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Gucci Memoria tapestry as insouciant as it was ravishing. The fun began in the cloister of the Romanesque monastery, where visitors scanned QR codes at a massive and minimalist black vending machine, which randomly dispensed a can of soda branded with one of the archetypes from his last fashion show: Drama Queen, Fashion Icon, Mega Pesantone, and Super Incazzata. Artemest. The 35-piece collection, crafted in Italy, includes a club chair in caramel Loro Piana cashmere and a walnut bench with a woven leather seat inspired by a Bottega Veneta bag. Ingrid Abramovitch Eames Office: Eames Pavilion System In partnership with the Barcelona- based manufacturer Kettal, Eames Office launched the Eames Pavilion System at Triennale Milano, reinforcing how architecture remains central to the Eames universe. Lightweight frames, modular grids, and adaptable structures carried the studio's spatial thinking into a contemporary context. Michelle Aviña Gucci Memoria It was one of the most talked-about installations at Milan Design Week — and for good reason. In the historic cloister of San Simpliciano, Gucci creative director Demna created an installation that was Moving into the cloister, viewers encountered a series of tapestries depicting the history of the Gucci brand. In the first founder Guccio Gucci is shown as a late 19th-century bellboy at London's Savoy Hotel, where he recognized the growing need for trunks and cases, before returning to his native Florence and founding his leather goods house in the 1920s. The tapestries trace the Gucci story through the Tom Ford era and end with a cameo from Demna himself. Even more striking was the center of the cloisters — an early example of Renaissance architecture — where Demna planted a garden of colorful wildflowers inspired by Gucci's Flora motif, originally created for Grace Kelly. Ingrid Abramovitch Eames Pavilion System Dimoregallery The Grand Salon by March and White Design, L'Appartamento by Artemest Kwangho Lee, Lightful, 2026, for Bottega Veneta SALVA LÓPEZ © ANDREA FERRARI MANFREDI GIOACCHINI