Inside Looking Out
- Words Gabriele Dellisanti
- Photography Giorgio Possenti
A rewilding of interior design in the heart of Milan.
Josephine Akvama Hoffmeyer and Elisa Ossino, co-founders of the design studio H+O, have heeded the call of the wild at this year’s Salone del Mobile. “After two years of dealing with the pandemic and reflecting on the importance of nature in our lives, we wanted to explore the connection between people and the planet,” says Ossino. The result of that process, Inside Looking Out, is an all-immersive, interactive exhibition that brings inspiration from the natural world and animal kingdom, along with the best of Italian and Danish design, into the duo’s 18th-century Milanese apartment-turned-gallery.
Gabriele Dellisanti: Animals don’t often feature at Salone. How did they inspire Inside Looking Out?
Elisa Ossino: During the pandemic, we saw a lot of animals around us here in th...