The Guidebook category at Lampoon Magazine covers museums, art galleries, design venues, and exhibition spaces.
This section provides museum directories, design event listings, and gallery interviews, along with exhibition reviews, historical events, and design trend analyses.
Guidebook
Al Baretto Sant’Ambrogio, Speaking Milanese Without an Accent
Between Sant’Ambrogio and Tortona, Al Baretto plays the genius loci through French bistro allure and yacht-style interiors. The bar anchors the room, the kitchen stays visible – and a room...
Four Seasons Ritz Lisbon: reading the city through modernism, art, and elevation
Here the city feels both near and remote – the real voyage runs through halls and tapestries, where art and architecture narrate Portugal’s modern past without losing sight of the...
Mesm Tokyo and the sensory language of sustainability
Located within the Waters Takeshiba complex overlooking Tokyo Bay, Mesm Tokyo presents the city’s motion through materials, light, and tactility: sustainable operations and local collaborations
Vista Verona preserves living heritage through quiet, contextual design
Sixteen suites inside a restored building near the Arena: raw materials, seasonal food, and services designed to support orientation rather than transform the experience of Verona
Tiffany & Co. turns a historic Milan palazzo into a Prix Versailles winner
Milan’s Tiffany & Co. boutique on Via Montenapoleone is named World’s Most Beautiful Emporium 2025, recognised for its reworking of Palazzo Taverna’s neoclassical envelope and its interior design by Peter...
Minimalism with a backbone: Gion A. Caminada carves Hotel Maistra 160 into Pontresina
Not another chalet and not Belle Époque cosplay, but a heavy, precise monolith of gneiss, terrazzo and Swiss stone pine that turns a central Pontresina plot into a sanctuary of...
Where Chiado meets Bairro Alto: inside Lisbon’s most storied boutique hotel
Rooted in historic architecture yet open to the city’s present, Bairro Alto Hotel interprets the genius loci of this part of Lisbon, from the ground floor to the upper levels...
MASA Gallery, Mexico City: Brian Thoreen presents Non-Zero-Sum – collectible design
Founded in 2019 by Brian Thoreen, Age Salajoe and Hector Eraswe as a nomadic gallery – now a permanent space in the house that was formerly the residence of Federico...
A journey through Oman, between tradition and tomorrow
Across deserts, ports, and mountain plateaus, Oman blends tradition and reform, building a future centered on green industry, digital growth, and a steady diplomatic voice in a shifting region
A Journey Through Contemporary Art and Architecture on the French Riviera
At Fondation CAB Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Design Converges with Art and Architecture Saint-Paul-de-Vence: A Historic Village Meets Contemporary Art Situated in the south of France, Fondation CAB opened its second location in...
Eriro Alpine Hide: a mountain refuge for travelers drawn to meaning and beauty
At Eriro Alpine Hide, the welcome is wool socks, not passwords: a high-altitude reset where no Wi-Fi and strong materials – larch, spruce, sheep’s wool – gently push travelers back...
YJY Maike Flagship Centre, China. The layout of an ancient Chinese palace led to a cultural complex
A 4,500 square-meter complex for culture in the city that is the starting point of the Silk Road and the National World Heritage site of the Terracotta Army
In Munich, an urban hotel drawn to the edge of a botanical horizon
With its curving volume, The Charles Hotel extends the serenity of the Old Botanical Garden into the city’s fabric, pairing rational architecture with biophilic interiors
NERO Design Gallery, Arezzo. An archive for the sensorial experience of design
A journey through the language of shape and matter. A way to discover and to advance, on the edge between the past, present, and future. In conversation with Nero Gallery...
Le Cornichon: A Contemporary Palimpsest of Parisian Café Culture
How a Paris café in the 11th arrondissement channels 1970s French design to restore the spirit of neighborhood hospitality
Areadocks, Brescia – a chamber of wonders: design, art, food, hospitality and more
In Brescia, Italy's Capital of Culture 2023, Alberto Marengoni has made a multifunctional space possible that has been a hub of entertainment and hospitality since 1995. Latest openings: a boutique...
Between Roses and Stone: Alila Jabal Akhdar, Oman’s Green Mountain Retreat
Perched two thousand meters above the Omani desert, Alila Jabal Akhdar is built from local stone, powered by sun and wind, and scented by the region’s wild roses
Cape of Senses rises 240 meters above Lake Garda within a 10,000-square-meter garden
Above Torri del Benaco, Hugo and Alessia Demetz have created a low, amphitheatrical structure that flows with the hill’s topography, bringing together local craftsmanship and sustainable building systems
Contraste: Matias Perdomo Creates a Theatrical Dining Narrative
When cooking is an inventive laboratory, the dining room at Contraste becomes a theatrical set—somewhere between Uruguay and Italy, within interiors reimagined by Debonademeo Studio
Ronin Milano reshaped a Milanese Liberty residence
From street-food informality to a private lounge, Ronin Milano layers gastronomy, music, karaoke and omakase across four floors, reflecting Tokyo echoes in the urban fabric of Chinatown
Belvedere and the making of cosmopolitan Mykonos
A 19th-century villa transformed into a “petite-grand hotel” where Cycladic architecture, international gastronomy, and curated sociability converge: a story within the larger story of Mykonos
Over the Rainbow: cinema, erotic photography, and poetry at Centre Pompidou
After the release of the song Over The Rainbow from Wizard of Oz, ‘a friend of Dorothy's’ became a code name to discuss homosexuality in the 70s at the Centre...
