Design in an Age of Crisis, an open call to imagine the future
A project that saw the participation of over 500 designers committed to providing ideas and visions on health, environment, society and work.
The poetic hue of Mandalaki Design Studio’s lamps
The research by Milanese design studio for their Halo lamp collection combines precise colours in an effort to create a second dimension that goes beyond physical reality.
Ceramic becomes alive in Stefania Vazzoler’s vases
Stefania Vazzoler has created for her brand, Laesse, a collection of handcrafted water-glazed terracotta vases designed by hand in her farmhouse in Oderzo, Italy.
Experimental, artisanal, ecological: a restaurant by Lucas Muñoz Muñoz in Madrid
For the MO de Movimiento project, the Spanish designer reuses materials obtained from demolitions and handcrafts all the furniture and components of the intervention.
The Grand Tour of design 2021
Curator Maria Cristina Didero offers an overview of design events not to be missed during 2021.
The social role of designers is now under question: they must reinvent their sphere of expertise and create new relationships, says design critic Alice Rawsthorn.
Masquespacio design Breathe’s new shop in Bogotá
Green, lavender and grey combine with brass in the shop for the Colombian sunglasses and frames brand Breathe.
Shall we dance? An installation by Guillermo Santomà at Matadero Madrid
Barcelona-based designer creates an experimental dance floor in one of the naves of the cultural centre.
Tobias Grau’s new lamp inspired by Snake, Nokia’s cell phone game
A conversation with Timon and Melchior Grau, creative directors of the Hamburg-based company, on home and office light design, sustainability and why it makes sense to have a holistic approach.
Movimento Club: an online platform to promote emerging design
The initiative that aims to give voice to new creative talents is taking its first steps. We talk about it with the founders: Lorenzo Scisciani, Salvatore Morales and Sacha Andraos of Artefatto Design Studio.
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From the city to the vase: a matter of scale
A kindergarten by Cobe is the starting point for the Facade collection, a collaboration between the Danish architecture firm, the Hay brand and the product designers from Kilo.
Aldo Rossi’s Teatro del Mondo and the meaning of scale
Playing with both miniturisation and enlargement, from architecture to object and back again, Rossi’s work “questions the identity of size.”
Planar table by Studio F takes inspiration from the world of aviation
Designed by Tommaso Spinzi, it combines the lightness of the coplanar lines of aeroplanes with the delicacy of natural wood.
The essentials: 20 of the best pens
An essential tool of communication and transmission of our individual and collective identity, the pen resists the rise of digital. Excursus between twenty major models that have marked its evolution.