A kitchen without wall cabinets frees up the upper part of the walls and can make the space feel more open, brighter and more closely connected to the language of the living area. Simply removing suspended cabinets from a traditional kitchen layout, however, is not enough. Wall cabinets store tableware and food, can house the …
Sculptural lighting refers to lighting fixtures that maintain a strong spatial presence even when switched off: they define an area, introduce a recognisable form and alter the relationship between light, furniture and architecture. Their selection, however, should not begin with silhouette alone. A dramatic pendant that causes glare, an oversized floor lamp or a luminous …
Rosso Levanto marble in interior design is recognisable for its dark red to purplish background, crossed by white calcite fractures and, in some selections, green inclusions associated with serpentinite. The word “marble”, however, is primarily a commercial designation: geologically, Rosso Levanto is an ophicalcite breccia, also known as Breccia di Levanto, formed within the Ligurian …
Shou Sugi Ban in interiors is often described as a simple technique for creating black, highly textured wood. The reality is more precise: the correct Japanese term is yakisugi, a traditional process involving the surface charring of sugi boards, Cryptomeria japonica, historically used as cladding in the vernacular architecture of western Japan. Indoors, this surface …
