Natuzzi is the story of the Italian sofa that reached Wall Street.
Home of national parks, with a coastline longer than any mainland Italian region, and one of the richest archaeological collections of the country, Apulia is a […]
Design icons
Design icons are those who have made the history of this industry or represent a benchmark at present. This section is dedicated to the protagonists of the world of design: designers, companies, studios, who set new, higher standards with their activities.
Sculptor of monuments, Oscar Niemeyer drew sensual curves on modernist architecture.
No architect ever matched Niemeyer free-flowing design, seeming to float above the ground. No artificial, straight lines or right angles, but sensual curves inspired by the Brazilian […]
Charlotte Perriand, a happy-go-lucky woman, in a man’s world
Among the many things that can be said about Charlotte Perriand, designer of some memorable pieces of furniture, inventive both with traditional and new materials, passionate […]
People first: Perkins&Will designs for the greater good
A century ago, Larry Perkins and Philip Will Jr met as roommates at Cornell University, shared a tiny office in Chicago afterward, and designed their first […]
Boffi, the art of living in the kitchen: a ritual between design and craftsmanship
There is no need to design new rituals when the existing ones are restored with dignity and passion. The bathroom and the kitchen are both extremely […]
Kengo Kuma is the influential, disruptive theorist of the anti-object architecture
Kengo Kuma’s architecture is open to many interpretations, but contextuality is the common denominator of all his work, especially the latest: well aware of his nation’s […]
Renzo Piano is the made in Italy architect legend par excellence
The most distinguishing trait behind Renzo Piano’s constructions is not having a distinguishing trait. Better said, Piano’s signature on its projects is to be found not […]
A severe critic of the modern design industry and devoted communist, Enzo Mari was, most of all, a maverick designer
The first Compasso D’Oro Award ever assigned not to a product but to a set of theories was for Enzo Mari in 1967: a tribute to […]
Gae Aulenti, the Italian lady of architecture and design
While the debate over the gender pay gap in architecture – and not only – is growing louder nowadays, try to imagine how strenuous should have […]
Kartell, bringing innovation home since 1949
A young chemical engineer had a dream: to turn a popular, disregarded material, used at the time for everything that wasn’t considered ‘noble’, into the quintessence […]
Workspace History – The Johnson Wax Headquarters by Frank Lloyd Wright
For his social impact and for his unmatched body of work, realized along seven decades of practice, Frank Lloyd Wright represents a momentous formative chapter of […]
Snøhetta, landscape, and architecture working together
There’s a mountain in Norway named Snøhetta. It’s neither the highest of the country nor the most important. But, according to Craig Dykers, founding partner of the […]