The Daily Dispatch includes reviews and critical readings of books, exhibitions, photography projects, architecture, independent publications and cultural initiatives. Each contribution connects individual work to a wider system of production, politics, technology and material culture.
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How can there be such an abundance of seafood so readily available? The Tronchetto market in Venice
Despite attentive regulations, fish markets across Europe are more fully stocked than ever, creating a false sense of abundance in the minds of consumers
Dematerialization of architecture in the forms of the Bocconi campus in Milan – Filippo Ferrarese
«At night, the Bocconi campus was wrapped with wire mesh but, during the night, this casing disappeared. It became possible to see inside»
Vividye converts garments into a blank canvas, enabling efficient recycling and reuse
A deeper look into the complacency recycling has lent to fashion consumers and the nuances that make or break efficient recycling processes; through the lens of start-up, Vividye
Forget the shock: pastel colors by Sébastien Notre – an inner urge that it’s not traumatizing
«I don't want to do things to shock people». Soft is often a synonymous of weak. Pastel colors allow the artist to show the contrast between strong images and soft...
Solving the water crisis: corporations are not investing enough
Today, 711 million people already lack access to safe water. The UN estimates that by 2025 1.8 billion people will live in water-stressed regions. New technologies are available, but they...
The giant Himalayan stinging nettle — what it means to wild harvest
«Regenerative process means that as you produce, you’re improving the Earth» - how to go beyond sustainability, in conversation with Himalayan Wild Fibers
Homosexual militancy in Italy during the Seventies: Nicola Di Benedetto performing Mario Mieli
From illustration to performances, from sculpture to acting: Nicola Di Benedetto – «We were all staging the Seventies and we all were acting»
Controversial: the carbon market is growing, but cheap credits can undermine its utility
Purchasing carbon credits can be part of a corporate climate strategy when a company isn’t able to neutralize its emissions due to technological limitations or prohibitive costs
1b, a Bar by Koenraad Dedobeleer ends at Maniera — the Belgian gallery founded upon Italian semantics
Following limited to no social gatherings, 1b played host to Bar Alto, Bar Basso — a night of Italian canapés and Negronis in honor of the famous Milanese bar
Fiquetex: crafting vegan leather and fabrics from Colombian succulents
«We use about one third of the energy needed to craft animal leather». Gabriel Moreno, Fiquetex, winner of the Oxford University Best Postgraduate Idea
Markus Friedrich Staab: lifting chairs out of the mundane, design is about having fun
Embracing fun as a design philosophy. From Dadaism to Josef Albers, Markus Friedrich Staab reimagines his functional art pieces
From Australia to Africa, using seed-firing drones: the case study of AirSeed Technologies
«Our planting includes trees, shrubs and grasses. It encourages the remediation of soil health and the redevelopment of degraded ecosystems through our Seed Pods». Andrew Walker
Mai-Thu Perret – from an all-female commune in New Mexico to a statue of Minerva in Rome
«I have been thinking about sculpture, statuary and the representations of the human figure in antiquity». Mai-Thu Perret’s exhibition at Istituto Svizzero in Rome
Circular Systems – Keeping the neutral cellulosic chain when recycling cotton. Otherwise, it is classified as viscose
Circular Systems is focused on using waste streams as their main source of materials for production working on up-cycling the textile
The paradigm of a circular economy: is there a place for thermal decomposition? Fulgar x BASF case
The chemical transformation process called thermolysis turns post-consumer plastic waste into a secondary raw material, replacing new fuel from fossil origin
Versailles & the World, the exhibition: the Palace power over colonies is contemporary, more than ever
«How the Sun King’s palace played a key role in French diplomacy and was at the center of political, artistic and commercial exchanges between East and West»
Who picks the fruit and vegetables that we buy at the supermarket? Our Invisible Hands exhibition
From photography to diary entries and sound installations, Our Invisible Hands is an exhibition showcasing how some artists experienced being a seasonal worker, opening up the conversation
Street style becomes a uniform for climate change, inspired by death
Defining Fictional streetwear: using ‘dead stuff’ and making it into something new, reimagining these materials in their own image – the idea of death runs through the entire project
Digital Art disruption: Francesca Kaufmann and Stefano Rabolli Pansera at Hauser & Wirth
The outbreak of Covid-19 pushed art galleries to rethink their role and position within the contemporary art market; accelerating the digital transition and the implementation of new digital strategies
Nūdo: all-natural biodegradable beauty essentials designed to blend back with nature over time
From bamboo to sisal, all-natural raw materials replace plastic offering an alternative to everyday products that already exist
The KAIKU machine – the future of color comes from fruits and vegetables
«It’s a multi-steps process that makes us get the color that we need. Then, in the end, we get this biomass for fertilizer and biofuels». Nicole Stjernswärd, design technologist
Humor and paradox – irony and irreverence in the Italian contemporary art scene
Italian contemporary artist Daniele Sigalot plays with aluminium and other artistic mediums to create a sense of disorientation in the mind of the observer
The state of paper recycling – challenges and opportunities for a circular industry in Europe
In Europe, Fibre-based packaging is contributing to the circular biobased economy, as eighty-four point six percent of paper and board packaging is recycled
Planned obsolescence – the obsolescence of a product is planned, designed, and built into it by its manufacturer
In a circular economy context, an EU measure banning planned obsolescence is needed, as measures targeting it are insufficient to handle
Change starts with farming: regenerative farming and foresting – From Farm to Fabric to Fashion
Experiences coming from farms and attention to the biodiversity that surrounds them highlight the ethical success of the development in the fashion system
Half a century of queer history. Stanley Stellar’s street photography and a marginalized community
«We've been portrayed as degenerates or clowns, or sinners, never human. I knew I was recording something that never existed before, and that was freedom of us and acceptance of...
