What we eat before we go to bed can also affect our sleep patterns, so Italy's best food designers are on board to help spice up and sweeten our dreams. Founded by Francesca Sarti in 2001, Arabeschi di Latte is an inventive collective of Italian women designers with a passion for good times, great food and lush conviviality. Based on the idea of creating a 'daily sense of happiness', Francesca and her team are all about food as an experience, a tool that leads to opportunities and memories - Arabeschi di Latte's Wundertute project, a whimsical gastro game of chance, was one of the stars at this years Salone Del Mobile.
The BQ interactive dinner is a ‘healthy eating banquet’ where guests construct their own meals using traditional recipes and Italian ingredients. Guests are encouraged to re-discover the joy of making food by hand and cooking as a social experience
Midnight dinner for Underktichen, Natura Morta, Era Studio Gallery, Milan
Eggs soaked in tea appear as giant marbles, re-defining the tradition of the dinner party at Underkitchen’s Midnight dinner
The in-flight meal in collaboration with Bordbar for Wallpaper* Handmade 2011
Tokens, Love for Food and Wood event
‘Tokens, Love for Food and Wood’
‘Freaky Friday’ was a drink created for the yellow-themed launch party of the Freitag – The Reference Line Yellow limited-edition bag collection
A scene from the ‘Wundertute’ event hosted by DeisgnMarketo to celebrate Arabeschi di Latte’s 10th anniversary. A pop-up shop showcased DesignMarketo’s pick of its favourite Arabeschi Di Latte’s products.
‘Wundertute’ at DeisgnMarketo
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the weekFrom sumo wrestling to Singaporean fare, medieval manuscripts to magnetic exhibitions, the Wallpaper* team have traversed the length and breadth of culture in the British capital this week
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Doshi Retreat at the Vitra Campus is both a ‘first’ and a ‘last’ for the great Balkrishna DoshiDoshi Retreat opens at the Vitra campus, honouring the Indian modernist’s enduring legacy and joining the Swiss design company’s existing, fascinating collection of pavilions, displays and gardens
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Issey Miyake’s shape-shifting A/W 2025 collection transforms the paper bag into something you can wear‘Can anything be considered a garment, as long as it’s on the body?’ says creative director Satoshi Kondo of the art-infused collection, which sees the everyday reimagined
