Travelogue: Veni, vidi, vici
We came. We saw. We cultured.In six days, we walked more than 70 miles, visited more than a dozen showrooms, sipped countless demi cups of espresso, and experienced more moments of pure inspiration than we could have ever imagined. The imprint of Salone will stay with us for many seasons to comeuntil the next WRJ field trip be it to Paris or Pocatello. En Italia, we learned that we learn best as a collective. The more eyes, the more insight. . . .
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Travelogue: Acculturation
When designers travel, they spot things: the steely purple on the walls of an enchanting brunch spot; the dry-stack retaining wall off the autostrade; turquoise window frames decorating a butter-yellow casa; linen borders on bath towels and cashmere lining in leather boots; metal seahorses floating inside a Moncler window. Milan breathes inspiration. Whether touring the immaculate factory of Loro Piana to connecting espresso dots around the Duomo, the WRJ designers are on empirical overdrive as . . .
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home work
One of the reactions of the fast-moving digital age is the flexibility of being able to accomplish your work from anywhere in the world. As a result of this, a trend that were beginning to see is the advent of the fully outfitted home office. And these work outposts are not a simple pull-up niche located somewhere within the program of the home these are full-fledged spaces suited up as beautiful as any other room in the home. It seems people are wanting to take care of their daily (or night . . .
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Guiding Light
We dont use the word perfect very often out of respect for the fact that few things are truly flawless. And yet perfect is precisely the word that comes to mind when considering the glass work of Carlo Moretti. Each piece produced by the studio's master glassmakerson the masterful island of Muranois flawless in form and execution, the embodiment of a seemingly impossible binarybold yet ethereal. Like the Ovale lamp: The handblown Murano-crystal base would be enough to win our hearts, and yet, th . . .
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