Enzo Mari slams creativity: the viral Instagram video
Blunt and uncompromising as ever, the designer condemned a notion of creativity that is hollow and self-serving on TV.
The bag sizer: a short history of the most hated object at the airport
Among the items most hated by passengers at airports are bag sizers, those measuring aids used to check whether your hand luggage is within the permitted dimensions. Today, they are the ones that tell us most about how our way of flying will change.
Carlo Scarpa's other store: the rebirth of a long-forgotten project in Bologna
Everyone knows Carlo Scarpa's famous Olivetti store in Piazza San Marco. However, few people are aware that in 1961, the architect also collaborated with Dino Gavina on another store which, although less well known, is equally fascinating. Today, we returned to visit it after its restoration and reopening.
Nordic design continues to speak to us: from Aalto to Marimekko
Scandinavian design has changed the way we live. Simple and functional, it emerged between the 1930s and 1950s and continues to define an idea of accessible, lasting well-being.
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10 Italian architectures that can only be viewed from the water
We have selected ten spectacular works overlooking the water and often visible mainly from the water, among plays of reflections, privileged perspectives and an “elective” dialogue with the landscape.
Wood: a key resource for south tyrol
In this northern Italian region, wood is a vital resource that brings together tradition, the economy and environmental protection. The short and sustainable supply chain is worth €1.3 billion and involves thousands of local companies.
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A giant new Lego resort has opened in Shanghai
Located in Fengjing Town, in the Jinshan District, the new Legoland Resort—the largest in the world—is set to take the “Lego experience” to a whole new level.
Restoration and the future: the visionary legacy of Andrea Bruno
From UNESCO to Afghanistan, from Turin to Brussels, the work of the architect behind the Castello di Rivoli has redefined how we breathe new life into historic architecture, establishing dialogues between the contemporary and the ancient.
Mecanoo has built a mass timber theatre in the woods to dance for seven generations
The Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow — a legendary site for dance on the East Coast — is reborn after the fire: sustainable, flexible, blending technology and Indigenous values.
Foldable smartphones: are we finally there?
After years of broken promises, foldable phones have become what they were supposed to be: sleek, slim, and genuinely useful. Samsung is leading the charge with the new Galaxy Fold and Flip, and artificial intelligence is playing a key role.
Calatrava’s “Sail” in Rome finally completed after 20 years for the Jubilee
After two decades of delays and abandonment, Rome’s long-unfinished Tor Vergata project is finally back in the spotlight: it will host the 2025 Youth Jubilee.
Design and ceramics renew a shopping center
FMG Fabbrica Marmi and architect Paolo Gianfrancesco, of THG Arkitektar Studio, have designed the restyling of the third floor of Reykjavik's largest shopping center. Ceramic, the central element of the project, covers floors, walls and furniture with versatile solutions and distinctive character.
The world's first museum dedicated to artificial intelligence opens in Los Angeles
It is called Dataland and its creator is Refik Anadol, the artist who invented data painting and dedicated an immense installation to Frank Gehry at the Guggenheim in Bilbao. The most interesting thing? The museum is located inside one of Gehry's works.
This house comes by mail! The dismountable masterpiece by Paul Rudolph is up for sale
Paul Rudolph’s Walker Guest House was built in 1953 on the beaches of Sanibel, Florida. Modular and demountable, it has already traveled to California and is now ready for a new location, telling us an honest and “light” story of brutalism.
Edoardo Tresoldi’s stunning wire-mesh installation in Bari
Currently under construction in the archaeological area of San Pietro in Bari after four years of work, the installation is an act of reclaiming and rebirth, raising questions about the city and the deeper meaning of building.
Carl Hansen & Søn: an elegy of wood in Scandinavian design
The company producing masterpieces such as the Wishbone Chair, founded on the Danish island of Fyn, run for over a century by the founder’s family, has made the union of traditional craftsmanship and industrial culture world-famous.
What can the new robot vacuum cleaners really do? We tested them out
We tested the latest generation of robot vacuums—today’s must-have domestic gadget—and found machines that are smarter, stranger, and still surprisingly needy.
