IFDM Design Issue 2024

See entry for “Design”

1. the way something has been made : the way the parts of something (such as a building, machine, book, etc.) are formed and arranged for a particular use, effect, etc. 2. the process of planning how something...

Goldrush

There is no room for shyness when it comes to style, least of all in the home. And this month, the desire to impress has taken over. Perhaps it’s the glittering atmosphere of the...
Alcova 2024 @ Villa Pagatti Valsecchi, Varedo – Photo © Piergiorgio Sorgetti, courtesy Alcova

The big bang?

The first sign came in mid-January, when Alcova, a highly acclaimed collective exhibition event in the Milano Design Week constellation, announced its new location (or two, rather): Villa Borsani and Villa Bagatti Valsecchi. In...

.Wonder Book Spring 2024: the transformative power of design

The transformative power that architecture exerts on places, in exteriors and interiors, is plain to see in any context. There is an ongoing, unstoppable process pursued with the goals of adding value, conversion, restoring...
Preview Salone del Mobile 2024: “Under the Surface” by Accurat, Design Group Italia & Emiliano Ponzi (Salone Internazionale del Bagno)

The password: surprise

A press conference was held last week in Milan to inform listeners about the Salone del Mobile. It was not the first and it will not be the last in this period, taking a world tour...
Eusophia

Eusophia

After the exuberance of the moods of the last few months, the arrival of spring brings a breeze of stable harmony and delicate freshness, without abrupt contrasts. Eusophia (from the Greek eu, good, and...
Shakesphoria

Shakesphoria

The curtain opens and the New Year lights up with sparkling lights, surprising performances and unexpected tricks. The show begins, with a special mood board that we have renamed Shakesphoria – 50% theater (evoked...
Paris Déco Off

Inside/outside

The relationship with the urban panorama is becoming more and more interesting for those who think about, produce and sell design. Also when it comes to trade fairs. During this first month of the...
Red for love, love for red

Love for red, red for love

Red is the protagonist of our proposal for November. But there’s more: we have blended this vibrant, powerful hue (the color with the fullest wavelength) with gold and black, generating a brave amalgam of...
Gabriele Basilico, Autoritratto/Self portrait, 2011 – Photo © Gabriele Basilico/Archivio Gabriele Basilico

Sense and sensibility

In Milan, an exhibition (actually two, at the Palazzo Reale and the Triennale) is paying tribute to Gabriele Basilico. The title is Le mie città (“My Cities”). This ‘my’ is full of feeling: it...