Buying Italian furniture from Italy
Buy Italian furniture from Italy through AD’: trade discounts, a clear studio fee and architects checking the details, even for a single piece.
The Journal
A closer look.
Interior architecture, Italian furniture and the decisions behind the finished space. Guides and project stories.
Italian furniture / Editor’s selection
Top 10 Italian furniture brands: a shortlist for distinctive interiors
Ten Italian furniture brands, from Cassina to Giorgetti and Henge: distinctive materials, design identities and ideas for your interior.
Read the guide ↗Italian furniture & procurement
From understanding FF&E to selecting pieces, sourcing stone and preparing an order.
Comparing Italian Furniture Procurement Services
Compare Italian furniture procurement services by purchasing role, fees, approvals and delivery responsibilities, with guidance for private clients.
Italian sofa brands: choosing for the way you live
Explore four designs from Italian sofa brands, with advice on comfort, proportion and upholstery and a living-room design by AD’.
Luxury Italian kitchen brands: design for your home
Explore five luxury Italian kitchen brands through cooking, entertaining and materials, with an AD’ residence and advice for a home abroad.
Sourcing Italian marble for a bespoke interior
How to choose Italian marble for an interior: actual slabs, veining, finishes and care, with bespoke stonework from AD’ projects.
What is FF&E? Furniture, budgets and procurement explained
Understand what FF&E includes, how it differs from OS&E, and how samples, budgets and procurement bring furniture and lighting into an interior.
11 Italian furniture and lighting pieces worth a closer look
A closer look at 11 Italian furniture and lighting designs, from Progetti’s timber armrest to Arco’s reach, and how they can shape a room.
Interior architecture & hospitality
Planning a home, a workplace or a hospitality interior: the brief, the investment and the team.
Serviced Apartment Interior Design
Develop the apartment around longer stays, with a worked comparison of in-unit laundry and an operator’s service.
Show Apartment Interior Design for Developers
Plan a representative apartment around the visitor’s experience, the interior design and the proposed unit inclusions.
Penthouse interior design: a home above the city
Explore penthouse interior design around city views, entertaining and private life, with AD’s Złota 44 penthouse as an example of an urban interior.
How to choose an interior design studio in Italy
Compare two sample appointments and see what each includes before choosing the studio for your interior.
Best interior design studios in Italy
Explore six Italian studios through their services, design approach and named projects.
Best interior design studios for a project in Milan
Five studios to consider for a Milan interior design project, including AD’ Design Studio. Compare their work and the appointment you need.
Interior design studios for Rome: homes, Spa and hospitality
Three practices read through their rooms and design roles: a Rome Spa appointment, an apartment renovation and hospitality interiors.
Interior design studios for Dubai: design, styling and roles
Three practices for a Dubai villa, apartment or workplace. Compare the rooms, the design contribution and the appointment your project needs.
Interior design studios for a London home: three approaches
Three practices, residential references and a practical way to compare the design of your whole home.
Best Interior Designers for a Home on Lake Como
Four practices, residential references and the questions that help you choose a studio for the way you want to live by the lake.
Best Interior Design Studios for a Project in Bangkok
Three practices for a Bangkok interior. Compare the type of space, the published work and the appointment your project needs.
Office interior design studios in Italy: three approaches
Executive interiors, a workplace organised around shared activity, or a multifunctional headquarters: compare the projects behind three different approaches.
Best Interior Design Studios for a Home in Warsaw
Three residential practices to consider. Compare apartment design, furnishing and support during the works.
Choosing an interior design studio for a home in Tuscany
Three practices for a Tuscan home, with a room example to help you compare full-service interior design scope and responsibilities.
Interior design studios for a Monaco apartment: three approaches
Compare three studios for your apartment or penthouse, and see how personal design decisions can stay clear when you work through a family office.
Best Interior Design Studios for a Project in Phnom Penh
Three practices for a home, hospitality space or workplace in Phnom Penh. Compare their design contribution and the appointment your project needs.
Best hospitality interior design studios in Italy
Explore four practices through hotel, spa and restaurant projects, with the designers’ contributions made clear.
Villa interior design in Phuket: rooms, terraces and poolside living
Villa interiors in Phuket: rooms, terraces and privacy, with AD’s owner-side design direction alongside the appointed team at KOI Villa.
Planning your interior design budget
Plan an interior design budget around the rooms, design fees, works and furnishings. Compare scope, quotations and changes before commissioning the project.
