Bettolle | Ageing Well
Established 40-odd years ago in the hills outside Siena to supply superior traditional building materials, locally crafted or reclaimed
Naples | Gianni Versace Tribute
Gianni Versace is the undisputed if absent protagonist of an exhibition at Naples’ Palazzo Mondragone.
Belluno | Made-to-Measure
Elisabetta Venturelli, an achingly young but singularly talented fashion designer from Belluno.
Modica | Balarte Hotel & Other
Balarte Hotel & Other, down in Sicily‘s south-eastern corner, about halfway between Modica and the beach at Pozzallo.
Naples | Walking the Walk
An evening walk around Materdei, a district of two souls caught between the lower reaches of the city and the smarter Vomero hill, takes place next Saturday, March 23.
Milan | Pisacco Bistrot
An impressive recent addition to the mainstream drinking and dining scene in style capital Milan is Pisacco, gastro-bistrot in Via Solferino
Tremezzo | Villa aux Camélias
Villa Carlotta owes most of its artistic legacy to subsequent owner Gian Battista Sommariva, and its botanic heritage
Vietri sul Mare | Design Pottery
Vietri sul Mare is the easternmost pearl of the breathtaking Amalfi Coast, just west of Salerno.
Sesto San Giovanni | useDesign
The useDesign logo says a lot about the objects it adorns. It says they’re rigorously hand-(re)made and all-Italian.
Martina Franca | The Sartorialist
The Lerario family, established around 40 years ago, was selected to make the costumes for the male protagonists of Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman.