We revisit this year's Salone del Mobile, selecting the most important events, products, installations and performances, from three-dimensional construction to artisan techniques, and from emergency designs to projects on fragility. The Supernormal series continues, discussing in-screen sports graphics, and we delve inside the maker community, recently divided by the decision taken by the U.S. Department of Defense to fund the creation of 1000 makerlabs in American highschools.
Table of contents
Cover
Collage created by Tatiana Bilbao for Domus 959, June 2012
Editorial: Aspiring to Natural Grace. A homage to David Weiss (1946–2012)
Tatiana Bilbao
Op–ed: What's going on at the MAXXI?
Francesco Garofalo
Journal
Edited by Elena Sommariva
Photoessay: Concrete Landscapes
Asier Gogortza
Space for the living
The building completed by Tatiana Bilbao in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, conveys that an architecture for the dead can be at once intimate and universal. Text Mary Ellen Carroll. Photos Iwan Baan
The curatorship of architecture
Despite inhabiting opposing ends of the spectrum in terms of their vision of curatorial practice, the two new exhibition spaces designed by Lacaton & Vassal and Toyo Ito are united by common intents. Text Paola Nicolin
Exhibition after demolition
With the extension of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal prove that an architecture of demolition is that which resonates most intensely with today's contemporary art. Text Gonzalo Herrero Delicado, Maria José Marcos. Photos Philippe Ruault
Spatial binaries
In a small museum in the Kawagoe suburb of Tokyo, Toyo Ito forgoes the conventions of the white cube to intensify—through space and light—the experience of the work of figurative painter Yuji Misu. Text Julian Worrall. Photos Iwan Baan. Edited by Laura Bossi
/ Network: Forest Stair
A four-tone Corten stair going up towards the sky, to create an elevated viewpoint over an oak forest. Text Marianne Lie Berg
Et voilà le Salon!
Edited by Loredana Mascheroni
WikiHouse Open-source housing
Downloadable from an online platform, the WikiHouse is a building arsenal that challenges architecture's industrial and intellectual dogmas. Text Beatrice Galilee. Photos Delfino Sisto Legnani
Autoprogettazione 2.0 Design communities
The designs selected by the Autoprogettazione 2.0 competition jury are a concrete reflection on the potential of an extensive local production network, combined with the Mari's 1974 project. Text Loredana Mascheroni. Photos Delfino Sisto Legnani
A fair for the future
With Open Design Archipelago, Domus reports on the revolution that is radically changing the face of design. Text Justin McGuirk. Edited by Loredana Mascheroni. Photos Alberto Sinigaglia, Delfino Sisto Legnani
The militarisation of makers
The decision taken by the United States Department of Defense to fund the creation of 1,000 makerlabs in American high schools has divided the maker community. Edited by Elena Sommariva. Infographics Simone Trotti
Supernormal
In-screen sports graphics. Text Max Gadney. Editet by Dan Hill
Age- Age-friendly products: A design competition
As the average age of the world's population steadily rises, what are the opportunities and challenges for designers? Domus is promoting an international call for ideas aimed at bringing to life a new generation of age-friendly domestic objects. Text Antonio Scarponi. Edited by Rita Capezzuto
Matthias Rick, The architect of the convivial city
In memory of Matthias Rick, a Cedric Price of our times, who prematurely passed away this April. Text Joseph Grima
Oscar Tuazon Being Scott Burton
Oscar Tuazon is curator and protagonist of an event-tribute to Scott Burton at the Fondazione Giuliani. Text Caroline Corbetta. Edited by Loredana Mascheroni. Photos Giorgio Benni, Sarra Brill, Caroline Corbetta
Rassegna
Kitchens edited by Loredana Mascheroni
Panorama
Edited by Guido Musante
Cold Case
Torre Galfa edited by Luigi Spinelli