What is the Big Suit and why do we see it everywhere?
It doesn’t matter whether it’s 1984 or 2024, whether it's being worn by David Byrne of the Talking Heads or a Balenciaga model. What makes it so special, then and now, even in fashion?
10 designers hacked the famous USM modular furniture
Design studios have reinterpreted the Haller modular system to create new uses, in a series of examples on show at Aram Gallery in London.
Audi launches a new brand, still called AUDI, for China only
Audi drops the rings for the Chinese relaunch with a new uppercase AUDI logo, announced alongside a new EV concept for the region.
Repairable, transportable, all metal: a speaker built like a piece of furniture
Daniele Alm, the founder of Nocs Design studio, tells Domus about the new Monolith speaker: ‘For me, minimalist means letting design do the talking’. A limited version was just launched with the haute couture brand Heliot Emil.
Where is design going? 5 Compasso d’Oro nominees can show it well
The Adi Design Index was presented in Milan, and 5 shortlisted projects tell about non-formal innovation, between the digital realm and circular processes.
Do you know who Elio Fiorucci was?
Often underestimated by the fashion world, the Italian designer revolutionised it from the bottom up, reading the reality around him with rare lucidity and anticipating styles and trends.
How to design sleep, according to Ikea
A crib and a sofa bed are among the flagship designs aimed at making quality sleep accessible and “democratic”: we saw them in Älmhult, where Ikea was founded and still designs its furniture today.
The bicycle as a design object on show at the Adi Museum in Milan
‘Bicyclette: Un altro Giro tra Francia e Italia’ curated by Matteo Ragni will offer a privileged perspective on the world of cycling, with legendary examples and more recent creations.
An exhibition that is an apartment: Gamper, “I don’t like white cubes”
Martino Gamper tells Domus about his design as a dwelling act through the takeover of an 18th-century house.
Meet Andres Reisinger, who created a sensation with digital-only design
He became famous for selling a collection of impossible furniture for 450,000 euros. What has remained of that momentum and what is he up to now?
The evolution of outdoor furniture
From the 1930s to the 1970s, a journey through the projects of designers for outdoor living: light, colorful and transportable furniture that become toys.
What will future hotels look like? Lionel Jadot has a solution
We met with the eclectic Belgian designer − recently named Designer of the Year at Maison&Objet − who is pioneering a hotel concept centered on bioconstructed materials and on collaboration with emerging designers.
Ceramics is important to understand how many histories have shaped design
Frieze inaugurated a new section, Smoke, dedicated to ceramics as an expression of non-Western cultures. Here is what we saw.