"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

Wallpaper design award

Il wallpaper design award 2013 è stato vinto da Patricia Urquiola con i suoi azulejos reinventati per Mutina. Li avevamo visti al Made e, ancora prima, al Cersaie dove erano l’unica novità degna di nota. Un premio meritato.

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