{"id":243607,"date":"2024-12-16T10:57:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T15:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=243607"},"modified":"2024-12-16T10:57:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T15:57:32","slug":"italian-interiors-rooms-with-a-view","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/italian-interiors-rooms-with-a-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Reads: Indulge In Chic Italian Interiors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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December 16, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Wilson Barlow<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Design Reads: Indulge In Chic Italian Interiors<\/h1>\n\n\n
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Italian Interiors: Rooms with a View
<\/em>By Laura May Todd
New York and London: Phaidon, $70
272 pages, 250 color illustrations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a seminal 1928 essay, Gio Ponti described the model Italian home as something much more than a refuge from the elements. It must go beyond the functional, he said, as a house is not only shelter but \u201ca repository for life: a place where objects delight and provide comfort.\u201d The domiciles collected in this new volume exemplify that theory, showcasing examples that serve as a canvas onto which the individuality of their residents is painted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 50 projects are assembled into a novel table of contents, each itemized not by name or designer but with a description. And, rather than proceeding chronologically, chapters are arranged into a montage of styles and time periods. For example, Il Palazzetto, a Monselice farmhouse renovated by Carlo Scarpa and his son Tobia between 1978 and 2006, is listed as \u201ca 16th-century home reworked by a pair of renowned architects;\u201d it now has a room appointed with a Le Corbusier LC4 chaise lounge. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Current designers are here as well. Mirta Ottaviani\u2019s Puglian vacation retreat mixes limewashed white with vibrant accents and has ample outdoor access. In contrast on the very next page, a Tuscan home by Baciocchi Associati is earthier, its walls made of\u00a0cocciopesto,\u00a0<\/em>a concrete dating to ancient Rome.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Ponti, his work appears in the form of Casa di Fantasia, a Milan apartment he originally completed in 1953 for an art-collecting couple that\u2019s considered, as the name implies, one of his boldest commissions. It was recently reinterpreted by David\/Nicolas studio founders Nicolas Moussallem and David Raffoul, who not only pre\u00adserved the surrealist style but also added it to with such elements as French oak boiserie inlaid with tiger stripes\u2014exactly the sort of joy-sparking detail\u00a0il signori<\/em>\u00a0Ponti spoke of when imagining the perfect Italian interior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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