A Modern-Meets-Neo-Classical Apartment in Milan
The architect Vincenzo De Cotiis combines futuristic furniture with 18th-century finishes to create a home that’s entirely of the moment.
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![The interior architect Vincenzo De Cotiis’s dining room is dominated by his own sculptural works: a hanging light, an 11-foot-long dining table and low stools, made of seamlessly fused recycled fiberglass and silver-plated brass. Hanging on the wall is a set of theater props from the ’80s.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/20/t-magazine/20tmag-vincenzo-slide-ZJDV/20tmag-vincenzo-slide-ZJDV-videoLarge.jpg?auto=webp)
The architect Vincenzo De Cotiis combines futuristic furniture with 18th-century finishes to create a home that’s entirely of the moment.
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The Latest Design Trend: Black and Burned Wood
An ancient Japanese technique protects cedar by charring it a witchy charcoal. It’s having a renaissance in the West (for less practical reasons).
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