Fondazione Prada

A beautiful space dedicated to contemporary art and culture in Milan. I had the opportunity to visit Fondazione Prada some time ago and fall in love with this place, here are some of my photos, hope you enjoy them and if you are planning to visit Milan this is definitely a must visit.

Rem Koolhaas

Lead architect behind Fondazione Prada in Milan

“The Fondazione is not a preservation project and is not a new architecture,” explained Rem Koolhaas, the founder of OMA, “Two conditions that are usually kept separate here confront each other in a state of permanent interaction – offering an ensemble of fragments… New, old, horizontal, vertical, wide, narrow, white, black, open, and enclosed.” Its design is characterized by a collision of architectural styles and construction techniques, some time-honored, others wholly original.

“By introducing so many spatial variables, the complexity of the architecture will promote an unstable, open programming.”…………  Rem Koolhaas

My little art lovers ….

Giant Mushroom Upside Down Sculptures by Carsten Holler

Their favorite exhibition, they played and enjoyed this room for hours.

Gold Leaf

The Haunted House, a gallery dedicated to site-specific artworks has it’s entire exterior, including gutters and window mullions, refinished in 24-karat gold leaf, “We discovered that gold is actually a cheap cladding material compared to traditional claddings like marble and even paint,” said Koolhaas, “What I love is the way it contaminates the walls around it… The environment needed a little color.”

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The library, shop, restaurant, even the bathroom… everything is a place to admire.

Can’t wait to be back soon.

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A Store San Miguel

A store in San Miguel was a collaboration with Mexican fashion designer Alex Medina.
The space was designed in an attempt to create a flexible space that would focus on the products in exhibition, so we went for black on black.

Using the modularity of the concrete pavers, we created a flexible space that can continuously change depending on what is being exhibited.

More than just a store, we see ourselves as a dynamic, ever-changing gallery of design objects you can use on yourself and in your home / office.

Crioll Studio

For our first home and living collection here in México, COLLECTION 2020, we gathered some of our favorite Mexican contemporary design brands, and added them to the brands we brought with us from Europe, most of them Danish, and created our first international curation of Scandinavian + Mexican contemporary design.

Among the Danish brands you can find are: Menu, Normann Cph, Ferm Living, Muuto, ByLassen… mixed with our favourite pieces from Mexican designers: Casaquieta, Encrudo, Onora, Casa Mineral, among a few others….

Alex Medina

Alex Medina is our Partner in A store. He is today one of Mexico’s most respected fashion designers, as well as an important member of Fashion group Mexico and we are very proud to be working with him. He creates beautiful original items from natural materials, supporting local hand-craftsmanship and fare trade while he explores new possible geometries that praise the human form. He is also in charge of the fashion curation where he includes jewellery from top designers like Christina Ramella, Vanessa Drummond, Muan, and Caralarga.

This is part of his linen & stripes collection

High end accessories fashion designers.

Vanessa Drummond

Cristina Ramella

Born in Brasil, with an important trajectory as a designer in both Italy and Mexico, Vanessa Drummond studied in the European Institute of Milan and has been laureate of several international awards. She lives and works in Mexico City since 2001 and has created pieces for names like BVLGARI, DAMIANI, VERA WANG, ARMANI, to name a few.

The light in the soft color of her pieces, their reflections and the different contrasts, create a feeling of esthetic purity, equilibrium and lightness

Is a globetrotter designer and map obsessed adventurer, born in Italy that holds a colorful passport having lived all over the world. She studied fine jewelry in New York where she started the brand and eventually set down roots in Mexico.
She created a travel inspired jewelry brand, behind her own story and inspiration aiming to collect her memories. With every new adventure she finds new inspiration and communicates it through her jewelry. Each meticulously crafted piece is a reflection of her dreams, extreme attention to detail, creativity and personal experiences.

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Muan hats

Muan creates unique hats that combine traditional craftsmanship with modern elements. Seeking to offer a balance between both worlds..

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Encrudo

Encrudo created a collection of timeless objects that are versatile for your space. they are inspired by the local materials and Mexican traditions. Every piece being hand made with the traditional techniques.

A store is normally set up as a store or better yet, design gallery, with a collection that will be changing through the different seasons of the year, curation done by us + Alex . But it is also a space that is pretended for temporary exhibitions and pop ups, like the one we did for Gucci at the end of 2019.

This year we are hoping for more pop up shops and interesting events and exhibitions in the heart of San Miguel let’s just hope we are out there soon.