.Wonder Book Spring Summer 2023. The Craft of Complexity
According to the sociologist Edgar Morin, “There is complexity only when the different components that make a whole are inseparable (such as the economic, political, sociological, psychological, affective, mythological) and when there is a...
February: (re)starting point
In the archaic Japanese calendar the month of February had two names: Mumetsuki, literally “the month of plum blossoms”, and Konometsuki (“the month in which the trees take on new life”). Nature reawakens, and we realize...
Wildfulness
To get back in touch with nature, which made us feel so good during summer holidays, we don’t necessarily have to go to live in a cabin like the philosopher-poet Henry David Thoreau, author...
The future of work? It’s hybrid
One year after the lockdown that radically altered our routines and behaviors, as well as the traditional perceptions regarding relationships, work, safety and security, we have decided to address a closely connected theme: that...
The West responds
Over the last 5 years of existence, the 4 annual editions of the Wonder Book (the China Regional began in 2018) have accurately described the various spirits represented by East and West (from our...
The future of creativity
A few days ago, while talking with the French designer Patrick Norguet, the conversation took an unexpected turn: “Designers might be headed for extinction. New technologies are arising, based on artificial intelligence. Few people...
Yin & Yang
For professionals in the world of décor and design, January is traditionally a moment of many trade fair appointments. With a special focus on decorating: complements, objects, fabrics, wallpapers. But it is also the...
Metropicalitan
Rather wild, but right next to the city. With a bit of healthy naiveté. This is the aesthetic tribe we’ve chosen for our March moodboard: the Metropicalitans, a human category with the desire to...
Russian evolution
10 years have quickly passed since our magazine’s debut in Moscow, when what was then Il Foglio Del Mobile launched its first Cyrillic edition in October 2008 on the prestigious stage of iSaloni Worldwide...
