Milan-based designer and art director Serena Confalonieri is a woman of many talents, working across the fields of product, graphic and textile design both in Italy and abroad. Now the designer has completed her first interior design project, 13.10 Ristorante, a 25-seat boutique restaurant close to Milan—and it doesn’t disappoint. The concept combines her signature language of ironic, unexpected subjects and chromatic material combinations with an eclectic gastronomic philosophy rooted in cultural influences from all over the world. 

The intimate space, located inside a courtyard creates a comfortable and domestic feeling, striking the balance between eating out and being at home in an effort to create a sense of ease. The warm interiors, informally divided into multiple spaces, are characterised by both vivid and natural shades that recall the kitchen’s ingredients, lively patterns, bright and romantic colours, refined furniture and bespoke pieces—a space of contradictions and as eclectic as the designer herself. 

With a mix of selected furniture and customised elements, the project isn’t short of a little help from some design heavyweights.A series of products designed by Serena Confalonieri herself is also present from the Carnival wallpaper designed for Wall & Deco in the bathroom, the Stilla mirror designed for Potocco, the Kyma tableware collection designed for Sambonet and a custom rug by Besana Carpet Lab designed specifically for 13.10 Restaurant. The result is a project that is extremely consistent with the designer’s aesthetics and design philosophy, made up of soft contrasts and balanced use of patterns and colours.