Property News · March 7, 2020

When in Rome: Swedish graphics meet Italian tiling in a joyful flat


Designer Liselotte Watkins raided flea markets across Europe to create a colourful jumbleWhen Liselotte Watkins moved with her family to Rome from Milan four years ago, it was in such a rush that she had time to look at only one apartment. The previous owner had lived there for 30 years, and wouldn’t let her take photographs, so “my husband, Jonas, had to take my word for it,” she says. It was painted dark colours and the layout wasn’t practical, but it was close to Jonas’s new job, a decent school for their children Wim, 10, and Ava, eight, and Villa Borghese park. Swedish-born Watkins, an artist, illustrator and designer who has collaborated with Prada, Marimekko, and the Italian porcelain company Bitossi, works from a studio at home. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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