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Amateurs catching bluefin tuna are almost as bad as industrial fishermen
Why removing baby tunas from the ecosystem is damaging, and what can be done to protect their reproductive cycle in a more efficient way
The future is female: Francesco Bonami on his exhibition Hi Woman – the news of the future
Francesco Bonami curates an exhibition at the Museo di Palazzo Pretorio in Prato where twenty-two female artists dialogue with the Annunciation and the act of creation
Zanellato Luxethic and almond shells – Tanning carried out through the use of alternative materials
The main elements used in the tanning of leather, such as chromium and aldehydes, are harmful to humans and nature. Zanellato proposes a solution
A 55.55 carat diamond: the 100th anniversary of N°5 Chanel talking with Patrice Leguéreau
The Director of Chanel’s Fine Jewelry Creation Studio describes the journey that led him to Collection N°5 Grasse, its jasmine and May rose fields, and the pink, red and yellow...
A case study for Hermès: After two centuries below the water, an historic leather, reemerges preserved
Acquired by Hermès in the Nineties, bundles of hardwearing Russia leather from the cargo hold of the Metta Catherina survive two centuries below the water for closer study
How much does blockchain lead to transparency? TrusTrace and Authena cases
Proper use of blockchain and NFC technologies is key to not waste their use. In a conversation with the providers TrusTrace and Authena, they explain the why and how
The meaning of white in Iceland: a journey through the world of Tamara Ferioli
Tamara Ferioli’s artistic production is a visual diary of her life and inner world, connected to Iceland’s culture and natural landscapes
Anuela Ristani, Shirley Rodrigues, Maria Chiara Pastore: A tale of three cities’ – Tirana, London and Milan
Plan B for Planet A - from the perpetrators of a carbon saturated means of living to an infinite net-zero acknowledging nature as a structural facet in cities in order...
Dom Pérignon, Lady Gaga and Nick Knight team up to declare the Queendom
Lady Gaga and Nick Knight create a queendom for Dom Pérignon: «Patriarchy gave birth to the idea that the kingdom was the greatest thing of all, so we declare the...
Architects Stefano Boeri and Elizabeth Diller on demineralizing the city: urban green grafts
What can we do to defend our public space? A public space is not about density, where we can observe or participate, where behaviors are not codified
Female nudity on solitary landscapes: womanhood according to Leif Sebastian
Yearning for a sense of freedom. Permission to Play. Leif Sebastian's approach: «I like to plan but also to be present enough to be informed by my surroundings»
Social, economic, and environmental sustainability – Bvlgari’s Responsibility in Society
Bulgari underscores the essence of culture by advancing female talent, scientists and the youth, fighting the virus and enacting the agenda of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
A. Petersen: a short supply chain in Denmark – master craftwork and local material sourcing
Skari Svarre, founder of A. Petersen on how consumers need to relearn how to approach and appreciate long-lasting goods
Ann Demeulemeester begins a new chapter under the Italian ownership of Claudio Antonioli
Acquired by Claudio Antonioli in 2020, Demeulemeester's brand is on its way to regaining the punk-inspired spark with major shifts in strategy and design
Lampoon / The honesty Issue – The sensuality of Bonacina 1889’s wood told through the eyes of Eli Craven
It wasn't bamboo, it wasn't wicker. It was rattan, a solid wood that could be curved and shaped was just imported by Bonacina in the late Nineteenth century
Renzo Piano, D.A.P. and Sapienza University join forces: a project for detained mothers
A modular house project built inside Rebibbia women’s penitentiary in Rome, giving detained mothers a space to be with their children in a more humane environment than the prison’s visiting...
Édouard Levé: What is Pornographie (2002)? Art, wisdom, and realization: no hypothesis
Édouard Levé through images: the embrace of one’s sensuality, sexuality, and individuality that feign disinterest to the prohibition sexual pleasure, arousal, and thoughts invoked
Eugenia Errázuriz – From South America to Paris and Biarritz pioneering an aesthetic of subtractions
Eugenia Huici Arguedas de Errázuriz paved the way for the modernist minimalist aesthetic that would be taken up in fashion by Coco Chanel
From the Renaissance masters to Rick Owens: all the influences of Pietro Franceschini
«Sometimes it is interesting to think of the same object in different versions; by changing the material, everything else changes»
iPhone, ink printer and photocopy. Andreas Schmidl and Josef Lazo, from the land of nostalgia
«A mid-century vibe. We bought these postcards in California. A classic kind of collage scrapbook thing. Almost like a wishboard based on our longing». Lazoschmidl’s fantasy is a provoking game
Unspun – an apparel start-up, straddled between two continents, merges together robotics and denim
Unspun and their drive to solve one of fashion’s problems proves that society’s demand can evolve by thinking of new solutions
Building with concrete made with Salt – a big trouble could become a solution
The Anatomy of Sabkhas: preserving sustainable salt flats book, written by urbanists Rashid and Ahmed Bin Shabib, provide an urban research of the phenomenon and possible applications
Lampoon / Diverso – Lou de Betoly among assemblages of madness and decadent surrealism
«I love this idea of real objects, somehow flattened to be archived. There’s a mix of natural and artificial fibers. Real hair in contrast with the plastic hair of a...
