What: Debut of Molteni&C shop-in-shop.

Where: BeDESIGN.

The scoop: BeDESIGN CEO Adrian Dueñas and lead designer and partner Marcelo Saenz welcomed more than 100 guests to check out the new Molteni&C shop located inside the design store's 6,500-square-foot showroom on West Alabama. Houston Symphony violinist Maxine Kuo performed as guests sipped on Veuve Clicquot and Mohua Sauvignon Blanc and nibbled on light bites from L’Olivier. 

Family-owned for more than 80 years, Molteni&C is a leading Italian furniture company with four brands: Molteni&C (home furniture and closet systems), Unifor (office furniture), Dada (kitchen furniture) and Citterio (office furniture). It was founded by Angelo and Giuseppina Molteni in Giussano, a township in the Italian province of Brianza, located about 15 miles north of Milan, in 1934.