Articles by Augusta Pownall

Caffè Populaire is an “anti-digital” pop-up bistro that encourages you to put away your phone

April 9, 2019 Augusta Pownall 0
Caffe Populaire DWA Design Studio Lambert & FIls

Montreal design studio Lambert & Fils has worked with Milanese DWA Design Studio on a six-day pop-up cafe for Milan design week, with the aim of sparking dynamic conversations over food. Based in the Alcova exhibition, which launched at Milan design week last year, Caffè Populaire will host dinners throughout the week. Against the backdrop of the industrial venue

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Tom Dixon to open The Manzoni, a permanent restaurant and showroom in Milan

March 19, 2019 Augusta Pownall 0
The Manzoni Tom Dixon restaurant and showroom Milan

Designer Tom Dixon is opening a restaurant and showroom called The Manzoni in Milan, allowing his brand to “forget being temporary and build something permanent” in the city. The 100-cover restaurant, designed by Dixon’s Design Research Studio, will open next month in time for Milan design week, which runs from 9 to 14 April. The Manzoni, Dixon’s

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Design awards Move the Needle with a better gender balance on juries

March 8, 2019 Augusta Pownall 0

International architecture and design awards programmes have improved the gender balance of their judging panels this year, although men still outnumber women, according to a survey conducted by Dezeen following our Move the Needle initiative. Of the eight awards programmes we surveyed for our Move the Needle campaign in 2018 – set up to promote

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Gio Ponti exhibition at Musée des Arts Décoratifs examines the designer’s six-decade career

February 15, 2019 Augusta Pownall 0
Gio Ponti exhibition Musee des Arts Decoratifs

An exhibition celebrating the career of Gio Ponti is on show at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, featuring reconstructions of some the architect’s best-known interiors. As the first retrospective of the Italian architect and designer staged in France, Tutto Ponti: Gio Ponti Archi-Designer brings together more than 500 pieces from the archive of his

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Patricia Urquiola uses 3D-printing to create terrazzo floor for BMW

January 21, 2019 Augusta Pownall 0
Patricia Urquiola BMW Welt

Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has fitted out the BMW Welt exhibition space with a swirling blue and green terrazzo floor, created by flooring brand Aectual within a 3D-printed frame. The space was inspired by the colours of the car company’s M8 Gran Coupe concept car, which according to BMW “recalls the colour gradients of the mystic and poetic

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Kelly Hoppen-designed cruise ship features a moving cantilevered exterior deck

January 18, 2019 Augusta Pownall 0

The cruise ship, called Celebrity Edge, has 1,500 suites designed by British interior designer Kelly Hoppen, who also fitted out the world’s first cantilevered deck that can move up and down the ship’s exterior. The moving deck, or Magic Carpet, is the size of a tennis court and travels 16 storeys up and down the

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