There is a musical in Venice about the founder of the Shakers, the seminal design movement
The film is by Mona Fastvold, co-writer of The Brutalist, and tells the story of a community that 300 years later is still a landmark in design and decor.
Ten ingenious buildings that changed architecture forever
From Adolf Loos to the living wall, there have been momentous inventions that have changed the course of architecture. We explore these inventions through ten buildings that have become their manifesto.
The essential 21st century films to watch at least once in your life
From Paul Thomas Anderson's psychedelic noir to modern musicals, via Japanese animation and Korean cinema: twenty must-see films that innovated languages, styles, and imagery in the new millennium.
Why everyone wants a digicam again, and which one to buy for your next vacation
Accessory to style and at the same time a powerful device for disengaging from aesthetics that we take for granted today: we offer a selection of devices from the late 1990s to the present.
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Nordic Design
A dive into Northern European design,
a style that never goes out of fashion: masters, companies and projects
Bad Bunny dances on a brutalist building by Bauhaus master Marcel Breuer
In the video for NUEVAYol, directed by photographer Renell Medrano, the Hungarian architect’s Meister Hall becomes a visual metaphor for the resilience of the Latin American community.
This system turns the outdoors into a custom experience
A fully configurable structure, designed to blend seamlessly into the natural landscape while providing shelter from sun, wind, and rain.
It exists - it’s called CODE.
Italy’s first resort entirely dedicated to padel opens in Como
The boom in sports tourism across Italy reflects a broader cultural shift, with padel taking centre stage — energised by the rise of tennis star Jannik Sinner. The Padel Resort stands as a clear expression of this moment.
The garage that guarded dreams
The Garage delle Nazioni (Garage of Nations), an architectural masterpiece from 1956, represented the modern automobile dream in postwar Italy. Today it risks demolition to make way for a hotel.
With Grok's companions, Musk turns erotic fantasies into subscription-based AI service
With Grok Companions, eroticism becomes a lease: a catalog of AI avatars where desire is paid for, scales in levels, and can be remotely reprogrammed. What if one day your anime girlfriend starts quoting Hitler?
Wright-mania: why American TV series can't resist Frank Lloyd Wright
From the fifth installment ofThe Bear to the fictional architecture of The Studio, the master of American architecture returns to the screens.
Apple made a Wordle-style game where you guess the news from emojis
Following the strategy that also worked for The New York Times, Apple is betting on word games to attract subscribers to its paid news service. Here’s what Quotemoji is: a daily emoji puzzle available only to Apple News+ subscribers.
Design and ceramics renew a shopping center
FMG Fabbrica Marmi and architect Paolo Gianfrancesco, of THG Arkitektar Studio, have designed the restyling of the third floor of Reykjavik's largest shopping center. Ceramic, the central element of the project, covers floors, walls and furniture with versatile solutions and distinctive character.
In Colombia, bike-taxis are called Paola, a pop icon of urban design
In Calamar, Colombia, there is only one paved road, motor vehicles are extremely rare, and residents have learned to transform their bicycles into “benches on wheels” that take them everywhere.
This house in Catalonia reimagines the ideal of the Mediterranean villa
Twobo Arquitectura developed a house near Girona as a system of patios and pavilions encouraging movement and relaxation as new domestic rituals, amid ceramics, exposed concrete, and terracotta screens.
Robert Therrien, the artist behind Instagram’s giant chairs
Everyday obsessions, impossible proportions and 1:10 scale dreams. In anticipation of the major exhibition at The Broad in Los Angeles, we recount the life and work of Robert Therrien.
10 books we read and recommend for summer
Photographic journeys through Memphis Italy, visionary diagrams, military fashions, intimate drawings, and the lives of quirky architects: ten readings for the summer to think (and rethink) the world of design.
The “Bubble House”, one of New York’s rare examples of Space Age architecture, is up for sale — but it may end up ruined
Built in 1969 by architect Maurice Medcalfe, this completely out-of-context residence has become a New York icon. It is now for sale for more than $5 million.
Rome in flames
In the summer of 64 AD, Rome burned, and with it the dark myth of Nero was born. Centuries later, painters like Piloty and Siemiradzki would turn that moment into a powerful allegory of the fragility of power and human cruelty.
