Jumbo poppies synonymous with Marimekko cover the floor of Bar Unikko, a pink-hued pop-up cafe created as a Milan design week pit stop to mark the print's 60th anniversary. Named after Unikko, the recognisable poppy pattern designed by Maija Isola in 1964, the cafe is a pop-up project at Bar Stoppani in Milan. Bar Unikko is a collaboration between Marimekko and Apartamento magazine Marimekko purposefully left the interior layout of the cafe, which is a collaboration with interior design magazine Apartamento, largely untouched to create a contrast between the Finnish brand's design language an ..read more

Cultural institutions Triennale Milano and Fondation Cartier are hosting a retrospective show of Italian designer Alessandro Mendini at this year's Milan design week, showcased in this video produced by Dezeen for Triennale.   The exhibition takes place at Trienalle Milano Triennale Milano partnered with the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain to host the exhibition, which explores Mendini's work across the fields of architecture, art, design and theory. Titled Io Sono Un Drago (I am a dragon), the show brings together over 400 different works and intends to explore Mendini's ..read more

Swiss homeware brand V-Zug has opened its inaugural Milan showroom, combining soft hues and natural materials with high-tech appliances, as captured in this video produced by Dezeen. Called V-Zug Studio Milan, the showroom was designed by Italian architect and interior designer Elisa Ossino to encapsulate a "poetic simplicity" through blending objects crafted from natural materials with appliances featuring reflective surfaces. V-Zug Studio Milan has opened its doors during Milan design week The studio showcases V-Zug's homeware products and kitchen appliances, such as ovens, cookt ..read more

Designer Maria Vittoria Paggini has used colourful wallpaper and murals depicting nude bodies concealed behind peepholes to transform her home for Milan design week. Located in the 5vie design district in the heart of the city, Casa Ornella is annually redesigned by Vittoria Paggini who presents the project during Milan design week. This year, the property – which is also partly an art gallery, is themed "porno-chic". Maria Vittoria Paggini has redesigned her home around the theme of "porno-chic" "Casa Ornella is a maximalist house" said the designer, who is opening up her home to the public ..read more

For our latest lookbook, we've collected eight living rooms from Denmark to Japan that have been decorated in an organic modern style, featuring natural wood and stone details. The deceptively simple organic modern style combines modernist interior designs with natural materials and earthy colours. Plenty of wood, in the form of flooring, panelling and furniture give these interiors an organic feel. Designers have also chosen stone to create the same effect, with stone floors, tables and sofa bases adding an elegant and natural touch. All of these living rooms also have discrete and neutral c ..read more

Brooklyn-based designer Sergio Mannino has chosen a palette of purple and silver for a Philadelphia pharmacy that helps patients affected by the opioid crisis. Located in the Philadelphia suburb of Cheltenham, the Angel Care Pharmacy is owned by Olivia Tchanque, who wanted the design of her space to reflect the care and sensitivity offered to her patients. Sergio Mannino designed the mauve and chrome seats that populate the waiting area at Angel Care Pharmacy Tchanque looked to Sergio Mannino Studio to create an environment that feels distinctive, clean and contemporary. The pharmacy was born ..read more

From guest rooms filled with fashion designer Christian Louboutin's personal antique collection to Ibiza's oldest hotel where handmade masks are mounted on the walls, our latest lookbook features eight eclectic hotel interiors. Eclectic design brings together objects and styles from a range of sources – often mixing contemporary and vintage pieces. While many hotels are characterised by uniform luxury, others celebrate unlikely combinations of furniture, colours and patterns. Here are eight eclectic hotel interiors from around the world defined by contrasts and clashes. This is the latest in ..read more

This wooden pavilion set among lush gardens forms a retail space in Mexico City for fragrance brand Xinú, designed by its founders Esrawe + Cadena. The Xinú Marsella space occupies a former car mechanic's workshop in the city's Juarez neighborhood that has been transformed into an oasis of greenery. Esrawe + Cadena built the Xinú boutique within an industrial courtyard transformed into a verdant garden It was built to provide a multi-sensory experience for customers of perfume and home scent brand Xinú, which designers Héctor Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena founded in 2016. Both had a hand in cr ..read more

Promotion: Swiss furniture brand Vitra is expanding its European presence through a programme of showroom openings in renovated, distinctive historic buildings. The brand, which is known for high-end office and home furniture by leading designers, has embarked on a programme of showroom expansion and renovation to add to its global presence. "All Vitra showrooms reflect an agile and flexible platform to showcase our office and home concepts, including both Vitra and Artek," said the brand. "We are keen to present the collaboration and synergies with our partners in spaces designed for communa ..read more

Designer Gary Card has given London's LN-CC boutique a redesign that includes a sci-fi-looking wooden tunnel and a room "shaped like the inside of a foot". Card, who designed the original interior of the east London store in 2011, said the challenge for him was using the knowledge he has accumulated since then to create something new. The LN-CC store in east London has a red facade "The question for myself this time was – can I use everything I've learned over the last decade to reimagine one of my most recognized projects," he told Dezeen. "Each room has a very different concept," he added ..read more