Mies van der Rohe gas station reconversion

Mies van der Rohe gas station reconversion

Canadian architects FABG have recently completed a reinterpretation a gas station designed by the iconic architect, now transformed into a youth and senior activity centre. An architecture report from Verdun

Fabio Novembre: 36h and 56h

The designer's latest creations for Driade will be presented at Salone del Mobile 2012. A design report from Milan

States of Design 10: Social Design

States of Design 10: Social Design

Motivated by an ideal of equality, the dedication with which architects and designers strive to achieve even small improvements in living conditions opens up new perspectives for design, politics and the management of public and private sectors. A design report from New York by Paola Antonelli

Faceture: a series

Phil Cuttance's series is defined by sharp accurate lines and a digital quality, with each object cast in an artisanal process

Centre de soccer intérieur

Saucier + Perrotte Architectes and HCMA's soccer center will be built on the site of a former quarry and a future park

Future Cities Open Call

A competition to give visibility to "decent architecture" and micro-urban interventions answering needs of a population or community
Call for ideas: Autoprogettazione 2.0

Call for ideas: Autoprogettazione 2.0

A global open-source design challenge launched by Domus in collaboration with FabLab Torino. A news report from Milan

Matthew Marks Gallery

Peter Zellner has designed a 3,000 square foot exercise in restraint, which also stands as an example of California minimalism. An architecture report from Los Angeles by Mimi Zeiger

LA Look

LA Look

Highlighting the multifaceted nature of a city where image reigns supreme, Niccolò Morgan Gandolfi's series presents LA as both itself and its opposite. A photo-essay from Los Angeles

Bab al Bahrain competition winners

Teams from Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands distinguished themselves in this open ideas competition for a new square and public space. A news report from Manama

Lasvit: ancient experience, young passion

Lasvit: ancient experience, young passion

A journey into the heart of Bohemia, exploring the dream-come-true of a young entrepreneur driven by a passion for design. A design report from Milovice-Mladà by Maria Cristina Didero

Playhouse by Anna & Eugeni Bach

Devised for the Spanish architects' descendants, this Finnish countryside playhouse is a fun abstraction challenging the traditional house archetype. An architecture report from Nummi Pusula

The importance of being axonometric

The importance of being axonometric

With digitalised data and processes making transmission of knowledge increasingly abstract and intangible, information design has become crucially urgent — Michael Stoll, a university teacher and collector, explains the principles and scale of this discipline. A design report from Augsburg by Marco Ferrari, Elisa Pasqual

Advertising in Italy, 1941-1943

Olivetti advertising director Renato Zveteremich's Domus column revealed the motivations, aspirations and issues of 20th century Italian graphic design. From the archive

The Feeling of Things

The Feeling of Things

This research exhibition brings together artists of different generations around the figure of Bruno Munari, in a splendid homage. An art report from Paris by Ivo Bonacorsi

Souto de Moura: Atlas de Parede

A look at the visual archive behind the work of the Portuguese architect and latest Pritzker laureate. A book review from Porto

A memorial for Mike Kelley

A memorial for Mike Kelley

In this spontaneous recreation of Kelley's work, one finds suggestions and fragments of his life and the lives he touched. An art report from Los Angeles by Katya Tylevich

Souvenirs perdus d'un village lointain

Presented as an installation, Studio Jo Meesters' new textile collection captures nature and brings it inside the home. A design report from Rotterdam

Maaike Roozenburg: Kenzan

Maaike Roozenburg: Kenzan

Presented at Object Rotterdam, a reinterpretation of Delftware brings it closer to its Eastern origins. A design report from Rotterdam

Silent Revolutions

A new show at the Triennale reveals the last two decades of Slovenian design, with a few classics in the mix. A design report from Milan by Vera Sacchetti

The Influencers

The Influencers

A festival of non-conventional art and guerilla communication unveils communication experiments and radical activism at the heart of the information society. An art report from Barcelona by Ethel Baraona Pohl

Luzinterruptus: drinking water through the streets

The Spanish collective's latest intervention draws attention to the dry, dismantled and broken public water fountains in the city. An art report from Madrid

IM Blanky: soft hardware

IM Blanky: soft hardware

Developed by Studio NMinusOne, this is a self modeling blanket exhibiting primitive cognitive skills. A design report from Toronto

The cosmetic state of an Australian city

The notion of "livability" is a very contemporary strategy which positions the city as a commodity in its own right. An op-ed from Melbourne by Ingo Kumic