In 1959, with nothing
In 1959, with nothing but a dream in his heart and an 0 family loan in his pocket, Berry Gordy left his job on a car production line and set about building his own factory. A factory for music. Where the artists would choose the songs, and the hits would flow off the line like Cadillacs. With that 0 Berry put down a deposit on a small two-storey house in a run-down street in Detroit and laid the foundation for an empire. In the garage he built a recording studio. In the kitchen he built a control room. And over the front door he hung a sign that read ‘Hitsville USA’. Soon Berry’s factory was making songs that would be remembered forever, and music that would change the world. From ABC to Dancing In The Street to My Girl, from The Supremes to The Jackson 5 to Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye, that factory invented the sound of young America, made its musicians into stars, and produced countless Number One hits worldwide. They said it couldn’t be done, but Berry knew that with a little drive, you can go anywhere. And, boy, could he pick a tune. WELCOME TO MOTOWN THE SONGS. THE SOUND. THE STORY. 020 7379 5399 | MotownTheMusical.co.uk | Shaftesbury Theatre Archive image showing Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard (1965). Actors feature in Motown The Musical. Motown is a trademark of UMG Recordings, Inc. registered in the U.S. and other countries, and is used under license.
Home + Design The Global Guide to Material Comforts A Cappellini sofa centres Laurenzano’s living room. The white lamp is from Oluce INTERIOR MOTIVES BALLAD IN BLUE An Italian designer’s colourful apartment shows us the bohemian look done just right BY CAROLINE ROUX Photographs by Alessandra Ianniello Bruno Laurenzano isn’t a great one for cooking at home. You can tell the moment you enter the kitchen of his Milan apartment by the colourful Turkish kilim on the floor. He had it made in Istanbul, he tells me, mixing and matching different designs with what he calls “crazy colours, like bright pink and blue”. Sometimes, he says, he will entertain friends, but he admits the kitchen is mostly used for making coffee in a traditional stove-top Moka pot. “I’m from Naples, and we have a special secret, which is to make a hole in the coffee before you screw the top on,” he says. “It makes the water filter through better, and the coffee’s smell is more intense.” Laurenzano, 43, moved to Milan 18 years ago to study fashion, having already earned a degree in art history and conservation in Naples. » DEPARTURES-INTERNATIONAL.COM 45
