Objects of Common Interest between New York and Athens
In the industrial area of Piraeus, Athens, is their production workshop: an 800-square-metre factory producing design objects made of resin. They are Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis, together Objects of Common Interest. The duo,...
Makers 2, an investigation into matter
In 2022, an exhibition space was inaugurated in Milan in a place in the city that was inaccessible for a long time: one of the old tollhouses, which were placed at the sides of...
Massimo Minini & Formafantasma: the form of memory
Archivio Massimo (Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, until 26/07) is an exhibition that operates on multiple levels. In formal terms, it shows us a series of objects – a table, a bookcase, filing cabinets –...
What we will see at Design Miami/ Basel
Design Miami/ Basel, fair dedicated to collectible design, together with Art Basel, the world’s leading art fair, form a small microcosm that takes over the quiet Swiss city of Basel for an entire week....
Contemporary thrones
Seated in an armchair at home, everyone can have the sensation of casting their gaze across the whole living area, in a special, separated, even lofty position. The armchair as a functional island, or...
The poetics of reuse: Madeline Isakson
Madeline Isakson, seen in the context of Launch Pad (a section of WantedDesign Manhattan) at the Javits Center in New York, is a young artist and designer whose work involves careful investigation of consumer...
The pop animism of Polina Miliou
Polina Miliou (b. 1990) is a young Greek artist based between Athens and Los Angeles, whose practice involves upcycling found furniture into unique sculptural objects imbued with playfulness, curiosity, and a definitive feminine aura....
Théorème Éditions in Paris: a new design gallery
The poetry of movement of a jellyfish is summed up in a plaster structure combined with an LED system in the Jellyfish lamp designed by Emmanuelle Sion; sinuous forms and softness meet the pure...
ÆTHER/MASS: fine craftsmanship meets contemporary tastes
Suspended between sculpture, art and design, the creations of ÆTHER/MASS are inspired by the most iconic archetypes of furniture, translated into contemporary objects of enigmatic charm. Launched by the Belgian designer Davy Grosemans, the...
Makers 1: design comes to grip with matter
In Milan there is an unusual, fascinating exhibition space created in the 19th-century structure of Porta Nuova, one of the six gateways to the city along the circle of the Spanish Walls, which have...
