Category: big cities

  • Armani / Manzoni 31

    One shop that we wanted to visit is Alessi‘s flagship store, because we want to add a few more pieces to our set of cutlery (Achille Castiglioni). According to our guidebook, it is on Corso G. Matteotti.  Instead, we found Spazio Fornasetti which was a pleasant surprise.  Lina Cavalieri’s face remains mysterious and enigmatic even after

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  • Berlin: Axica by Frank Gehry

    Berlin: Axica by Frank Gehry

    Back to pictures of my Berlin trip. For two days, we had meetings in a fantastic conference center designed by Frank Gehry.  Axica, is located inside a squarish building which houses the offices of DZ Bank.  The bank is located next to the US embassy and the Brandenburg gate (Brandenburger Tor) in Pariser Platz.  To

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