Kartell

In the frame: standout designs from around the globe

All year round, we journey through design weeks, fairs and galleries scouring for the most refined, innovative and spectacular designs from across the globe. From sublime exhibition sets and nifty product launches to compelling collaborations and sophisticated new brands, we...

Staying power: Luminaire traces Antonio Citterio’s illustrious career

American design retailer Luminaire is presenting a retrospective of Italian architect and designer Antonio Citterio in its Chicago showroom. Coinciding with design fair Neocon, the exhibition highlights the connections between processes, products and designs in Citterio’s work, putting his pieces...

Memphis belle: why jeweller Sabine Getty is not putting away childish things

’This is actually my childhood desk seat,’ says jeweller Sabine Getty, tapping the colour-blocked arms of a Memphis ‘Palace’ chair, designed by George Sowden in 1983 and now installed in her new Mayfair studio-cum-showroom. ‘When I was a child...

An ethereal Kartell dining chair floats into the W* House

Ibiza-born, Barcelona-based designer Eugeni Quitllet’s career is characterised by lightness. His latest collaboration with Kartell explores this with a chair whose contemporary silhouette bridges the gap between solid and ethereal. A suspended curved seat is perched on a simple geometric frame...

Peace offerings: Wallpaper* curates a minimalist haven

Room Mate collaborates with Patricia Urquiola on Hotel Giulia launch

The global trend for affordable design accommodation continues apace, finally making a presence in Milan, thanks to the canny collaboration between Spanish architect and designer Patricia Urquiola and budget friendly hotel group Room Mate. Located smack in the city centre...

The outsiders: we’ve assembled the perfect patio posse at our neat Greek retreat

Playtime!: Kartell launches its first ever kids collection at Salone del Mobile

At last year’s Salone del Mobile, Italian stalwarts Kartell travelled back in time to pay tribute one of the forefathers of Italian design, Ettore Sottsass. For 2016, they are taking it back again, but this time in scale and age...

Brand (new) offering: Italian design brand Kartell opens London store

This is shaping up to be a stellar year for Italian brand Kartell; opening this week, the company’s first London flagship store will introduce a new lifestyle concept to the brand’s retail offering. ‘London has been our goal for years...

Design Awards 2016: best of the rest

Industry’s best: Francesca Molteni curates an exhibition of innovative Italian design

One of our favourite enterprising design women in Milan is Francesca Molteni, scion of the Molteni furniture empire and founder of the creative lab Muse Factory of Projects. In addition to her new film on Gio Ponti, which debuts next...

Salone del Mobile 2013: the Wallpaper* edit