JJ MARTIN

For JJ Martin, the American-born, Milan-based founder of lifestyle emporium La Double J, this is the year her bold, bright ‘ best of Italy’ aesthetic made its mark. Drawing inspiration from Italian design heritage and her personal passion for vintage prints, Martin collaborated with Italy’s Kartell, upholstering a line of its signature furniture pieces in her trademark maximalist designs. There was also a capsule collection of out-of-this-world, hand-blown glassware based on 17th-century glass goblets, made in collaboration with Venice’s Salviati; a new range of porcelain plates, trays and espresso cups with Verona-based Ancap; and a bold new dragonfly print alighting across a range of tabletop pieces for Martin’s homewares line, La Double J Housewives.