Design and the City
This year, after a break and uncertainties due to the pandemic, the Salone del Mobile.Milano was back in April. The calendar is back in phase. The numbers were very positive, with 307,418 visitors registered...
Once again on land and sea, the promise of beauty
This second issue of .Wonder Book Yacht & Cruise keeps its promises. In the words of my friend, the architect Massimo Iosa Ghini, “Beauty is a necessity You have to be
harmonious, take advantage...
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...
Creative Instinct
Citterio Viel, De Lucchi, Dytham, Foster&Partners, Heatherwick, Jouin Manku, Levete, Norguet, Schrager, Urquiola, Yabu Pushelberg feature in this edition's onze de gala, without prejudice to many others inside the Contract Book, 11 stars of design which...
December: FluidDandy
To be FluidDandy – our December mood – you have to make a vow of a “certain exquisite originality,” as Lord Byron said. The starting point is a delicate romanticism, tactfully eccentric (at least...
Projects unmasked
In the annus horribilis of Covid-19, the world of design has not stood still. Designers and developers have spent their respective lockdowns by continuing to draw, refine and construct, in spite of the inevitable...
The X Factor
In the world of design, as in any form of culture, the circulation of ideas is a fundamental element. And it follows its own calendar, ritualised by custom (having fixed points is useful) but...
.Wonder Book, a world in colour
The Fall Winter season of the .Wonder Book marks the return in great style of Western design know-how, represented by a style that isolated Europe and the US in a big bubble for many...
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...
Be a Wonder… in China
IFDM, a dynamic and continually evolving magazine, marks a new benchmark for the hospitality world with this book. From IFDM’s distinctive identity stemmed in 2016 an editorial project that amplifies the commitment to encourage...
