Curzio Malaparte: story and behind-the-scenes of the writer’s Villa
The 20th-century villa-icon, this issue’s cover, is the culmination of a life and embodies an idea: those of the celebrated Italian writer.
Federico Faggin: “We’re people, machines will not replace us”
Interview with the inventor of the microprocessor and touch screen on the important lessons of technology and its future, and on the rebirth of Milan.
Aligning ourselves with nature will teach us to pick flowers in winter, too
Anna Zegna, president of the Zegna Foundation, tells us her green vision of the world: economic, social and environmental. A vision strictly connected with Oasi Zegna, a 100 square km natural area created in 1993 in the Alps.
Tobia Scarpa: gently studying the secret bond between things
Meet an uncommon architect and designer: something of a poet who descends inwards to discover “us”.
Gianni Berengo Gardin
The eye of Italian society
One of the most important Italian photographers, Berengo Gardin, tells us about his professional experience with Olivetti and the future of photography, between digital and specialization.
Riccardo Donadon
H-Farm. The school of the present builds the future
Domus meets Riccardo Donadon: not just negative disruption but great positivity, too, with new jobs, unprecedented scenarios, and huge knowledge and business opportunities.
Carlos D’Ercole
The design of words
“All the books in the world are waiting to be read,” wrote Roberto Bolaño, but this could also be the motto of Carlos D’Ercole.
Gian Arturo Ferrari
Useful reading
Gian Arturo Ferrari, deus ex machina of publishing, talks about himself over coffee andexplains why culture must spread from the bottom up and not trickle down.
Clarice Pecori Giraldi
Art, identity and community
Death, debt and divorce. The Covid-19 catastrophe prompted the opening words of our (virtual) coffee break with Clarice Pecori Giraldi, grand dame of a global art market that is also grappling with the pandemic.
Marco Morganti
Towards a responsible economy
Even a luxury yacht is a high-impact social project. Because it engages and employs a series of skills that pertain to all of society and especially the community.
Claudia Parzani
Suburbs, plural feminine
I am neither an architect nor an engineer. I’m not qualified to formulate a regeneration of the suburbs or the future of the city. But I do many other things. I try hard to do many.
Giulio Tremonti
Giulio’s three prophecies
Domus means house. Economics is managing the house. Are you here for some advice?
Tim Leberecht
A humanist in Silicon Valley
Tim Leberecht is a German-American author, entrepreneur and former consultant. He is also a prolific and passionate voice on the humanisation of business.