Urban Italy is a per­sonal, highly sub­jec­tive and totally un-democratic website-cum-blog, reg­u­larly updated. A sort of 2.0 ver­sion of Mole­sk­ines with places to go to and things to do…

There are thou­sands, tens of thou­sands of archin­auts and desig­no­holics who couldn’t care less where the Hard Rock Café is. People who are con­stantly on the look­out for inspi­ra­tion of any nature, be it in the form of cut­ting edge inte­ri­ors, the lat­est design dis­tricts, sec­ond hand Saari­nen fur­ni­ture at flea mar­kets or the best Droog design deals. And that’s not stuff that you’re going to find in a guide book off-the-shelf.

So if you’re plan­ning a design shop­ping spree to fur­nish your new apart­ment at a frac­tion of the price, a tour tak­ing in mod­ernist mas­ter­pieces and con­tem­po­rary food design, or a hol­i­day to just chill out in one of the most breath­tak­ing set­tings in Europe, check out our behind-the-scenes ideas on Ital­ian lifestyle and design. Wher­ever you like to sleep, be it the lat­est, cutting-edge design hotel or the three-room bou­tique B&B run by an interior-designer friend of mine, Urban Italy shows you the way. 
Like the restau­rants, hotspots, events and peo­ple you’re going to get to know with us, they’re all selected to show­case the best of made-in-Italy.