As we make our way toward the end of the year, you might have already gathered most of your gift but tradition dictates that you elegantly wrap them. What history does this decorative cover conceal?
Between sacred and profane, 20 toilets that made the history of the most private of our furnishings.
Organization assistants for the home and the office, waste baskets and bins appeared hand in hand with industrial production and an idea of consumption that was expanding on a global scale. Digitalisation has questioned their function, but not enough to make them disappear.
They are capable, like hardly any other product, of establishing a dialouge between fashion, design, pop culture and politics. We have traced their history in 20 cult models, from the classics to the new status quo of footwear design.
The advent of the summer is an invitation to idleness of which loungers and deck chairs are unmissable staples. A series on the most iconic seats that paved the way to the evolution of outdoor furniture.
An object of memory now relegated to the niche of collectors, the typewriter opened up a new way of handling knowledge, accelerating economic growth and the evolution of social relations. Here are the most emblematic models that have marked its evolution in time.
From the experiments at the beginning of the last century to the many latest models, the dream of a city-sized car alternates between icons and failures.
Bicycles have a lot more history than people think, even if they took on the form we know from the twentieth century, of which they are one of the most iconic vehicles. And in the future we can see further changes, with the beginning of their electric era.
Even though wallpaper isn't always in fashion, this type of interior decoration is deeply rooted in the tradition of craftsmanship and industrial design. This maximalist way of decorating the home is constantly being renewed through endless experiments with codes and styles.
