Editorial Team
Jack Johnstone: the Bauhaus school between esotericism and mathematical rigor
Inspired by the German school of design, Bauhaus, British photographer Jack Johnstone brings back the human body as a constitutive element of theater and performance
La Canapa: riflessioni con l’autore Paolo Ranalli
Il paradosso della canapa in Italia: fu un’eccellenza nazionale, ma non ha saputo entrare nel mercato moderno – «eravamo i secondi al mondo per quantità di canapa coltivata, i primi...
Bulgari Hotel Tokyo integrates sustainability in a dialogue between Rome Japan
Designed by Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel, Bulgari Hotel Tokyo fuses Roman geometry with Japanese rhythm, embracing a plastic-free policy and local sourcing at Il Ristorante
The Waterval brothers – three brothers behind Traders Pop
Nestled in a Maastricht, Traders Pop offers a selection of clothing, art books, and magazines that are otherwise unobtainable in regular mainstream stores
What does it mean to be Magnifico? a shooting by Nick Knight from Lampoon Archive
No one ever loved a man sitting on his throne, detached from the earth, soaked in his clouds – Nick Knight defining Magnifico mastering his art and photography
Transitioning – When tigers used to smoke even monkeys used to fall
«Will the mask have a conventional role or can it be a revealer?» -Louis Canadas considers a mask as a processor for a new personality
De Santis in Brera: continuità nella città che cambia
L’insegna aggiunge un punto in un’area a forte densità culturale, mentre Milano continua a ridisegnare usi dello spazio pubblico, ritmi di lavoro e pratiche di ristorazione quotidiana
Marcell Dettmann on the cost of integrity: artistic credibility still matters in electronic music
In an industry where hype often overshadows substance, artistic integrity remains a radical act. Marcell Dettmann on rejecting major deals to embracing imperfection
Rebekah Campbell, Colliding with the Walls
New York City, USA. Photography Rebekah Campbell, Styling Cece Liu
A Sixties villa show the rough character of Atlantic France
Far from the clichés of the Côte d’Azur, a house becomes a stage for reinvention. In the windswept Basque town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Marie Schuller captures her mother in her house
Chi sono i Radical Chic? il termine da Park Avenue ai borghesi italiani
Cosa vuole dire Radical Chic?Il linguaggio condanna gli intellettuali di sinistra : cil concetto arrivava in Italia grazie alla lettera di Indro Montanelli a Camilla Cederna, Corriere 1972
Beyond the Individual: Gabriele Rosati, between flesh and screen
From body to surface: a visual investigation by Gabriele Rosati into the transformation of identity and energy through technology, digital presence, and human contact
On resisting digital noise: Torus is building an underground sound
From refusing OpenAI's Super Bowl ad to building underground sound installations and surviving bureaucratic shutdowns—Torus on rejecting algorithmic culture and improvising through failure
Clara 3000: the music industry’s demand for branding is unsustainable
For DJ Clara 3000, the dancefloor is a space for political resistance — a radical alternative to a music industry increasingly driven by branding, repetition, and the erosion of artistic...
Isabelle Wenzel, art and clay: a legacy of feminist and ecological practices
Transforming blocks of dry clay into performative terrain: physical improvisation, self-timer photography, and material friction shape Isabelle Wenzel’s creative process
Daniel King’s road trip from New Jersey to Upstate New York: his images endure
Late photographer Daniel King’s work stands as a document of his approach: quiet, exact, wide open. The road trip wasn’t about reaching a destination
Alex Huanfa Cheng and the green regeneration in Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt as a case study for urban rewilding in Europe, where past industrial landscapes are giving way to green regeneration, spontaneous vegetation, and unplanned ecosystems reclaiming built environments
The Tunisian Shepherd – learning to dismiss the luxury of waste
Photographer Akila Berjaoui and Clément LaGuardia uncovered the quiet resilience of Tunisia’s shepherds — revealing a raw portrait of ancestral living, slow fashion
Lorenzo Zandri discloses the Vegetal Resistance of the streets of London
Lorenzo Zandri captures the spontaneous vegetation growing across London’s built environment—plants that resist control
Daniel Roché: sex work and political performance
How the realities of sex work, political performance, digital self-surveillance and aesthetic anxiety expose the contradictions at the heart of contemporary identity
Bobby Beethoven: Music is the One Spell Humanity Hasn’t Totally Ruined Yet
I’m not living an environmentally conscious life. I eat factory-farmed animals. I’ve flown to the other side of the planet to DJ one event, not even slept and flown directly...
Romeo Roma — Zaha Hadid’s material tensions within a Sixteenth-century palazzo
From original frescoes to lava stone, oak, and Krion, Romeo Roma reworks historic surfaces through formal restraint, calibrated materials, and site-specific architectural choices
Librería Conarte, Mexico. A wooden dome for readers in the center of Monterrey
The council for culture and art is a space that wraps the reader in through a dome that plays with visual perspective
Canapa e regole: tra giustizia, filiera e futuro
Dal caso Marola al decreto sicurezza, la filiera della canapa industriale attende una riforma che dia slancio e stabilità
Canapa industriale in Italia: un’economia sostenibile nel labirinto normativo
Canapa made in Italy – il Ministro Piantedosi avvia un processo di maggiore controllo e regolamentazione del settore canapicolo italiano, lo scontro tra governo e associazioni di canapicoltori italiani
Angelo Mangiarotti e i suoi materiali: non solo marmo, niente colla, gravità
L’uso dei materiali e il catalogo per Angelo Mangiarotti: la forma non si impone ma si ottiene per incastri, gravità e resistenza. Il libro Framing the Project (Corraini) ne ripercorre...
