Why Munari’s children’s books revolutionized design
In the 1970s, the designer led the Tantibambini series for Italy’s most influential publisher, Einaudi – approaching it as he would any other design project.
Why the buildings of Milan are a symbol of Europe, according to Pierluigi Nicolin (1941-2025)
Parallels between the Torre Velasca and Le Havre, between Aalto's Viipuri Library and Ignazio Gardella's Pavilion of Contemporary Art. On the occasion of Pierluigi Nicolin's death, we remember him through one of his many contributions to Domus.
Hans Hollein exhibition at Centre Pompidou goes beyond postmodernism
The work of the Austrian designer, winner of the Pritzker Prize in 1985, is a visionary experience in which "everything is architecture": to celebrate this, an exhibition is being held in the Paris museum, which will soon be closed for renovation.
The Italian architect who is transforming Bangkok into a contemporary art capital
Stefano R. Pansera, director of Bangkok’s Kunsthalle and Khao Yai Art Forest, shares the story behind the creation of Thailand’s two newest artistic landmarks, which have gained worldwide attention.
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The urban villa, between building speculation and common housing
Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara, founders of the Dogma architectural studio, talk to Domus about the genesis and contradictions of a typology that has written the history of the home.
Accademia Tadini on Lake Iseo reborn with Isotec
Brianza Plastica's Isotec thermal insulation system played a key role in the restoration of Palazzo Tadini, a masterpiece of Lombard neoclassical architecture and a landmark of the art world.
Design Week 2025: 10 new places in Milan that weren't open last year
New openings, urban redevelopment projects and iconic places coming back to life: discover ten destinations to mark in your agenda for Design Week 2025, embracing creativity, innovation and new trends in Milanese living.
IKEA pays tribute to Severance's aesthetics in a dystopian-flavored campaign
Following Severance 2’s media success, Ikea India launches its Mittzon office furniture line with a new advertising campaign: a tribute to the corporate world of Lumon Industries.
The new Icon Collection by Berkel
A slicer, a blender and a mini pump for vacuum-packed food make up a new collection that celebrates the unique colour of a brand founded in 1898.
The winning photos of the 2025 World Press Photo contest
The winner of the Photo of the Year will be announced in Amsterdam on 17 April 2025. These are the best pictures we have selected from the annual World Press Photo Contest.
Looking for the new Japanese architecture? Check Switzerland!
There is a new generation of designers and urban planners in Japan that emerged after Fukushima and the earthquake of 2011: they are currently attending the Theatre of Architecture in Mendrisio.
The lounge moves outdoors
Pedrali presents a collection of padded outdoor furniture designed to transform exterior space into elegant and functional extensions of the home.
Scampia without Vele: Naples’ biggest urban regeneration project gets underway
Piloda Building and Settanta7 are behind the transformation project for Scampia, which includes new housing and public spaces, as well as the redevelopment of the “Celeste” Vela, in memory of the historic and troubled complex.
Jasper Morrison: “Design is the change an object brings to a space”
Face to face with the great British designer of the Super Normal on show at the Fondazione Ica Milano, a few weeks before Design Week.
The new thermal baths in Milan: how the former De Montel stables have become the largest urban thermal park
On April 1, the De Montel Thermal Baths will open to the public after three years of works involving the architectural restoration of the 1920s complex designed by Paolo Vietti Violi.
Studio Gang designs a centre for women's empowerment in Wisconsin
An organic architecture of sinuous lines intertwines with the forest landscape of northern United States, to create a space of encounter and support for women committed to transforming contemporary world.
Domus presents Bjarke Ingels to the Politecnico di Milano
During Milan Design Week, the guest editor of Domus will talk about materials as the basis of design, focusing on a materialism that goes beyond passive consumption.
