There, of course, they encounter more stripes, in the form of a bold black-and-white zigzag rug laid over the glossy white floor. "I like playing with contrast," says Bergamin. "When you mix black and white with orange, for example, it pops—it gets shocking! Or as we say in Brazil, it 'gives good samba.'" A 1940s desk with a lamp by Gae Aulenti in a corner of the living room; the 19th-century cabinet is French, the commode by Jansen was bought in Buenos Aires, and the large portrait is by…
