The highlight of this week for me was definitely visiting Achille Castiglioni’s studio. His approach to design has a wittiness and economy that I want to implement in my own work. I also enjoyed the Armani Silos museum, the way the lighting enhanced the clothing and the way sound interacted with the spaces to form a seamless sensory experience. 
Over the weekend, I went to Rome and visited the RedValentino Flagship store, the MAXXI museum designed byZaha Hadid, the Vatican museums, and St. Peter’s Basilica. The MAXXI museum was not the most inviting space, which I find to be a common motif in Zaha Hadid’s work. Because the museum is like a piece of sculpture and has such a distinct personality on its own, it was interesting to see how its exhibitions and art take on the challenge of complementing/ the space shaped by the building’s architecture.
Also the RedValentino Flagship store designed by India Mahdavi was cool to visit, I loved her use of color and confident use of pure forms:
I went on a tour to visit the Vatican museums and St. Peter’s Basilica in order to skip the lines.I kind of hate tours because of their strict nature, and so we basically strolled through the museums with rare and brief moments of admiration in probably under 20 minutes.
