Creative experience in Miami

A crossroads of Latin American and Caribbean cultures, international influences and contemporary artistic visions, Miami is not just an oasis of palm trees, beaches and ocean, but also a reference point for collectibles and...

Maison&Objet, focus on professionals

The Parisian event par excellence for design and décor draws to a conclusion, with some important new breakthroughs. This September, Maison&Objet chalked up remarkable results, judging from the presence of many exhibitors and visitors. The Paris...

Porada Award: a relational victory

Every year, the Porada International Design Award organized by Porada Arredi sets off to find furnishing proposals capable of interpreting the company’s values and identity, as a protagonist of Italian design. Each time, the...
Flores Leves by Serena Confalonieri - Palazzo Carrieri, Fasano, Italy - Photo © Orlando Lacarbonara

Flores Leves – A worksite becomes a temporary installation

“I propose a different concept for the construction sites in progress in the city to make new buildings, new infrastructures. Contractors alter the environmental context with their worksites, creating true wounds on the territory....
Cart by Ditre Italia, design Joe Colombo @ Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milano.

Joe Colombo, back to the future

Utopian, visionary, even with leanings towards sci-fi: the design of Joe Colombo – whose true given name was Cesare – always had its eye on the future, though he never had a chance to...
Milano Design Film Festival – “The opening”, Davide Rapp

Milano Design Film Festival: projects on the silver screen

From 22 to 26 November Milan welcomes MDFF, Milano Design Film Festival: five days of programming for the world of design and its multiple directions. Because, as Cristiana Perrella, curator of MDFF, explains, “the intention...

In Tokyo, design that has made history

An exhibition on view until 25 June, The Original at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo, the location opened in 2007 in the Roppongi district thanks to the collaboration between the fashion designer Issey Miyake...

Flowing into paradox

Buildings on which one appears to climb, houses uprooted and suspended in mid-air, lifts going nowhere, escalators tangled like threads in a ball of yarn, disorienting and surreal sculptures, and videos that subvert normality....
Assemblage #4 by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

In Paris, a design auction not to be missed

Founded in 1996 in the center of Paris, on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, over the years the auction house Piasa has built a unique reputation through the selection of avant-garde art and design. In particular,...