The Journal
A closer look.
Interior architecture, Italian furniture and the decisions behind the finished space. Guides and project stories by Andrea D’Anca.
Italian furniture
10 Italian furniture brands for luxury interiors
Ten different design perspectives, and a practical way to choose them for a complete interior.
Read the guide ↗Italian furniture & procurement
From understanding FF&E to selecting pieces, sourcing stone and preparing an order.
Sourcing Italian marble for a bespoke interior ↗
Selecting Italian marble for an interior? Consider the actual slabs, finish samples, piece layout, fabrication interfaces and purchasing responsibilities.
What is FF&E? Specification, budgets and procurement ↗
What FF&E includes, how it differs from OS&E, and the drawings, samples and purchasing decisions to resolve before ordering for your interior.
11 iconic Italian furniture and lighting pieces ↗
Archibald, Progetti, Arco, Louis Ghost and seven more: the designers, details and ways to use these Italian furniture and lighting classics.
Interior architecture & hospitality
Planning a home, a workplace or a hospitality interior: the brief, the investment and the team.
Why Your Interior Designer Needs to Know Your Budget ↗
An interior design budget helps set priorities, compare materials and plan the complete project. Learn what to include and how to approve spending.
Luxury interior design: what makes a complete interior? ↗
Space, materials, light and bespoke furniture developed around the people who use them, with a clear path from brief to production.
Hotel spa design: guest experience, planning and detail ↗
Planning a hotel spa or refurbishment: guest privacy, treatment rooms, lighting, materials and lessons from our full interior design at Hotel Eden, Rome.
Luxury office and headquarters interior design ↗
How to develop a workplace around its people, visitors and decisions, with materials and technical details considered together.
Interior design direction: bringing an existing team together ↗
When a project needs a clear design lead: decisions, materials, specialist proposals and the integrated appointment at Sikder Haus.
Retail interior design: nine decisions that shape a store ↗
Nine decisions for a luxury retail interior: customer journey, displays, lighting, fitting rooms, materials and the details to resolve before opening.
Italian interior design in Dubai: quality, use and lasting appeal ↗
Italian interior design in Dubai: planning the space, selecting furniture and materials, and coordinating delivery, with SG Headquarters as a workplace example.
Materials, bespoke & technical review
The development behind stonework, backlighting and the details released for production.
Backlit onyx flooring: designing beyond the surface ↗
How I engineered an RGB-backlit onyx floor at Sikder Haus, and the design and coordination questions behind a wellness interior.
A bespoke Portoro marble basin: from brief to installation ↗
A basin carved from solid Portoro for Sikder Haus: the dining-room brief, stone workshop, transport and installed Fantini fittings.
Before releasing bespoke work for production ↗
Drawings, materials, specialist interfaces and the decisions to resolve before manufacture begins.
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A possibility.
Your project.
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Discuss your project ↗info@ad-design.studio