Norbert Niederkofler and the short supply chain that changes the mountain
From the origins of Cook the Mountain to three destinations: Atelier Moessmer, Ansitz Heufler and AlpiNN – Norbert Niederkofler has built a model rooted in Alpine biodiversity, short supply chains,...
Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana, Venice: a 2023 of art and events on the Grand Canal
Chronorama, a show dedicated to Twentieth century photography, and Icônes, a collective exhibition featuring works of the Pinault Collection that develop the theme of spirituality – in conversation with Mauro...
Navigating Istanbul’s Heritage from the Mandarin Oriental Bosphorus
Located in Besiktas and overlooking the Bosphorus, the Mandarin Oriental Bosphorus represents a fusion of Istanbul's millennia-old past and contemporary design inspired by Ottoman palaces
Albereta, Franciacorta: the lands of Franciacorta as the lands of Champagne
The link between a hotel and its territory: the Albereta has given Franciacorta more than Franciacorta has given Albereta, in terms of image and message
Living Archives of Art Deco: How Two Brussels Villas Became Belgium’s Blueprint for Modernism with a Memory
From static masterpiece to adaptive monument, Villa Van Buuren and Villa Empain show how Belgian Art Deco mastered both permanence and reinvention
kurimanzutto: contemporary art between Mexico and NY
kurimanzutto’s first exhibition, Economía de Mercado, took place in 1999 in Mexico City and remained open to the public for less than twenty-four hours
Daria Reina has made Diana Vreeland’s diktat her own: the eye has to travel. Chez Dédé, Rome
Painting, photography and a collection of objects picked up around the world or designed by the artistic duo who launched the concept store
YME Universe, Oslo. Inside a building from 1844 described as Paris in miniature
Located between the Royal Palace and the Parliament in Karl Johans gate 39. «Oslo is segregated. It is a question if you are from the east or west side and...
Mexico’s cherished artists: Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
Commissioned by the couple from the architect Juan O'Gorman in 1931, Diego RIvera and Frida Kahlo lived in the estate until 1934
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
Santa Caterina, Amalfi: The Evolution of Continuity, Senzafine
Senzafine marks the latest chapter in the evolution of Santa Caterina in Amalfi—shaping new experiences in space and cuisine while maintaining the hotel’s dialogue with place, heritage, and family continuity
Alpine resilience through grounded design
Courmayeur Climate Hub: where the landscape thinks and architecture listens
Culture, Craft, and Design Inside the Medina
IZZA Marrakech, a boutique hotel where architecture, contemporary art, and cultural collaboration redefine sustainable hospitality in the heart of the Medina
Rooted in Mykonos: a family’s commitment to vernacular architecture and regenerative hospitality
The story of the Myconian Collection does not begin with a business plan or a brand identity—it begins with land, stone, and family. Redefining hospitality on an island too often...
Neue Galerie, New York. A window on German and Austrian Art Nouveau
In conversation with director Renée Price on the promotion and preservation of a foreign culture in the United States through art and crafts
The Bookworm Hanoi, Vietnam. A hotspot for literature at the heart of Ba Đình’s district
Since 2001 the bookstore has been interconnecting Hanoi’s community of readers by creating a space for dialogue, participation and literary exploration
Sant Ambroeus, Milan – new guise: New York City to Milan, back and forth
Historic café-restaurant Sant Ambroeus, Milan, reopened to public after having been acquired and renovated by Italian-American entrepreneurs Gherardo Garducci and Dimitri Pauli
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.
A home for art built from the ashes of a volcano: Museo Anahuacalli, Mexico City
Inspired to Aztec temples, the museum hosts a permanent collection of pre-Columbian finds, temporary exhibitions of contemporary artists and a botanical garden
Il Capri Hotel doesn’t scream: design, raw materials and the absence of interfaces
No televisions, no digital clocks blinking in the dark, no refrigerator whirring at night. Il Capri Hotel reclaims the island’s soul through a sustainable way of being that refuses performance
East Coast Makeover: BLESS’s Quiet Shift in Ibiza’s Hospitality Grammar
BLESS Hotel Ibiza reinterprets Cala Nova’s coastal landscape through monochrome contrasts, modular layouts and dense, curated vegetation
The LVMH’s foundation pays homage to Basquiat and Warhol collaborations in Paris
Under Foundation Louis Vuitton's spotlight: A collaboration between Basquiat and Warhol, two of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century
Building with the Land: Casa di Langa as a Circular-Economy Prototype
Everything recalls nature: the materials, the rough and imperfect textures, the pervasive presence of living greenery. From architecture to gastronomy, Casa di Langa is conceived as a unified, place-based system
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
Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles. Craft as a conveyor of progress
Aiming to bridge the gap between folk and modern, Craft Contemporary symbolizes the dynamism of craft. «We wanted to communicate to the public that craft can be a conveyor of...
