Magazine
About how to make the alcohol industry more sustainable? Discarded Spirits Co. case
Here is to the most rubbish drink you’ll every taste, Discarded. Made from waste and forgotten ingredients which they rely on as hidden treasures
Disrupting the fast-fashion industry: one garment at a time – Daniella Samper and Elias Stahl
Here are two visions of the future where fashion retailers say ‘no’ to deadstock, and produce only what customers need
Radical policies with limited accountability: the lack of transparency that persists in fashion
Gen-Z has spurred the movement towards value-driven companies that prioritize people and the planet. But a lack of regulation regarding disclosure leaves room for interpretation
The heritage of the ‘last emperor of fashion’ in his 90 years of life: Valentino Garavani
To celebrate the 90th birthday of the Maison's founder, some of his creations will be on display from May 11 to June 5 in his hometown, Voghera, Italy
Global warming: methane emissions jumped to a new record in 2021, while CO2 continued to increase
2021 was the 10th consecutive year that carbon dioxide rose by more than two parts per million, with an increase of two-point-sixty-six ppm over the 2020 average
The trend of the Metaverse: on the proximity of an ethereally fabricated cosmos
Trend Forecaster Lisa White unravels how the Metaverse is about «creating entire universes of products and services» in the eternal quest for tribe belonging
Do opposites attract? Dior’s heritage tuned into Los Angeles streetwear aesthetic along with ERL
Artistic director Kim Jones taps into Dior’s archive going back to the early 90s when the Resort 2023 guest designer Eli Russell Linnetz was born
A spiral glass pavilion hosts over three hundred timepieces: Audemars Piguet, Musée Atelier
The museum opened in June 2020 was designed by BIG studio as an extension of the historic headquarters of the famous Swiss wristwatch manufacturer Audemars Piguet
Flowers – an industry worth at an estimated figure of 64.5 billion euros
The carbon impact from the transportation of blooms, the hidden environmental costs of bouquets in the Western world: the flowers you find in Europe are mainly coming from East Asia
Lorenzo Vitturi’s art blurs the line between reality and fiction through hybrid creations
Creating new meaning through art «My work is a continuous research, combining elements that could not coexist in the real world due to nature or geography»
Black Ivy: The black aesthetic in Ivy style — Ralph Lauren’s homage to HBCUs
A collection with Morehouse and Spelman College that rewrites Ralph Lauren’s American brand narrative to reconcile its missing chapters
Tackling fashion’s waste problem with compostability – Three students from Central Saint Martins
Three students from Central Saint Martins created a fashion film centering a garment made of paper cups, eggshells and cornstarch - then buried it after filming
From Accra to London – James Barnor captures societies under transition in six-decade career
From Ghana’s independence to London’s transformation into a multicultural hub, Barnor’s photography tells the story of societies through people in the studio and on the streets
Recycled plastic (PET) could be worse than virgin plastic and nano-particles can be found in our blood
«What are these plastic particles doing in our body? Where are they going?». In conversation with Prof Dick Vethaak on plastic particles being found in our blood
«With Instagram, everybody has the patience of five-seconds» – Sasha Frolova on creative industry
«I've never wanted my photography to be controlled by industry because of my emotional attachment to it. I don't want to shoot for the sake of shooting. I want to...
Principality of Monaco: How can the industries help the Energy Transition Mission?
«To support this transition, the Prince decided to establish the Mission for Energy Transition, which manages projects to limit greenhouse gas emissions and develop renewable energy»
Sergio Mottola, Public Pressure – Fostering the artist-fan relationship through NFTs
«NFTs disrupted the world of creativity as MTV disrupted that of music, when people realized that music videos could open the music industry to a new world of marketing, positioning...
Lands In-between: Georgia, a crossroad between East and West – Professor Kavadze explains
Russia and the west powers have a responsibility: guaranteeing all the in-between lands the right to exist and foster. None of the two can do it on its own
Words that roll, that creep, that ring – Tom Biddulph’s hide and seek
A poem made of words that have been cut from the world and glued into a poem. Inspired by the Dadaists' cut-up poetry and pictures stolen from ordinary life
Shigeru Ban – Building temporary shelters for Ukrainian refugees with Paper tubes, fabric and safety pins
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban builds partition systems with paper and fabric to guarantee refugees a human right to privacy
Mycelium and its applications: from renewable packaging to plant-based meat
What if we could reduce plastic pollution by turning to natural materials that earth grows? Mushrooms could lead the way in reducing plastic waste
Understanding the present day using the scientific discoveries of the past: Benjamin Labatut
Benjamin Labatut discusses why he believes we have ceased to understand the world and what twentieth century scientists can still teach us
Adults at play – Dutch photographers Arturo and Bamboo, a view from the top: the Alps
Arturo and Bamboo's photographic collection, Snow, doesn't reflect the bluntness of its name. Their photographs are warm despite the winter mountainscapes and Alpine scenery
Bio polyurethane: corn-derived polyols could relay be an alternative to leather?