Glenn Martens’ awaiting and the reinterpretation of Diesel traditional codes for FW22 collection
The alternative to luxury, sensuality and sustainability, the refresh implemented by Martens for the Diesel brand
Telling people’s lives without altering them – it’s a matter of transparency. Rosie Alice Foster
«We felt privileged to be allowed into somebody's most private and safe space, so we tried to capture it respectfully»
Saving the planet one building at a time: CLT panels and the future
Cross Laminated Timber is a possibility for a more sustainable future, but to make it more widespread we need to increase production facilities and teach architects how to build with...
Lab-grown diamonds using three days’ worth of domestic electricity: steps marked by Inbilico
Inbilico’s electricity consumption is equivalent to three days’ worth of domestic electricity use; from renewable sources. At the end of around four weeks, the lab-grown diamonds are ready to be...
House of Dagmar — the hunt for fabrics with the lowest environmental footprint
The Swedish brand has been exploring scientific and technological innovation to create fabrics from cellulose, viscose, among others, all in an effort to minimize their environmental footprint
Adiel’s techno music: Human connections are the core of Italian DJ and producer
From spinning discs in a local club in Rome to storming Berghain, Italian DJ Adiel talks about her techno music production
When plastic cannot be enough complicated, you start using ceramic: the case of Diego Cibelli
A journey through the artistic production of the Neapolitan artist Diego Cibelli, who manipulates the daily life objects to reveal their endless meanings
Every time you open a water bottle, you release thousand of microplastics
Microplastic role and impact on human life. Drinking water, air, and DNA - where else will scientists find the microplastics, and what does it mean for us and the upcoming...
Flash Art – the avant-garde community edited by Gea Politi, Cristiano Seganfreddo
The wave of art radicalism in the 1960s founded a publication, a bulletin of information transformed into a journal of art literature and research: Gea Politi, Cristiano Seganfreddo
Craftwork home working systems could be the future of decentralized garment production
Haute Couture designer - Rahul Mishra, and the founder of Nest - Rebecca Van Bergen on providing artisans with a favorable working environment. Implementing in home work practices
Ethiopia: biodiversity, quality of life, soil erosion and runoff. Earth Art studio’s Trees for Life
In conversation with artist Sylvia Grace Borda and lecturer Nura Beshir on the regeneration of green lands in Kofele, Ethiopia
From Afghanistan to Ukraine, posters to raise awareness: Now You See Me Mória
«Right now we are exposed to so many photographs that we have become numb to the pain of others». The posters are made from pictures taken on the field by...
Coven, Puppets and Puppets – Carly Mark brings a witchy feeling to New York Fashion Week
Witchy tones, carrots, and pumpkins set the stage for Puppets and Puppets’s new collection, with a theatrical feeling backed by a tap dancer
PLAY: Philippe Jarrigeon and the 90’s universe of tv and cinema
Fun, fantasies, and 90s television sets. PLAY – a Philippe Jarrigeon’s personal vision of pop culture and modern aesthetics
BUFA film studio at the heart of Berlin is being transformed by Fabrix: nature has to fit in
Large areas of paving are removed, eliminating vehicles and adding water permeability and biodiversity with rooftop gardens and green plazas: Clive Nichol speaks for Atelier Gardens
The overlay of six different shades of Musk, more about Musk complexity fragrance
The union of a single natural raw material such as musk together with wood, spices, fruits and flowers searches for three-dimensionality in the collection of fragrances
Paris Collections, January 2022: The high jewelry market is on a high writes Olivier Dupon
A review with some of the artistic directors and CEOs explains why January presentations in Paris are now as successful as July ones
How architecture on an urban scale has been weaponized against people and protesters
Griffin Frazen on data visualization, 3D modelling and «using architectural thinking and technical skills to help people understand protests from a spacial perspective»
Erik Thomsen – one gallerist cannot deal with the Danish sense of irony
Thomsen gallery specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls; in early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods
WOOD: a documentary filmed over seven years to combat large corporations exploiting forests
«From the taiga in Siberia over the primary forests of Romania to the primeval forest in Peru: around the world, billions of dollars are made from illegal logging»
