Library is where Lampoon documents and reviews the cultural and creative landscape.
From bookstores to hotels, perfumes to museums, and artistic spaces, each review observes what works and what doesn’t. The focus is on experience and context:
how places, objects, and projects function, how they shape ideas and environments. Lampoon Library isn’t a guide or a catalog — it’s a tool to explore culture critically.
Readers follow the magazine’s investigations, discovering spaces and products through sharp, direct observations.
The Library collects reviews that map the intersection of creativity, design, and everyday life, showing how culture is lived and produced, without gloss or exaggeration.
Library
Magna Pars L’Hotel À Parfum, Milan. Italian raw materials by Ambra Martone
Each room is dedicated to one of sixty-eight different scents, chosen by an olfactory check-in, solely based on smell: Magna Pars is the first hotel à parfum in the world
Mzin in Leipzig, Multidisciplinary Interactions in a Magazine Store that mimics a Gallery
Turning a university project into a career, Philipp Neumann renews Leipzig’s history in publishing through a magazine store for culture
Built to Endure: Capri’s Hidden Hotel and Its Organic Architecture
Neither a landmark nor a brand, Punta Tragara resists uniformity and green storytelling alike – favoring instead an architecture of adaptation, built to endure quietly in the folds of Capri
Pietro Ruffo’s Celestial Rome: Re-mapping the Eternal City Through an Urban Sanctuary
From the hand-engraved zodiac constellations in the lobby to the twenty-metre expanse of azulejos on the roof, Pietro Ruffo transforms art’otel Rome Piazza Sallustio into a narrative that weaves together...
Le Meurice: balancing discipline and playfulness—the spirit of french culture
Le Meurice proves that tradition isn’t a museum but an open worksite in perpetual revision—powered by contemporary art, refreshed design, and its backyard jewel, the Tuileries Garden.
‘NOw/here’, at Pirelli HangarBicocca: a retrospective of Gian Maria Tosatti’s work
From 23 February until 13 July 2023, Pirelli HangarBicocca is hosting ‘NOw/here’, a personal exhibition by Roman artist Gian Maria Tosatti which will follow several upcoming shows
Villa Cordevigo: a dialogue between earth, time, and taste
Villa Cordevigo: a dialogue between earth, time, and tasteAmid the vineyards of Northern Italy, a former patrician villa combines agriculture, architecture, and gastronomy to explore new forms of responsible land...
Fotomuseum, Winterthur: reflecting on the vernacular practices of our digital era
Founded in 1993 by writer and journalist Urs Stahel, critic and publisher Walter Keller and philanthropist and collector George Reinhar, Fotomuseum Winterthur is located in a former factory
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam: an aristocratic start to modern art in Museumplein
The history begins in September 1895, when the local government bodies and private buyers coalesced their know-how and interest in the arts and founded the museum
The Hotel Breathing New Life into Furore, the Amalfi Coast’s Secret Hamlet
Furore Grand Hotel offers a renewed sense of belonging in an Amalfi Coast village long hidden from view — a minimalist design of white and light embraces local craftsmanship and...
Swab Barcelona, a human scale fair, prioritizing quality programs and accessibility for its audience
Humane treatment and accessibility to culture are at the forefront in an event that seeks to break the barriers and elitism that often characterize the contemporary art scene – the...
Ona, Barcelona. How a Barcelona bookstore is reviving a lost language through literature
A store that vies to preserve Catalan culture through literature, spearheaded by Taxto Benet: «Catalan needs people to read in Catalan, to write in Catalan, to purchase Catalan books»
Newsstand UK – From a Victorian family business into the Metaverse
Founded in 1894, the company disrupted the market by selling both individual magazines and subscriptions. Today they keep offering services to other publishers, creating a worldwide community.
Nemika, Tokyo. Japanese philosophy and the cycle of life in garden-themed experience
It derives its name from the three elements of the Nemika world – root ‘ne’, fruit ‘mi’, and flower ‘ka’. Together, the three words allude to the materiality of soil and earth interpreted...
VOLTA Art Fair, the concept of ‘shift’ applied to the arts
In Italian, VOLTA means to turn, to shift. «We chose this word because that’s what we’re trying to do for our artists, gallerists, and collectors. Our tagline is ‘discover, connect...
