Notes, readings and reflections on luxury with purpose, design and the art of inhabiting.
Hiring a high-end interior design studio is a decision that will shape years of your life. These are the signals that distinguish an exceptional professional from a merely competent one.
· Guides · 8 min read
Contemporary luxury leaves behind the coldness of the last decade and reconnects with material, colour and craft. We analyse the currents shaping the most interesting projects of the year.
· Trends · 9 min read
Luxury is not proclaimed, it is recognised by touch. A guide to the materials that distinguish an exceptional project, how to identify them and why provenance matters.
· Materials · 10 min read
A high-end project can take between 8 and 18 months. Knowing the phases, milestones and key decisions of each moment is the best way to live it with peace of mind.
· Process · 11 min read
You can have the finest materials, the most exquisite furniture and a perfect layout. If the lighting is poorly planned, none of it will show. This is how light is designed in a high-end project.
· Design · 9 min read
The grand early-20th-century apartments are the jewels of the housing stock. Restoring them demands a delicate balance between what is preserved, what is updated and what is transformed.
· Projects · 10 min read
For years, luxury has been identified with the absence of colour. But the most sophisticated spaces of the moment prove just the opposite: that colour, well used, is the designer's most powerful tool.
· Design · 8 min read
A high-end kitchen is not a kitchen with expensive appliances. It is a space designed to the millimetre around how you cook, how you live and how you entertain. These are the keys that make the difference.
· Spaces · 10 min read
The quality of the air you breathe, the light you receive, the materials you touch and the noise you endure at home have a direct impact on your health. High-end interior design has the responsibility —and the capacity— to design spaces that take care of you.
· Well-being · 10 min read
Marbella, Mallorca, Costa Brava, Madrid sierra. What a full high-end villa renovation in Spain actually costs, with per-square-metre figures and line-item breakdowns.
· Investment · 11 min read
Documentation, taxes, permits, professionals and the three mistakes that ruin international owners' projects. What we wish someone had told you before you started.
· Guides · 10 min read