From butterflies to Jules the cat, the Italian’s four-storey house in Milan is alive with creatures.

Suns, moons, insects and enigmatic faces peer from mirrors, furniture and walls throughout the labyrinthine network of rooms in Barnaba Fornasetti’s Milan townhouse.

This theatrical setting serves as a home, workshop, archive and museum for the Italian designer, who is continuing to create objects, furniture and fashion items under the brand founded by his late father, the 20th-century surrealist designer Piero Fornasetti.

Fornasetti is exclusive to 4.

Shop the collection here.

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