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called the Nilufar Grand Hotel. Visitors entered through a lobby-like space and moved through rooms inspired by those of a grand hotel. One of the highlights was the yellow- walled bedroom that was filled with furniture by Allegra Hicks using her signature crochet-metal technique. The designer — who lives between London and Naples, where she has her studio — created an entire bedroom suite, including a bed, mirror, bench, and lamps. Each piece is exquisitely crafted: A velvet-covered headboard and screen in glass and painted linen are framed in a crochet pattern forged in bronze using the centuries-old lost wax casting process. Ingrid Abramovitch Balenciaga: Artean Balenciaga used its flagship store on Via Montenapoleone to exhibit seven works by famed Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida. The name of the ongoing series is an ancient Basque term that means "between." The first in the series, the exhibition explored the relationship between materials and negative space and the interplay between the philosophies of founder Cristóbal Balenciaga and Chillida. Michelle Aviña RH Milan, The Gallery on Corso Venezia American design was on full display in Milan this year, from new furniture and fabric collections at Palazzo Ralph Lauren to Kohler's garden presentation curated by L.A.'s Flamingo Estate, with a guest appearance by Martha Stewart in her role as the brand's cast-iron ambassador. But for sheer spectacle, one had to see the new RH Milan, The Gallery on Corso Venezia: a seven-story flagship in the neoclassical Palazzo del Principe di Piombino. RH partnered with the building's owner on a four-year restoration, transforming the 19th-century landmark into a maximalist showcase. The entrance opens through a stone archway into a massive lobby that doubles as an architectural library with a 16th-century copy of the first illustrated edition of Vitruvius' De Architectura. At a blowout Salone party, guests including Margot Robbie and Zoe Saldana arrived for dinner at La Volta, the underground, stone-walled restaurant — visible from the courtyard through a glass ceiling — anchored by a fountain titled Amore e Psiche. An A-list crowd danced to a DJ in the outdoor courtyard, where pleached plane trees framed RH outdoor furniture like a stage set. Upstairs, negronis flowed from Milan's famed Bar Basso. By the end of the night, the palazzo felt less like a retail debut than a world unto itself. Ingrid Abramovitch 6:AM: Over and Over and Over and Over Finally, for those who appreciate fine glass work, t h i s s t u n n i n g exhibition was housed at Piscina Guido Romano. D e s i g n f i r m 6:AM explored repetition within glassmaking using beautiful Murano glass sculptures and a wall of glass cubes previously seen in Bottega Veneta's Summer 2026 runway show. Small shifts in heat, timing, and process produced constant variation, turning repetition MANFREDI GIOACCHINI into something unstable, physical, and alive. Beautiful and impossible to ignore. Michelle Aviña; additional reporting Steven Hempel L'Appartamento by Artemest Eames Pavilion System SALVA LÓPEZ 65