I was quite surprised to read that Taschen's first store in Italy has just opened in Milan. I would have assumed that they would already have a foot-print there... but there you go. And what a store it is!!! If these photos are anything to go by, the interior is well deserving of its very own special Taschen hardcover edition...
Launching during Milan Design Week, the Taschen store spans its art, design and photography books across 120 square metres of museum-like interior. The full Taschen collection is stocked over two floors, with the first floor dedicated entirely to limited editions and print exhibitions.
Touches of grandeur meet design hungry browsers at every corner of the store. A chandelier on the ground floor is by Gio Ponti. US artist Jonas Wood has designed the terrazzo flooring, inspired by shimmering Californian flora and fauna. Long-time Taschen collaborator, and Australian designer Marc Newson, created glass-top cabinets to present the publisher's collector's and art editions. And to top of the big name designs, pieces from the personal collection of Benedikt Taschen display 1950's Italian design.
A spiral staircase by Salvatoe Licitra features an alcove intended for quiet reading, and its walls are adorned with art from Graphic Thought Facility. On the first floor, a 1954 lamp by Flavio Poli illuminates the exhibition space, which currently displays a series of Julius Shulman photographs.
With their selection of extraordinary books, Taschen stores always serve as magical escapes for design book lovers, and so I can only begin to imagine what this refined interior serves up in terms of experience and emotion...
Source - vogue.com.au
Images - vogue.com.au
Photography - markseelen.com
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