It’s not like someone working in the post office. For an artist it’s life, it’s a way of life, it’s not something you decide to quit somehow. You’re there the moment you know that you cannot avoid it.
From illustration to performances, from sculpture to acting: Nicola Di Benedetto – «We were all staging the Seventies and we all were acting»
Songwriting it’s intuitive. «Often, it’s a setting or a place. Whether they connect or make any sense together, where I am physically can dictate the sounds I’m making»
Director of the Vitra Design Museum, Mateo Kries: «Museums are not only reflecting social evolutions but seeing themselves as an active part in society»
Reiner Werner Fassbinder, Alberto Arbasino, Carlo Emilio Gadda. Toshio Matsumoto. Visual researcher and creative director devoted to fashion and cinema, Giangi Giordano tells his story
«I want to know. Not believe. Not guess. I want to know» – Gian Maria Tosatti: not knowing what’s going on in ones’ territory can be a choice, but when it’s not, it’s a threat
Designer Antonin Tron: «I never claimed that ATLEIN is sustainable, because as long as you’re creating something, you’re creating waste. It’s not a perfect system»
Journaling as a therapy, Mia Moretti talks to Liza Voloshin to collect poems on love, self, and freedom, on the verge of the low touch economy in the pandemic
«I extract the bark on my own and it’s not regularly harvested either. The final product ranges from earthy brown to pink to deep terracotta colors with a scent of wood».
Former architect turned visual artist, Tatiana Brodatch explores love and nudity: «My plasticine people are the actors. The photographs and the stop-motion are the play»
The challenge to change the perception of red mud in order to consider it a potential sustainable resource. In conversation with Kevin Rouff, Paco Boekemann and Guillermo Whittembury
«Making art is like making love; it is carnal, physical—we all make love, but not everyone makes art». In conversation with the owner of Italian jewelry house Vhernier
Griffin Frazen on data visualization, 3D modelling and «using architectural thinking and technical skills to help people understand protests from a spacial perspective»
The Beach animals: machines made out of PVC tubing and sails moved by wind energy that wander the shores of Scheveningen, the Netherlands – man is by nature an artist and an engineer
How knowing the origin of your pieces helps to create a client experience that surpasses the act of buying something. «You just should care who’s made something and where it’s come from».
Former architect and graphic designer turned artist dedicates her time to the formation of organic-inspired ceramics: unglazed and rough, yet figurative and soft, the ceramic vase designs of a Danish artist
Upcycling designer Nicole McLaughlin and John-John Johnson Junya, known as DJ4Animals, repurpose university hoodies for SUFE Fund, delivering a message on the state of student debt in America
The British violinist presents new album Between the Clouds, gathering classical pieces from his 20-years music repertoire: «There is a lightness to them like a cloud»
When eco-friendliness meets body-positivity: Ella Wiznia of The Series New York’s drive to upend traditional body conceptions and produce upcycled garments
Patricia Zhou worked at dance companies across Europe or the States with her primary focus laying on Russian style ballet rather than the English techniques
Body is sacred, nudity is art, and nature is a living being. Bianca Lee Vasquez seeks the veracity and the reverence nature holds with living beings: «We need to see divinity in one another»
A look into the vision of an architect and the inspiration to design not only our spaces but the way we live. Talking earth, Ettore Sottsass, and a wooden sailboat
The exploration of storytelling and the celebration of black joy through community and clothing: Priya Ahluwalia turns to film to capture the different heritages present in London
Making products requires constant investment in improving the creative process. Mats Rombaut, founder of Rombaut and Víron: «Sustainability means necessity»
«I like this idea of a natural cycle, birth, death, the relationship between order and chaos. I aim to recreate these aspects in ephemeral sculptures, which are not made to last»
Sofia Tchkonia’s confidence to underdogs: the tinkering of trust towards local creatives has kindled a spirit to unveil the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tbilisi
«There is a kind of coherence between what I did then and what I do today». Messages, opinions, and discoveries, understanding life in a way beyond images
Syrian designer, Nabil Nayal, brings the concept of affordable sustainability combining historical and contemporary patterns
The creator of the PET lamps and precursor of sustainable design believes stories can change the world, bridging the gap between industrial production and craftmanship
The work of Brooklyn based ceramist Yuko Nishikawa is guided by the Japanese onomatopoeia ‘piku piku’, «an involuntary movement caused by unexpected contact»
Local artisans meet a global platform through Maria Manga’s search for balance, and the union between what is and what will be
Olivia Rubens sees tomorrow’s fashion as a system where creativity and sustainability can walk hand in hand with a touch of Metalocalypse
Tom Van der Borght wields the influences of Bjork, his tenure as a social worker: he journeyed through the social issues and communities that marry his refuge
