Lara Bellini Bags - Milan Home Tour!

Wait, what's the name of the architect? The name of the architect is Defineti.

Okay.

And the name of the palace? La Meridiana. Okay.

Yes, because we have a Meridiana. You know, Meridiana. What is with the sun? You have a clock.

Oh, the sun is over there.

Designed by the very famous artist Gigotti Zanini of that time.

Ah, okay.

So there's a long story.

I love it.

But like we are here in France. You have a garden that was part of the garden of Academia dell' Arcadia in this. In 1718, where all the artists, poetry and was walking there. Welcome.

Thank you for this special opportunity.

Thank you. Yay.

This is a playground.

Playground. So you can enjoy really with the family. And it's not opposable. When you enter, there's not the back of the correct. It's just a platform. Now.

Did you design this furniture?

No, I bought that design. That one. We design many pieces, by the way. Then we have their design area and we have a. It's very small sofa that comes from the 40s.

Oh, yes.

FREMO's designer, architect, Italian. This is a Gaetano Patient masterpiece icon of design. Another piece.

We have a beautiful view.

Nice. Then no, we move to the dining room where we have a table that designed by myself. The chair is my design. So it's a Calacatta Valley marble. The unique one. Just single piece.

Single piece. And you cannot put your red wine glass on there because.

No, that's the drama. That's very difficult. And then we have a Tom Dixon lamps. So what we try to do in this house is to maintain as much as we can, classical characters, like the special parquet handles, details, and then mix element as a furniture that are contemporary and classic. So that is a mirror that comes from the 40s, I believe as well. Then you have a new table. You have an icon of design over there. So we mix and match. Those lamps from Benini, very famous producer from the 40s. No, you know, gorgeous. Then we have some modern contemporary. This is a Marcel Breuer in the. In the 20s, 30s design. So. And then we move, we move and we move, we move, we move. That's my studio.

Wow.

So, yeah, that is my design. You designed that 30 years ago. This desk is all aluminum banded. So it's still a mix of a idea of a workstation home office. Okay. But done with a very contemporary material. Some classic pieces. This came from my. You know, my father has been a master in design.

He was too.

Yeah. Yeah.

Wow. It runs in the family.

This was the first. I can Say transistor radio.

Transistor radio. Looking for a Walkman.

Walk man. Walk man. Get out. Walk man. So that's what.

Yes, Laura. 100%. That's going to be an inspiration for the next bag.

That's h. Yes. This is a wonderful piece. I designed this one. Gorgeous. That is an Italian producer that decide to reuse a second life to those kind of wooden elements that are in Venice. You know, the gondola. To fix the Venice in the Lagoona. So sometimes they have to replace it. And he decided to go collect the old one and ask many designers design something. So my idea is to get. Give a second life. So this is still Venice. This is the Laguna stop to have waste so that the time stopped and those elements are still reflecting into the lagoon. I love that one of the most successful pieces has been designed. Oh my gosh.

That is really, really cool. And I love hearing the story behind it.

And you see such a desert from the 40s too. And then that's designed by me. Those of those.

This is a good thing. Yes.

That's. Yeah.

Okay.

From cctopis other designer. Because I cannot have only my pieces where to mix with other designers.

But that's what makes it like so unique and creative is because it could look. When you mix like time periods and different things, it either like. It is so cohesive and harmonious. But some people. It could look like an expensive garage sale. And yours does not. Yours is beautiful.

That's in Somari Broken memories. So that is a shape of a classic. Classic vase. Broken dreamers Dreams Broken dreams. This is a classic vase. Those pieces are all the pieces that in Benini working on glass they threw away. And so we create such a kind of.

I like that. There's a lot of sustainability happening 20 years ago. Yeah.

Then we move in a kitchen area. So we designed all parts. You see, this is. We replace completely and we try to find something that is classic. Remember the memory of Milan at the time. But is also contemporary. And the tone of color, gray, dark. So very neutral. We design all the cool chairs. Those are also made high chairs.

I like them high chairs.

Quite wavy. So it's not.

But it's very like spacious and crisp.

We have a beautiful small terrace there with a nice view. But. As I told you, it's a fourth floor. Then. Okay. That's the laundry. It's not so interesting. And as we are here. Monkey everywhere.

That's so cool. I won't put you on if you don't want to be. You can have a lot of friends. Sleepover. I love this. I have one of these.

Oh, yeah. So that's our master bedroom. So we still have some pieces of design. This is a very famous castiglione lamp.

Oh, wow.

That's bed designed with my father. This Alvar alto in the 40s.

You designed the bed with your father?

Yeah. That's.

Wow.

And then also for the bathroom, it's a small one, but we try to have a nice combination. So you see, it's the same language but smaller, black and white. Such a kind of design language that we.

I love it.

And then all those elements have been refurbished. But was existing mirror over there under you. Beautiful.

Not you, Mac.

It's not hearing news anymore, but I like it. Then there's my.

Oh, love it.

Other daughter here. But we get back. We'll get back here.

Very cool.

Thank you.

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing your home with us.

Thank you.

Thank you.