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...
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,...
China is restarting. What about us?
China accelerates and leaps forward, while the rest of the world struggles to run in place. A fact reflected in the +2.3% rise in domestic production last year. China, in fact, is the only...
.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...
To Europe and beyond
First issue of the year for IFDM that meets the main European markets - and not only - for the events starting the trade fair calendar: from Imm Cologne to Maison Objet Paris, including a stop at the Stockholm Furniture Fair, before reaching Design Shanghai
Heading to Dubai
A new edition of Dubai Design Week and Downtown Design is underway, accompanied by the newly-published special edition of IFDM. To discover products, people, installations, and news going on around the renowned exhibition of the Middle East
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...
IFDM speaks Chinese
A debut full of novelties: the language, entirely in Chinese; the content, including exclusive interviews with Brand Managers of Made in Italy companies; the destination, the second edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano Shanghai. IFDM launches the Shanghai on Design issue
