Debora Vitulano
On Paris’s Cité Bergère, Les Suites Cinabre Champions Craft over Flash
By turning a private passage into a living archive of upcycled design, Les Suites Cinabre rewrites Parisian decadence into a narrative of longevity, traceability, and shared memory. Interview with founder...
Terme di Saturnia: a natural legacy between wellness and sustainability in Tuscany
Within a landscape shaped by nature and Tuscan historical practices, Saturnia’s sulfur spring offers health benefits while supporting local economies and sustainable tourism
Nicolas Schuybroek: Arte Povera as an antidote to the society of appearance
Arte Povera and Gesamtkunstwerk, American Minimal Art and Radical architecture – Nicolas Schuybroek's work for Aesop is an installation of soap bars supported by a removable and reusable MDF structure
The Dikan Center: Africa’s biggest photography library in Accra, Ghana
As Africa has always been narrated by outsiders, Ghanaian photographer Paul Ninson brings the continent’s visual history back home to start an inside narrative
Luigi Rovati Foundation Museum, Milan: a path from Etruscan to contemporary art
The Luigi Rovati Foundation Museum restored the interiors of the building, made by Filippo Perego in the Sixties according to the taste of the Milanese bourgeoisie: colors explosions, golden doors,...
Dar Darma Riad: Maria, maîtresse of Dar Darma, guides through the places of Marrakesh
All the walls are painted with tadelakt, an ancient construction technique consisting in a water-proof limestone-based concoction, Maîtresse Maria explains
Tinture vegetali, tessuti ruvidi e wabi-sabi – The House of Lyria
Riccardo Bruni di The House of Lyria, a Prato, racconta il viaggio nomade del tessuto tra artigianato e riuso nell’interior design
W Rome and Giano: Architectural Layers and Mediterranean Culture
Michelin-starred chef Ciccio Sultano spearheads a culinary fusion that bridges Sicilian traditions with the rich heritage of Roman cuisine at Giano, within W Hotel Rome
Canapa e bioedilizia: la storia della prima casa in canapa d’Italia
Canapa, legno, argilla cruda, paglia, lino e lolla di riso: alla scoperta delle alternative naturali ai tradizionali materiali edilizi in conversazione col progettista Olver Zaccanti
Italian Artisan: «Italian manufacturers and contractors from the fashion world»
Italian Artisan’s philosophy ‘Made in Italy, Made Easy’ expresses the platform goal to simplify and coordinate the Italian supply chain’s processes: David Clementoni and Olga Iarussi
La canapa nella cosmesi e nello sport: antinfiammatori a base di olio di canapa e CBD
Rewell produce pomate e cosmetici a base di canapa – l’olio di canapa e il cannabidiolo (CBD) hanno proprietà analgesiche, antinfiammatorie, lenitive e rigeneranti utili per chi pratica sport
Suolo e neve artificiale: il costo di un inverno sempre meno naturale
Dagli alberi abbattuti per la pista da bob delle Olimpiadi invernali di Milano-Cortina 2026 agli effetti della neve artificiale sul suolo: le conseguenze ambientali legate alla pratica degli sport invernali
Il bagno in marmo rosa di Candoglia di Palazzo Citterio
Un bagno padronale rosa rivestito nello stesso marmo del Duomo di Milano: la Pinacoteca di Brera si estende a Palazzo Citterio, fra opere d’arte ed eredità nobiliare
Soil and Artificial Snow: The Cost of an Increasingly Artificial Winter
From trees cut down for the bobsleigh track of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics to the effects of artificial snow on the soil: the environmental consequences associated with winter sports...
L’impatto della transizione energetica sui suoli
La plastica nei suoli agricoli supera quella negli oceani: l’urbanista Paolo Pileri interviene su microplastiche e agrivoltaico, la perdita di biodiversità e l’emissione di gas clima alteranti
Carta ruvida dagli scarti di tessuti in canapa e dai rifiuti cartari
Muriel riscopre la tradizione della carta prodotta con scarti di tessuti in canapa e materiali di recupero, offrendo un’alternativa alla produzione convenzionale basata sulla cellulosa
A Bali con Lisa Von Tang, nel laboratorio Tarum di Ubud
Tra le montagne e le risaie di Ubud, Lisa Von Tang coltiva un legame con la natura balinese, collaborando con il laboratorio Tarum per tingere i suoi capi con tinture...
