Artissima 2018: the theme is the time
From 2 to 4 November in Turin. The 25 years old Italian fair of contemporary art is the more devoted to experimentation and scouting of artists.
Domusforum: a survey on the future of cities
For the first instalment of domusforum, international experts will discuss the results of a survey conducted by the Nielsen company for Domus on the complexity of our cities.
Milan Fashion week 2018: Kazuyo Sejima's bag for Prada
Architecture and fashion intersect in “Prada invites” that at the second edition asked Cini Boeri, Elizabeth Diller and Kazuyo Sejima to reinterpret its nylon.
At Reciprocity Liège, design meets disability with OpenDot
The Fab Lab has been selected by the Belgian Triennale to present its most innovative projects in terms of accessibility, disability and social inclusion.
Domus Sri Lanka. The Polish Vodka Museum told by Miroslaw Nizio
The Polish architect explains the design process of the Vodka Museum, located in the former Koneser factory in Warsaw.
The voice of mosaic
Light and free like a butterfly, extending and folding like a folding screen, ORIGAMI, designed by Alberto Meda, is an electric plug&play radiator that liaises with its surroundings.
VISUAL GEOMETRIC
Square mirror with lacquered metal frame, mocha or burnished brass finish. Central mirror available in different shades.The new dimensions of the Visual mirrors create original reflections thanks to the different shades and to their modularity. They furnish private and public spaces with a refined simplicity and allow to create large compositions.
TREASURED LIGHT
A symmetrical bamboo-effect interlocking puzzle characterises Mr. Zheng coffee tables by Roberto Lazzeroni, which name underscores its Far East inspiration.
A laboratory to imagine a world without work
With the Post-Laboratory project, German designer Ottonie von Roeder investigates forms and cultural repercussions of a future in which robots work in our place.
Zurich. A residential building by idA Architekten
The Duripanel cladding boards, a composite material made from wood and concrete, are the shimmering skin of an austere, and yet not minimalist architecture.
Robert Venturi
Should we demolish the Postmodern simply because ‘out of fashion’?
The American architect and founding principal of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates has recently departed. We remember him through an article on the Abrams House and the legacy of Postmodern architecture from our archive.
Things that you can’t learn in a classroom
Schools can not teach us everything. Five practices, with a very different approach, reveal us a fragment of what their education is.
Travelogue: Sara Ricciardi in India
An Italian designer recounts her travel experiences in New Delhi and Nubra Valley, including the road to Lake Tso Moriri and the erotic sculptures of Khajuraho.
Five things (plus one) not to miss at Vienna Design Week 2018
At the end of September, design fills the Austrian capital with hundreds of events, exhibitions, discussions and places to discover. We asked the director, Lilli Hollein, the organisers and the curators to tell us what the highlights are.
The compact revolution of Sanwa Company mini kitchens
Cooking stations reduced to minimum terms, conceived for the contemporary space shortage through the union of oriental technology and western design
Adalberto Libera’s Villa Malaparte
In 1980, American architect John Hejduk describes Adalberto Libera’s villa, designed for Curzio Malaparte, as a house of rituals and rites, of mysteries, an ancient play unraveling under Italian light.
Teatrum Botanicum in Turin. Tuning the schemes
At Parco Arte Vivente, a festival for emerging artists and curators questioning theory, practice, exhibition and performance.
Mexico. A house retrieving the tradition of rammed earth
In Quinta Gaby, along with the building technique, Taller Tlaiye recuperates typological and formal elements that recall Mexican vernacular buildings.