– Back in the design spotlight after a long absence, Andrea Anastasio talks to Domusweb about studying philosophy, meeting Sottsass and Munari, his long stay in India and designs for the Furniture Fair.
– Dalia Chabarek and Camillo Boano in conversation with Mona El Hallak, the woman that fights to preserve the Beit Beirut building as memory of the old city.
– From their interest in the social dimension of architecture to new projects in Rome: Bêka and Lemoine – whose entire work has been acquired by The MoMA – talk about their work.
– For “The Velvet Underground – New York Extravaganza” at the Paris Philarmonie, Matali Crasset designed an exhibition route that is a mix of visual and sound synergies.
– How can we take advantage of the vast wealth of knowledge that circulates around the web? Media anthropologist Stefana Broadbent recounts two different approaches: the “extractive” used by Amazon Mechanical Turk, and the collaborative one of Wikipedia, “Fix my street” and “If you want to”.
– To get around the problem of an impossible review, we asked Guido Scarabottolo to tell us about his provocative handbook for the contemporary designer: 96 pages all the same that have arisen from following a visual train of thought.
– From artistic direction at BottegaNove to personal projects for her brand Attico, Cristina Celestino explains how she creates a dialogue between artisan skills and contemporary vision.
– Olivier Leclercq explains why Parisian architects felt the need to get together every evening, talking late into the night about public space and dreaming up a shared project for society.
– This chat with the French designer Guisset explores her work, her personal theory of relativity applied to the design of everyday things and her exhibition at the Château de Courcelles in Montigny-les-Metz.
– John Thackara, a philosopher, writer and wide-ranging thinker, summarises the decisive contribution by design that gives practical form to a story, always in the service of the real needs of the people.
– Volker Staab, founder of Staab Architekten, recounts the expansion project for the Bauhaus-Archiv, and lends a voice to a drive that will lay another crucial architectural stone.
– Dharavi, a busy neighbourhood of Mumbai, sees the launch of an interesting museum project dedicated to design, coordinated by Amanda Pinatih and Jorge Mañes Rubio.
– Catching up with Kunlé Adeyemi, at the “Shaping Cities” Urban Age conference hosted by the Architecture Biennale 2016, we asked him about lessons learned, the value of beauty as a survival strategy, and the resourcefulness of communities like Makoko.
– Lluís Alexandre, one of the Oslo Architecture Triennale 2016 After Belonging curators, recounts how architecture is an open and interdisciplinary process.
– Bartoli-Medina Achitectes talk about their adaptation of a neo-Gothic castle in France. With material, volume and light, they have instituted a dialogue between new architecture and local history.
Top: Guido Scarabottolo, Prontuario iconografico per il designer contemporaneo, La Grande Illusion