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Thorsten Sahlmann explains the essence of the latest parisian project by Renzo Piano: the Fondation Jerôme Seydoux-Pathé, that will house office space, archives, a record and research centre, exhibition spaces and a screening room for the historical film company.
At the Fondazione PLART in Naples, an exhibition narrates new study possibilities for plastics by Maurizio Montalti/Officina Corpuscoli. Curator Marco Petroni previews it.
Minsuk Cho, curator of the Korean Pavilion in Venice, and winner of this year’s Golden Lion, recounts the dynamic and exciting process that created a network of practitioners who’ve been working on the issues of the architecture of both North and South Korea.
The 41 installations at the Arsenale act in chorus to portray a country both in crisis and full of potential. The curator of the exhibition, Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli talks us through some of the highlights.
Located between the Arsenale and the Giardini, the Catalan Pavilion stands out for the excellence of its research and its designs: 16 virtuous examples – from Jujol to the present day – of a single considerate and delicate attitude to the history and culture of a place. Because we are never the first to arrive.
The exhibition “Design Destinations” at the MAXXI traces a collective map of personal experiences between origin and destination: 7 conceptual responses to the theme of cultural migration.
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The eclectic Jan Boelen, director of the Z33 Arts Centre in Hasselt and of the Ljubljana Biennial of Design (BIO), presents the 50th edition, where a team approach will triumph.
With Rodrigo Rodriquez, former Cassina’s CEO, we try and cast light on the Montezemolo/Poltrona Frau-Haworth issue, which has dominated the economics and finance pages in recent weeks.
Alberto Cairo has the ability to turn datajournalism into an eager and absorbing attempt to make sense of the deluge of information that overwhelms us today.
Since 1928
Just before the overthrowing of President Mubarak, in early 2011 Elena Perlino portrayed the everyday side of Cairo, depicting a metropolis suspended between beauty and decadence.
Clad in a wooden lattice and bringing to mind some of wooden Kawamata’s sculptures, the building by Kengo Kuma defies the observer to guess its content and proposes a challenging business model.
Polish artist Katarzyna Krakowiak transformed the biggest post office in New York – the James A. Farley Post Office into a monumental sound sculpture.
