Poltronova and the forest of impertinent objects
In Bruxelles an exhibition explores the “insurrectional“ language of a bunch of designers against conventions and good rules of style, driven by the faith in the power of dreaming big.
Domusforum: a survey on the future of cities
For the first instalment of domusforum, international experts will discuss the results of a survey conducted by the Nielsen company for Domus on the complexity of our cities.
Chiba. A former storage transformed into a multi-purpose space
The 1911 storage underwent a minimal intervention by kurosawa kawara-ten and is now used by students of Chiba University.
New York. 40-year-old metal silos reused as contemporary spolia
‘Oculi’ by Austin + Mergold is the winning proposal of The City of Dreams Pavilion: a reminiscence of the American agro-industrial age.
Domus Sri Lanka. The Polish Vodka Museum told by Miroslaw Nizio
The Polish architect explains the design process of the Vodka Museum, located in the former Koneser factory in Warsaw.
The voice of mosaic
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.
VISUAL GEOMETRIC
Square mirror with lacquered metal frame, mocha or burnished brass finish. Central mirror available in different shades.The new dimensions of the Visual mirrors create original reflections thanks to the different shades and to their modularity. They furnish private and public spaces with a refined simplicity and allow to create large compositions.
TREASURED LIGHT
A symmetrical bamboo-effect interlocking puzzle characterises Mr. Zheng coffee tables by Roberto Lazzeroni, which name underscores its Far East inspiration.
A laboratory to imagine a world without work
With the Post-Laboratory project, German designer Ottonie von Roeder investigates forms and cultural repercussions of a future in which robots work in our place.
Open-call. A workshop in Vienna questions the dogma of time
Still 10 scholarshps available for the “Intra-Temporality” workshop by IN Residence at the Vienna Design Week with Julien Carretero and Zanellato/Bortotto.
Yvette Mutumba
Observations on the Berlin Biennial 2018
Interview with Yvette Mutumba, co-founder of C& and part of the curatorial team of the 10th Berlin Biennial.
Pet-tecture: a book on pets’ design
Collected in a volume the various structures that welcome our pets: cats, dogs, goldfish and everything that can have a home.
Milan. The architectural watercolors by Sara Salvemini at Antonia Jannone
Sara Salvemini illustrates today’s Milan through 25 watercolors in which architectural views overlap with everyday lives.
Italy in the 1970s: school architecture and its conceptual territory
From the Domus Archive: a generation of ambitious designs for school buildings by Maurizio Sacripanti, Gino Valle, Aldo Rossi and Vittorio Gregotti explored possible construction strategies for the contemporary city.
Art and music flourish at the Museo Orto Botanico in Rome
An exhibition curated by the Roman collective CultRise brings together eight site-specific interventions and the protected natural species of the botanical garden.
Adalberto Libera’s Villa Malaparte
In 1980, American architect John Hejduk describes Adalberto Libera’s villa, designed for Curzio Malaparte, as a house of rituals and rites, of mysteries, an ancient play unraveling under Italian light.
Leonor Antunes. Intrinsic major reasons
In Milan, the Portuguese artist establishes delicate material suspensions inside Hangar Bicocca’s Shed, quoting Modernist masters.
Belgium. An art and music festival for digital nomads
Born around a 13th century castle in Holsbeek, Horst Arts and Music Festival presents numerous artistic and architectural interventions that follow the "Archetype" theme.