Opel’s design philosophy between past and future
We visited the brand’s headquarters, inspired by Eero Saarinen’s GM Technical Center, to discuss Opel’s evolution with Mark Adams, Vice President of Design.
Paris 2024 Olympic uniforms: blending localism and sustainability
The uniforms for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games showcase national identity and sustainable production, combining technical clothing with tasteful expression in the world’s fashion capital.
Emoticon: the contemporary life of a bygone language-of-the-future
Decades after the first emoticon has been typed, extra-verbal components of writing are no longer representing the future of language, still they are harmonizing it to the contemporary dimension, in a world made of interfaces.
Bertone’s car design in 10 legendary models
A 70-year-long story between disruptive milestones such as the Miura and the Stratos: dive into an Italian car design myth sinking its roots in early 20th century Turin.
Design “is just a little less sad than architecture”: who was Giovanni Klaus Koenig?
An educated, multifaceted and histrionic author between design and society, best known for designing Milan’s Jumbo Tram.
The album Brian Eno “designed” for airports
From the cover to the context in which it originated from, we’ll tell you all about Ambient 1: Music for Airports, the 1978 album that set an entire genre.
Graziella, the foldable bike of the Boom Years
Launched in the mid-1960s, it redefined the very concept of the bicycle, which leaped from being a humble means of transportation to a trendy object, pioneering the now-popular folding bike.
Rubik’s Cube turns 50
Toy, mass phenomenon, heir to a very long tradition: the Cube was born in a world that no longer exists, beyond the Iron Curtain, but today it seems to have been with us forever. This is its story.
Designing football shirts: 10 kits that made the history of the Euros
Design, research and marketing. Football shirts have increasingly established a dialogue with art and technology. We look back at the UEFA tournament through 10 jerseys that have marked its history.
Robin Day, forgotten design pioneer
“To produce things which are merely new and not better is really evil,” said the British designer, who, despite notable projects such as the Gatwick Chair and London Underground seats, is little remembered.
The evolution of outdoor furniture
From the 1930s to the 1970s, a journey through the projects of designers for outdoor living: light, colorful and transportable furniture that become toys.
Wolff Olins and the New York Botanical Garden’s new visual identity
The new branding reflects the 133-year history of the garden located in the Bronx, the Big Apple’s greenest borough.
We tried the new Freitag circular backpack designed with its end in mind
Mono[PA6] marks a clear break with everything we’ve seen so far from Freitag. Yet it is the most radical expression of its philosophy. But is it a good backpack?