Authentic Interior

A reminder for anyone, myself included that we move forward even if it looks like tiny steps.

If you turn back and remember your dreams from 5 years ago, you’ll see how far you’ve come.

I am grateful to be able to spend a random Monday at this beautiful Ligurian village where people from all over the world come on holidays 🙌🙏

Scroll to the last video, it took my breath away for a minute 😍💙

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A Weekend in Thessaloniki guide – All about food 😍

Update: When I finished writing this post, I realised it’s almost all about food. And it’s not false! Greece offers best food in the world, so enjoy my small guide🥰

💜 Had zero plans. Just a weekend, good company, and a massive craving for freddo and bougatsa.

💜 I wasn’t sure how I’d vibe with Thessaloniki at first… but then the first dinner came, then wine, then rooftops, then bougatsa, and I felt home 💜

Here’s what I’d actually recommend if you’re heading there:

💜 Things to eat:
• Bougatsa – sweet or savoury. My to go to in the mornings
• Koulouri – local bagel - addictive.
• Loukoumades – Greek donuts (traditionally with honey + walnuts).
• Bougiourdi – baked feta with peppers. Order it once, dream about it forever.
• Soutzoukakia – spiced meatballs in cinnamon tomato sauce. And don’t tell I haven’t warned you how good it is🥹
• Mastiha – liqueur or dessert. Don’t overthink it, just try. My fave!

💜 Wines and grapes to know:
• Malagousia – fresh, floral, and perfect in the sun.
• Xinomavro – red or rosé, earthy, and unexpectedly elegant.
• PS: My secret to wines - if you have no idea what to order, simply take house wine in tavernas, you’ll be pleasantly surprised! Some of the best wines on earth I tasted there. And no Barollo can compete with that 😱

💜 Where to drink great Freddo and have brunch:
• – brunch & natural wines, Nice interior, fantastic terrace

• – vintage, warm, a bit hidden
• – cool but not trying too hard
• – design deli vibes, where you brunch and shop

💜 Food / Tavernas / Cocktails / Rooftops
• .rooftopbar – stunning views + very good wine recs
• Castra Terrace – slow sunsets
• Wall by Wall / Brusco / Yenti – great food with a twist
• Ladadika area – tavernas with live music, bars
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• Kitchenbar in the Port area
• Last photos from Meteoron restaurant in Kalampaka village - honestly best views to enjoy food 😍




Which one would you choose?

Visited the Ex SNIA Factory during Milan Design Week 2025 and, wow, so cool to visit places you’d never visit normally! 😊

Scroll to see last pictures and videos to see exterior!!! 😲

Ex-Snia, once a factory for synthetic fiber production, for this Milan Design Week 2025 .milano decided to overtake it as one of their exhibition places, before the construction of new apartment buildings begins later in 2025.

Under the Volcano by took the experience to another level.

Lava stone, robotically carved into sharp, dramatic blocks that feel both ancient and modern, paired with a deep, rumbling soundscape by Rodrigo D’Erasmo. 🔥

The vertical lava stone forms by Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces? Absolutely mesmerizing.

They brought the raw, elemental power of the material to life in a way that feels both intense and poetic.

I also loved Decibel Made and their cutting-edge approach to design with live demonstrations of large-scale 3D printing.

Their Heron AM system produced furniture on-site daily, including ten original chair designs fabricated from AI-generated patterns.

What’s the most unexpected place where design has totally captured your attention? Let me know in the comments! 👇

           

.milano — a pop-up experience only during Milan Design Week 2025 by .milano — and honestly, a location not to be missed.

I had an occasion to see Volca’s pre-opening on Sunday and… wow. Just wow.

It’s exactly what this design week was craving. Let me explain.

Finally, a space that brings together design, music, food, likeminded people, and actual vibes — all under one industrial, raw, slightly chaotic (in the best way) roof.

From the moody extra stylish HENGE lounge to the bold flavors by YAPA, art installations and DJ sets that made you forget the time — everything felt curated but not overly polished.

Alive, real, inspiring.

If you’re in Milan this week, make time for it. VOCLA is open every evening until April 12. Go late. Stay longer.

Would you go out for design + music at night here?

# hengeitalia ❤️