Michelangelo’s Pietà shines again in Saint Peter’s Basilica
The Pietà is lit with iGuzzini’s new Sipario floodlight, a luminaire specifically designed to meet the lighting requirements of artworks, museum spaces, and cultural venues
Visionary projects for an energy-sustainable future at the Vitra Design Museum
At the Vitra Design Museum, the exhibition ‘Transform! Designing the Future of Energy’ focuses on how design can shape a society based on renewable energy
2023 Loewe Craft Prize finalists announced
The Loewe Foundation announced that the 30 finalist works will be exhibited at the Noguchi Museum in New York, starting May 17
Before Tesla – A brief history of the electric car
A brief history of the electric car; images and description of seven European and American seminal electric automobiles manufactured from 1881 to 1996
Swedish office Front creates a furniture collection designed by nature
Swedish design office Front – founded by Sofia Lagerkvist and Anna Lindgren – has designed a new, intriguing collection of seating furniture inspired by nature
When did they get into our homes? A brief history of houseplants
How and when did plants enter our homes? From the 17th century to the present day, a brief history of our relationship with houseplants
Innovative bike helmet is made of bone-inspired 3D printed latticework
Chinese designers have recently developed a bike helmet, called Voronoi, which combines parametric modeling, bionics, and 3D printing
Rethinking the world. Radical design in an age of crisis
10 projects from ‘Design In An Age Of Crisis’, an initiative by the London Design Biennale aimed to foster post-pandemic innovative design through radical thinking
Snøhetta designs new banknotes for Norway’s Central Bank
in 2014, the Central Bank of Norway appointed Snøhetta and Metric Design/Terje Tønnessen to develop the design of its new paper currency
Shoah Memorial Milan – Morpurgo de Curtis
Located in the city’s Central Station, the Shoah Memorial of Milan is dedicated to the people deported to the Nazi death camps during the Holocaust
The history of the ISO/BMW Isetta, the world’s first microcar
Manufactured initially by ISO Rivolta in Italy in 1953 and then by BMW in Germany, the Isetta was a revolutionary egg-shaped little automobile and the world’s first microcar
‘Broken Nature’. Can design save the world?
Curated by Paola Antonelli, ‘Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival’, the 22nd International exhibition of the Milan Triennale, focuses on restorative design
‘Biotope’ by SHJWORKS. An experimental natural microcosm in Copenhagen
SHJWORKS has recently presented Biotope, an organic-shape urban greenhouse containing a natural microcosm populated by plants and insects.
Design: Recycling vs Upcycling. What’s the difference?
The distinction between recycling and upcycling really makes sense, and invites us to investigate the very sense of terms such as “sustainability”.
Italian Icons at the 11th Milan Triennale Design Museum
Until January 2019, the Triennale di Milano features the eleventh edition of its Design Museum entitled ‘Stories. Italian Design’
MAD creates island-like installation for Audi at Milan Design Week 2018
At Milan Design Week 2018, MAD created a fascinating temporary installation for Audi consisting of five artificial islands amid a large water mirror
3D printing and digital manufacturing, is this the future of design?
3D printing and digital manufacturing. Available technologies, present situation, future scenarios, and impact on product design and Industry 4.0
Is fashion sustainable? ‘Fashioned from Nature’ at the V&A Museum
The exhibition ‘Fashioned from Nature’ at the Victoria & Albert Museum investigates how to make fashion creative and sustainable at the same time
Museo degli Innocenti, Florence
The Museo degli Innocenti in Florence is a museum of art and history located in the famous “Ospedale degli Innocenti” Renaissance building by Brunelleschi
The Magic World of Joseph Walsh
Despite his relatively young age, Joseph Walsh is one of the most influential figures of contemporary design and a recognized master of wooden furniture art
Limiteazero designs 5 multimedia carousels for FICO Eataly World in Bologna
Limiteazero and Clonwerk have designed an array of multisensory exhibition spaces for FICO Eataly World, a new agricultural and food park in Bologna, Italy
Between real and virtual: Roca Gallery Beijing by MAD Architects
Physical and virtual merge into the design by MAD Architects for the new Roca Gallery flagship store at Dongzhimen, Beijing.
Catalan Design at Palazzo Isimbardi | Milan Design Week 2017
The exhibition ‘Inspired in Barcelona: In & Out showcases the latest Catalan design at the Milan Design Week 2017
Maarten Baas presents the 101 Chair | Milan design Week 2017
Maarteen Baas presents in Milan the 101 Chair and the Maarten Baas Table produced by Lensvelt
Lee Broom’s ‘Time Machine’ at Ventura Centrale in Milan
On a white carousel in Milan’s central station, Lee Broom presents his most iconic designs to celebrate the tenth anniversary of his brand
Design focuses on nomadic living | Milan Design Week 2017
For the Milan Design Week, Base Milano in Zona Tortona hosts “Design Nomade”, an exhibition focused on contemporary nomadic living