At Milan's Bar Basso Anything Can Happen | Bar Basso Design Week
Andrea Zani; Alamy By this point, Bar Basso, the Milan design world’s ground zero of gossip, is practically synonymous with the city’s annual Design Week—as much a state of mind as it is a meeting point. It’s where everyone in the industry congregates after a long day of novelty eye candy. And it’s no coincidence: Second-generation owner Maurizio Stocchetto has cultivated the scene with an attentive ear, playing host to the likes of the late designer James Irvine in the 1980s and the rising star duo Formafantasma today. “When we’re able to open again, we’ll be very busy,”...