Pininfarina’s car design legacy in 10 unforgettable models
Ten cars tell the 95-year old story of Pininfarina’s evolving style where timeless elegance meets groundbreaking automotive design.
Roberto Mango’s revolutionary extruded ceramics
A contributor to Domus and a lecturer at Harvard, in the 1950s Mango transformed the Neapolitan ceramic tradition into a laboratory of experimentation, anticipating serial customization.
What is the point of design weeks? We asked Sabine Marcelis
From the Rotterdam Design Biennale to Milan Design Week, the Dutch designer talks about how the global industry might aim big, yet the small and the subtle...
Why Munari’s children’s books revolutionized design
In the 1970s, the designer led the Tantibambini series for Italy’s most influential publisher, Einaudi – approaching it as he would any other design project.
Jasper Morrison: “Design is the change an object brings to a space”
Face to face with the great British designer of the Super Normal on show at the Fondazione Ica Milano, a few weeks before Design Week.
20 years of Halley, Richard Sapper’s LED pioneer lamp
A photo campaign by Mattia Balsamini celebrates two decades of a lamp bearing the name and nature of a comet, created to integrate a dawning technology with maximum freedom of movement.
Four Charlotte Perriand’s designs revive at the Milano Design Week with the help of Saint Laurent
Creative director Anthony Vaccarello has selected four pieces by the great master of modern design, created between in Brazil, Paris and Vietnam, to be produced in limited series.
The “Travel Sculpture” designed by Zaven for Valextra
The new suitcase by the Milanese brand incorporates an idea by Bruno Munari. “An object open to all interpretations and sensitivities, inviting interaction,” the designers explain to Domus.
The history of the Monobloc: the world’s best-selling chair
Everyone knows it, yet few remember its name. This is the story of an iconic chair – one that embodies democratic design.
Great design icons go outdoors
The appeal of outdoor spaces continues to influence the culture of living, in an upgrade that is more than just a redesign of materials.
Furniture by Donald Judd for Saint Laurent’s hub in Paris
Curated by creative director Anthony Vaccarello, the cultural hub in the historic centre of the French capital features furniture designed by the minimal art maestro, in a collaboration with Donald Judd Furniture that also introduces new colours.
Gufram has created a new Cactus, and it’s Boring
The Italian radical design icon is adding a new color to its family: the matte grey Boring Cactus, a new level of irony in design.