Living in a Chinese capsule: mini-houses that can be installed anywhere
These small dwellings, designed by the Chinese company Capsule Castle, resemble space capsules and can be installed quickly.
As Tuvalu sinks, Australia offers refuge to a third of its population
At the core of this new alliance between Tuvalu and Australia lie complex themes and fundamental questions, in an era when rising sea levels are redrawing coastlines, economies, and borders.
The Fantastic Four movie is a trip into the 1960s design of a great forgotten comic book artist
The film is a bold visual experiment steeped in 1960s aesthetics — all colors, lava lamps, and media-age optimism. A tribute to Jack Kirby, the visionary artist Marvel forgot for too long.
The windowless house that could change the way we live in cities
Specht Novak's Stealth House has four blind elevations; none of the openings offer a view of the interior. The design already incorporates surfaces for advertisements. But is it really windowless?
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Nordic Design
A dive into Northern European design,
a style that never goes out of fashion: masters, companies and projects
What is the smallest house in the world?
From Sicily to Sweden, via Warsaw and Portugal: we went in search of micro-homes that challenge space and rethink living.
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.
How architects redesigned the Italian holiday: Gardella, Zanuso, Daneri, and the Riviera
Two mid-century modern complexes on the Ligurian coast — in Varazze and Ospedaletti — show how Italian holidays can be more than just summer clichés and seaside overdevelopment.
Virgin of the Sea
A work attributed to either Sandro Botticelli or Filippino Lippi—two giants of Italian Renaissance painting—makes the sea a symbolic horizon: the landscape becomes consciousness, the sacred becomes time.
Elon Musk’s long-awaited Tesla diner opens in Los Angeles
With the Diner & Drive-In in Los Angeles, Tesla tries to turn electric car charging into a retro-futuristic ode to 1950s American diners. The idea had been in the works since 2018.
The new bicycle pavilion at Paris’ Gare du Nord is a leap into the future
A post-carbon pavilion serves as France’s largest bicycle parking facility: Arep anticipates new needs by integrating a lightweight structure into the iconic station designed by Jacques-Ignace Hittorff.
There is a musical in Venice about the founder of the Shakers, the seminal design movement
The film is by Mona Fastvold, co-writer of The Brutalist, and tells the story of a community that 300 years later is still a landmark in design and decor.
Tomorrow's energy comes from today's ideas
Enel extends the date to join the international “WinDesign” contest to August 30, 2025. A unique opportunity to imagine the new design of wind turbines.
Casa degli Atellani: the Milan villa where Bernard Arnault might move
The restoration of the villa reignites interest in one of Milan’s most symbolic locations. Its owner is the head of LVMH, who purchased it along with Leonardo’s Vineyard.
The essential 21st century films to watch at least once in your life
From Paul Thomas Anderson's psychedelic noir to modern musicals, via Japanese animation and Korean cinema: twenty must-see films that innovated languages, styles, and imagery in the new millennium.
Why everyone wants a digicam again, and which one to buy for your next vacation
Accessory to style and at the same time a powerful device for disengaging from aesthetics that we take for granted today: we offer a selection of devices from the late 1990s to the present.
Bad Bunny dances on a brutalist building by Bauhaus master Marcel Breuer
In the video for NUEVAYol, directed by photographer Renell Medrano, the Hungarian architect’s Meister Hall becomes a visual metaphor for the resilience of the Latin American community.
Italy’s first resort entirely dedicated to padel opens in Como
The boom in sports tourism across Italy reflects a broader cultural shift, with padel taking centre stage — energised by the rise of tennis star Jannik Sinner. The Padel Resort stands as a clear expression of this moment.
With Grok's companions, Musk turns erotic fantasies into subscription-based AI service
With Grok Companions, eroticism becomes a lease: a catalog of AI avatars where desire is paid for, scales in levels, and can be remotely reprogrammed. What if one day your anime girlfriend starts quoting Hitler?