Dirt Shoe is a shoe that plants flowers as you walk
Created by Studio Basura and Yerba Madre, the shoe is made from soil and plant fibers and releases wildflower seeds with every step, gradually crumbling until it completely falls apart.
5 absurd objects that tried to change the future
Between technical utopia and an obsession with control, these five inventions, each designed to improve everyday life, reveal the most unsettling – and oddly fascinating – side of modern design.
Do you know how a food disposer works?
60% of American kitchens have one, and food waste disposers are becoming increasingly popular in Italy as well. But what exactly are they, and how do they work?
Sou Fujimoto designs a holiday home that blends so fully into the landscape, it’s invisible from above
In Japan, the exclusive holiday villa interpenetrates into the landscape, combining design, luxury and sustainability and disrupting the ordinary hierarchy between interior and exterior.
A new pedestrian bridge in Croatia echoes the hull of a ship
Designed by Prostorne Taktike, the new pedestrian bridge over the Foša Canal in Trogir connects the old town and urban park with a lightweight steel structure inspired by the town’s naval tradition.
15 innovative urban beach projects for going to the beach in the city
From Basel to Mexico City, urban beaches are one of the most interesting challenges in metropolitan design. Discover our selection here.
Why China built a 50-million-dollar inflatable dome over a construction site
A lightweight, modular, and digitally controlled engineering solution, part of China’s broader objective to reduce the environmental impact of construction sites in densely populated urban areas.
A surreal Milan shaped by the masterpieces of italian architecture
Fighting atop St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, running into Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, and exploring many other settings inspired by Italian architecture, especially in that of Milan: this is what happens in Stonemachia, a video game where historical reality is reimagined through a fantasy lens.
Milan, a new foundation dedicated to design comes to life
Two years after the passing, the Rodolfo Dordoni Foundation seeks to give voice and shape to the design legacy of the Milanese architect and designer.
Domus 1103 hits the shelves
In the double issue of Domus for July August, guest editor 2025 Bjarke Ingels focuses on fabric and plastic, two historic supports for architecture, imagining their future political and aesthetic scenarios.
I.M. Pei’s Louvre design is no longer enough – in 2031, everything will change
The French government is looking for the design that will transform the world’s most visited museum by 2031, in what will be its most important intervention since the Eighties. Here’s what we know so far about the expansion and renovation of Paris’s Louvre.
Bjarke Ingels: plastic and fabric for inhabiting the existing
From the mirrored sphere The Orb to MVRDV's carpet in Bangkok: the July August issue of Domus, edited by guest editor 2025 Bjarke Ingels, explores new ways of living that involve plastics and fabrics.
Natural stone is an eternal material
Now in its 59th edition, Marmomac returns to Verona from September 23 to 26 to showcase the role of stone in contemporary design.
The most important cyberpunk novel is being made into a TV series, starting from the interior of a bar
William Gibson's Neuromancer is being adapted for Apple TV+. Set in the Chatsubo bar, it invites viewers to enter a world of sentimentality and speculation, where every corner and neon lamp tells the story of cyberspace, balancing loneliness with hallucinatory futures.
What is Villa Girasole: a visionary Italian house that rotates to follow the sun
The original and pioneering building, a rotating mechanical flower in the province of Verona, recently opened to the public for guided tours, offers a “ ride” on a realized utopia, between mechanical engineering and poetics.
Ceramic mania: here’s why everyone loves it, again
Part hobby, part political statement, and part lightweight companion to increasingly mobile lifestyles: ceramics are making a comeback. Let’s explore the design revival of this ancient material through new research and resurgent trends.
The 16 most influential T-shirt designs of all time
As the quintessential symbol of everyday life, we have traced the history of this garment through 16 examples that made fashion and design history, from classic icons to contemporary innovations and reinterpretations.
The surprising architectural gems of Italy’s ports
Domus has curated a selection of projects in Italian ports, exemplary cases that represent the complex transformation of the relationship between port and city.
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Hôtel Les Roches reopens on the Côte d’Azur: in the past it hosted Humphrey Bogart, Christian Dior, and Thomas Mann
With a history marked by some of the 20th century’s most influential cultural figures, this hotel, perched on the inlets of Peire Gouerbe in Le Lavandou, has been reborn through a contemporary, thoughtful reinterpretation of its original spirit.