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In the February issue: the exhibiton dedicated to Winckelmann at the m.a.x. in Lugano; the London Design Museum interiors by Pawson with an essay by Ricky Burdett. Giuseppe Penone recounts his approach to art and the feedback brings us to Parma. Special price 5 euros, only for this issue!

February’s editorial defines the first of the four stages into wich – according to Nicola Di Battista – the architecural design process is divided: awareness.

For the 300th anniversary of Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s birth, the m.a.x. museo of Chiasso dedicates to this German master of classical culture an important exhibition. Ricky Burdett reads the London Design Museum with the interiors redefined by John Pawson. Two exhibitions in Rome are the occasion for the Turin artist Giuseppe Penone to describe his work method.

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Otto Gerike, Portrait of Johann Joachim Winckelmann (copied from Anton von Maron, 1768), 1956. Oil on canvas, 150 x 115 cm. Winckelmann Museum, Stendal. Detail

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John Pawson, London Design Museum interiors, the building’s heart, a spacious full-height atrium surrounded by circulation spaces and looked out upon by all the museum’s levels

Fractus by Carlo Contin (2016) uses high-tension current which in specific conditions creates designs, transferring the effect to the surface of objects

Giuseppe Penone, view of the exhibition venue Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana in Rome

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School of Design, Politecnico di Milano. Students at work in the prototyping lab, which was developed with the aim of experimenting with and teaching the application of recent modelling methods to engineering and architectural projects

This month Domus looks at the School of Design of the Milan Politechnic and at the course held by Stephen Taylor at the Metropolitan University of London. Product designer Carlo Contin recounts his work path and Salvatore Settis participate to the debate about reconstruction after earthquake. The feedback brings us in Parma, seen through the eyes of Dario Costi.

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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.

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Domus 1010 on newsstands

In the February issue: the exhibiton dedicated to Winckelmann at the m.a.x. in Lugano; the London Design Museum interiors by Pawson with an essay by Ricky Burdett. Giuseppe Penone recounts his approach to art and the feedback brings us to Parma. Special price 5 euros, only for this issue!

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Marble matters– exploring Carrara’s legacy

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