Luxury interior design: planning a complete home
Planning a luxury home interior? Explore layouts, privacy, materials and bespoke details through AD’s residential projects and complete interior design.
Hotel spa design: atmosphere, treatment rooms and refurbishment
Plan a hotel spa’s layout, treatment rooms and refurbishment, with interiors and bespoke details from AD’s work at Hotel Eden Spa in Rome.
Luxury office interior design: executive rooms and headquarters
Luxury office interior design for reception, meeting rooms and headquarters, with AD’s work in Dubai and Dhaka. Discuss your workplace project.
Interior design direction: bringing an existing team together
Interior design direction for an existing team: representing the client’s priorities, coordinating appointed specialists and reviewing decisions, with AD’s Sikder Haus project.
Luxury retail interior design: nine decisions that shape a store
Plan a luxury store, boutique or showroom: customer journeys, display, fitting rooms, lighting and the design information needed before opening.
Italian interior design in Dubai: an executive setting
Italian interior design in Dubai through AD’s SG Headquarters: executive rooms, material composition and the connection between selection and delivery.
Private Home Spa Design: Planning Wellness Within a Residence
A practical brief for a spa within your home, from the rooms you will use to the relationship with the rest of the residence.
Best Retail Interior Design Studios in Italy: A Project Shortlist
An editorial shortlist for commissioning a retail interior, with project references and a way to compare the appointment each studio proposes.
Renovating a Home in Italy From Abroad: The Interior Decisions to Make Early
A decision-by-decision approach for an overseas owner planning the interiors of a home in Italy, before works and orders begin.
Luxury Dressing Room Design: Space, Light and Daily Routines
The decisions that turn a dressing room into a comfortable part of your home, illustrated through AD’s private residence design in Cambodia.
Home Cinema Interior Design: A Room You Will Want to Use
A private cinema should feel right before the film starts. How to bring viewing, comfort and the surrounding home into one design.
Wine Room and Home Bar Design: A Place to Receive Guests
The collection, the counter and the places to sit belong in one interior. Planning a room for keeping, serving and enjoying what you collect.
Master Suite Design: Planning Your Private Part of the Home
A suite is a sequence of rooms. Its design begins with the people sharing it, the privacy they need and the way it connects to the rest of the home.
Multigenerational Home Interior Design
Two ways to arrange the same shared home, and the choices each makes about privacy, guests and everyday life.
Luxury Interior Design Timeline: When Should You Start?
Work back from the date you want to use the home. A practical way to understand what must happen first, what can overlap and which decisions need your attention.
Luxury Home Library Design: A Room to Read and Stay
Your books give the library its purpose. Seating, light and its place within the house make it somewhere you spend time.
Interior Design for Art Collectors: Planning a Home Around Your Collection
Art influences where you pause, where you sit and what you see through a doorway. Bring those relationships into the interior brief.
Should You Involve an Interior Designer Before Buying a House?
A bedroom count tells you little about how a home will feel. Explore its spatial possibilities while you are still deciding whether it suits your life.
Boutique Hotel Interior Design: Building the Owner’s Brief
Turn the stay you want to offer into rooms, materials and a clear design appointment. A worked brief shows what to bring to the first conversation.
Hotel Interior Renovation: Decide What to Keep and What to Change
An existing hotel contains useful design decisions as well as problems. Start by understanding both before specifying the renewal.
Hotel mock-up room approval: from one room to the next
Follow one bedside decision through the sample check, revised drawings and the other room configurations.
Luxury Bathroom Interior Design: Plan the Whole Room
The room needs to work when two people are getting ready, when the light changes and when everything has been put away.
Luxury Dining Room Interior Design: A Room for the Way You Host
A dining room begins with the people around the table. Its proportions, light and connection to the house shape the rest of the evening.
Luxury Games Room Design: Space to Play and Spend Time Together
The game needs room to happen. So do the people watching, talking and moving through the space.
Materials, bespoke & technical review
The development behind stonework, backlighting and the details released for production.
Backlit onyx flooring: how stone and light shape a room
Backlit onyx flooring at Sikder Haus: how stone, colour and light work together, with support, maintenance and mini-pool retrofit considerations.
A Portoro marble basin, made for its place in the room
A solid Portoro marble basin for the dining area at Sikder Haus: its sculptural form, workshop views and completed installation with Fantini fittings.
Before releasing bespoke work for production
Before bespoke work goes into production, understand what drawings, samples, installation details and approvals need to establish for the maker.
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