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challenge. “To inhabit” is increasingly becoming a transitive verb: a living interaction with things that favours a vital relationship between people. Today all the aces of design are standing atop the shoulders of that thousand-year-old inspiration which drives and awes them as they once again go about defining the space in which we live, throwing open the doors to spaces that are yet to be inhabited. Spaces that gratify the five senses, that reward us with experiences, that give us pleasure and nourish the soul. “If anyone wishes to see how the soul dwells in its body, let him observe how this body uses its daily habitation; that is to say, if this is devoid of order and confused, the body will be kept in disorder and confusion by its soul,” wrote Leonardo Da Vinci in his Atlantic Codex. And this very ethic of living, which cannot do without aesthetics, is the basis of home design that is created around the know-how of the métiers d’art. Modelled to suit needs that are still evolving, yet founded on manual skills and craftsmanship sustained by technology. A dialogue is established with the finest exponents of this creativity that exalts beauty and impeccable execution. From Giorgetti to Poliform, from B&B Italia to Acqua di Parma, companies that can re-establish Italy’s leadership and consolidate our genius loci.
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