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B&B Italia opens its new Flagship Store in Miami, a high-end furniture building placed in the heart of Miami Design District. The prestigious space of about 900 sqm (9700 sq. ft.) introduces a new approach to change the customer’s experience based on phygital (physical + digital) touch points.

With people spending more time inside, truly feel at home in the utmost comfort with the FLEXFORM 2020 indoor collection. it introduces a new system of seating and surface furnishings into the domestic setting, with each piece fitting harmoniously together to create not only a welcoming but also protective habitat. this ecosystem of elements – including sofas, armchairs, coffee tables, ottomans, tables and chairs – are created with designs by italian architect and designer antonio citterio, french designer christophe pillet, and the italian brand’s in-house design team. the results reflect bold individual personalities but help support a flexible lifestyle through an aesthetic of informal elegance.

Since their chance meeting in a New York elevator in 1992, photographer Mark Seelen and his wife, graphic designer Janine, have come a long way. They moved back to Janine’s childhood home of Hamburg 20 years ago, turning a spacious 1960s bungalow in the suburbs into a happy family home. But, with their two children, Max and Marie, now graduated from university and away travelling the world, the couple decided it was time for another change. Nobody expected it to come in the form of a converted WWII bunker.

A tactile material palette and floor-to-ceiling glazing characterise this Ecuadorian house, which Jannina Cabal has created for a family of five in the town of Samborondón. The dwelling was designed by Cabal to be as simple as possible and form a part of its verdant setting, which is bordered by a park and a lake in the suburbs of Guayaquil.

The founder of John Wardle Architects has remodelled Kew Residence, his Melbourne home of 25 years, using Victorian ash and handmade glazed tiles from Japan. John Wardle and his wife Susan have owned the two-storey house, which has been shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2020 house interior of the year, for a quarter of a century and renovated it multiple times.