Michael Murphy: “Art is not an ad”
A conversation with the pioneer of perceptual art, who became worldwide famous for his Obama portraits and, and who has recently created with Samsung an installation in London without being there.
domusforum, the future of cities
Milan | 24 November 2021
How to live together, work, study, move, heal, occupy space and save the planet.
Seven themes, seven areas of analysis to discuss and examine the profound and rapid changes taking place in our cities.
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Athens Design Forum was a new way of looking at the capital of Greece
The programme of events curated by Katerina Papanikolopoulos showed unconventional neighbourhoods and hidden sides of the city.
Reebok launches the first-ever Eames sneaker collection
Reebok, partnered with Eames Office, designed a range of trainers informed by Ray and Charles Eames works, with a collectable packaging.
Edison partners with Amazon to build digital twins of its wind farms
Europe’s oldest energy company announced a new step of its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in a bid to accelerate its internal digitalization process.
A guide to the three architecture exhibitions now at Milano Triennale
The exhibits dedicated to Mollino and Lingeri, and “10 Journeys” deserve to be visited in sequence, to fully appreciate the overlaps that make them interact in the great narrative of the Italian architectural twentieth century.
In China, a steel factory remodeled as a photographic studio
Tri-Orange Design studio planned the reuse of an industrial archaeology in Binjiang in a careful and non-invasive operation, where the pre-existence dialogues with the white plasticity of the new volumes.
Snøhetta’s “dancing towers” in Düsseldorf
The two skyscrapers were designed to house the German city’s new opera house, a cultural hub and more.
Fabric spatiality of the new collection by Yoshiyuki Miyamae for Issey Miyake
Yoshiyuki Miyamae draws on the art of Tadanori Yokoo and his historic collaboration with Issey Miyake. Blousons and trousers, cut from a single piece of fabric, thus become canvases for the Japanese artist’s painting.
In Berlin OMA “breaks” KaDeWe to make it more contemporary
The historic German mall is being renovated, with the intention of offering a prestige mall experience that is better suited to the present times.
Mike’s Maze is the work of art in the age of NFTs and videogames
Artist Fabiano Speziari talks about his new work, both a digital game and an artistic experience, soon to be released in the virtual metaverse of The Sandbox.
Five brand new Italian design brands
They were born during lockdown, showing the desire to turn the crisis into an opportunity: Orografie, Gritti, Codega, Sowden Light and Gilda Editions offer reflections and different answers to the new way of living our everyday lives.
The new MacBook Pros get a notch – and ludicrous power
Apple has updated its MacBook Pro line with two redesigned laptops with M1 Pro and M1 Max proprietary chips, visibly thinner screen bezels, larger display options, and an iPhone-like notch.
A sneaker store in Madrid seems to be made of coloured cardboard
For the sports brand Munich, Studio Animal designed a store inspired by circus tents: shoes and accessories are displayed in a multi-faceted and symmetrical space, surmounted by a pyramidal roof.
A new chapter in the Atlas of Contemporary Architecture
At the Triennale di Milano the Italian architectural heritage of the second half of the 20th century as seen by ten young photographers selected through a public call for entries.
In Porto, a gym looks like a club
Designed to ride the wave of Instagrammability, an exercise room uses lights to segment the environment and accentuate the hedonistic experience of working out.
The importance of being an architect is a documentary starring Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel
The film questions the future of architecture and society, proposing values such as reciprocity, cooperation and coexistence. World premiere is set for the Milan Design Film Festival 2021.