Art in (a) flat

Milan-based web designer Franco Scarpino has a bolt hole in San Leonardo di Cutro, Calabria on the Ionian Sea. Here in his 40 sq m attic apartment he can throw open the windows and gaze out to see. But Franco seems to spend most of his time looking inside his flat.On the wall there are works of 15 different Italian artists. You see Franco is part of a home based gallery movement Art in Flat which brings artists and home owners together to exhibit art in one of its most natural habitats, the walls of a house. You could say this post is half reader's home half home exhibition. I think I need to get involved in something like this here in Australia. A very cool idea.

Light and dark

Day and night. Soft light, deep shadow. Earth and metal. Mirror and marble. Feminine and maculine. Precious and raw.Two houses by Italian designer Vincenzo De Cotiis. Two spaces full of tactile pleasure and celebration of form.

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A country house

Italian design firm zanon architetti associati have breathed new life into this old Treviso country villa. The ground floor as become one large room while glass windows on the box like extension reflect the garden blurring the edges between inside and out. Vines grow up over the terracotta hued house and corten steel weathers to match the render. New and renewal, modern and traditional.

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Almost

Almost perfect. Almost real. Almost losing my mind trying to convince myself they really are computer generated. Definitely lovely. Florence apartment interiors by Filippo Carandini.

Filippo Bamberghi

 Happy hump day folks. I thought I would try and brighten your day with some eye candy by Italian photographer Filippo Bamberghi. That pink heart art is helping. And the funky dark living room below. 

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