What are AI browsers, making "old" browsers useless
A transition is underway: a new kind of AI-agent browser that fulfills tasks of all kinds, including online search. We tell you about the two most striking examples: Comet and Operator.
Tomorrow's energy comes from today's ideas
Enel extends the date to join the international “WinDesign” contest to August 30, 2025. A unique opportunity to imagine the new design of wind turbines.
Maurizio Cattelan’s exhibition at Casa Malaparte is accessible only by sea
The historic residence welcomes an exclusive exhibition by Italy’s most internationally renowned artist, adding a new chapter to its tradition of hosting temporary contemporary art projects by major global figures.
SANAA’s most ambitious cultural project yet, ready to open in Taiwan
In the island’s second largest city, the 2010 Pritzker Laureate studio completes the Taichung Green Museumbrary — a visionary hybrid of art museum and library dedicated to multifaceted learning.
Extraordinary architecture on the restless border between Italy and Eastern Europe
Through their photographs, Roberto Conte and Miran Kambič reveal a century of fascinating, lesser-known buildings along the border between Italy and Eastern Europe. In Trieste, the exhibition Le Affinità di Confine narrates stories of coexistence, tensions, and mutual influences.
Step inside “Accidentally Wes Anderson”: you can check the viral photo project in a new exhibition
Featuring over 100 photos across two locations, the project channels the director’s unmistakable visual style — and proves its enduring appeal across generations.
Omoway Omo X, the self-parking electric scooter
Omoway, a company founded by former executives of the Chinese automotive brand X-Peng, has unveiled the prototype of a futuristic electric scooter that can self-balance and autonomously maneuver out of parking spaces.
Grok, Elon Musk's AI: politically incorrect and with NSFW companions, now also on Tesla cars
Grok, Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot, was recently installed in Tesla cars. In its fourth version, it now includes two super-customized companions with whom you can do more than just talk.
A flat is for sale in Trellick Tower, London’s iconic brutalist high-rise designed by… the villain of 007
A flat is now for sale in Trellick Tower, one of the world’s most iconic brutalist buildings and a symbol of London’s urban culture. Once built as public housing, it has since become a beacon of pop and urban aesthetics, celebrated in music, film, and photography.
Elizabeth Diller, from High Line to the city of the future: “Architecture is so slow”
Diller Scofidio + Renfro is one of the firms that has had the greatest impact on the contemporary city’s image. We met with the American architect to discuss future visions and offer a critique of today’s architecture.
Now Louis Vuitton has its own “Labubu”
The creative director of the brand's men's line, Pharrell Williams, was inspired by the trend everybody is talking about to create a mini mascot of his own.
Marble matters– exploring Carrara’s legacy
Sixteen young international architects took part in two intensive training days in Carrara, organized by FUM Academy and YACademy, featuring visits to the marble quarries and a design workshop focused on the use of the material.
The Centre Pompidou closes for renovation: all the temporary locations in Paris and around the world
As the Centre Pompidou in Paris shuts down for restoration until 2030, its activities move to a network of temporary venues across France and abroad. Here’s where to visit the museum’s exhibitions and projects.
Nike GT Future was designed to rewrite the codes of basketball shoes
Nike GT Future is a basketball sneaker designed to optimize athletes’ performance, with an aesthetic that looks nothing like what we’re used to.
There is a Chipperfield villa for sale in Italy, as solemn as his museums
Monumental like a temple – or like the museums in Berlin – but bathed in sunlight like a Mediterranean “limonaia”, the villa designed on Lake Garda by the Pritzker Prize-winning designer and Domus guest editor 2020 translates the soul of the landscape into architecture.
The many villas designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that are currently for sale reveal who he really was
During his seventy-year career, the master of organic architecture and the Modern Movement designed over a thousand works. Most of these are homes, many of which are now on the market.
Italy built an ideal city in the 20th Century: then we forgot about it
Adriano Olivetti used modern architecture to create a new social and industrial model in Ivrea. A new exhibition on Olivetti architecture is bringing this model back into the spotlight.
Peacock Chair: how a colonial chair won over Hollywood, the Black Panthers, and Scandinavian design
From colonial Manila to erotic cinema, from the African-American revolution to Scandinavian design, here’s how a simple wicker chair became a mirror of the 20th century’s aesthetics, desires, and contradictions.