Your favorite fashion designers didn’t study fashion, but architecture
Before leading major fashion houses, many designers trained as architects—a natural shift across scales that still shapes how we think about fashion and space.
“In China, we would have demolished it”: Ma Yansong’s lecture at the Politecnico di Milano
Domus’ 2026 guest editor brings to the Milan Polytechnic a reflection on contemporary architecture, between critique of the built environment, nature, and social responsibility.
Why quantum physics, and not AI, is the protagonist of art today
From collaborations with science labs to foundation programs like LAS, more and more artists are turning to quantum physics—not to illustrate it, but to question a world shaped by predictive models and artificial intelligence.
The Brutalist London that no longer exists in 50 buildings
Through Nigel Green’s photography and Owen Hopkins’s prose, the new Blue Crow Media book Brutalist London explores an era when architecture shaped the city’s future as a collective social project.
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The Venice Biennale was built to never say no — its history proves it
As Russia returns and Israel re-enters the 2026 edition, the Venice Biennale reveals a structural paradox: conceived as an open international platform, it has become an institution that cannot exclude.
We tested Osmo Pocket 4, the “compact” camera for the creator era
Tested during Milan Design Week, it’s not an alternative to the smartphone but a device that introduces a different visual language – somewhere between a camera and a drone.
A 15th-century hospital becomes a refuge for runners of the Rome Marathon
Over the weekend of the 2026 Rome Marathon, New Balance transformed the Corsie Sistine into a temple of running, turning it into a place of care, recovery, and community for participants.
Kiefer transforms Berlin’s iconic airport into a monumental artwork
In Valencia, a new exhibition dedicated to Anselm Kiefer centers on Danaë—a more than 13-meter-long painting never before shown in Europe—set within one of the most historically charged buildings of the 20th century.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 tells fashion better than fashion can tell itself today
Twenty years after the original, between influencers, editorial crisis and nostalgia, the sequel returns to portrait a system that has changed everywhere — with no auteur ambitions whatsoever.
In Matteo Mauro’s studio, where art is made with AI
In his Milan studio, Matteo Mauro shows how Nvidia Studio is changing the way an artist works, produces and preserves his own work.
At the Venice Biennale 2026 there will also be Marina Abramović
Among the most anticipated protagonists of the 61st Exhibition, the Serbian artist presents “Transforming Energy” at the Gallerie dell’Accademia, marking the first time a woman is invited to exhibit in this space.
Design Week is over, but it lives on Vinted: gadgets up to 100 euro
From IKEA’s meatball-flavored lollipops to Gucci cans, the most popular Design Week giveaways are already on the second-hand market—and they don’t come cheap. What’s behind it?
Why we keep stacking things onto our things
Contemporary design no longer just shapes objects—it turns them into frameworks for other objects. From phone cases to book charms, pocket maximalism becomes a new architecture of identity.
Ai Weiwei returns to Italy with an exhibition on earthquakes: from Sichuan to L’Aquila
At MAXXI L’Aquila, “Aftershock” brings the Sichuan and Abruzzo earthquakes into dialogue: around seventy works exploring how fractures—political, human, and material—continue to reverberate over time.
AIDS-related art in Italy didn't exist. This exhibition finds it, house by house
“Vivono” reconstructs what we have failed to tell: an emotional and visual archive born out of a door-to-door search among fragments, poetry, and removed memory.
Nestled in a Rhode Island woods is a blue-roofed house created by the people who live and pass by it
Designed by Workac, the Riverhouse is a model of sustainable and collaborative living. Friends, guests and collaborators helped to design and build the shared spaces and furnishings.
Xiaomi is now making ice cream. And selling it like a smartphone: Standard, Pro, and Max
It is not just another lifestyle extension: the point is how it is sold. Millet ice cream follows the same product logic as cars and phones, with three increasingly accessorized versions.
A new green district could reshape Milan’s largest park forever
In Vaiano Valle Nord, south of Milan between Viale Ortles, Via Quaranta and the Parco Agricolo Sud, a new neighborhood is taking shape—designed to reconnect city and countryside. But as the project enters a decisive phase, debate over the future of green space is intensifying.
Salone. A simple story
The Salone del Mobile has turned 64. An age when one stops making excuses and starts taking stock. And this year, the numbers are unforgiving.
In 1993, Sottsass designed his first tableware collection for Alessi: now La Bella Tavola is back
Alessi reissues Ettore Sottsass's La Bella Tavola, the tableware collection that is also a tribute to his beloved China.
V&A East: The museum that feels like a fair and is changing the rules of the game
With flexible spaces, mobile installations, and themed itineraries, the new London hub abandons the traditional model to embrace the logic of fairs and “on demand” culture.
David Bowie’s New York apartment is back on the market and still carries his presence
Overlooking Central Park, the apartment is listed at $4.59 million. It’s not the first time it’s been put up for sale, but it still holds traces of its past.
Design Week: a tea house on top of Torre Velasca—and a perfect reason to visit
For two days during Milan Design Week, a temporary tea house by Cromo opens the terrace of Torre Velasca to the public, transforming the BBPR-designed landmark into a space suspended between ritual, design, and a new urban perspective.
Milano Design Week. 8 things we recommend after seeing them, day 6
For this Design Week weekend, we suggest a tour with minimal lines: between historic brands and Fuorisalone newcomers, hidden buildings and design temples.
The best photos from Design Week 2026
The people and the too many people, the buildings never open to the public, the colorful installations and the rationalist Milan of the great architects of the 20th century. But also the details you may not have noticed: here are the best photos taken by Domus at this year's Design Week.
The most unlikely pairing of Design Week turns out to be the most effective: Alessi x C.P. Company
The two brands turn an apparently eccentric encounter into a coherent dialogue between industry, material, and process. More than a collaboration, it is a methodological convergence that puts making back at the center.
How to avoid the queue-filled Design Week: we’ll tell you where to go
Gio Ponti’s secret hotel, a medieval theatre, and installations where there’s finally no trace of bad AI: these are the places to go during Milan Design Week if, like you, by 2026 FOMO has gone out of fashion.
In the chaos of Design Week, the unexpected refuge exists: Humberto Campana’s “healing” rugs
At Teatro Arsenale, Estùdio Campana's installation for Art de Vivre transforms rugs into a contemplative experience far from the noise of Fuorisalone. The designer tells Domus why it is now urgent to look to nature as a form of healing.
Goodbye Milan Design Week: it is now Brand Week. But some know how to do it better than others
Nike and Gucci show in different ways what the Milanese week has really become: a device where design is on the verge of extinction. In between, many attempts and few truly convincing visions.
Fuorisalone 2026. 8 things we saw and recommend for day 5
During Design Week, you also need a map of places to pause. Between hidden gardens, inhabitable micro-hotels, oversized carousels, and installations that speak of a return to nature, here are the addresses we recommend.
At Design Week, there’s a bench that can become anything: Smarin’s experiment at Base Milano
Not just to look at: at Base Milano, design gets active. Studio Smarin's modular system transforms the Ground Hall on the ground floor into a collective space between experimentation, economic sustainability and new forms of sharing.
If you are an architect, this is your Design Week: Zaha Hadid Architects, Lina Ghotmeh, but also Gae Aulenti and Torre Velasca
Amid large-scale installations by star architects, Milanese studios, and design archives exceptionally open for just one night, here’s where to go during Design Week if architecture is what you do.