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Paf Paf by Marialaura Irvine for Mattiazzi is a chair that teaches us to respect things
When you manage to add the need for a natural gesture in an object, you add quality in the relationship with the users; and, ultimately, you promote care and durability
What Karim Rashid, Francisco Gomez Paz and Studio Mama search in junior designers
Creative thinking, drawing, 3D modeling, problem solving. Plus a real interest in the studio’s approach: three successful designers explain what they search in candidates
Why designers need a curated Instagram feed (and how to get there)
Instagram is a fundamental tool to tell your story directly and immediately, and it must be treated strategically. Curator Federica Sala, who often uses Instagram to discover new talents, shares her tips
Maddalena Selvini: when materials become the essence of things
Maddalena Selvini shares her approach of designing home objects starting from the natural qualities of matter: a creative, free approach based on experimentation
AI vs the human designer: an empirical test
A Domus Academy master student asked ChatGPT and Midjourney to progressively re-work a human project and had the results valued by peers. And this is what he found out…
What to do when someone (big) is “strongly inspired” by your design?
Two products designed by Luca Nichetto “strongly inspired” two almost identical objects by Fendi Casa and Vuitton. Here is how and why the Italian designer decided to react to the situation (without mentioning the word copy)
The OTO Chair: how to move from an idea to a circular brand
To turn a prototype into a product and a product into a brand you need a strong story but also great clarity in conveying its value. Alessandro Stabile and Martinelli Venezia did it with their OTO Chair
How to open a small product design studio and make it work
The initial budget and the skills you need, the fees to ask and how to handle customers: Maddalena Casadei, who successfully runs her product design studio since 2017, shares her tips
Listening, talking little, understanding: how to bring home the perfect brief
Getting the perfect brief entails getting rid of your bias and setting yourself in a listening mode to build an intellectual but also emotional bridge with your client: here is how to do it, in 9 steps
Designing around bulky patents (without breaking the law)
Getting to know the patents filed on a product category you are designing is a must: it helps find creative ways around the laws that protect necessary elements such as the outer supporting surface of a trail running shoe
