The Italian designer and architect launches a new book, Tham Ma Da. Here’s a sneak peek.
September 22nd, 2016
Pictured above is COMO Metropolitan Miami Beach, designed by Paola Navone. Image courtesy of COMO Hotels and Resorts
Paola Navone’s creations are at once playful, whimsical, nomadic, and beautiful. The Milan-based designer travels all over the world, drawing inspiration from Asia to Africa, for the likes of the Landscape Panda collection for Cappellini, private residences in France, and COMO Point Yamu hotel in Phuket.
The cover of the new book on Navone
These projects and many more are on display in a new tome from Pointed Leaf Press. Titled Tham ma da: The Adventurous Interiors of Paola Navone, the book is a visual feast of Navone’s work on products, homes and hospitality spaces. Tham ma da, by the way, is Thai for ‘every day.’
La Sirena restaurant at COMO Point Yamu, a hotel designed by Navone in Phuket. Image by Enrico Conti
With words by Spencer Bailey, Surface magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, the book also offers an insight into Navone’s thought process and inspirations.
An element from the Secret Garden, an installation by Paola Navone and Zaha Hadid at Milan Design Week 2012
Nahmyaa Thai restaurant at COMO Point Yamu. Image by Enrico Conti
Cerise, the bar at Virgin Hotels Chicago, features colourful, fantastical interiors by Navone. Image by Nicholas James
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