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Rossana Orlandi

In 2002 she decided to abandon the fashion world that had been her domain for 30 years to open an art and design gallery. From the moment she made the leap, it became a veritable mecca for Design. 

It was in the early years of the new millennium that, while looking for a place in Milan for her children, she came across the site that she would transform, through love and passion, into the Gallery that the international press would name one of the eight most important in the world. 

She began with small pieces that were presented as an aesthetic dialogue where objects communicate with each other outside of place and time. The curious intelligence that has always been her compass led Rossana to travel around the world to what we now call Design Weeks. She was particularly fascinated by the Dutch school, and it was here that she discovered the names which would later make her one of the most significant figures in Design. Marteen Baas, Formafantasma, Nacho Carbonell, Piet Hein Eek: these are just a few of the artists who, from their first shows in the basement of her Gallery (now an iconic lucky charm among the design community), are now guests of private museum collections.

Rossana Orlandi Gallery in Milan

Number 14, via Matteo Bandello is one of the best-known addresses among design addicts and those who come from all five continents to Milan, where the various Design Weeks are among the most important dates of the year. Ro literally works magic in this place. The courtyard, covered with the nearly centennial strawberry grape vines (“one of my dearest prides” she says), becomes the focal point on every Milanese map. The first floor is covered with the famous “cuvettes that we keep upside down if they are empty” which, from the early to the late 1900s, housed the fabrics and yarns of Prochnovnich, one of the most renowned tie factories of the period.

The Design world is on full display at the Ro Gallery, which both launches and solidifies designers and artists. It is here that Rossana Orlandi turns Contemporary Design into Collectible Design, likening it to the rare and vintage selections made famous by international auctions in the field. Rossana Orlandi takes such good care of “my designers” that for them she becomes their mom, mamma, mamà, mut. 

Rossana Orlandi Summer Gallery in Porto Cervo

Rossana Orlandi Summer Gallery has brought design to Porto Cervo since 2008, in the magical atmosphere of the Promenade du Port. 

A historic destination that has been the reference point for an international audience  enamoured by the magic of the Costa Smeralda, the three floors of the gallery host objects and design works personally selected by Rossana Orlandi from her Milan gallery.

BistRo Aimo & Nadia in Milan

A convivial space in which the personalities of Rossana Orlandi, and Stefania Moroni, Alessandro Negrini and Fabio Pisani, owners of Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia express themselves in a complementary way, each one in its own sphere, to give life, together, to a bistro which combines the charm of interior design, created in collaboration with Etro, with the pleasures of taste and conviviality, fundamental elements of the gastronomic proposal and service.

The bistro cuisine is based on the same principles of Italianness, selection of raw materials, respect for producers and the territory, typical of Il Luogo di Aimo and Nadia, applied in this case, to simpler proposals, designed for fruition throughout the bow of the day. The ingredients come from specific areas of our peninsula, indicated in the menu, as in a sort of virtual map of Italy.

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