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Seletti Kintsugi porcelain dessert plate with painted florals and hand-applied 24kt gold repair seams

Wabi-Sabi Home Decor: Kintsugi and Beautiful Imperfection

Wabi-sabi home decor finds beauty in imperfection, and Seletti's Kintsugi line makes it tangible, tracing imagined cracks in 24kt gold across porcelain and glass. Here is why designers are embracing...

A table set with Seletti Hybrid porcelain plates, each split between a classical willow-pattern half and a bold contrasting half, styled with playful desserts on a white cloth.

Seletti design: the Italian pop art of the everyday table

Seletti turns plates, cups and vases into pop-art statements. This spotlight traces the house from its 1964 Mantua workshop to its hero lines — Hybrid and Kintsugi — and shows...

An amber Nougat-technique Murano glass star-shaped vase holding yellow freesias on a white marble café table, the fused colour built into the glass.

How to Tell if Murano Glass Is Real: A Gift Buyer's Guide

Real Murano glass is mouth-blown in Venice and shows it: a pontil mark on the base, faint bubbles, colour fused into the glass, genuine weight, and a named maker. Fakes...

A Stories of Italy Nougat-technique Murano glass olla vase in fused orange, cobalt and white, beside two matching marbled tumblers on a clean white studio surface.

How Murano Glass Is Made: Stories of Italy's Nougat Craft

Murano glass is mouth-blown in Venice, then coloured while still molten. Stories of Italy's Nougat technique fuses glass shards into an ivory base as the piece is shaped — so...

A coastal place setting pairing a white Baci Milano textured plate and bowl with a cobalt Mario Luca Giusti goblet on a blue-and-white striped table

Italian Tableware Brands: Baci Milano vs Mario Luca Giusti

You are planning a season of hosting, and two Italian tableware brands keep landing on your shortlist: Baci Milano and Mario Luca Giusti. Both are unmistakably Italian. Both will survive...

A coastal yacht-deck table set with blue-and-white placemats, cobalt acrylic flutes and fresh fruit — relaxed shatterproof summer hosting

Pool Party Plates: Backyard Summer Tableware That Lasts

The grill is going, the kids are already in the pool, and a dozen friends are drifting between the patio and the water with plates in hand. This is the...

An artisan shapes a gold-infused crystal horse-head sculpture by hand at the Duccio Di Segna Tuscan workshop — a collectible design object

Home decor gift ideas for the interior-design lover in your life

What makes a home decor gift idea land with an aesthete Some people are a joy to shop for. The friend whose living room looks lifted from a design magazine...

A white mouth-blown Murano Olla vase on a serving trolley surrounded by gift-wrapped boxes — a one-of-a-kind Italian design gift

Gifts for Someone Who Has Everything: Italian Design Picks

Some people are impossible to shop for. Not difficult — impossible. They own the gadget, the scented candle, the third cashmere throw, and a kitchen stocked with two of everything....

A square white Cosmopolitan melamine dinner plate with terracotta rim holding a plated main, set with cutlery and fresh peppers

Corelle Dinner Set UAE: When to Upgrade to Italian Design

A Corelle dinner set is where many UAE homes begin, and there is nothing wrong with that. It is light, it stacks four-deep in a tight kitchen cupboard, and it...

Hearty soup served in a square white Cosmopolitan melamine bowl with a terracotta rim on a wood board, with rye bread alongside

Is Melamine Safe? How to Choose Quality Melamine Tableware

You have probably typed it into a search bar before a backyard dinner or a poolside lunch: is melamine safe for the way my family actually eats? It is a...

Cobalt Mario Luca Giusti acrylic stemware beside a cheese platter on an embroidered tablecloth — outdoor pieces with the look of cut crystal

Shatterproof glasses: acrylic vs polycarbonate vs melamine

Every outdoor host meets the same quiet worry. The light is right, the table reads considered, and then someone reaches for the bread basket and a real wine glass tips...

Colourful Italian pop-art head vases in pink, green and blue arranged as sculptural statement pieces on warm wood shelving

6 Statement Decor Pieces to Anchor a Gulf Villa Interior

A finished Gulf interior rarely fails on its sofas or its stone. It fails on the empty console, the bare sideboard, the shelf that never quite resolves. Statement decor pieces...