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SALONE, SALONE, SALONE!

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CONVERSATION PIECE • The object everyone is, will be, or should be talking about. This month: Elle Decor A-List designer Mark Grattan creates functional sculpture from raw stone.

ETCETERA • The little things are the big things. This month: petite seats that have grand effect.

GREEN WITH ENVY • The secret life of plants has taken root in our columnist’s psyche—and decor. How do some know how to unearth the power of foliage to make a room come brilliantly alive? Let’s dig deep.

JEWELRY HOUSE

ARCHITECTURE OF TIME

YOU SAY ALEXANDER, THEY SAY ALEXANDRE • Alexander Calder was in his twenties when he first moved to France. Now a series of new shows explores the American artist’s Gallic connections.

NECESSARY LUXURIES • The design we need to make our lives and homes work. This month: Consider the switch.

LIFE AT THE SALON • Places of beauty, be they spas or salons, are once again taking the power of aesthetics seriously. So take your time in the waiting room after your facial: The chairs might be midcentury.

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A STEP AHEAD • Elle Decor’s guide to everything worth seeing, doing, and buying at Milan Design Week—and which new Italian hotels to visit afterward.

THE DESIGN FIEND’S GUIDE TO SALONE • Curious about the best way to conquer Milan Design Week? Here’s a guide, broken out by zone.

ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, RESERVE! • Post-Salone, pre–Venice Biennale (or this summer), stop for awell-designed reprieve at any of Italy’s newest hotels.

MADE FOR EACH OTHER • Collaborations are on the menu this Salone—though not just any pairings, as brands look far afield for creative minds this season. Here, five of the best matchups.

French Twist • Forget “Non, pas possible.” Paris-based Laura Gonzalez trades snobbish restraint for a spirited “Oui!” bringing her unmatched energy to an ever growing roster of projects and clients.

NOW MORE THAN EVER • How has Ralph Lauren remained perfectly timeless while also becoming, as they say, the moment? As a new home collection debuts, we learned the secret to it all directly from the man himself.

MASTER OF HIS DOMAIN • Art dealer Larry Gagosian redefined what galleries look like in our era. Now he is reinventing things once again with a new space on Madison Avenue.

MR. SALONE TAKES MILANO • Suspended high above the Milan rooftops, a lightfilled penthouse showcases the gracefully muscular design that has more and more brands calling on Italian designer Hannes Peer.

IN THE ROOM with RAPHAEL • A one-time-only exhibit on the Renaissance master traces his rise from tiny Urbino to the Vatican—opening a door on his personal world and showing why it still resonates with designers and collectors today.

CURTAIN CALL • Delicate, diaphanous fabrics have taken center stage—and captured our imaginations—paired with equally light pieces from the season’s collections.

FACADE LIFT • In her most ambitious work yet, artist Tschabalala Self’s installation unites the New Museum’s original building with a new $82M OMA-designed addition.

LOVE ON THE LAKE • Working across an ocean, navigating the shoals of family history and treasured heirlooms, New York–based Studio DB granted a Lake Como villa new glory.

SOURCEBOOK • Craving an Italian escape? With a collector’s eye, Britt and Damian Zunino of Studio DB conjure Lake Como glamour (page 90)....