Belle

Belle is an interior design and decoration magazine, with a focus on Australia and the world’s finest homes. Belle keeps readers up to date with local and international news and trends in design, interiors, art, architecture, furniture, fabrics and wallpaper, food, travel and luxury goods.

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Milano Design Week 2024 • THE BELLE TEAM FOUND A TROVE OF RICH PICKINGS AT THIS YEAR’S SALONE DEL MOBILE, AKA MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2024. WE BRING YOU A CURATED LOOK AT THE FRESHEST RELEASES FROM TOP CREATIVES AND FASHION HOUSES AND INTRODUCE THE FACES AND PLACES THAT MAKE UP THE WORLD’S LARGEST TRADE FAIR.

Total Package • Armed with an holistic vision, architect and designer Vincent Van Duysen creates beautiful spaces to deliver a complete experience in which to thrive.

In The Zone • Milan Design Week ignites a tremendous activation across the city in established showrooms and repurposed spaces, from grand villas to tiny shops, garages and galleries. Tour the best on display with design gurus Karen McCartney and David Harrison.

5 Vie • In Milan’s oldest streets shops are given over to inventive brand fitouts in intimate spaces that serve to encourage conversations with designers.

Isola + Nilufar Depot • To the north of the city Isola’s highlight was Dutch show ‘Solidified’, while Nilufar Depot is always a must-see with a cavernous gallery of the very best in vintage and contemporary work.

Porta Venezia • Porta Venezia, one of Milan’s historical gateways to the city, hosted big-brand expressions in galleries, showrooms and even private apartments.

Durini • The traditional home for brands such as B&B Italia and Cassina, Durini is the go-to district for prestige showrooms that define contemporary design.

Alcova • A roving exhibition, Alcova seeks interesting venues for avant-garde design each year. For MDW 2024, there were two: Villa Bagatti Valsecchi and Villa Borsani, both in Varedo.

Brera • Brera is biggest drawcard of the design destinations, with a density of studios and brand HQs being activated during Design Week.

Chic Agenda • Join Belle style editor-at-large Steve Cordony as he drinks in all the glamour and gloss of this year’s furniture fair in Milano.

Window Shopping Classic Italian Chic • FLEXFORM’S FLAGSHIP STORE SITS GRACIOUSLY ON MILANO’S VIA DELLA MOSCOVA IN A CHI-CHI NEIGHBOURHOOD. WITH ITS SOARING WINDOWS AND ENDLESSLY FASCINATING PARADE OF PASSERSBY IT IS A DREAM DESTINATION IN WHICH TO SHOWCASE THE LUXURY ITALIAN BRAND’S CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY PIECES. IN AUSTRALIA ALL PIECES ARE AVAILABLE TO ORDER FROM FANULI.COM.AU.

Gold Standard • From the runway to the hallway, luxury fashion houses have made it increasingly clear they are master hands at designing more than just exquisite clothing.

Elite Aesthetes • While in Milan for this year’s design week, the Belle team opened our little black book of designers. Here, we pay them a visit as their creativity is celebrated on a global scale.

Open House • The early 20th-century Residenza Vignale’s front doors were thrown open as six designers were invited to transform the spaces within, taking their cues from the mansion’s romantic history.

Armchair Experts • Year on year, furniture designers level up their offerings in exhibitions that take everyday necessities like chairs, tables, beds – even kitchen appliances – into the realm of high art.

Right Now • Ahead: art news, a selection of design books, a creative residence and a new spin on wool.

Parallel lives • Visual tales from the imagination with universal themes to relate.

Home affairs • Glorious design concepts to savour.

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