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...
Beingness. Works on water
I was navigating, specifically from Capraia to the mainland, one Friday in August when the sea was silky and met the sky to give rise to a thrilling sensation of beauty; the water caressed the...
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...
Re-designing the present
I’ll take possession of this somewhat abused phrase, because the times require it. Especially recent times, when the world – the entire globe, not just the metaphorical world of design that is our closer...
The great .Wonder in China
Beauty at 360 degrees, not just aesthetic but also conceptual, the beauty that is not seen but perceived when we are faced with a project that attracts ‘only’ for the harmony it channels.
Wonder, for...
The great .Wonder
Now at its fifth year of existence, the Collectible Book of IFDM dons a new outfit, sealed by a genuine label that indicates its distinctive character – Wonder – becoming the protagonist of this...
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...
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...
Think pink
A parade for the female universe! Sasha Bikoff, Vanessa Brady, Gulla Jónsdóttir, Carola Bestetti, Nargis Kassamali, Michelle Fan… The pages of this issue are full of fascinating faces and even more authoritative voices of...
Europe at the centre of changing design
A year ago, on occasion of the March book, we wrote about Africa’s progress as a continent of emerging culture and about the inexhaustible energy in Asia Pacific (especially China). Today we are (metaphorically)...