Home Fetish: a Visual Exploration of Obsession, Comfort, and Domestic Rituals
Through the lens of Lorenzo Venturini: Home Fetish unveils the ambiguous relationship between the self and domestic space, where comfort becomes obsession and everyday objects turn into fetishes
McNally Jackson Books, New York. Inside the Nolita indie scenario
Founded in New York in 2004 by Sarah McNally, a former editor at Basic Books and daughter of Holly and Paul McNally, the owners of the Canadian McNally Robinson Booksellers...
Refugium Amoris — Reclaims the Fabric of the City
Restored without spectacle – Refugium Amoris, a Hideaway Apartment. Exposed beams, terrazzo floors, and structural honesty guide the renovation by Francesco Pugliese.
Sofia Zevi: I don’t use Instagram, I don’t need it
As society chases constant novelty, —yet the value of honest endures. Sofia Zevi and the need to be critical, today when everything seems to have to be 'wow' on social...
Laforet Harajuku, Tokyo. A crisis of subculture
What has become of Japanese subcultures? In Laforet, in Tokyo, they still exist. History shows us how culture has always dominated markets in the long run, according to cycles
The Cloister and the Kitchen: Structuring Sustainability at San Domenico Palace, a Four Seasons Hotel
At the edge of the Ionian Sea, the Four Seasons' Taormina outpost combines ecclesiastical geometry, zero-waste kitchens, and a purpose-driven governance model
The Broken Arm, Paris. The blurred line between art and life
Simplicity of materials can draw attention to garments, artwork, literature and music on display: thinking can matter more than buying, according to the trio Joste, Lafarge and Steinmetz
Personal agency or consumerist culture: talking with Hyun Cho at Ramo Gallery, Lake Como
At the intersection of Swiss and Italian art market: research on the role of galleries in nowadays social media-influenced art world
Villa Treville: architecture, materials and memory on the cliffs of Positano
Villa Treville, once Franco Zeffirelli’s home, preserves its spatial identity through local materials, craft manufacturing techniques, and a structure adapted to the Amalfi cliffside
Rainbows in Shadows by Jenna Gribbon: seeing and being seen
Jenna Gribbon’s first solo show in Milan challenges the definition of looking, inviting the viewer to step into the artist’s place and inhabit her subjectivity
Lucille Durez: Statues, Bodies, and the Politics of Visibility – Why Monumentality Still Matters
The power of statues lies in their resemblance to us. Any human body could be cast in stone or bronze. Yet, as Judith Butler reminds us, for a body to...
Marie Tomanova’s New Volume Confronts Identity, Migration, and Belonging
Marie Tomanova recovers a photographic archive from the beginning of her career, challenging the norms of photography with a single 36-exposure roll of film
Amanda Ba, For Sports: Finding Culture in Athleticism
The rawness is being willing to take an L and take a risk and change something. Maybe it'll make you less popular than you were before, but you're trying something...
Torre & Friends: Circularity and Daring Spirit Atop Fondazione Prada
On the ground floor of Palazzo Arnolfini stands Michelin-starred Giglio Restaurant. Lampoon in conversation with the three chefs Benedetto Rullo, Lorenzo Stefanini, Stefano Terigi
Dior show at Villa Albani Torlonia: the garden where Neoclassicism was born
In the garden that served as a laboratory of Neoclassicism—where Winckelmann and Cardinal Albani reinvented the dialogue between ancient art and nature—the show is a tribute to the cultural ties...
Cervo Mountain Resort and the weight of sustainability in a closed alpine system
Between Swiss mountain silence and technical infrastructure, Cervo Mountain Resort explores the limits of sustainability when it becomes architecture, routine, and material language
Krone Säumerei am Inn, Engadin: Craft, Raw Materials and Upcycling
A Sixteenth-century building in Engadin, restored with traditional techniques and raw materials, aims at setting a model for sustainable travel and contemporary environmental awareness
About the Circle: Eduard Sánchez Ribot explores roundness
Roundness is the oldest gesture in design, and yet it still finds fresh ways to speak. In this series Eduard Sánchez Ribot wanders that endless curve, pairing icons of craft...
At 1,650 Metres, LeCrans Sets a High Bar for Low-Impact Hospitality
Renovated by Belgian designer Decarpentrie, LeCrans Hotel applies sustainable practices to energy use, material sourcing, and waste management to reduce environmental footprint
I stare at a location and think about how to make it queer
«I draw some stick people in awkward positions and hope the models can interpret my bad sketches», the way to AdeY brings inner world to life