Fuorisalone: the 2025 edition of Prada Frames will be on Gio Ponti’s train
Blending design, technology, and global dynamics, the new symposium curated by the Formafantasma studio will take place at the Padiglione Reale of Milan’s Central Station and aboard the Arlecchino train, in parallel with the 2025 Salone del Mobile.
Four Charlotte Perriand’s designs revive at the Milano Design Week with the help of Saint Laurent
Creative director Anthony Vaccarello has selected four pieces by the great master of modern design, created between in Brazil, Paris and Vietnam, to be produced in limited series.
Bathed in light
Drawing from its more than 30 years of experience, SICIS introduces backlit pools in Vetrite, a patented solution that combines design, technology and function.
Domus’s guide to miart and Milano Art Week 2025
A deep dive into this year’s fair, insights from director Ricciardi, and the must-see events in Milan as the city transforms into a contemporary art international hub.
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Brutalist architecture at risk: 10 projects that could disappear
From Italy to the United States, from Tunisia to Japan, we tell the story of brutalist works in a state of decay and abandonment that languish awaiting a new life (or demolition).
In Athens, an apartment defined by a large central space
Oblique has transformed an old office into an apartment where movable partitions and interwoven perspectives extend the physical boundaries of the space, stimulating hybrid and creative uses.
What makes a place “real” in an increasingly digital world?
A place is a fluid entity, between the physical and the virtual, memory and perception. “A Place Has a Place Has a Place” challenges its stability through immersive works that explore shifting landscapes and multispecies interactions.
A modular project in Yucatan redefines the typology of the “local market”
A local market signed by Aidia Studio opens in Mexico, detailed by its modular structural grid and canopies inspired by the shape of inverted umbrellas.
New exhibition by Vezzoli celebrates the encounter between Karl Lagerfeld and Memphis’s design
“Francesco Vezzoli presents: KARL GOES TO MEMPHIS. Tribute to a Historic Encounter in Monte Carlo” is a tribute to the expressive freedom that defined 1980s design, told through two icons of contemporary creativity.
Using augmented reality, Fiorucci “reopens” its historic San Babila store for few days
Accessible until March 27, the virtual space aims to offer an immersive experience that bridges Fiorucci’s past and future.
Do not miss this one: the Pinault Collection is on show at Tadao Ando's Bourse de Commerce
From the evocative portraits of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye to the powerful visual manifesto of Arthur Jafa, “Corps et Âmes” presents a journey through iconic works from the Pinault Collection, capturing the essence of the human experience.
The dystopia of Pokémon Go: from Saudi Arabia to autonomous weapons
Between data used to train geospatial control systems and the recent ownership change, the game that lets you catch Pokémon in the streets reflects a nightmarish reality.
FADE Family is the new approach to outdoor living
The latest addition to the PLUST Collection is a line of furniture inspired by the texture of white stone, which illuminates as evening falls.
Inside the tunnels under Milan's Central Station there is now an art installation by Tosatti
With ‘Paradiso’, the artist of the Italy Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2022 transforms the former Magazzini Raccordati into a place of contemplation and reflection on the fragility of our times.
The “Travel Sculpture” designed by Zaven for Valextra
The new suitcase by the Milanese brand incorporates an idea by Bruno Munari. “An object open to all interpretations and sensitivities, inviting interaction,” the designers explain to Domus.
Drones can now take off directly from moving cars
DJI and BYD, both Chinese companies, launched a car-mounted launchpad from which drones can take off and land while the vehicle moves.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s unfinished project has just been built in the USA
A contemporary Usonian house “in the manner of” Frank Lloyd Wright springs up in the woods of Ohio but without the endorsement of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
Paolo Portoghesi's home studio on sale for 490,000 euros
In Calcata, in the Lazio region, 200 square metres designed by the internationally renowned architect are on sale by Christie's International Real Estate for a derisory sum.
The ideal city
From Renaissance visions to futuristic dystopias: artists and philosophers have shaped the concept of ‘ideal city’ for centuries, leading up to today’s challenges of sustainability and inclusion.