Prada Mode: an itinerant art club in a brutalist building in London
The exclusive travelling Prada’s club has hosted performances, talks and installations by artists, designers, poets and musicians to discuss on black identity.
Laserhut: the HPO laser tent in the centre of Ferrara
On the occasion of the opening of its new atelier in Ferrara, the collective HPO presents the project Laserhut, an installation that traces the creative outcomes of the protests in Hong Kong.
Charlotte Perriand, pioneer of modernity
A great exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton celebrates the role of pioneer and the libertarian inspiration of the French designer Charlotte Perriand.
Luigi Colani: “I am not a designer”
Domus remembers Colani through an article, “Success by amazement”, published in 1997: the designs and the philosophy of a phenomenon.
A coworking space in New York inspired by Jacques Tati and Robert Irwin
Architecture Office designed a coworking space in Syracuse, New York, seeking for visual connection through black cubicles and scrim walls.
Designers and craftsmen work together at Vienna Design Week
After 13 years, Passionswege still maintains its charm, and remains one of the most anticipated and exciting events of the Vienna Design Week.
Ephemeral frames in Maharishi’s new shop in New York
ABA designs the new US headquarters of the British clothing company Maharishi, inserting a wooden structure representative of the brand's identity in a historic New York loft.
In Thailand a kindergarten designed by architecture students
Four colorful pavilions in Thailand designed by university students: a space thought for the community that provides educational and recreational spaces.
Barbara Kruger takes over Aalto’s iconic stool
The ICA launches a new signature edition of Alvar Aalto’s Stool 60 together with Artek and American artist Barbara Kruger.
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.
Shapes and materials compositions: Arblu’s bathroom furniture
The Lineò collection, produced by the Friulian company, is characterised by the combination of warm and delicate colours, finishes and different materials.
Beirut Design Fair showed Lebanon’s multi-disciplinary diversity
With many of its furniture designers being architects and interior designers, Lebanon’s creative pool is brimming with multi-talented producers, as seen at Beirut Design Fair 2019.
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Oki Sato: face to face
Deyan Sudjic compares methods and strategies of three traditional industrial designers, at a time when younger designers seem to be focusing on sustainability.
3 schools on show at the London Design Festival
A selection of the best exhibitions and installations proposed by institutes such as Architectural Association, Goldsmiths and Central Saint Martins.
What if the talking home was an Italian excellence?
Google Assistant and four of the most important Italian design brands are the protagonists of an installation that opens new scenarios for the smart home of the future and of the present. But always Made in Italy.