Masterpieces of Italian Design. Design in Italy has always reflected the national identity of the Italians themselves: sexy, stylish, and innovative, and with more than a touch of audacity. No other country takes design so seriously, nor treats its leading practitioners with such reverence.Read More →
Young Italian architects and designers started creating a new style that openly questioned Modernism in the mid-1960s in response to current social and political upheaval. This movement, known as “Radical design,” looked into ways to visually change the urban environment. The proponents of radical design also applied it to furniture and lighting, using unconventional materials and a novel formal vocabulary.Read More →
Superstudio, which was established in Florence in 1966, questioned the modernist orthodoxy that architecture and technological advancements could change the world by producing alternative future visions in photomontages, drawings, collages, and films. Read More →
Superstudio, an avant-garde architectural collective, challenged traditional design through utopian concepts, influencing modern architecture and promoting critical discussions on consumerism and urbanism.Read More →
Incorporating the Italian design industry and culture in a single-minded and spontaneous national image building project, Italian designers have produced a wide range of forms-fashion, graphic arts and product and set design-with a unique international resonance.Read More →
For 2021, Swiss Tissot is re-releasing an interesting neo-Bauhaus watch it originally debuted in the late 1980s as conceived by the creator of one of the most interesting design schools of modern times: Ettore Sottsass.Read More →
Black glass dish, hand-blown in opaque black, half of the rim folded inwards, indicating a large indentation of the thumb. It is known at the ‘Thumbprint’ dish.Read More →
The article highlights premier global design stores such as Alessi, Cassina, Driade, Flos, Vitra, and Kartell, showcasing their unique philosophies, innovative products, and enduring aesthetics.Read More →
The evolution of design from organic shapes to geometric forms reflects technological changes and human perceptions, as seen in Mario Bellini’s impactful designs that embody this progression.Read More →
A suspected lost masterpiece by Caravaggio, “Judith and Holofernes,” found under an old mattress, was sold privately before auction amid debates on its authenticity and potential origin from Caravaggio’s notable collaborator, Louis Finson.Read More →