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Located in the heart of Milan, the new showroom and restaurant by British designer Tom Dixon. Main image and cover photograph by Elli Ioannou. |
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Dramatic lamps and dark, oxide tiles create a striking bar at The Manzoni |
The entrance is located on Via Manzoni, near the Italian city's famed opera theatre, the Teatro alla Scala. As the British designer's first European showroom, The Manzoni will also allow Dixon to showcase his collections in Milan without having to create special, pop-up exhibitions during design week in different rented spaces.
Tom Dixon wants this new space to allow visitors to engage with his designs in what is a multi-use venue that includes a coffee bar, exhibition space, and dining hall ~ all furnished with his chairs, tables and lamps. It is an experimental space, a theatrical backdrop for the company's new and established designs combined with serving Italian coffee and food.
The Manzoni will be a permanent space in the this central part of historic Milan and will be the designer's European headquarters.
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The long, rough-hewn granite bar where windows overlook Milan's tony Via Manzoni |
The design was completed by the interior design arm of Tom Dixon, Design Research Studio, collaborating with JLK Design Studio. The materials come from different regions of Italy including stone from Mount Etna in Sicily, marble from Verona, and plants from Sardinia. The opening of the Manzoni follows Tom Dixon's move last year from West London to King's Cross, where the Coal Office houses the company's headquarters plus a showroom and restaurant. The restaurant in Milan will have space for 100 covers and diners will be able to buy everything in the space from table settings, to candle holders, glassware and furniture.
The materials come from different regions of Italy including stone from Mount Etna in Sicily, marble from Verona, and plants from Sardinia
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The long dining room with communal tables and the lamp installation above |
The new Fat dining chairs are covered in Raf Simons's latest collection for Kvadrat. Looking up, there is an installation of spinning pendants suspended from the ceiling, from the Spring collection.
Adding a dramatic contrast to the subtle hues of the dining hall is the jungle of greenery in the gallery, created by Sardinian florist, Art Flowers Gallery. Palms and vines spring from aluminium planters and grow together to form the look of an overgrown oasis. It is illuminated by the Spring lamps, globes made shiny brass.
Beyond the bar, the room opens into an L-shaped hall with long rows of monastic, communal dining tables
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In the courtyard, walls covered in leafy plants surround a marble table |
Leafy plants grow up the walls of the courtyard and soften the hard edges of marble and steel. Tom Dixon envisions the Manzoni as a place to explore and show traditional and new materials and manufacturing processes.