Interni

INTERNI è il brand storico dell'arredamento e del design, si fa portavoce delle tendenze innovative e della moderna cultura dell'abitare e del made in Italy.

Tradition and modernity

Italy/Japan

Japanese inspirations for Federica Biasi

Poetry at the table

Softness and fluidity

A feast of lights • Table lamps can boast products that have arisen to iconic status. A tradition revived by design that combine aesthetic research with the study of the quality of light

Time&Design • We met with Ryutaro Yoshida, founder and head of the Japanese Time & Style furniture brand, which brings traditional Japanese craft skills into contemporary designs. He works with the big names in architecture, from Kengo Kuma to Peter Zumthor

Aesthetics, food, spirituality • Like wood, lacquer, kimono silk and ceramics, in Japan food is a material element, valued mainly in its raw state to emphasize its bond with the surrounding world, nature, and divinity

Made with Heart and Soul • The perspective of a leading designer, Toshiyuki Kita, winner of the Compasso d’Oro for lifetime achievement in 2011 and a great friend of Italy

Culture, nature and sociality • At Toyota, the new museum project by Shigeru Ban for the Japanese carmaker designs the identity of a city that looks to the future in terms of sustainability and resilience

Elective affinities • Partners with great design companies worldwide, Setsu and Shinobu Ito’s works manage to blend a typically Italian design flair with a restraint of clear Japanese inspiration

Material textures • An interesting conservative restoration project converts a historic restaurant in the center of Fukuoka into a welcoming space where clients can enjoy an immersive experience

The aesthetics of warmth • This survey presents various ways of coping with the harshness of winter, featuring appliances with a designoriented approach and equipped with technologies to ensure comfort and cut consumption

The way of the East • Poltrona Frau has increased its presence in Asia with the recent inauguration of a flagship store in Osaka: a space reflecting the timeless elegance that is the brand’s hallmark

Open to design • The new B&B Italia | Maxalto store opens in the Omotesando/Kotto-dori quarter of Tokyo. It showcases four floors of excellence made in Italy

An all-italian story • Baglietto lives its life on the sea, and 170 years after its foundation confirms it is a shipyard emblematic of the Italian Style in yachting

An enduring friendship • A deep and enduring ties between Italy and Japan, which this year, during Expo Osaka 2025, will be strengthened on several levels, cultural, productive and economic. This is the topic of discussion at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, in an encounter for several voices organized by Interni

Design that stops the moment • A journey of no return for Denis Guidone, an Italian designer who has chosen to live in Tokyo: his collections are snapshots that tell the story of his Japan

Masters of the Ephemeral • Kotaro Usugami, Atsushi Shindo and Nao Iwamatsu: three visions between materiality and illusion in new Japanese design

The possibility of the unreal • Going beyond appearances and seasonal trends. This experimental purpose gave rise to Anrealage, the brand founded by the Japanese designer Kunihiko Morinaga. Who here talks about his work which straddles fashion and industrial design

With the eye of the present • Craft x Tech is an initiative combining traditional Japanese craft skills with modern technologies through furniture projects by well-known international designers

The finest form of love • By cutting up and recomposing old photos, Kensuke Koike gives new life to forgotten...