A boutique restaurant with a kaleidoscope effect and the flavor of home on the outskirts of Milan

A serenity that tastes like home

The project stems from a collaboration that is also a long-standing friendship: here, the nomadic, multicultural and km0 cuisine of Marcello Passoni, chef and owner of the restaurant, meets the stylistic code of Serena Confalonieri, in an environment in balance between conviviality and intimacy.

The long-lasting relationship between the two professionals has in some way inspired the atmosphere that 13.10 wants to convey: a place to go for lunch or dinner outside, but feeling like at home.

With only 25 seats, the restaurant develops on the basis of a planimetry shaped, more precisely L-shaped, due to the fact that it is located in a strong> former farmhouse on the outskirts of Milan built around the central courtyard.

The colours, which are brilliant but draw from a 100% natural palette without ever tiring the eye (you quickly get used to the dualism between a soft sage green and the terracotta color in the its lightest shade) are combined with carefully chosen materials to create a welcoming but never heavy contrast. The protagonists par excellence of the two main rooms (a large room and a smaller one) are, together, the floors and walls in marble-effect stoneware by Florim and the panels, but also the complements and niches, in oak now carefully worked, now with a natural effect.

We asked the designer how she approached the world of interiors, after years dedicated to graphic, textile and product design.

What difference did you find in taking on an interior design project?

The possibility of moving in space was an exciting stimulus, very different and more dynamic than the product.

I have tried to adapt my modus operandi to a different scale, thinking about the usability and the destination of the spaces but maintaining the characteristic features that unite my works: the use of colour, patterns and simple and welcoming shapes.

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Is this the beginning of a new love 'by Serena Confalonieri'?

In reality it is more of a backfire, my university training is in fact as an interior designer, even if the work then led me to focus more on the product.

Furthermore, alongside the work on products, self-productions and graphics, in recent years I had already begun to approach works on a larger scale, with a series of projects related to tactical urbanism, a theme with which I'm still working on a lot and which is giving me a lot of satisfaction.

I hope the same thing happens now with the interior as well.