10 Books on Italian design for your home or as a special gift idea for this Christmas As an ITALIANBARK reader, chances are you already know a bit about design and architecture. If you’d like to learn more about Italian Design specifically, why not invest in home decor while you’re at it, too?! Read your […]

Raise your hand if you are spending your evenings too scrolling on Instagram? I admit, after a slack period towards Instagram, in this period I found again the pelasure in finding inspiration and new accounts to follow on the social network. i also think that Chsitmas is the best time for doing this: more time […]

Change the look with one of these trendy suspension lamps Lately, I’ve got asked by two different clients of making a selection of nice pendant lamps for their living room. I take this opportunity to share with you some of the coolest pendant lamps I found with prices and brand. Some of these are quite […]

When I saw this colourful interior on Instagram, I did not think twice about contacting the designer and asking for more info. I was immediately struck by the use of color, absolutely unconventional for a residential interior. I am sure that, even if you may not be a lover of colourful projects, you will find […]

What will be Pantone’s 2019 color of the year? According to Pantone, the global leading Color Institute, 2018 was the year of Ultraviolet : which was quite a weird color trend for interiors, as it’s very hard to use and was often incorporated in much softer hues such as lilac and lavender. But in my opinion, it is quite […]

Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending HUB Interprint Interior Festival as a speaker. The event was organized by the brand Interprint in Essen, Germany, around a series of talks and exhibitions exploring the latest trends in the interior design and decor. In this article, I will tell you all about my experience. .   [ ITA […]

Do you ever eat in hotel restaurants? If I think about them, I can’t help but remembering my parents never wanting to eat in the hotel while on holidays because they thought we would miss on the local experience. And they were right. But nowadays things have changed, and hotels are really making an effort […]

Yes wallpapers are back as a big trend and I was telling this also last week, talking about the latest trends for interior decoration for 2019 from Paris. Actually, we are seeing wallpapers for some years now, but in my opinion this year wallpaper is starting to be a contemporary option also for those ones […]

What does the kitchen of the future look like? I believe that the best way to discover the latest kitchen design trends (and, broadly speaking, all trends) is to first investigate on what people have now and what they would like in the future. If you follow this blog, especially in the Instagram Stories, you […]

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To kick off this new journey of mine at ITALIANBARK, I decided to write about a new cultural landmark my city, Athens, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC). Why Because as Dr. Cobanli so eloquently said, “the best way to change future is to design it” and this is an exemplary case where thanks […]

Back from the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven,  I start by telling you about my favourite location, the DAE. Design Academy Eindhoven is one of the most influential design schools in the world and The Graduation Show is the most visited exhibit at DDW, besides being a great place where to look for interesting and new design ideas. I […]

If there is one thing I understand about this work, it that you have to be ready to change often  schedule and plans. I had visited the Maison et Objet fair in Paris in September to publish an update of the N/T eBook and then I was overwhelmed by a series of (good) news and […]

  As my fourth year in Dakar – the capital of Senegal – approaches, I proudly look around my house to recognize indisputable evidences of my permanence here: baskets, tribal ornaments, locally sewn dresses, mud-cloth bed throws. I love to absorb local styles and traditions and to mix them with my personal touch, being it […]

I had the opportunity to interview Maarten Baas at the last Milan Design Week, during the the press previews on Monday. I met him at the Moooi exhibit in Tortona, which every year is one of the most scenic of the design week. But I thought that the right time for publishing this interview with […]