An arm-controlled bike helmet with integrated lights
Lumos Ultra will provide cyclists with front and tail light, plus left and right indicators that can be controlled either with a remote on the handlebar or through an Apple Watch.
The new normal of Venice, Los Angeles
Founded as an independent city at the beginning of the last century, today it is one of the most atypical neighborhoods in Los Angeles. A creative epicenter since the Beat Generation, the lockdown is a chance to dream it up better: more canals, small vegetable gardens, less private property.
Art in Architecture by Hans Ulrich Obrist, live today
Therme Art and Serpentine Galleries together for a new digital palimpsest: Wellbeing Culture Forum is a new weekly program that talks about culture in times of pandemic. The first event, Art in Architecture, will be moderated by Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Tokyo from 1964 to 2021: the “postponed” Olympic City
Even though it couldn’t host its first Olympics because of the war, it managed to conquer the world with the 1964 games. And now, it has postponed the event by about one year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Learn more about the past and present of the Japanese capital.
How are we wearing masks
When we’re away from home we use masks, hardly ever using them as masks, as we can see in Emilio Lonardo’s drawings realized exclusively for Domus.
Contemporary art lands to the supermarket to help artists
“The future begins with art, and it is time to consider artists as World Heritage and protect them as such”: to do so, the project #10cents - ART AT THE SUPERMARKET brings art into everyone’s life, between meat counters and pasta shelves. The proceeds will be donated to the art world.
Biennale Interieur 2020 postponed to 2021
Also the 27th edition of the Belgian Design Biennale, curated this year by Italian designers Piovenefabi, is forced to postpone the event until next year, due to the health emergency.
Ling Ma, the pandemic and the “vague sense of hovering doom”
Her debut novel is the meticulous, caustic description of life in big cities and what happens when a terrible pandemic slowly annihilates off most of human population. A special book that many rediscovered during the lockdown. The interview.
Bodybuilding: online exhibition studies the contaminations between architecture and performance
Until 15 July 2020, the New York biennial Performa presents online videos and archival content focusing on the relationship between space, body and action.
Antonia Jannone reopens her gallery but with closed number
The Milanese gallerist reopens with the metaphysical architecture of Ramon Enrich. Admissions are limited or by appointment, but it’s a first step on the road to post-lockdown culture. The interview.
The exhibition dedicated to photographer Mario Giacomelli reopens
On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of his death, the photographer's hometown will reopen the exhibition “Sguardi di Novecento: Giacomelli e il suo tempo” on March 20.
Enrico Astori has passed away
The founder of Driade, a cult brand of Italian design, has died at the age of 83.
The Architecture Biennale postponed, again. This time directly to 2021
Initially postponed in August, the Venice Biennale officially announces the opening of the International Architecture Exhibition from the 22nd of May to the 21st of November 2021. Also postponed the International Art Exhibition, which will open on April 2022.