Wonder Book Yacht&Cruise 2023. True to the Water

In 2022–2023, Italian shipyards proved themselves worldwide leaders in the superyacht segment, as shown by the data from ‘The State of the Art of the Global Yachting Market,' recently conducted by Deloitte for Confindustria...
Paolo Bleve, Publisher IFDM

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...

.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...

A world of relationships, between control and rating

Technology and selectivity, two terms that appeared in the editorial of the Collectable Book in March, now return with a vengeance in this fall edition. As always, thanks to the legion of color experts...
Venini @ Italia61, design Carlo Scarpa

A matter of spirit

March is a very important month in the décor and contract sectors. In Cannes (this year from 14 to 17 March) MIPIM is the fair-event that brings together the most influential players from all...

April and the new dimension in Milan

In other times we would now all be walking amidst a crowd on Corso Italia, or from one pavilion to another at the Fair in Rho; or we’d be eagerly awaiting the imminent start...

Real, virtual

September is the month of the year with the highest density of project-related events. Worldwide. Between fairs and design weeks – in Helsinki, Paris, Sydney, Singapore, Vienna; in Detroit even the whole month –...

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...
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...

Exchange? Exchange!

The world changes and China changes too. A new cultural wave says that quantity has to give way to quality. The economic slowdown (though in any case the performance is enviable) makes the demand...