With Royal Pop, Swatch and Audemars Piguet transform the Royal Oak into a colorful Bioceramic pocket watch, between Pop Art, Andy Warhol and haute horology reinterpreted as a pop cultural object.
In the exhibition “Invisible Sun” in Milan, American artist Tracey Snelling transforms the Vele di Scampia into a sound sculpture made of flickering televisions, interviews, street noises, and memories gathered during the complex’s eviction.
With the new Retro Bundle, Insta360 transforms the GO 3S into an object openly referencing the Yashica T5 and the visual culture of 1990s compact cameras. But more than “serious” analog nostalgia, what this is really chasing is something else entirely: a more spontaneous, casual and instinctive kind of photography.
The international studio will transform the historic Renzo Barbera into an urban infrastructure extending beyond football, with new public spaces, hospitality areas, Palermo FC headquarters, sustainability strategies, and wider urban regeneration ambitions.
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In Biella, Luigi Vietti abandons the Mediterranean language of the Costa Smeralda to build an introverted and monumental residence: a villa-fortress nestled in the Piedmontese hills, currently on the market.
From childhood summers in Italy to AI-generated design, the British designer traces the shift from objects to experiences, arguing that the discipline has lost scale just as the world demands bigger answers.
Yes, in Amsterdam. With meticulous craftsmanship, Plnlstudio’s adaptive reuse project transforms the unused space of a former wastewater treatment plant into a functional and cozy contemporary apartment.
In a rural village in Galicia, Spain, the renovation of an existing building and the construction of a new pavilion are transforming the terraced landscape by creating a community centre that brings together history, contemporary uses and local resources.
Zanotta has secured an exclusive licence from the Italian government to produce thirty Carlo Mollino designs, many of which have never been mass-produced or reissued. We spoke to CEO Luca Fuso about the archives, unique pieces and contemporary production.
The iconic Gaudí house opens its private apartment, where guests can now dine, stay overnight, and experience the modernist masterpiece from within, thanks to the discreet intervention of Paola Navone.
Grau inaugurates its “Artist” edition line with Alien, a collaboration with sculptor Yngve Holen. Produced in a limited run of only 200 pieces, the lamp features a UV-reactive glass body. Its form is uniquely derived from a 3D scan of an actual tektite, a material created by a meteorite impact fifteen million years ago.
Paolo Monti was the true visual narrator of Milanese modernism. From his obsession with the Pirelli Tower to the architecture of Magistretti, Moretti and Viganò, a new book by Humboldt Books reveals how he helped construct the visual identity of modern Milan.
At LUMA Arles, Hans Ulrich Obrist explores the work of Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid through paintings, drawings, conversations and archival materials, showcasing her designs long before they became buildings.
Besides the Venice Biennale and New York Art Week, Domus has selected fifteen must-see exhibitions in Italy, Europe, and other destinations around the world – events that are well worth the trip.
Open profiles, essential ribbing, no more grams of plastic than necessary: in the year of the monobloc, the Linnéa project has brought the relationship between designer and industry back to the center, in the best tradition of Italian design. The protagonists tell us about it.
Within the innovation district born on the former Expo site, Stefano Boeri designs a contemporary monastery for the Diocese of Milan, dedicated to interreligious dialogue, research, and contemplation.
The Italian-based luxury audio company Thuono Audio develops turntables that combine Italian design, precision engineering and high-quality materials to obtain a unique sound profile.
A new hotel designed by a renowned Italian architect is opening in the heart of Rome, in the former Bank of Italy. We visited it with the interior architect from GA.
Amid geopolitical controversies, cross-accusations, and the Buttafuoco case, the 2026 Art Biennale is being overwhelmed by its own “discourse”. While “In Minor Keys” attempts to construct a meditative exhibition, the most explosive present—from AI to war—remains off-screen.
In the new illy Art Collection unveiled at the Venice Biennale, British-Bengali artist Mohammed Z. Rahman turns an espresso cup into a reflection on labor, memory, and colonial history.
Three light sculptures and a video mapping by artist Marco Lodola transform Teatro alla Scala to celebrate 80 years since its historic post-war reopening.
In the northern Venetian lagoon, between Murano and Burano, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo reopens the island of San Giacomo after decades of abandonment, transforming a former military site into a cultural ecosystem. We were among the first to visit it.
Over the weekend of the 2026 Rome Marathon, New Balance transformed the Corsie Sistine into a temple of running, turning it into a place of care, recovery, and community for participants.
From the projects of Sanaa, Snøhetta and Big to Lina Ghotmeh’s Beirut, alongside the dialogue between Ma Yansong and Thomas Heatherwick, the May issue of Domus explores architecture not as a static form, but as a constantly shifting composition designed to make us “feel alive.”
At the Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio, an exhibition reinterprets almost sixty years of modern architecture through materials, construction details and the marks of time. Discovering something important along the way.
Between protests, sit-ins and political tensions, the opening of the Venice Biennale shows that contemporary art is still a field of conflict. And it is precisely this that makes it alive, in a present often anesthetized by consensus.
Sound systems have evolved from invisible support tools into the centerpiece of space itself. Across listening bars, micro-clubs, and immersive installations, sound is becoming one of the strongest icons of contemporary design.
From the tactical squares born with paint and ping-pong tables to structural construction sites that transform asphalt into permeable surfaces and trees: Milan accelerates its urban metamorphosis, neighborhood by neighborhood.
As small as a Magsafe wallet, with an e-ink screen and up to two weeks of battery life, the Xteink X3 and X4 are creating a minor obsession online: minimalist devices designed for reading without notifications, social networks, or distractions.
From the Giardini and the Arsenale to exhibitions across the city, geopolitics, climate collapse and national identities take centre stage in Venice. There is a huge amount to see, perhaps even too much: here are the essential ones.
Among the most visited installations of the week, Uzbekistan’s project at Palazzo Citterio becomes a temporarily permanent space: a contemporary yurt between memory, landscape, and environmental changes, open to visitors until the summer.
In the May editorial for Domus, Ma Yansong challenges the idea of architecture as “frozen music.” Buildings, he argues, are not static forms but ever-changing spaces shaped by moving bodies, light, and human relationships.
