Fred Albert

1 month ago | milieu-mag.com | Fred Albert |Saray Fragoso

Interior designer Michael Del Piero didn’t always see eye to eye with client Jenna Saltzman when it came to the design of her house. Jenna craved a home filled with color and pattern and drama, while Del Piero is known for spare, ethereal spaces that usually manage to avoid all three. Still, the designer felt sure they could come to some kind of agreement. After all, she’d known Jenna since birth.

2 months ago | 1stdibs.com | Fred Albert

What makes something a classic? It’s a question that Barbara Corti has wrestled with a lot. Since 2023, when she was named chief creative officer for the Italian lighting maker Flos, Corti has sifted through more than 60 years of the company’s products to come up with a list of its most enduring designs. “The moment I started in my new role at Flos, I began analyzing our archive,” Corti said in a recent interview.

Jan 17, 2025 | 1stdibs.com | Fred Albert

Italian furniture designer Carlo Bugatti may not have achieved the fame of his son, automobile manufacturer Ettore Bugatti, but his work is equally revered. Culling motifs from Asian, Middle Eastern, North African and Gothic designs, the elder Bugatti (1856–1940) fashioned furnishings that are flamboyant medleys of swooping curves and asymmetry, as well as geometric carving, metal inlays, silk tassels and painted parchment.

Nov 27, 2024 | 1stdibs.com | Fred Albert

Swooping and swelling like an upholstered roller coaster, Mats Theselius’s serpentine chaise longue combines unbridled exuberance with design-world cachet. Crafted from steel and topped with leather cushions held in place with rivets, the seven-foot-long perch cuts a distinctive profile that’s accentuated by its Brunswick green finish.

Nov 1, 2024 | 1stdibs.com | Fred Albert

While it might remind you of one of those ubiquitous backyard chimineas, or their Jetsons-era counterpart, the conical Malm fireplace, Giovanni Battista Mitri’s 1965 majolica chimney is something else entirely: a masterful merging of Paleolithic imagery and contemporary craft that pulsates with primal life.