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...It’s early days to judge on service – particularly for a place that opened in the can-we/can’t-we travel days of summer 2021 – or on that ineffable, intuitive thing called ambience, which often requires...
...Lorenzo, the Milanese silver specialist whose work sits in the permanent collection at the V&A; ebony-edged maple-wood trays and picture frames from Bottega Ghianda, which has worked with everyone from Giò Ponti...
...In the same way, the chequered facade of her angular Almont credenza is composed of alternating ebonised and natural oak tiles, suggestive of a postmodern take on Giò Ponti....
...With its thoughtful plot and vibrant prose, Ponti is one of the more assured debuts I’ve read recently, and it’s easy to see how the freshness of Teo’s voice caught the attention of the judges when she won...
...Her successors in the business may be wise to heed her advice; as Moleskines become ever more ubiquitous, observers may learn not to judge a book by its cover....
...Gio Ponti, Carlo Mollino, Carlo Scarpa. They had a sensibility towards manufacturing and how things were made....
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