My first electric scooter
I tried a Xiaomi Mi Electric Scooter Pro in post-lockdown Milan for three weeks: for many people it could be a love at first sight that won’t last.
Halo, a pop-up gallery with multilayer glass
The Chinese duo Studio Buzao has created a pop-up gallery at the Shenzen Art Center using the chromatography on multilayer glass.
Marco Campardo’s new collection upcycles Alpi’s wooden scraps
Discarted wood sheets by Italian company Alpi become a new beginning for the limited edition production designed by Marco Campardo for Seeds gallery, a series of coffee tables and stools that combines spontaneous assembly and careful manual finishing.
Elena Salmistraro designed a room for Ikea
A colourful and lively room designed by the Italian designer and artist, in the setting up of the San Giuliano Milanese store of the Swedish company.
Fiat Nuova 500, the Italian miracle's moving cube (that started off as a flop)
Launched in the late 1950s, Fiat 500 conquered millions of people and it also reached America. The F model is part of the MoMA collection.
Eileen Gray: design pioneer
In December 1968, in the pages of Domus, Joseph Rykwert paid homage to Eileen Gray, the “remarkably sensitive” designer and incredibly neglected by critics.
15 post-lockdown days riding a VanMoof, the Tesla of e-bikes
The brand new Dutch electric bike arrived right at the peak of the global sustainable mobility boom, with the ambition to bring sustainability into the future. To put it to the test, we used it for two weeks in Milan, a city that has always had a love-hate relationship with bikes.
Rusty design: Supaform’s latest collection
In Fancy-Routine the design studio founded by Maxim Scherbakov reflects on the temporariness of furnishing elements and metal in particular.
Six punk fans upcycled by designers and artists in Madrid
To inaugurate the hottest season of the year, six young designers have transformed banal fans into sculptural objects, sold for only €49.90.
In a quarantined museum, statues talk: Alexandre Humbert’s new video
The designer portrays in his short film Les Impatients the quarantine period lived in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
With iOS 14, Apple builds on a strong interface design foundation
In the fall, iPhone users will have the option to access features that Android has had for a while. As it often happens with Apple, though, the change feels more coherent with a broader design language.
What do we talk about when we talk about design? Emanuele Quinz, art historian and curator, explains it in this essay that he wrote for Domus.
Gumdesign: “It’s better to open a path than run on the highway”
Laura Fiaschi and Gabriele Pardi answer our questions about the new Bolgheri washbasin designed for Antoniolupi, their favourite designer (the sea) and the superpower they would like to have (lightning bolts of kindness).
Loto collection: coffe tables and pouf
The research of the Mexican studio Peca continues for the creation of furnishing accessories that combine tradition and innovation.