Wright-mania: why American TV series can't resist Frank Lloyd Wright
From the fifth installment ofThe Bear to the fictional architecture of The Studio, the master of American architecture returns to the screens.
Marble matters– exploring Carrara’s legacy
Sixteen young international architects took part in two intensive training days in Carrara, organized by FUM Academy and YACademy, featuring visits to the marble quarries and a design workshop focused on the use of the material.
Ten ingenious buildings that changed architecture forever
From Adolf Loos to the living wall, there have been momentous inventions that have changed the course of architecture. We explore these inventions through ten buildings that have become their manifesto.
Apple made a Wordle-style game where you guess the news from emojis
Following the strategy that also worked for The New York Times, Apple is betting on word games to attract subscribers to its paid news service. Here’s what Quotemoji is: a daily emoji puzzle available only to Apple News+ subscribers.
In Colombia, bike-taxis are called Paola, a pop icon of urban design
In Calamar, Colombia, there is only one paved road, motor vehicles are extremely rare, and residents have learned to transform their bicycles into “benches on wheels” that take them everywhere.
This house in Catalonia reimagines the ideal of the Mediterranean villa
Twobo Arquitectura developed a house near Girona as a system of patios and pavilions encouraging movement and relaxation as new domestic rituals, amid ceramics, exposed concrete, and terracotta screens.
Robert Therrien, the artist behind Instagram’s giant chairs
Everyday obsessions, impossible proportions and 1:10 scale dreams. In anticipation of the major exhibition at The Broad in Los Angeles, we recount the life and work of Robert Therrien.
A contemporary impluvium dialogues with the sky: a pavilion at 2000 meters above sea level
Mexican studio Choza experiments with a stone and wood shelter inspired by the Roman impluvium, in dialogue with the mountainous climate of the country's north.
10 books we read and recommend for summer
Photographic journeys through Memphis Italy, visionary diagrams, military fashions, intimate drawings, and the lives of quirky architects: ten readings for the summer to think (and rethink) the world of design.
The “Bubble House”, one of New York’s rare examples of Space Age architecture, is up for sale — but it may end up ruined
Built in 1969 by architect Maurice Medcalfe, this completely out-of-context residence has become a New York icon. It is now for sale for more than $5 million.
Rome in flames
In the summer of 64 AD, Rome burned, and with it the dark myth of Nero was born. Centuries later, painters like Piloty and Siemiradzki would turn that moment into a powerful allegory of the fragility of power and human cruelty.
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.
What are AI browsers, making "old" browsers useless
A transition is underway: a new kind of AI-agent browser that fulfills tasks of all kinds, including online search. We tell you about the two most striking examples: Comet and Operator.
Maurizio Cattelan’s exhibition at Casa Malaparte is accessible only by sea
The historic residence welcomes an exclusive exhibition by Italy’s most internationally renowned artist, adding a new chapter to its tradition of hosting temporary contemporary art projects by major global figures.
SANAA’s most ambitious cultural project yet, ready to open in Taiwan
In the island’s second largest city, the 2010 Pritzker Laureate studio completes the Taichung Green Museumbrary — a visionary hybrid of art museum and library dedicated to multifaceted learning.
Extraordinary architecture on the restless border between Italy and Eastern Europe
Through their photographs, Roberto Conte and Miran Kambič reveal a century of fascinating, lesser-known buildings along the border between Italy and Eastern Europe. In Trieste, the exhibition Le Affinità di Confine narrates stories of coexistence, tensions, and mutual influences.
Step inside “Accidentally Wes Anderson”: you can check the viral photo project in a new exhibition
Featuring over 100 photos across two locations, the project channels the director’s unmistakable visual style — and proves its enduring appeal across generations.
Omoway Omo X, the self-parking electric scooter
Omoway, a company founded by former executives of the Chinese automotive brand X-Peng, has unveiled the prototype of a futuristic electric scooter that can self-balance and autonomously maneuver out of parking spaces.