Category: design
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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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Louis Hotel, Munich
At the end of July, I was to attend a business conference in Munich. The conference hotel was fully booked so I had to find some place quickly. Turning to New York Times for suggestions, I booked a room at the Louis Hotel. As the rate was about the same as the conference hotel, it…
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Minimalist Graphics
On my flight over about a month ago, I flew Swiss airline. I was bored and cannot help but notice their consistent use of a graphic in most of their printed matter. It is a short horizontal bar (or a dash) placed under the title of something. I think the horizontal bar resembles a cursor.…
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Hotel Deseo, Playa del Carmen
This rather chic boutique hotel is located on the “fifth avenue” of Playa del Carmen at Calle 12. We did not stay here but I was impressed by its inviting entrance so I wandered into it to investigate further. The raw stone steps, lacking a handrail, leads from the street level up towards the building, and…