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    Dion & Arles creates “salon in which you can dine” for Il Gattopardo

    French design and interiors studio Dion & Arles drew on the work of 20th-century Italian designers Carlo Mollino and Gio Ponti for the interior of Mayfair restaurant Il Gattopardo in London. “We envisioned Il Gattopardo to be a salon in which you can dine – not just a restaurant,” the designers told Dezeen. The studio looked to Mollino’s apartment in Turin for its balance between modernity and heritage. The inner dining room has curved crushed-velvet seating and a large fireplace “Modernity, heritage and sophistication are the three elements we think together define the Italian sensibility, which we tried to translate…