Founded in the 1700s, Libreria Bocca is the last trace of a publishing dynasty
Giorgio and Monica Lodetti carry on the legacy of Libreria Bocca. Their mission is to uphold the values of independence, intellectual curiosity, and community engagement
Rebirth of the coffee table book – Maison Plage creates a space to escape and inspire
A destination for crafted, rare, and lifestyle books – Founder Kelly Croteau reveals that Maison Plage is more than just a bookstore, it’s a brand
Casa Cavia, Buenos Aires, under the creative direction of Guadalupe García Mosqueda
A restaurant, cocktail bar, Ampersandpublishing house, bookstore, and flower shop housed in a rationalist villa belonging to Argentina’ s heritage – under the creative direction of Guadalupe García Mosqueda
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
La Galerie Philia, Marseille: Resonances and dissonances chronicle the Héritages exhibition
Between the contemporary design and visual arts, the influence of the father of modern architecture in the exhibition Héritages for the Seventieth anniversary of 'La Cité Radieuse'
Piano City Milano 2023: an effort between public institutions and private companies
The Piano City Milano Festival at the Gallery of Modern Art (GAM) in Milan, Italy, features classical and jazz pianists from Italy and around the world
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
Brach Paris casts future heritage through circular design in the capital’s greening west
From industrial bones to Bauhaus-meets-Surrealist alchemy, Philippe Starck turns the concrete shell at 1–7 rue Jean-Richepin into a political statement of circular design, complete with rooftop vegetables
Discovering Ardèche – triumph of vegetation and biocosmetics since 1983
At the crossroads of Rhône-Alpes, Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon, lies Melvita's headquarter – the brand celebrates its 40th anniversary with a partnership with the wwf to seal its commitment to the...
Byredo’s Blanche Absolu: scent as structure
Byredo expands its olfactory language with Blanche Absolu, a fragrance that explores the tension between softness and structure through intensified florals, musk, and texture
At EuropArtFair, Amsterdam, artists can retain the total value of their sales
Unrepresented creatives and forging connections in the art market: at EuropArtFair there is no need for artists to be affiliated with galleries to participate
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
From Manufacturing to Sustainability: The Transformation of the Eco-Friendly COCO-MAT Lofts
Sustainable living in Cape Town: COCO-MAT Lofts were renovated by Lida and Luca Verbeeck in 2017 and has been self-sustaining since inception
From Residence to Riverside Hotel: The Architectural Evolution of Hotel Lungarno
From Picasso and Cocteau to Tuscan gastronomy, Hotel Lungarno integrates cultural heritage and local craftsmanship into the contemporary experience of hospitality
Reading Room, Milan. A white cube for magazines turns into a cultural hub
A Forty-square-meter gallery in the district of Corvetto. In conversation with founder Francesca Spiller: «Running a bookshop today means creating a relationship with the producers of magazines»
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
A study in Cantonese gesture, labor, and spatial ethics
In Milan’s De Angeli district, Ba Restaurant maps a quiet Cantonese lineage—through untreated materials, slow kitchen rituals, and the deliberate absence of visual symbols of identity
W Prague’s Art-Nouveau Shell and Modernist Core in Dialogue
At the former Grand Hotel Evropa, W Prague reinterprets Czech Art Nouveau through restored details, a new architectural volume, and a narrative of memory and transformation
Banyan Tree Kyoto, a hotel built on Higashiyama’s sacred edge
On Ryozen hill, fifty-two rooms sit above a hot spring rising at 40°C, wrapped around a bamboo Noh stage and stone walls
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
Eslite bookstore, Hong Kong. Humanities and art: connecting the dots between four cultural hubs
Hong Kong is the city where, in 2012, the first Eslite Bookstore outside Taiwan opened. Located at Causeway Bay, selling both Chinese and English books, three others have since opened
Dover Street Market, London. A constant of chaos
The rent had risen by 200% – Rei Kawakubo left Dover Street, although it was the London street that had launched the concept store, accounting for 35% of its turnover.
Champaca, Bengaluru. A platform for books, zines and fanzines to defend the indie-publishing scene
On the rooftop of a bungalow, a metal-staircase takes you to the store that opens into a courtyard. Founder Radhika Timbadia wanted to create a sanctuary hide-away from the city...
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
Krumulus, Berlin. If you are lucky, you can keep your inner child alive
In the mornings, Krumulus hosts a program where they read stories from books surrounded by its original illustrations in the gallery space
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,...
Rococo News & Magazine, London. A cultivation of Notting Hill
Prompted by his peers during a game of cricket, Patel formulated the proposition to acquire the magazine and newspaper store that had been around for sixty years
Gogol&Company, Milan. A social and cultural catalyst for the local community
According to Tosca, each reader has two souls. There are those who wait for the right book to call for them and there are those who, instead, ask for advice
Hi Desert Times, Twentynine Palms. The zine culture is red-hot in California
«‘Look at me, I’m in print’. There's still beauty in being on printed paper: digital is great but seeing yourself in print takes it to another level», Liz Lapp on...
