Beatrice Boselli

NAME a Memory

When I was a kid, I used to steal my mum’s design magazines collection to cut out the interiors I liked, I would then collage them on a piece of cardboard to create my customized spaces. Every time I did that, I thought that I was designing a space for someone I knew, it was like drawing a portrait, but with spaces.

NAME a City

Bellagio, an idyllic village in Lombardy, along Lake Como, a place that I am very emotionally attached to. With views of the northern Alps, and its picturesque location on the edge between the ramifications of the lake, Bellagio is considered one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. It was founded in the 1st Century AC and has been chosen by the most illustrious personalities as a place of residence and of inspiration. Bellagio is renowned for its beautiful villas overlooking the water: such as Villa Serbelloni or Villa Melzi. The beauty of the village, its idyllic gardens and the soothing presence of the lake make Bellagio the exceptional place that it is.

NAME a Quote

“Arriving at each new city, the traveller finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places.” - Italo Calvino
An extract from Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.

NAME a Building

Maison de Verre, built in Paris in the 1930s, following the early modern style of architecture and was designed by Pierre Chareau, Bernard Bijvoet and Louis Dalbet. What makes this glass house interesting is the combination of very simple materials and refined industrial techniques. The elegant facade is defined by translucent glass block walls and internally, glass makes its presence in the form of sliding, folding or rotating screens - in combination with perforated steel and sophisticated mechanical components.

NAME a Material

White Carrara Marble - formed 190 million years ago, when most regions of northern Tuscany were covered by sea. The Carrara marble has a fascinating history, playing the part of protagonist for more than two thousand years of architecture and sculptures, enhanced by an endless beauty and elegance. From Michelangelo’s and Canova’s sculptures to present day’s interior and architecture, the white marble lightens in colour with the passage of time; by losing its accumulated moisture from within.