESTYLEHOTELS

Lake Garda – just thinking about it makes you feel like you’re already on holiday. At the Quellenhof Luxury Resort Lazise, the extensive spa area offers enough space and time to ponder and allow your thoughts to drift away between the olive and pine groves …

MOYA Restaurant, Italy: new spaces for the food experience by Maurizio Lai

Strings of light, sculptural fluidity and boreal shades: a new degree of experience for Moya restaurant. The Italian architect Maurizio Lai redesigns a fusion cuisine restaurant in the North of Italy with bright installations, bold signs and abstract geometries …

Vudafieri-Saverino Partners: interior design for two new luxury malls in China

The Italian architecture Studio Vudafieri-Saverino Partners has designed the interiors for SKP Malls in Beijing and Xian. Over 6000 square metres of fashion, interpreted in the name of style, functionality and flexibility …

SCAB Design: shape, beauty and functionality in an all-Italian design

The future belongs to those who know how to read between the textures of an innovative made in Italy that pushes itself toward new interpretations of shapes and materials. Once again SCAB Design presents products that combine shape, beauty and functionality in an all-Italian design …

Dolce & Gabbana: talent and hard work

Dolce & Gabbana – a name that is known worldwide not only to fashionistas. The Italian fashion company has been at the center of the global fashion industry for years and has been inspiring the fashion world for decades. It was founded in 1985 by the fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana in Legnano near Milan …

IYO AALTO, Milan

Precious materials, clean lines and custom design features characterise this restaurant, where Japan is given an original and unconventional new twist. The IYO AALTO is a Japanese restaurant in Milan that was designed by Italian architect Maurizio Lai …

RØST, Milan: new gourmet destinantion with no waste cusine

Italian traditional dishes are the protagonists at Røst, the new Milanese gourmet restaurant based on no waste cuisine with the rediscovery of poor meat cuts, forgotten foods and peculiar vegetables.

100% living: Crazy Hollmann Worldwide // LIFESTYLEHOTELS

An interview with Robert Hollmann, owner of the Crazy Hollmann Collection, about his five favorite places and his endless attention to detail…

Palazzo Matteotti: natural charm for a new apart hotel in Florence

A new hospitality space has been created by Pierattelli Architetture from the redevelopment of Palazzo Matteotti, a neoclassical building in Florence: the Italian studio has designed 6 apartments where the guest is at the centre of the project and the domestic atmosphere blends in with hotel facilities and comfort…

Monaci delle Terre Nere, Sicily: black earth // LIFESTYLEHOTELS

A volcano, a vision and an incredible idyll. The Monaci delle Terre Nere in Sicily is one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

Alpine Cooking: Recipes and Stories from Europe’s Grand Mountaintops

A lushly photographed cookbook and travelogue showcasing the regional cuisines of the Alps, including 80 recipes for the elegant, rustic dishes served in the chalets and mountain huts situated among the alpine peaks of Italy, Austria, Switzerland, and France…

Faloria Mountain Spa Resort, Cortina d’Ampezzo: a new benchmark in luxury hospitality

In Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy’s most glamorous mountain destination, a design hotel combines comfort, modernity and tradition defining a new model in hospitality…

SPICA Restaurant: Milanese Design with indian influences

The restaurant tells the story of the chefs’ journey around the world, offering a cosmopolitan and modern cuisine. Designed by the Italian Studio Vudafieri-Saverino Partners, the interior combines Asian influences with references to the great Milanese design, in a vibrant and colorful atmosphere…

SAVONA 18 Suites, Milan/Italy

A boutique hotel in a Milanese courtyard, located in the heart of the fashionable Tortona district. Designed by Aldo Cibic…

SuiteSeven Stadthotel Merano & a Butcher’s shop // LIFESTYLEHOTELS

The family-run butchery is in its third-generation and a popular culinary venue among locals and guests. Since 2018 the family also runs a boutique hotel under the arcades: the SuiteSeven Stadthotel Merano…

amo ergo sum: La Biennale Arte 2019

Venice is even more exciting, even more diverse and even more worth a visit.– until 24 November, which is when the 58th Biennale ends. This year’s title is “May You Live in Interesting Times”. A Chinese curse according to legend, this motto has wide scope for interpretation …