Tag: Milan
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FLEA MARKETS | Milan | Mercatone dell’Antiquariato
All year round, on the last Sunday of each month, the Mercatone dell’Antiquariato is held along the Navigli Canal in Milan. This is one of my favorite flea markets in Europe, and I have found some of my best treasures here. It was here that I first discovered these stunning mid-century West German porcelain vases….
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Eye on Design | Black and White in Color
Some of the most intriguing photos I’ve taken in color have turned out to be black and white. Without color, the graphic patterns and unique shapes of the world reveal themselves…and they can be every bit as captivating as an explosion of color.
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Local characters
Cat nap, Saint-Émilion, France I meet a lot of characters in my travels. Here are some photos of the furry, feathered kind…they always make me smile.
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Milan | Ippogrifo Antichità
If the astounding collection of 19th century opaline doesn’t coax you into this antique shop, its charismatic proprietor certainly will.
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Style Moment | Milan
“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.” Edward de Bono (Born 1933) Maltese psychologist, writer, and leading authority in the field of creative thinking
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Milan | Wunderkammer Studio
10 Corso Como is always a must-see destination in Milan…while you’re in the neighborhood, go around the block to Wunderkammer Studio, a feast for a designer’s eye.
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Style Moment | Wunderkammer Studio, Milan
“An artist is someone who produces things that people don’t need to have but that he, for some reason, thinks it would be a good idea to give them.” Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987) American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker
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Eye on Design | Milan | Villa Necchi Campiglio
Designed by architect Piero Portaluppi, Villa Necchi Campiglio is a glimpse, frozen in time, into the lives of an upper class Milanese family in the 1930’s.
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My Milano
When I mention to people how much I love Milan, they usually frown and say, “But it’s so cold and industrial.” Even a travel writer recently wrote, “I only go to Milan for business,” implying that there would be no other valid reason for going there. All I can say is, they don’t know my…
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If it’s Europe, it must be Fashion Week
I’m in Paris and it’s fashion week. I didn’t know it would be fashion week when I booked my trip, but I should have guessed…because in the past year, without planning it, I’ve hit fashion week wherever I go.
