Quest’anno il Salone del Mobile di Milano ha festeggiato i suoi cinquanta anni. Nato nel 1961 su iniziativa dell’associazione di categoria Federlegno Arredo, da allora è stato gestito dal Cosmit (acronimo di Comitato organizzatore del [...]
Objects today, especially those with high tech content, are experienced increasingly by touch and often with a simple brush of the finger. The term ‘touch design’ aptly describes many of today’s interfaces between user and [...]
On the last day of last year, the great Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass passed away. His life, which began in Innsbruck almost a century ago in 1917, and career alike were distinguished by [...]
Today’s interest in the outdoor lifestyle is even sweeping through furniture design. This can clearly be seen in furniture shows, with exhibitions or entire halls dedicated to the theme, and is corroborated by statistics, which [...]
While little known outside specialist circles, nautical design is very interesting from many different standpoints. These include aspects such as technology and research, into not just materials and production processes but also into new design [...]
Over the past few years in particular, Italian design companies have strengthened their international leadership by increasingly employing the services of designers from all over the world. While this is only natural in what has [...]
Vico Magistretti, who passed away on September 19 2006, was one of the undisputed masters of Italian industrial design. Born in Milan in 1920 and an architect since 1945, he was among the promoters of [...]
The first object to greet visitors to this year’s edition of the Furniture Show was the large roof of the new exhibition centre designed by Fuksas at the Rho Pero trade fair district. This is [...]
The New York exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Extreme textiles: Designing for High Performance, open until January, reflects on the extraordinary development of textiles in design. Curated by Matilda McQuaid, who is responsible [...]
This was the last Furniture Show to be held in Milan. From next year it will move to Pero-Rho to the recently inaugurated building designed by Fuksas. Continuing a trend that emerged clearly last year, [...]
