The VILLAS kitchen special is an ode to surfaces and materials

Issue no. 109 of Belgian magazine VILLAS brings together some of the most cutting-edge kitchen brands, to show how “From slow design to free-standing modular models, the kitchen has today been turned into a living room - the nerve centre of the modern home, the place where the family most often gathers - but with this new role comes a new demand for a thorough and intuitive design. This results in stylish but fully functional kitchens that create a natural flow between the different areas for preparing and eating food and relaxing with friends: a space that becomes a social hub.” (check out here VILLAS’ spring/summer issue)

Stories

60 years of Calia: the idea of comfort born amid the Sassi of Matera

Calia Italia’s is a family history closely bound up with the values of its region, Basilicata, and in particular Matera, an important source of inspiration

C. S. Bontempi Sciama

Exhibitions

Salone del Mobile 2026: dates for your diary

The leading international furnishing and design industry event will be back at Fiera Milano Rho from 21st to 26th April next year

Exhibitions

Outside and inside the home. The outdoor novelties seen at the Salone del Mobile 2025

Curved, enveloping lines, mute and earthen shades inspired by nature, geometries that never penalize comfort, even when they become more daring, imaginative variations on interlacing cords or fibers: these are the salient features of the outdoor offerings presented at the fair by companies in the sector. Here we tell you all about them