No one can promise you that your performance will be great, but they can definitely wish that “the force be with you” in the right moment. Designer Benedetto Papi (definitely not to be confused with Pope Benedict) has designed a project that could help you enter the bedroom with the potency of Star Wars characters...
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May 16, 2012 •
The Ruskii lamps might make you think of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, but this international project comes from the mind of Italian designer Enrico Zanolla, not the snowy steppes of Russia. Produced by the Toronto-based design house Viso, the elegant and modern twist shape of the Ruskii debuted at the 2012 Frankfurt Light+Building...
Here’s my first visit to Weekend Lovers, a store that just recently opened on La Brea. You may remember the owner: Karolina Maszkiewiczs, my partner in the Pinky Panthers Collection. The Inspiration boards for Weekend Lovers really caught my eye. As I sat and stared at Karolina, in a Riff outfit and Alaia...
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May 14, 2012 •
Marni, the Italian fashion brand, has just released the third capsule collection in its collaborative series called Marni’s Editions. This time the design house has chosen former New York Times illustrator Brian Rea to give a fun new look to Marni’s great pieces. Hand-drawn and whimsical but melancholic, often with an ironic edge, the...
“Time goes by so slowly for those who wait” says Madonna, but the waiting can be a little better if the clocks you’re staring at is as colorful as the ones designed by Giovanni Levanti. Pure abstraction for a new aesthetic experience of time through an unusual relationship of minute and hour hands. ...
Of course they love Woody Allen, but it’s much more about the great times in which the radio was the perfect way to get into music: John Peel was throwing magic flowers all over the world from The Perfumed Garden and the Beatles was simply God’s surname. Just because these four Italian guys are too...
Last month a tribute show celebrated the long career of the witty Italian artist Mario Mariotti. In honor of this great talent we want to show you some of his amazing hand art. Mario grew up in the popular Santo Spirito district of Florence where he was in close contact with the...
If you were one of those kids who always disliked geometry, Italian design company Aquacalda is giving you the opportunity to drink up some new love for the subject thanks to their Mediumsmall Beer Glass. Their amazing design plays on the relationship between the shape and volume of the cone versus the cylinder....
There are some people who just can’t help but be chic no matter what they’re doing, even if it’s taking out the trash. For those of us who are always immaculately dressed and make it through even the most hectic day looking perfectly polished there is Trash Chic, a trash bin designed by...
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May 6, 2012 •
Life among the stars of Rome In 1929, at the age of 28 Arturo Ghergo arrived in Rome with not much money to his name. Yet somehow his talent as a photographer soon became known to the upper echelons of Roman society. From there he became an in-demand portrait photographer. His close relationship with the...
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May 5, 2012 •
Well, we’re all feeling a little down this week at the Ganzo office. Why? Because one of our favorite events of the year has just wrapped up. We’re talking, of course, about the Salone del mobile in Milan. Last year we were all about the chairs by Italian designers. Take a look at what caught...
Do like the curves of your body and want to sit in a chair that will do them justice? Apparently Italian designer Fabio Novembre does. At least, that’s what we think when we see these revolutionary chairs from Casamania. Clearly inspired by the well-known Panton Chair, Fabio has combined philosophy and design to give...
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