This 1920s apartment in the heart of Milan has been given a dramatic makeoverMilan is a city full of secret oases. Its busy, noisy streets are lined with neoclassical façades and blocks of Brutalist condominiums, but behind the imposing doorways are spaces famed for their contrasting tranquillity. Verdant internal courtyards are lined with bicycles and buggies lit by the warm glow from the huge windows of the apartments that overlook them. On Via Luigi Settembrini lies an extra-special secret escape.The third-floor apartment of Francesca Pellicciari and Giacomo Donati, founders of the Japanese curated concept store Nanban, unites their passion for contemporary Japanese objects with their pastime of collecting iconic Italian design. They moved here in 2017. As long-term residents of the city, they chose the area, between Lazzaretto and the Central Station, because it was central, but as yet ungentrified, unlike Isola in the northwest: “I really don’t like places that are too perfect,” says Pellicciari. Now in their 40s, they also felt that the burgeoning NoLo area was “too young for us”. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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