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Italian lifestyle is a celebration of beauty, tradition, and enjoyment of simple pleasures. Its secret lies in the small things to enjoy everyday and design is at the core of the unique attitude.
Our curators selected for you 5 items that we believe should enrich every home: small or large these items will add something special to your own unique story.
Bialetti Moka Coffee Machine (1933):
- Design: Alfonso Bialetti
- Why: Moka Express has revolutionize the way of making coffee at home, staying with generations of Italians as they wake up, leading to the company becoming one of the main Italian producers, thanks also to the ambitious determination of the digner’s son, Renato.
- Where to Use: use it in your kitchen or show it off on your shelf, this perfect tool turns anyplace into an Italian home. Read our article about the Coffee Machine Museum.
Arco Floor Lamp (1962)
- Design: Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos
- Why: The Arco lamp, with its marble base and adjustable stainless steel arch, is both functional and sculptural. It provides overhead lighting without the need for ceiling installation, making it versatile and stylish.
- Where to Use: Perfect for living rooms or reading nooks, adding both light and a modern aesthetic.
Smeg Refrigerator (1950s Style)
- Design: Smeg
- Why: With its rounded edges, vibrant colors, and retro aesthetic, the Smeg refrigerator combines vintage charm with modern technology. It’s an appliance that brings a fun, nostalgic feel to any kitchen.
- Where to Use: Perfect for kitchens, especially those with a retro or eclectic design scheme.
Sacco seat, Zanotta (1968)
- Design: Design Gatti, Paolini, Teodoro
- Why: An Anatomical easy chair made filling a sack (Sacco) with polystyrene balls in order to transform it into the most informal, most versatile, most irreverent, most freeing, most soft, most ergonomic and ‘most’ everything chair with no defined shape.
- Where to Use: Perfect in the kids room as well as by the fireplace or in a reading corner, Sacco is a lightweight seat that can move around the house.
Boby multifunctional trolly (1972)
- Why: A trolley trolley storage unit that made design history. Designed with injection-moulded ABS plastic drawers and compartments that guarantee simple vertically modular solutions, Boby provides versatile customized storage capacity, while its polypropylene casters guarantee full mobility.
- Where to Use: You can find it in the garage, under a desk or in the powder room, Boby is a personal assistant that can store items for the table as well as creativity tools.
