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T

ake a 16th-century

monastery. Add flowers,

duck ragù and Gio

Ponti chairs. The result

is Six Project, a collaboration quite

unlike anything else in Milan.

“We’re luxury punk,” says

Milanese entrepreneur and

former music producer Mauro

Orlandelli of his brainchild: a

gallery, bistro and floral-design

studio arranged around the

Clockwise from

above: the bar at

Sixième Bistro;

the internal

courtyard of the

former monastery;

original brickwork,

painted during

the renovation.

courtyard of a restored monastery

in the city’s hip Navigli district.

There’s rock ’n’ roll pedigree

at Sixième Bistro, which is

co-owned by local musician

Sergio Carnevale and Nic Cester,

frontman of Australian rock

band Jet, though the interiors

are deliberately understated.

“We wanted to create a

traditional atmosphere because

this city can go a bit over the top,”

A new hotspot in Milan combines a bistro, a gallery and

a whole lot ofpedigree,writesSUSAN MULDOWNEY.

Hit for six

says Cester, who has lived in

Milan and Como since leaving

Melbourne in 2010.

A handful of tables are set in

the courtyard, which is filled with

climbing tropical plants. Inside,

the kitchen is on full display

behind steel-framed windows,

and the bistro’s neutral palette

of natural materials – timber,

brick and marble – is illuminated

by Isamu Noguchi lamps.

DESIGN

PHOTOGRAPHY ALBERTO STRADA

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