In Milan, Mara Bragagnolo designs the Officina Satinine perfume store as a reinterpretation of the city's historic entrance halls into a contemporary retail environment. Terracotta floors, cathedral glass, oak boiserie, and satin-steel details shape a tactile landscape that invites visitors to step inside and experience Milan through scent, light, and craft. Located in the heart of the Italian design capital, the project positions hospitality as its central architectural principle, balancing modern rigor with material richness and sensory depth.
The Moiré Clock is a kinetic timepiece that turns the passage of time into a visual illusion worth watching throughout your day. Using overlapping patterns and continuous motion behind a striped filter, it animates each hour through optical phenomena, making time feel less like a number on a dial and more like a moment to savor. The design explores how perception and movement can create meaning beyond simple functionality.
After fashion designer Ulla Johnson launched her eponymous label in 1999, the brand swiftly became synonymous with an elegant slant of downtown bohemian chic. In the decades since, its reputation has continued to expand into a global retailer known for impeccable finishing, signature silhouettes, and devotion to perfection down to the smallest details. That is as much the case for her celebrated collections as it is for her standalone shops, which expanded to include a new location on Madison Avenue this month.