Kane Hulse portraits faded wall fragments in Venice
A photographic series on show at Paul Smith headquarters in London represents the vanished, romantic and stratified history of the city also known as the Serenissima.
Bathroom as a wunderkammer in an apartment in Barcelona
CaSA and Margherita Serboli Arquitectura renovated an old modernist apartment starting from the bathroom as space of intimacy.
Layer releases temperature controlled, massaging plane seats
London-based studio Layer thinks of a better way to travel in economy class thanks to smart fabrics and extreme flexibility.
A bench for socialising in the city
Design duo Front and Norwegian brand Vestre released a cozy urban furniture collection that is versatile, durable and with a domestic design.
Airbnb: the five interior trends for 2019
Mix&Match, Rustic chic, Pop colours, Green is the new black and Natural materials are the design trends that were selected from the best online profiles.
Alessandro Mendini
As far as I am concerned, it is not design that interests me: I use design not as a means to an end but to carry out my natural vital role
Twice director of Domus, the undisputed protagonists of Italian design has recently departed. We remember him through an article published last year on Domus 90 special.
Bauhaus bus challenges the legacy of western design
A miniature clone of the Dessau Bauhaus building created by the collective Savvy Contemporary will travel the world to challenge the very notion of design teaching, power and colonialism.
The Vitra Design Museum celebrates the rise of tubular steel furniture in the Bauhaus era
The new exhibition at the Schaudepot puts the forward-thinking Hungarian entrepreneur Anton Lorenz under the spotlight.
In Florence, an Eden is populated by feathers, palms and pink water fountains
Sara Ricciardi fills LuisaViaRoma's interiors with brass, ostrich feathers and purple ceramics, with references to Bosch's triptych of delights.
The new space race
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.
Fitness of materials
Paravan is sculptural in form and architectural in execution, both articulating and creating space. Like parentheses to enclose a conversation, Paravan creates intimacy in open areas with sound absorbing panels to support focus, concentration, and collaboration.
The second nature of heat
A symmetrical bamboo-effect interlocking puzzle characterises Mr. Zheng coffee tables by Roberto Lazzeroni, which name underscores its Far East inspiration.
3,060 unique and inefficient chairs
Oficina Penadés recovers oak barrels to produce a series of different objects: an exercise in style made with 18 distinct wooden profiles.
Mastercard debuts in sonic branding with a “sound architecture”
The new voice that will express the values of the brand will be a melody that adapts instruments and tempos across genres and cultures.
“In today’s rapidly changing world you have to hack situations that are unknown or unfolding”
OMA partner and New York director Shohei Shigematsu talks about his role as a 2019 Lexus Design Award mentor.
A box is not a box: Sebastian ErraZuriz on show in New York
In his solo show “Breaking the Box”, Chilean designer Sebastian ErraZuriz demonstrates new ways to consider everyday furniture.