Report from the Madrid Design Festival, a platform open to hybridisation and criticism
Throughout the month of February, the Spanish capital showcases its design culture, with dozens of exhibitions, installations and meetings.
“Gae Aulenti: A Creative Universe” opens at Vitra Schaudepot
A tribute exhibition on Gae Aulenti highlights her transversal talent, offering the chance to rediscover her less-known works.
Volkswagen Type 2, the history of a shape-shifting vehicle
From beast of burden to electric, with a brief hippie detour: the Volkswagen Type 2 was the symbol of Germany's rebirth and protest, and now wants to become the emblem of the “Thunberg Generation” as well.
Ventura Projects at Fuorisalone 2020: new talents at Base
Also this year Ventura Future will talk about innovation with the talents of design academies. Ventura Centrale will stage performances on creative processes at Magazzini Raccordati.
A modular, blue velvet sofa for Salone Satellite 2020
Designed by Olivier Vitry, Adaptable Sofa plays with chairbacks, armrests and side tables creating a system that can be adapted to the needs.
Derrick de Kerckhove
And then the digital assistant became our master
The centrality of the designer, the love for Italy and its humanity, the coronavirus: we met Derrick de Kerckhove, the great investigator of electronic reality.
Kristina Dam, the new Nordic minimalism
Sculptural forms, natural materials and desaturated colors highlight new metaphysical interiors that eliminate distractions to promote relax and fulfillment.
Services Généraux, design is phygital
The Parisian studio blends the boundaries between product design and art direction, concealing physical objects and making fictional worlds look real.
Benches, a story through films
The bench in films is not just any piece of furniture: it witnesses the beginning or the end of a love story, is the sets of the greatest revelations or a place of profound inspiration. Ten films tell its story as a leading actor.
A table dedicated to the coral reef
Sergey Makhno Architects and design studio Kofta designed a table inspired by the coral habitat of the oceans that could probably disappear in the next 30 years.
Salone del Mobile 2020 will host 184 countries but China is at risk
This year’s Salone is a tribute to the beauty and the city of Milan. Expected the absence of 30,000 Chinese visitors due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Superstudio and Land Art
Farewell to Adolfo Natalini, member of the famous Florentine group Superstudio. In remembering him, we examine a period characterised by contamination between artistry and architecture at the end of the 1960s.
In praise of the Olympus XA, an analogue compact camera
Top–notch performances and (at the time) a cutting–edge design in an “egg” as small as outstanding. It was the first of a series and this is its story.
Urban inventory: the iconic benches of Milan
Auteur or not, produced in series or site specific, a collection of fixed historical and brand new seatings that mark the urban landscape of Milan.