Hello ! I’m Elisabetta Rizzato, Italian architect and founder of italianbark.com. I created ITALIANBARK back in 2013 to inspire design lovers and design professionals in their job and daily life, but above all to inspire myself in a moment when I felt totally demotivated in my own job.
Over the years, the blog has grown to become one of the most read Italian interior design blogs abroad and one of the most popular trend forecasting websites on a global scale. Today, IB is a complete platform with endless resources for design professionals and design lovers.
ITALIANBARK was awarded as “Best Colour Inspiration Blog” International at the Amara Interior Blog Awards 2018 and listed in the Top Global 25 interior blogs by The Huffington Post, besides being named in many paper and online publications, including Vogue Australia in the top Italian interior Instagram profiles to follow.
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Ready to find out the most innovative, sustainable and circular designs from the INTERZUM FAIR 2019? Whenever we design a product, project a building or even consume goods, we create a series of environmental impacts. Nowadays we have all the tools to measure our impact on earth and this gives us a great opportunity to […]
Last month we looked at luscious lemon yellow, a refreshing citrus hue. This month the palette is calming down as we celebrate champagne. Yep, beige is back! But this time we have given it somewhat of a contemporary twist calling it champagne, sounds luxurious but let’s not shy away from the fact it is a […]
Travel to Japan with our Tokyo Design Guide! This Tokyo city guide will help you plan your visit, sharing 25 of the best places to eat, drink, shop, and experience in Japan. Tokyo is not simply a sight by day and night, but a city steeped in culture, cuisine, and history. No matter your […]
Did you know that organic shapes are really on trend now in interiors and design? The latest furniture collections, in fact, shows a new definition of shapes and silhouettes. We are seeing many new interesting irregular shapes, far from geometrical ones, giving much more freedom and creativity to interior design. We start to be more attracted […]
How to decorate with color and pattern? How to decorate with color and pattern in a small space? This apartment in Ukraine, designed by LIS design studio, shows. it perfectly. If done it right, decorating with colour and pattern can be the perfect solution for solving a small space design. By sticking to a very […]
One of the (many, indeed) aspects I love about living in Senegal is the climate. Despite the very tough and humid months of the rainy season, from November to June the weather is just perfect here: moderately hot during the day and cool at night, which results to be very conducive for Dakar’s vibrant outdoor […]
In an age where maximalism is on the rise, all the more patterns are re-surfacing in the interior decorating world. And I love that because these decorative repeating motifs are playful, joyful, but most of all they help one establish a unique character. There was a time when people matched their pattern print upholstery fabric to their […]
How to decorate your home like an Italian villa: be inspired from this home tour Here in Italy the summer has definitely started, so let’s share today some inspiration from some beautiful summer vacations home. Today we virtually travel to the South of Italy, to the Puglia region, to visit an inspiring home for rent […]
How do I make my house a smart house? Know more by reading this article. As you may have seen if you follow italianbark on Instagram, in the last two weeks I had the chance to see in person some really interesting innovations in the home design. Especially, how the homes are changing thanks to […]
Ever been to Tallinn, Estonia? Tallinn is one of the most fascinating capital cities, as well as one with the most compact and well preserved historical centres. And, not for nothing, it is called the “medieval pearl of Europe”. Tallin’s charm comes from its unique blending of different cultures, due to its particular position in […]
The living room is the calling card of our homes. The space where you probably spend more of your time when at home (unless you work from an home office, as I do, so yes you will probably spend more time there..!), but it is also the room that is open to guests, where to […]
We were already talking last year in this post that one of the key trends for outdoor design and garden furniture is about decorating the outdoor with the same attention of interior spaces. That’s why I am not surprised to see that the latest collections for garden furniture reflect many similarities with the main trends of […]
Yellow tends to be a very polarizing colour. While some people experience a mild panic attack by the very thought of introducing yellow into their homes, some swear by its optimism and energizing nature, and wouldn’t trade it for the world. No matter what group you feel more related to, you must have noticed the […]
For sure, you have already noticed how trendy the metallic finishes have become lately in interiors. Shiny furniture finishes, wallpapers, fabrics, inspired by the Twenties vibes of the Great Gatsby style, enrich the interiors with new vibrant effects. No exception for the kitchen design, where metallic finishes are absolutely on trend now. However, we all […]
Ready to discover the most innovative biomaterials in design and the latest circular design projects from the Milan Design Week 2019? We are surrounded by all types of materials: the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the package we wrap our goods in, the homes we live in, our workplaces. “Materials make up the entire […]
