Against Cultural Flattening: Inside Sancal’s Spatial Manifesto at Salone del Mobile.Sancal's Experimentarium at Salone del Mobile was a thesis argued in three dimensions. Conceived as "an antidote to cultural flattening," the stand challenged algorithmic homogenisation through bold spatial storytelling: orange portico to...
How Formafantasma Liberated Modernism from Tradition With a Theatrical Masterpiece for Cassina.Through this triumphant intervention, Formafantasma offered us a fresh lens through which to see modernism, not as some fixed ideology but as an evolving conversation with the present. In a week largely defined by pretty but forgettable...
The Emotional Objects: Hermès Unveils 2025 Home Collection in Milan.One of the most striking aspects of this collection is how Hermès approaches object creation with such philosophical depth. As their manifesto states, "To design an object, to make it, a box is needed." This poetic concept frames each...
A Subterranean Feast for the Senses: Good Luck Restaurant Lounge in Sydney’s CBD.Tucked away in the basement of Sydney's historic Burns Philp & Co Building, Good Luck Restaurant Lounge is serving up a delicious slice of nostalgia with a contemporary touch. The sprawling 200-seat venue is a love letter to 1970s...
Best of Art & Installations | 2023 Archive.The most unique of our archive editions, we dive into the vibrant world of art and installations. This diverse roundup spans multiple sub-categories—installations, digital art, textiles, set design, sculptures, painting, exhibitions,...
India Mahdavi Lends Her Creative Vision to Pierre Bonnard’s Exhibition at the NGV.India Mahdavi dives into Pierre Bonnard’s paintings, extracting some of his patterns and colours to recreate backdrops, offering an immersive experience of a home to the visitors at NGV’s latest exhibition in partnership with the...
Augusto Betti at Fondazione Sozzani: A Celebration of One of the Most Under-the-Radar Creative Minds of the 20th Century.At this year’s Miart—the international modern and contemporary art fair in Milan—and Milan Design Week 2023, Paradisoterrestre celebrated the life of artist and designer Augusto Betti with a retrospective curated by Gherardo Tonelli,...
The King’s Rembrandt Exhibition at Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow by NArchitekTURA.Designed by Narchitektura for the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, this unique backdrop is a work of architecture built around a single painting—Rembrandt's masterpiece 'The Polish Rider'. Every element of the set is designed in an attempt...
Pierre Yovanovitch’s Opera Set for Theater Basel.Pierre Yovanovitch’s unique design language is clearly embedded within Theater Basel’s opera set for Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto. Realising a lifelong dream, the French designer focused on the universal themes of vengeance, naivety...
