Redoing your home or furnishing your out-of-town haven

Now that we’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time at home, the pandemic has forced us to look at our living spaces with fresh eyes.

Maybe you’ve had to turn one of your rooms into a WFH office, or decided that moving out of the city altogether is the best option.

I look at the clutter of the three rooms we occupy and how the furniture is wearing out, and want to redo the whole thing entirely.

Luckily there are many options for home shopping out there, and one that really gibes with my taste for modern, sophisticated furniture is Studio Dimensione.

Studio Dimensione is the design furniture arm of Dimensione, a design hub that is a one-stop shop where you can find everything you need for the home, from classic and heritage pieces to avant-garde and minimalist designs.

They exclusively distribute designer furniture brands from Europe, like Fritz Hansen, the Danish brand that boasts designers like Arne Jacobsen, creator of the iconic Egg chair, and the best of Italian furniture design from Cappellini, Foscarini, Arper and MDF Italia.

Here is our guide to Studio Dimensione’s brands, and our top picks.  As someone perennially short of storage I love MDF Italia’s shelving system, that beautiful solar lamp from Foscarini, and maybe I’ll just treat myself to an Egg chair for my reading nook.

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Dine another day: Dolmen table in Travertine marble designed by Giulio Cappellini

Cappellini

Founded in 1946 in Italy, Cappellini has become synonymous with contemporary, avant-garde design. Over the years it has launched some of the world’s greatest designers like Jasper Morrison and the Bouroullec brothers, producing innovative and high-quality furnishings.

The great outdoors: Foscarini’s Solar outdoor lamp designed by Jean Marie Massaud harnesses the energy of the sun.

Foscarini

Foscarini develops and produces lamps in collaboration with many designers from around the world. This creative and technological Italian company innovates through design and research. Foscarini is a workshop that values freedom, passion, unconventionality, and is based right at the heart of the industry in which it thrives.

Shelf life: MDF Italia’s Random shelves are designed by Neuland Industriedesign, and Le Banc designed by Xavier Lust.

MDF Italia

MDF Italia is a Milan-based design company that manufactures furniture, and was fully acquired in 2013 by the holding group of the Cassina family, a longstanding leader in Italian design.

The identity of MDF Italia is the way they synthesize lightness, simplicity, innovation, emotion and meaning. They have always focused on design and simplicity as core values in selecting projects and designers.

Comfy and cozy: Create your own reading area with Fritz Hansen’s Egg and Swan chairs and Planner coffee table designed by Arne Jacobsen.

Fritz Hansen

Fritz Hansen was established in 1872 by the visionary cabinetmaker of the same name in Denmark.

Today, it is an exclusive and international design brand characterized by remarkable craftsmanship, unique design and an inherent sense of premium quality.

Its stellar string of designers is long — Arne Jacobsen, Poul Kjærholm, Piet Hein, Piero Lissoni, Kasper Salto and Jaime Hayon — and its list of famed classic and iconic furniture is even longer.

Resort vibes: Leaf metal furniture designed by Lievore Altherr Molina from Arper.

Arper

Arper is an Italian company that manufactures and distributes designer chairs, sofas and tables for contract, home and work sectors worldwide.

Their design philosophy distills many inspirations:  Arper’s forms, structure and colors are inspired by nature, contemporary art, classic mid-century-modern design, experience, comfort and usability.