Milan Design Week 2023: Holloway Li’s Limited Edition “LIQUORICE” T4 Chair with Uma

A dazzling coupling of color and form at Alcova

Hundreds of brands sought to reimagine the humble chair for Milan Design Week 2023, each questioning traditional materials and infusing new ideas into the common item. Among them, London-based interior architecture and design studio Holloway Li (founded in 2018 by creative director Alex Holloway and managing director Na Li) debuted a dazzling coupling of color and form at Alcova with the “LIQUORICE” iteration of their …

The World’s 50 Best Bars Announces The Debut of a Global “Best Bar Design Award”

To be awarded for the first-time ever at The World’s 50 Best Bars’ ceremony in Singapore this October, a new accolade will shine a spotlight on bar design through the lens of “accessibility, sustainability and appropriateness for its market.” Named the “Bareksten Best Bar Design Award,” the honor will be deliberated upon for the influential international organization by a panel of hospitality experts—including Bethan Ryder, …

Ten Italian Brands and Institutions That Defined Milan Design Week 2023

Furniture, lighting and more from heritage brands, pioneering makers and eclectic organizations

For 2023, Milan Design Week returned to its traditional mid-April presence in the annual, inspirational events calendar after a sun-soaked June 2022 iteration and September 2021’s SuperSalone. A design showcase of immense proportion saturated with pools of imagination, the prestigious fair Salone del Mobile acts as the week’s centerpiece. Throughout the city of Milan, official activations known as Fuorisalone provide pockets of awe, whimsy and …