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Visitors to Downtown Design Dubai 2023 will be welcomed by ‘Carved in the Now’, a spectacular walk-through entrance installation commissioned and hand crafted by Fantini Mosaici – the Italian luxury handcrafted surfaces company, designed by Arianna Bavuso and Andre Chedid of Lisbon-based AB+AC Architects.

A conversation with Filippo Pagliani, co-founder of Park Associati Studio.

The beauty and appeal of a swimming pool, bathed in warm sunlight, is as alluring and enticing today as ever, especially if it is a custom-designed pool clad with artisan mosaics placed by hand…

Nestled in exotic protected parklands with breathtaking views of the azure waters of Ligurian Bay, there are few destinations in the world as idyllic as the iconic Splendido, A Belmond Hotel, Portofino.

High-tech materials have been combined seamlessly with heritage craftsmanship from Louis Vuitton and Fantini Mosaici in the creation of a stunning new Louis Vuitton flagship boutique in Atlanta, Georgia, which features design elements from global talents including Marcel Wanders and Nami Sawada.

The indelible legacy of the late fashion maestro Gianni Versace is being celebrated with the opening of the majestic and luxurious Palazzo Versace Hotel, the jewel in the crown of the Grand Lisboa Palace Hotel complex in Macau, China.

The flamboyance and unique style of legendary Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace (1947-1997), who started his career studying architecture in the southern Italian port city of Reggio Calabria, was very much present during the recent Salone del Mobile, part of Milan Design Week – the world’s most important design extravaganza.

Venetian flooring made with scrap chips and electronic circuit boards has been specially created for the installation by multidisciplinary design studio CARA \ DAVIDE, curated by Park Associati

Discover the winning designs from ’A tale of beauty, décor, material and surfaces’ – a study/competition on the expressive forms of mosaic, organised in collaboration with the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan.

Back to the Future is the title of the installation that charmed design enthusiasts with a hypnotic, visual and tactile experience demonstrating how one of the oldest handicraft techniques can be carried over into the future.

So, for Milan Design Week – the world's biggest and most influential design event – Fantini Mosaici has teamed up with art students and young designers to present a vision of how luxury mosaics and terrazzo can be used in today’s and tomorrow’s landscapes.

For the first time in its 123-year history, Fantini Mosaici took this support to the next level and initiated a creative competition for the students of the prestigious Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan.