Oak Pass, the floating house by Gerard Heusch

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The house of German architect Gerard Heusch in Beverly Hills rests on 10 steel columns protecting it from landslides German architect Gerhard Heusch, founder of Heusch Inc, based in Los Angeles, with offices in Buenos Aires, Paris, and Ho Chi Minh City, has designed Oak Pass his private residence in Beverly Hills, California. The home […]

WiP Architetti redesigns a part of the former Olivetti complex in Pozzuoli

The former Olivetti complex in Pozzuoli hosts contemporary offices designed by WiP Architetti in harmony with the original project The intervention affected an area of about 3,600 square meters on the ground floor, and about 125 square meters of the mezzanine, in the C building of the former Olivetti complex in Pozzuoli. Built in the […]

A talk about Expo 2020 Dubai in Rome

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Ordine degli Architetti di Roma will host a webinar on EXPO 2020 Dubai On Thursday, March 25th, 2021, from 4 pm to 7 pm, Ordine degli Architetti di Roma e provincia (OAR – the Italian Architects Association) will host the webinar Expo 2020 Dubai: talk with Carlo Ratti, JKMM and OOS, who designed the Italian, […]

Salone del Mobile.Milano asks Italian Government for assurances

The President of Salone del Mobile.Milano, Claudio Luti, asks the Government for guarantees to confirm the September 2021 edition On March 22, President Claudio Luti met with the Mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, and the President of Lombardy, Attilio Fontana. After the meetings, the President stressed the desire to hold the 2021 edition of the […]

Active Surfaces by Iris Ceramica: an extra weapon against viruses

With its technological innovation, Iris Ceramica Group fights Covid-19 The Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences and the Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health of the University of Milano carried out a research to test the antiviral properties against SARS-CoV-2 of the Active Surfaces ceramics. The data highlighted that Active Surfaces are able to […]

Setsu and Shinobu Ito: marble is beauty

Setsu and Shinobu Ito: marble is a hard material with a soft surface Setsu and Shinobu Ito, two Japanese designers who have been living in Italy for a long time, talk about marble and its beauty. Their projects express all the features of marble: beauty, versatility, strength, flexibility. “Marble – they say – is an […]

Oregon Forest Science Complex by Michael Green Architecture

Oregon Forest Science Complex by Michael Green Architecture

Michael Green Architecture designed the Oregon Forest Science Complex, an educational complex with spaces for researching forest ecosystems in the 21st century For the Oregon State University College of Forestry, Michael Green Architecture designed the Oregon Forest Science Complex, a didactic complex including two buildings: the George W. Peavy Science Center (PFSC) and the AA […]

The new Roger sofa by Daytona

Daytona presents Roger, a minimalist artisanal sofa The new Roger sofa by Daytona has a contemporary design, characterized by lean and essential shape and a thin metal frame, resulting from very advanced processing. Its armrests are defined by a subtle and elegant seam, repeated on the seat cushions and backrest. Thanks to the padding, which […]

Delta Light presents the new Lighting Bible

New technologies and new products focused on visual and environmental comfort in the new catalog by Delta Light The Lighting Bible 14, the catalog of Belgian company Delta Light for 2021, features cutting-edge technologies and design solutions for light that improve people’s wellbeing, For the new collection, Delta Light has focused on visual comfort taking […]

DDN Safari Fest 2021 – German edition

The big success of DDN SAFARI FEST 2021 – Germany edition       DDN SAFARI FEST, the digital evolution of DDN Blog Safari, was held from 1 to 7 February 2021. 6 professional bloggers from Germany, with an international soul and thousands of followers, together with DDN BLOG, shared in their Instagram stories their […]

Accessories for indoor green spaces

A new series of accessories creates more space for plants at home, in the office, in public areas USM, the Swiss company universally renowned for the Haller series of shelving units, has expanded its collection with a series of accessories allowing you to have plant pots in every corner of your house, office, or any […]

Connect, the new bioclimatic pergola by Pratic

Connect, the new bioclimatic pergola by Pratic, has mirrored surfaces and cutting-edge technology Pratic, Italian leader in the outdoor sector, presents Connect, the new bioclimatic pergola that revolutionizes open-air architecture. Connect, the mirrored pergola by Pratic Connect has been designed with a highly innovative spirit in a revolutionary historical moment, applying design to the new […]

Le Littoral, a luxury vacation home in Canada

In a Canadian UNESCO World Heritage Reserve, Architecture49 designed Le Littoral, a vacation home surrounded by nature Le Littoral is a luxury vacation home designed by Architecture49 in La Malbaie, a town east of Charlevoix, Quebec, a tourist region of Canada declared by UNESCO a World Biosphere Reserve in 1989. Le Littoral is the ideal […]

Fili Pari: marble is uniqueness

Francesca Pievani and Alice Zantedeschi, designers, use marble to produce the innovative Fili Pari fabrics “We love marble – they explain – because it is a typically Italian material and a symbol of Italy in the world. Moreover, marble has many colors due to its different types and veining. Marble is unique because each color […]

The new Golden Goose headquarters in Milan, with Mara chairs

Golden Goose moves to new headquarters and chooses Simple Chairs by Mara to furnish them The new Golden Goose offices in Milan are located in the Porta Romana district, in the disused area of the railway yard that will house the Olympic Village. The project, carried out by the company’s in-house architects and ML Architettura, […]

Wood City: An Example of a Sustainable City in Helsinki

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On Thursday, March 11, 4:00 pm, Florence Board of Architects dedicates a meeting to “Wood City: An Example of a Sustainable City in Helsinki” Florence Architects Foundation has scheduled an online meeting for Thursday, March 11, 4:00-6:00 pm, dedicated to Wood City, a sustainable architecture project recently inaugurated in Helsinki. Wood City is a new […]

Pordenone Design Week goes online, March 8-12, 2021

Pordenone Design Week will be back with an online only edition, involving the whole territory, March 8-12, 2021 Pordenone Design Week is organized by Consorzio Universitario di Pordenone, ISIA Roma Design – decentralized course in Pordenone and the Cultural Association Pordenone Design, with the external support of Confindustria Alto Adriatico, Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, […]

Design from Valencia at Madrid Design Festival 2021

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Valencia is on show at Madrid Design Festival 2021 with the exhibition “Valencia Pavilion. The future is Design” On the occasion of Madrid Design Festival running until March 14, 2021, MUT Design presents a digital exhibition titled “Valencia Pavilion. The future is Design”. The exhibition, curated by Estudio Savage, promotes the role of Valencian design in contemporary industry […]

The fabric that purifies air and improves sleep

Do you want to sleep in a healthier and cleaner environment? Now you can, thanks to this technological fabric integrated in the headboard A new partnership between theBREATH® and Cassina makes it possible to purify the sleeping environment by means of a fabric. Integrated into the headboard, theBreath® fabric makes the air in the bedroom […]

Recycled sound-absorbing fabric

Kvadrat produces sound-absorbing felt from recycled fabrics deriving from used clothes or production waste Although the attention to the environment is growing, currently only 25% of the 95% of textiles that can be recycled actually are. Very often, unfortunately, we simply dispose of them, without recovering even the parts that could be reused. Really, a […]

#Designoeson: one year after the start of the emergency

A review of 2020 with furniture companies one year after the first emergency One year after the first lockdown we have interviewed the same companies again to understand how 2020 went and what they expect for 2021 and future years. We have also talked about Salone del Mobile.Milano, its absence and the next edition, scheduled […]