Design

Compasso d'Oro 2024, here are all the winners. There's also a museum

The Compasso d'Oro, the most important Italian design award, celebrated its 70th anniversary. Founded by Gio Ponti in 1954, the award has grown to become one of the most prestigious awards in the design world, reflecting and promoting the evolution o...
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At the Salone del Mobile in Milan, there will also be two rooms by David Lynch

There will also be two rooms of the great director David Lynch at the 2024 edition of the Milan Furniture Fair : it is the project Interiors by David Lynch. A Thinking Room. These are two rooms, identical, that stand as symbolic doors to be passed th...
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"Extraordinary": the cloud-inspired installation Elica brings to Design Week

A large design installation inspired by the lightness of clouds will animate the courtyard of Palazzo Litta in Milan during Design Week 2024, from Monday, April 15 to Sunday, April 21, 2024. It is entitled Extraordinary and was conceived by the Japan...
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Made in Italy in 11 showcases in Milan for MuseoCity 2024

Friday, March 1, 2024 kicked off the eighth edition of Milano MuseoCity, a Milanese event promoted by the City of Milan in collaboration with the MuseoCity ETS Association that opens the doors of public and private museums, artists' archives, house m...
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A book and a podcast to tell the story of the Bergamo and Brescia Golden Compasses

Following the success of the exhibition The Heavy Factories at the Palazzo della Ragione in the heart of Bergamo Alta, which recorded nearly 41,000 visitors during its opening period from March 24 to June 4, 2023, the project The Thinking Factories. ...
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Puccini becomes a Pop icon: a design collection from 12 small sculptures

In this 2024, on the occasion of the Puccini celebrations for the centenary of the death of Maestro Giacomo Puccini (Lucca, 1858 - Brussels, 1924), PucciniPop, a design collection dedicated to the maestro and his innovative works, was born. The proje...
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The historic Milan 1928 streetcar enters the collections of the National Museum of Science and Technology

One of Milan's symbols, the Tram "Milano 1928," becomes an exhibit in a museum: the famous means of transportation that has carried generations of Milanese and casual visitors around the city, circling the streets of Milan for nearly a century, in f...
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An apartment for sale in Milan, all decorated by Maurizio Cattelan

Between Arco della Pace, Parco Sempione and Paolo Sarpi in Milan, in a strategic location in Milan's vibrant urban context, an all-Cattelan apartment goes on sale. It is TOILETPAPER Living, with walls all decorated with Toiletpaper's signature wallpa...
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Listening to design: at the ADI Design Museum in Milan, a series of themed evenings

Twentieth-century music and design: different languages but with an underground bond that stems from common creative principles. This is the idea that inspires the appointments at the ADI Design Museum that continue through February 2024, to discover...
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Iconoclastic, the designer ceramic that reworks cult objects and mythological figures

It is called Iconoclastic and it is a project that reworks a classic of Italian artisan culture such as porcelain and reinvents it according to forms and icons belonging to the contemporary world. Authors of the project are the two creative founders ...
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This is what the classrooms of the future will look like, according to MR Digital and Stefano Boeri

What will the school of the future look like? According to MR Digital and Stefano Boeri Interiors it will have Learning Environments 4.0 that will revolutionize classrooms as we have known them so far. And to give the public a glimpse of how our chil...
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Stefano Boeri's giant swing arrives at the Statale di Milano for Design Week

On the occasion of Milan Design Week 2023, Stefano Boeri Interiors presented this morning SWING, a special swing that is the protagonist of The Amazing Playground, a large interactive and experiential space that Amazon brings to the INTERNI Design Re...
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In Milan's Darsena, the floating platform by Michele De Lucchi and AMDL

A barefoot promenade on Milan's Darsena . This is The Sea Deck installation, designed by AMDL CIRCLE and Michele De Lucchi for Azimut Yachts on the occasion of Milan Design Week 2023. Visible until Sunday, April 23, the work tells the story of the de...
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Milan Design Week 2023, what to see: 15 installations not to be missed

April 17, 2023, Design Week 2023 starts in Milan, and as every year, on the occasion of the Salone del Mobile, the city is filled with entrepreneurs, designers, artists, collectors, and enthusiasts from all over the world. Design Week is one of the m...
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Milan, the essence of Danish design in the exhibition This is Denmark

Thoughtful simplicity, care for people and nature, commitment to sustainability, respect for heritage, craftsmanship, and an international outlook are at the heart of This is Denmark. A design playlist, the exhibition curated by Elena Cattaneo and La...
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Longchamp and Fatboy collaborate to make a whimsical inflatable pouf: Glamping O

A historic fashion house and a well-known design brand are working together to create a "comfortable" item for spring-summer 2023. Indeed, Longchamp and Fatboy have unveiled the inflatable pouf Glamping O, inspired by the season's theme of "glamping...
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