The added value of the material created through corn is the possibility of making the product biodegradable, if processed without affecting its natural integrity
Via Veneto, Rome: the upcoming hotellerie through renewable energy and waste reduction programs
With their Belle Arti-approved restorations, the 5-stars hotels in Via Veneto are pursuing programs of waste reduction, km0 products, energy consumption reduction and renewable energy usage
The nostalgia of brick outweighs the grandeurs of steel – Reuse, Renew, Recycle exhibition at MOMA
Making way for the present does not require obliterating the past. Zhang Ke, Xu Tiantian, and Zhu Pei display their designs and share their process at the MOMA Museum
When the recycling of wood and the concept of protection collides: Tadashi Kawamata
A conversation with the artist around the concept of protection from shelters, the recycling of planks of wood and the collaboration with the students from Brera Academy of Fine Arts
Why is cinema still not progressing regarding sustainable production? EcoMuvi alternatives
EcoMuvi proposes alternative methodologies to the usual production schemes that favor the reduction of environmental impact of various departments and activities
Bygone days; a collection of Cecil Beaton Venice images revised by Louis Vuitton
Chronicles of Cecil Beaton encounters, costume balls, social events leaving behind the diary and photographic records of his trips
Subliminal youth and the quest for freedom – reviewing: Marie Tomanova’s photography book
New York, New York, the city, the people. Marie Tomanova introduces her work at W hotel in Rome. «It’s about the connection with the person you’re looking at»
Nikola Uzunovski – the Macedonian artist prompts a dialogue between man and his surrounding environment
I travelled from Italy to the Meteorology Department at the University of Helsinki in Finland to study the arctic climate, its temperature, wind speed and humidity, to understand which materials...
The need for a shift in the hospitality industry. Only a crisis produces real change
«One of the possible outcomes of the financial crisis is that chains will be less inclined to throw away everything they already have and rebuild from scratch»
The Japanese expression pika pika is the mantra for ceramist Yuko Nishikwa
The work of Brooklyn based ceramicist Yuko Nishikwa is guided by the Japanese onomatopoeia ‘pika pika’, calling «a reaction that moves the observer. This industry has quality»
Louis Vuitton and the time trunk: le Grand Bal du Temps by Nicolas Ghesquière
Inspired by his collaboration with HBO’s Irma Vep, Nicolas Ghesquière unveiled his collection, a mirror of past decades, a travel to old ages
In conversation with McArthur Binion: «my work is tremendously about hands»
«The hesitation is in the way I speak». American artist McArthur Binion challenges Minimalism art history by layering personal objects behind geometric grids
The escalating danger of space debris: Niklas Hedman, Acting Director for UNOOSA
Since the birth of the space age in the 1950s, people have sent thousands of rockets and satellites into orbit. Many are still there to this day
‘Miss Italia’ – Sofia Blu Cremaschi works on body-shame and body-acceptance
«You have to lose weight» people used to say to Ludovica; but she did the opposite. Sofia Blu Cremaschi's photographs tell the battle of model Ludovica for self-determination of the...
Inequality kills – Inequality contributes to the death of at least one person every four seconds
Climate change - Twenty of the richest billionaires are estimated, on average, to be emitting as much as 8,000 times more carbon than the billion poorest people
Transparency means ‘to go beyond’ and ‘to appear’. Formafantasma in dialogue with Joseph Grima
«We recognie design processes to have an effect and determination, a form of transparency. I am a globalist when it comes to ideas» – Joseph Grima in conversation with Formafantasma
The role of pollinators – Keepers of biodiversity, food supply, and more
In January 2022, the UK Government allowed the use of the banned bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticide thiamethoxam on sugar beets for the second year running
Lampoon/ Polo Ralph Lauren. The bourgeois codes that we dismantled, and that we now want back
Ralph Lauren was not the first to associate this shirt with the name of the sport, but he changed its semantics. In English, Ralph Lauren elevated the ‘Polo' shirt from...
Architecture on transparency glass windows: every hatred would be destroyed
'The surface of the Earth would be completely different if brick architecture were replaced everywhere with glass’. States Bruno Taut the realities of our utopian impulse to see through buildings
A dialogue across the centuries: Celine winter collection enduring narrative between then and now
A nod to Paris and to the house’s roots, Hedi Slimane styled and did the set of the newly looks of the Hôtel de la Marine and the Hôtel National...
Nature takes over urban waste. What will need to live in synchrony with nature
The Tree Column is Blast Studio’s latest design. Made from recycled coffee cups and mycelium, it is yet another viable option for the future in sustainability
‘Why Beauty Matters’ – Stefan Sagmeister balances philosophy with scientific research
«If you don’t like the term Beauty, you could replace it with intentional form». The graphic designer argues for the inclusion of Beauty in academic discourse
Crabyon – what is this? We are not there yet, but it could be a solution
Crabyon cannot be produced at a large scale. However the large quantities of waste available mean that in the future, it could be a new alternative to viscose
