LAKE LIVING

At its most essential, the work of Rome-based architect Achille Salvagni testifies to his never-ending love affair with his native country — from its myths and historic locations to its centres of fashion and design. The sensuality of 1940s and 1950s furniture by such masters as Gio Ponti, Ico Parisi and Osvaldo Borsani are a particularly rich vein of inspiration, which Salvagni mines with a contemporary twist. Garda — named after one of the great lakes of northern Italy — is a sofa produced in a limited edition of six, boasting a luxuriously long 300cm, lacquered wood structure with engraved, bronze-detailed feet. Like its namesake body of water, it bends gracefully at one end. www.achillesalvagni.com