New Italian design - a virtual festival with DDN

Earlier this year I was invited to join Design Diffusion for DDN Safari Fest 2020 at Milan Design Week. Sadly as we all know, Coronavirus totally disrupted the design fair calendar along with pretty much everything else this year and we have all had to adapt and discover new ways of working over the past few months.

While visiting design fairs and meeting up with brands and fellow bloggers in person is something I look forward to being able to do again soon, in the meantime I am very happy to be joining some of my friends in the interiors blogging community to share a virtual tour of some of the designs that were scheduled to have been shown in Milan this year.

So here’s the concept…..

10 international bloggers will be partnering with Design Diffusion and 8 brands from across the design industry to bring you a virtual design festival. Over the next couple of weeks each blogger will be exploring key products, trends and materials from the participating brands.

The brand partners

Cantori – @cantori_spa

Casalgrande Padana – @casalgrandepadana

Cristina Rubinetterie – @cristinarubinetterie

Doimo Cucine – @doimocucine

Maistri La Cucina – @maistrilacucina

Minotti Cucine – @minotticucine

Quadrodesign – @quadrodesign_official

Viva – @vivaporte

Having already had a preview of the designs I think I can safely promise that you are sure to find something to be inspired by – from the latest trends in kitchen and bathroom design to stunning surface materials, furniture and architectural solutions.

The Schedule

Each blogger will share an edit of their favourite products on IG Stories on the date shown below. Holly from Decor8 is kicking off the tour today and I’ll be sharing my highlights next week on 25th June. Here is the full schedule.

15th June – Holly Becker / Decor8 / @decor8

16th June – Niki Brantmark / My Scandinavian Home / @myscandinavianhome

17th June – Agata Dimmich / Passion Shake / @passion_shake

18th June – Desiree Groenendal / Vosges Paris / @vosgesparis

19th June – Igor Josif / Happy Interior Blog / @igorjosif

22nd June – Ula Michalak / Interiors Design Blog / @interiors_design_blog

23rd June – Roberta Mutti / DDN Blog / @designdiffusion

24th June – Ingrid Opstad / That Scandinavian Feeling / @thatscandinavianfeeling

25th June – Helen Powell / Design Hunter / @designhunter_uk

26th June – Elisabetta Rizzato Italian Bark / @italianbark

29th June – Iko In / Creative Home X – @creativehomemagazine

A huge thank you to the participating brands and to Design Diffusion for inviting me to take part. Please do come and join us over on Instagram where we’ll each be sharing our own highlights over the coming days.