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6 Elegant Cookware Lines, Italian Edition
All-time sexiest cookware? In Italy, designers have started thinking beyond the burner, creating streamlined, multifunctional pieces that can go from stovetop to tabletop. Above: Designed by Milanese...
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Decadent and Decayed: Dry Cocktail Bar in Milan
Located on Via Solferino in Milan, Dry cocktail bar serves just the essentials, pizza and cocktails, in a stripped-down, neo-industrial setting. A venture of John Florins, Andrea Berton, Diego Rigatti,...
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Steal This Look: A Glamorous Swiss-Italian Kitchen, Chandelier Included
Husband and wife duo Demetrio Zanetti and Veruska Gennari handpick the vintage and contemporary furniture that showcases at their gallery Demos Mobilia in Chiasso, Switzerland, one of the largest...
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For Rent: A Revived 16th-Century Farmhouse in Puglia
Back in 2006, a San Francisco–based Italian-American couple set out to find an Italian retreat near her native city of Bari. After an exhaustive search, and the failed purchase of a modest home, they...
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11 Favorites: Demijohns as Decor
Perhaps the first bottles ever to get recycled as decor: Outsize French and Italian wine bottles—known as demijohns, damigiana, and carboys—have long been put to use as sculptural objects. An easy way...
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New Serving: Splatterware Ceramics from Italy
Jackson Pollock was hardly the first to elevate the paint drip. Spatterware (also known as splatterware) ceramics and enamelware have been around for centuries. But not all is equal. We especially like...
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10 Easy Pieces: Olive Oil Containers
Purists insist that olive oil must be stored away from light and heat. Here are 10 containers that keep your liquid gold safe from both. Metal Above: Made of stainless steel, the Portuguese Olive Oil...
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Trousseau-Worthy Textiles from Gruppo di Installazione
Scotti Sitz and John Davidson, the owners of Garde in LA, discovered textile collaborative Gruppo di Installazione a couple of years ago at Maison Objet. "We were walking through the exhibition halls,...
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Milanese Minimalism: A House by Raboni Architetti
With its gray stucco walls and simple architectural massing, Varese's Villa V by Milan- and Moscow-based Raboni Architetti saves its riches for the inside, where a muted palette meets an undertone of...
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Bella Cucina: 8 Italian Kitchen Systems
Here's a look at the latest modular kitchen systems from Italy: practical, precisely engineered, and, yes, pricey. The advantages? Modular systems offer the entire package, with an all-of-a-piece...
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Remodeling 101: Wall-Panel Radiators
In Europe, radiators are the embodiment of quiet, gentle warmth and minimalism. Here, they have a reputation for being ineffectual and outdated. But this scenario is changing along with the profile of...
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Raw in Milan, a Cabinet of Curiosities
With two locations in Milan (the first at Corso Magento and the newest at Via Palermo in the Brera design district), Raw has the city's distressed/vintage market cornered. Paul Badesco, a designer, and...
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Living the Life: 11 Farmhouse Rentals in Italy
Paradise within reach? A new wave of restored villas for rent is making it possible; here's our guide to the farmhouse rental, Italian style. N.B. A good source for villa rentals is The Thinking...
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5 Favorites: Stainless Steel Water Fustis, Italian Edition
Our favorite countertop water dispenser? The Italian fustis, designed originally for olive oil but genius as a water dispenser. Here are five we'd be happy to own. N.B. Most of the retailers we link to...
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Trending on Gardenista: Garden Secrets, Marijuana Grower's Guide Included
How to keep cut flowers fresh the longest? The realest looking fake foliage? The secret to cultivating weed at home (yes, where it's legal)? This week, Michelle and crew crack the codes. Above: "Grey's...
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Design Sleuth: Metal Clips as Art Holders
In the home of art collector and midcentury furniture dealer Demetrio Zanetti, high (velvet lounge chair, midcentury table and light) mixes well with low (metal clips as art hanging system). Above:...
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Curvaceous Designs from Pianoprimo in Milan
These curvy glass designs and full-figured baskets stopped us in our tracks on a recent visit to Garde in LA. They're the work of Italian interior designers Fabio Cocchi and Luigi Rotta of Pianoprimo,...
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Raw Yet Refined: Carlo e Camilla in Milan
Milan's rawest yet most refined restaurant, Carlo e Camilla in Segheria, is located in a former 1930s sawmill (segheria is Italian for sawmill). The space, designed by Tanja Solci, has been left mostly...
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Current Obsessions: A Charmed Life
We've just spent a week exploring Italian design, so we're in a good mood. Here are some other things that are making us happy. Above: Duncan Hannah, the F. Scott Fitzgerald of the art world, has a...
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Table of Contents: House Envy
Who hasn't coveted a neighbor's house? This week we're looking into the elements that create an enviable living space, from radiant heated floors to glamorous carved marble kitchen sinks. A person can...
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