Where do the bounds break? The final Louis Vuitton Man collection: Virgil was here
Narrative elements underlying Abloh’s attitude and vision to menswear design. Virgil was here: a logic that changed the mainstream
Rid Burman on being Diverso: «Things are abstracted, distorted, not traditionally beautiful»
German Expressionism, Egon Schiele, Modernism, Mirò. Rid Burman's many inspirations draw from a distant, dreamlike world
Post World War II oceanography: how science and politics in the US became intertwined during the Cold War
A military driven mission allowed for an unnecessary production of ignorance of our oceans during the Cold War period – we now face the problems of years of negligence
Seeking scraps of green in modern urban jungles: Petra Valenti and Yosephine Melfi
Milan has many paradoxes: futuristic glass architecture and battered urban spaces: for Paola Valenti and Yosephine Melfi, surviving in modern cities is a question of adaptation - just like a...
Leather-like material from discarded Danish Christmas trees – news in the realm of textiles
More awareness needs to be spread regarding what it means to buy something which has biodegradability properties. In conversation with Bonnie Hvillum, founder of Natural Material Studio
Updating the Social housing, matter: bioclimatic measures, solar radiation and natural ventilation
TAMassociati and Arup on display at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021 to respond to the rapid population growth in urban areas and the lack of affordable housing
The praise of boredom – Sarah Balhadère portraying Esther Garrell in a Gio Ponti scenario
Sarah Balhadère's voyeuristic eye captures moments of ordinary monotony, believing it to be the most profound response to our needs
Diamond graders – holding up the stones with Borsalino Diamanti: transparency for 50 years
Where diamonds really come from. Jewelry, family heirlooms but most especially mining, labor, suppliers, diamond graders and manufacturers
Restoring an ecosystem under pressure – Mangrove forests: the case for a science-based restoration
«If you recreate the conditions for mangrove growth like this, then the mangroves will come back in on their own». In conversation with Dominic Wodehouse, executive director of the Mangrove...
AHEC – education about wood: designers and producers have to work together
After Perpetual Mobile show in Barcelona, AHEC partners with RIVA 1920 to showcase the work of the new generation of designers encouraging a more responsible use of wood
Eimear Lynch: «I don’t make characters. I only do portraits»
Irish photographer Eimear Lynch dedicated her summertime probing through intimate lives of young people across a series of portraits, freeing herself from introversion
Mark Grinstaff, Boston University: adhesives from the copolymerization of CO2
Grinstaff’s team envisions a sustainable solution which could be tailored to fit the needs of industries from everyday-use products to biomedical applications
About Humanism today: what does it mean? Pierpaolo Piccioli at Valentino
Punk as the deviation from conformity, the adoption of black and white, an updated concept of humanism has pervaded the designs, the studies, and the pillars of Valentino
Globally Connected: when a fashion production inspired by another culture is not respectful
One of the most common mistakes made by fashion houses when using specific traits from another culture to which they do not belong, is the non-admission
Adrien Dubost and his odd dialogue between Louis Vuitton luxury and Seventies design
Bravery, the High Jewellery collection – 90 pieces designed by Francesca Amfitheatrof. It took a global three-year search to source the sapphires, emeralds, rubies, diamonds and gemstones used on the...
Roberto Burle Marx: an end to the deforestation of the Amazonian rainforest
In conversation with Irish and Italian professors Gareth Doherty and Barbara Boifava, respectively, on Roberto Burle Marx’s landscapes and urban ideologies
Décor vs Design: can you understand the distinction? A balance to try if your taste is a matter of elegance
Current good taste has eroded an orthodoxy that began to crumble in the Seventies: design is today emptied of its original political militancy – worse still, it can be the...
«We are a mix of different people, easily called a family» – Ruggiero Cafagna and a family album
«My wife Haruka is Japanese, I’m Italian, our daughter Joy is a mix of us with a French touch. Each one has a different story» – Ruggiero Cafagna and his...
Faith organizations: the fourth economic power on Earth
UNEP director Iyad Abumoghli and activist and cartographer Molly Burhans speak of how engaging with faith institutions is not just necessary but can be immediately beneficial
Lampoon / Diverso – House doesn’t mean home. Katie Silvester on the meaning of being a family
Katie Silvester and Sam Carder roam around Scotland recounting how the concept of family has changed and how there is nothing more dynamic than human relationships
Talking to Quantis: no more greenwashing, we need to fix precise targets and clear numbers
In the next ten years, the fashion industry will be under close scrutiny to maintain a commitment that has to fix a defined goal. In conversation with Simone Pedrazzini, director...
According to Guen Fiore, sexual tension is a tool against human fragility
Guen Fiore and Rubina Vita Marchiori willing to investigate that eternal feminine that precedes and overcomes every prejudice, showing raw images made of shapes, materials and fabrics
Genre-less upcycled fashion: old farming clothing, workwear or parachutes
«Every piece is constructed from old clothing or garments that have an aged quality that is then cut into patches which are sewn to new patterns», designer Fumika Oshima
