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...
November: MetaBohème
The ‘MetaBohème’ has nothing to do with the gelida manina di Mimì, Puccini’s famous character (though icy cold hands might be what we have in store in the near future). And forget that absinthe,...
A moving world
It’s there for all to see: the world is traveling again. While in 2021 international tourism revenues grew by 6% to reach 509 billion euros (about 40% of pre-pandemic levels, according to Banca d’Italia’s...
.Wonder Book FW 2022, time and architecture
The clear theme and widespread practice that emerges from this Fall edition of Wonder Book is the will (beyond the mere need) to recover architectural structures on different scales, in complementary indoor and outdoor...
Wonder Book Yacht&Cruise 2022. Cross-over at heart
Significantly, in this Wonder Book Yacht&Cruise 2022, three of the usual twelve Wonders are bridges. Whether covered, open or hybrid, they are all paths of connection, the cross-over point between one shore and the...
The story of an idea
At the start of 2007 I was 21 years old, and like many people my age my head was filled with dreams. One of them was to become a publisher. I had only superficial...
The Happening
It’s finally here. Namely the return of that moment of the year in which we set off to explore a city, Milan, as it explodes in sort of major happening made of people and...
Art and geometry
Unlike in previous .Wonder editorials, we will not mention names or architects, but we will simply invite you to take the time to discover the beauty revealed on every page, a beauty achieved through...
The vital urge
These first days of March have been awfully cold in Europe. Seeing scenes of war nearby has been frightening, disrupting our idea of the modern world. Talking about design might seem out of place....
