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Outdoor Furnishings: This Year’s Trends

With the arrival of the warm season, it is natural to want to enjoy the outdoor spaces of your home. Whether it’s a garden, terrace, or even a balcony — small or large — in 2022 the key words for outdoor furniture are simplicity and design. Outdoor spaces are being reimagined with a new approach, taking into account innovations in digital technology: the boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces are becoming increasingly blurred, if not entirely erased.  Therefore, anything that is not...

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Curiosities about the All Plastic Chair by Morrison

Among the Vitra chairs — the Swiss company that leads the industrial design sector for home and office — the All Plastic Chair stands out: a chair that recalls the traditional, yet is thoroughly contemporary, designed in 2016 by the “super normal” designer Jasper Morrison. Let’s discover more about the APC chair, the manufacturer, and the designer behind it. Vitra: The Timeless Swiss Company Vitra has been producing innovative home furnishings — what we now call true industrial design —...

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Tulip Table: Innovative Tulip‑Shaped Design

The Saarinen table, also known as the Tulip table, takes its name from its creator: a visionary of modern industrial design. Let’s discover how this brilliant idea was born, which still holds a special place in home décor today. Who Was Eero Saarinen, Creator of the Tulip Table Born in 1910 in Kirkkonummi, Finland, he was an architect and industrial designer who later became a U.S. citizen, and was one of the leaders of the second generation of modernists....

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Kartell Shop Fano: History of an Italian Brand

Kartell: Company History The company Kartell was founded in Noviglio, Milan, in 1949 from an idea by Italian Giulio Castelli — the first, crucial steps toward creating a design brand that has proudly represented Made in Italy around the world for over 70 years. In the late 1980s, Castelli’s son-in-law, Claudio Luti, took over the company. Coming from the top fashion houses, having worked for Versace, he was able to create an unprecedented fusion of fashion and design thanks to his...

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From the Office to Your Home: Poltrona Frau

Poltrona Frau is a design furniture brand founded in 1912 by Renzo Frau. Its presence on the international market for over a century makes it one of the strongest symbols of Made in Italy worldwide, thanks to its unique craftsmanship — the result of constant and meticulous research and the fusion of three fundamental elements: functionality, aesthetics, and artisanal quality. Who Was Renzo Frau Lorenzo Frau was born in Sardinia, in Cagliari, in 1881. Known to all as Renzo, he...

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Casarredo: Our New Website is Live!

The new Casarredo website is now online — a company that, since 1960, has expressed and promoted through its unique 'fusion' style a true culture of aesthetics, design, and living. Within these web pages, you will find comprehensive solutions to meet every furnishing need — not just for the home. Let’s explore what’s new.  Casarredo: A Continuously Evolving Design Story Fusion means union, blending: combining elements such as aesthetics, culture, and pure design to create unique pieces of furniture. From accessories and ethnic...

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The Importance of Home

Living in Harmony with Your Home Space The period of mandatory lockdown at home, while devastating on one hand, also helped us realize the true importance of the home. The home is not simply a building where we eat and sleep — when well furnished, it can become a true wellness center. Let’s start with aesthetics: living among beautiful, well-designed objects is uplifting for the spirit and allows us to face life with greater optimism. In contrast, living in an environment filled with...

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Furnishing the Garden

Furnishing Your Garden with Style Furnishing your garden or terrace: beautiful and functional tables, lamps, chairs, and sofas. Choosing outdoor furniture requires the same level of care — if not more — than furnishing the interior of your home. For outdoor spaces, product quality becomes even more critical, as weather elements severely test the durability of any material, especially in coastal areas. While a good chrome finish can last for many years indoors, outdoor use requires stainless steel, epoxy coatings, plastics that are not...

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How to Furnish Your Home

How to Furnish Your Home It’s a good question — and at the same time, both simple and complex to answer. First of all, we need to clarify what it means to furnish a home, an office, or a shop. Furnishing means introducing products into a living or working space that make it both aesthetically pleasing and functional. Of course, a home should also reflect the personality of those who live in it. Taste, however, is a different matter — it can...

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