Austrian Postal Savings Bank by Otto Wagner, 1922 - Vienna Design Week 2022 - Photo © Lea Dörr, Vienna Design Week

Vienna, cradle of modernity

Imperial, romantic, elegant, with its inimitable retro charm. Always captivating, always incredible timely: Vienna is one of the most fascinating capitals of the old continent, an absolute pearl that must be visited. Also for...
Design Academy, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Eindhoven, Dutch design capital

In the world of design, Eindhoven is known for its Design Academy (see below) and for being the location of the Dutch Design Week (22-30 October this year). In historical terms, the Dutch city...
Interni - Design Re-Generation - Photo © courtesy of Lissoni & Partners

24 hours in Milan – Tortona/Statale

German Design Council, Opificio 31, via Tortona 31. The vibrant fabrics by Anna Resei are among the winners of the ein&zwanzig competition for sustainable materials organised by the German Design Council. New Times (Made in Slovenia),...

Discover Madrid, where history meets the present

Spaces and paths to embellish the urban context, while also allowing people to move easily, while improving the quality of life of the inhabitants: this is the basic concept of architecture in Madrid, in...
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Eccentric Los Angeles

A cultural melting pot of street art, luxury lifestyle, extreme opulence, eccentric architecture and touches of modern design, for one of the most widely diversified cities in the States. The impressive villas of the...

Shanghai: an evolving design destination

It’s noticeable, in a world largely caught up in the throes of a global pandemic and all the anxiety and uncertainty that goes with it, that architecture and design – in the west at...

Berlin: quite a surprise!

Neoclassical and hipster, historic and novel, monumental and dynamic. When you try to find a label for Berlin, this lively, liquid and protean city seems like a mad river churning through unusual trends and...
St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague - Photo © Mistervlad

24 hours in Prague

Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is one of the most visited European cities on the Old Continent and (in seventh place, after Barcelona and before Vienna – source Euromonitor International, 2019). The...
Artwork Italian Heritage by Kerasan

24 hours in Milan – Brera/Centrale

Artwork Italian Heritage by Kerasan, Piazza and via San Marco 2 (at dOT/design event Outdoor Taste). Ceramic coffee tables Segni delle Carte are the protagonists. Lee Broom, Blindarte, via Palermo 11. A reinterpretation of the design of places...

Rotterdam Lab

Rotterdam is a paradise for cyclists, with many kilometers of bike lanes covering the entire city. But it is also a laboratory for architectural experimentation. Roaming its streets or sailing down the Meuse, observing...