The shape of light with Helena Clunies-Ross: an itinerary through design that starts in Tribeca
Helena Clunies-Ross Design: from rough architecture to art deco-inspired furniture, seeking for a balance between proportions, history and modernity
Il restauratore: un mestiere ruvido che si rinnova con IA e microbiologia
La Scuola di Botticino a Milano collabora con l’Ospedale Galeazzi – TAC, laser, l’alga rossa giapponese funori e i batteri sono gli strumenti del restauratore moderno. Intervista a Salvatore Amura
Vigilius Mountain Resort: eco-design and Kintsugi philosophy in South Tyrol
Christina Biasi-von Berg explain the art of maintenance applied to Vigilius Mountain Resort – «Every detail is designed to last as long as possible» – according to the principle of...
Libreria Antigone: literature as a bridge between feminist and LGBTQ+ movements
Present both in Milan and Rome, Libreria Antigone uses literature and education to fight against misogyny, homophobia, and every other kind of discrimination
L’eredità di Cerere, dea romana che incarna la ruvidità dei frutti della terra
Cerere, antica dea italica della terra e dei raccolti, poi assimilata dai romani al culto greco di Demetra, ritorna attuale con l’omonimo ristorante milanese che celebra la ruvidità delle materie...
Even a mass-produced object can have a rough soul
The philosophy of Eileen Gray, the forms of Bauhaus, the brushstrokes of Mirò, and the scenography of contemporary theater – in conversation with Belgian Designer Bob Verhelst, the collaboration with...
Anche un oggetto prodotto in serie può avere un’anima ruvida
La filosofia di Eileen Gray, le forme del Bauhaus, le pennellate di Mirò e le scenografie del teatro contemporaneo – in conversazione con il designer belga Bob Verhelst, la collaborazione...
Art Paris 2024: avant-garde, inclusion, sustainability and human fragility
Art Paris 26th edition saw the debut of the BNP Paribas Banque Privée Prize, which was awarded to Nathalie Du Pasquier for her multidisciplinary practice as illustrative of an era
Gres porcellanato: l’identità di un materiale considerato surrogato del marmo
Sempre più diffuso nell’edilizia a ridotto impatto, eppure sminuito versione finta di materiali veri, il gres porcellanato ha un’identità e una vicenda italiana che inizia nella preistoria
Alta Badia: riforestazione dopo Vaia e il fenomeno dell’enrosadira
In Alta Badia i ladini arginano i danni della tempesta di Vaia con progetti di riforestazione boschiva: enrosadira è la sostanza minerale per la quale le Dolomiti sono rosa
Cosa succede in Monferrato: forestazione rurale, cultura vitivinicola e turismo
In Monferrato, la tradizione vitivinicola e culinaria diventa motore per la biodiversità – viaggio nel basso Piemonte tra piantumazione di alberi, villaggi di capanne contemporenei e ospitalità
Adler Historic Guesthouse, Südtirol: Brixen is a big sustainable family
Silvana Messner and the Myar family: how the recent renovation managed to preserve the hotel’s five-century heritage, with a green tower and a rooftop pool
Emily Butler: Latino and feminist histories for an inclusive edition of Art Basel Miami fair
Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 on the ‘American melting pot’ and its social and cultural themes – a fair with exhibitions on gender, races, sexual liberation, feminism
Swans, lindens, and horse chestnuts: nature taking over the streets of Lugano in fall
From Renaissance church Santa Maria degli Angioli to the LAC and MASI contemporary art exhibitions: if you walk around Lugano you can stop to chat with the swans
Hotel d’Inghilterra in Rome is currently undergoing a renovation process
The logo was inspired by the British kingdom – a blazon supported by a lion and a unicorn, like the coat of arms of the Windsor dynasty Massimo Colli on...
Isola Design, from Milan to London to build an exhibition using waste material
Nothing Happens if Nothing Happens: Isola Design for a circular design approach based on using regenerative resources, reducing carbon dioxide emissions, and repurposing waste materials
Unseen Photo Fair: a ‘round table’ for contemporary photography in Amsterdam
The Gashouder, where the event takes place, was originally designed as a storage tank: Unseen uses the circular shape of the space to avoid distinctions between exhibitors
Berlin Atonal, an ‘underground operation’ of the 80s turned into a music festival
Berlin Atonal started ‘DIY’ in a reaction to popular music of 1980s: a ‘hallucinatory sight program’, presenting pop, punk, new wave, it «was not meant to be digested in a...
Heroines of Sound: microtonality, noise, and drones on an all-female artists’ stage
In ten years, Heroines of Sound has presented over 150 female or non-binary artists, in a dialogue between contemporaneity and ‘heroines’ of the electronic music scene
Paradise, a Milanese concept store of Venetian brand Marsèll, reopens after renovation
Turned into a «white cube», Marsèll Paradise is preparing for an oneiric hearing experience and the launch of the brand’s Spring Summer 2023 collection
