A Biennial where design isn’t exploitation, but a resource for imagining the future
The Saint-Étienne International Design Biennial explores how design can address the global resource crisis and envision new models of shared sustainability.
Marcello Gandini’s masterpieces are on display: the maestro of supercars passed away one year ago
From Turin to the Gulf and back again: “Ultraleggera: A Design Journey with Marcello Gandini” opens in Italy. The exhibition celebrates the legacy of the Italian car designer, inspiring a new generation of creatives.
Tadao Ando’s “Apple Watch”: the watch he designed, inspired by an apple
The green apple has always played a central role in the work of the Japanese architect and guest editor of Domus in 2021, and it features in the watch he designed for Cauny.
10 stunning hotels on rails around the world: how train cruises are reshaping travel
Not mere means of transportation, but extraordinary experiences. From the Orient Express to the Seven Stars, from Canada to Japan, luxury trains remind us that for some it is the journey, not the destination, that matters.
MSCHF debuts first design collection—furniture built from car parts, inspired by Castiglioni
The Brooklyn-based collective, one of the most talked-about acts in contemporary art, collaborates with AMG on its first furniture collection, blending radical design, seatbelts, and… a barbecue grill.
The sculpture by Ben Dobbin, from Foster + Partners, is an architectural project inspired by whisky and Buckminster Fuller
In collaboration with The Dalmore and V&A Dundee museum, Dobbin has created a bronze sculpture to celebrate the Scottish landscape and a rare, 52-year-old whisky.
This Carlo Scarpa exhibition in Venice has gone under the radar
Palazzina Masieri, which Scarpa himself designed and which overlooks the Grand Canal, is now hosting a display of metal objects born from the historic collaboration between the master and his trusted blacksmiths, the Zanon workshop.
Gaudí’s Batlló chair is back after a century, in a limited edition
This iconic piece of furniture, originally designed by Gaudí for Casa Batlló, is back in production and will be exhibited in New York.
When cinema anticipates the future: 9 hi-tech prophecies, from AI to self-driving cars
Through movies and TV series, science fiction has envisioned countless possible futures – many of which have become part of our present.
Roberto Mango’s revolutionary extruded ceramics
A contributor to Domus and a lecturer at Harvard, in the 1950s Mango transformed the Neapolitan ceramic tradition into a laboratory of experimentation, anticipating serial customization.
Pininfarina’s car design legacy in 10 unforgettable models
Ten cars tell the 95-year old story of Pininfarina’s evolving style where timeless elegance meets groundbreaking automotive design.
What is the point of design weeks? We asked Sabine Marcelis
From the Rotterdam Design Biennale to Milan Design Week, the Dutch designer talks about how the global industry might aim big, yet the small and the subtle...