The first Italian signature store, Aesop Brera, is a contemporary
insertion into the fabric of Milan’s history. Occupying a corner
tenancy, the 60-square metre space is located in a nineteenth-century
building on the Piazza del Carmine, next to the fifteenth-century Chiesa
Santa Maria del Carmine. The neighbourhood, traditionally home to
artists and ateliers, is now one of the main centres of Milan’s annual
furniture fair, Salon del Mobile. A collaboration with local studio
Vincenzo de Cotiis Architects, the contemplative design gives a subtle
nod to its previous incarnation as a salumeria.