From a raw material to 3D modeled prototypes, Folies Créatures by Eva Verwhict is the metamorphosis of flora and fauna into a collection of bags and shoes
Outerwear famed for being durable – K-Way foresees to spearhead the arena of sportswear. A conversation with Lorenzo Boglione, BasicNet vice president of Sales
The fashion collective of digital designers, florists and pattern cutters helmed by Paula Sello and Alissa Aulbekova builds up digital garments and structures for in-game avatars and Instagram filters
The odd combinations of style, beauty, and colors have always showcased who Paul Smith is. In his Spring – Summer 2021 Collection, he demonstrates that such principles have always been alive
Observing the valour of the tango, the final instalment of the filmic project S.W.A.L.K demonstrates how techniques developed in the Artisanal collection are artistically industrialised for ready- to-wear
Directed by Jonathan Anderson, the Show-on-the-Wall stems from a desire to discover formats of communication that respond to the times we are living in
The Spring Summer 2021 collection of Giorgio Armani reiterates a sight of elegance with the individual is at its core, balancing precision and sensuality, purity and concessions to eccentricity
Under the Creative Direction of Matthew M. Williams, the Parisian Luxury Maison Givenchy has unveiled its first jewelry collection campaign, featuring the bold yet elegant
The Italian family business Zegna launches its collection is designed in collaboration with the American Luxury brand Fear of God. «Our open conversations and emotions were translated into garments»
Following a period of renewal and improvement of its structure and offer, Palazzo Galliera opens to the public again with a personale focused on the female fashion icon
Loewe launches a plant-based home scent selection. «There is an intimacy and coziness, but also a celebration of the natural world, to these candles that I find both timely and timeless»
On September 8th, Moncler Genius – a concept supporting the message ‘One House, Different Voices’ – unveiled a collaboration with Girl Up, within the Moncler 1952 collection
Kim Jones will present his first FENDI ready-to-wear collection for Fall/Winter 2021-22 season during Milan Fashion Week in February
Miu Miu keeps on its Women’s Tales series, centered on the female gaze in independent cinema. The last entry, ‘IN MY ROOM’, explores solitude and heritage during the Covid-19 lockdown
Traditional artisanal practices and the design industry have more in common than suspected. One man’s commute is the Argentinian designer’s textual playground
The marble façade of Museo Correr becomes a cascade of molten gold – Dior’s hymn to the Venetian Republic and to culture and ethics
The new site of Hermès Leather Good & Saddlery division is opening in 2022. The building will be made only of bricks and wood, and its shape will grant the artisans natural light
Simon Porte Jacquemus – The designer who bridges culture with wanderlust and finesse while running one of the leading French fashion Houses on the market
Tweed. Just as it meets every desire in fashion, tweed also lends itself to every innovation. The French luxury house Chanel incorporates the fabric into its Fall 2020 eyewear collection
With 2020 marking the 110th anniversary of the Italian menswear brand Ermenegildo Zegna, the House came up with a campaign idea, exploring the concept of legacy under the hashtag #UseTheExisting
Hedi Slimane, creative director of the French fashion house Celine, photographed a portrait series of French ‘Nouvelle Vague’ film director Jean Luc Godard, in Switzerland in July 2020
For the Bottega Veneta Men’s collection, the House decided to stream a short film, delving into the identity and masculinity of multidisciplinary artists and their affiliation to clothing.
Maria Grazia Chiuri staged the Dior Cruise show 2021 at the Piazza del Duomo in Lecce, a town in the southern Italian region Puglia. The show paid tribute to the region’s artisans
The Baroque aesthetic is revisited through Bvlgari’s contemporary filter versatility, rewriting the rules of high jewelry design and manufacturing
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced fashion brands and retailers to adapt to the circumstances and accept digital solutions as business strategies
Louis Vuitton Cruise 2021 ‘Game On’ – a departure of an inner journey, where time is a social security factor‘Game On’ – Ghesquière’s strategy of asserting the fashion game
Moncler Voices, the digital campaign calls individuals to participate in the project by creating an image that explains their vision of Moncler
Fendi has unveiled the Fendi Renaissance – Anima Mundi global streaming events. On July 10th, the collaboration has been brought to The Bund in Shanghai
J.W. Anderson thinks out of the box and unveils Loewe’s show-in-a-box concept to present the Men’s Spring / Summer 2021 collection – favoring the involvement of the spectator
The Grande Mademoiselle’s baroque austerity and the romantic aura of Caspar David Friedrich and paintings by Friedrich von Amerling – juxtaposed to Grace Jones dancing at Le Palace
Ending this year’s digital Couture week, the Maison Margiela Creative Director John Galliano announced a digital instalment of the House’s Artisanal Co-Ed Collection
In couture presentation, the spectators were taken on a mystic display tour into the world of Le Mythe Dior, a film directed by the filmmaker Matteo Garrone
Bvlgari announces the scheduled opening of the Bvlgari Hotel Roma for 2022, located in the Campo Marzio neighborhood in Piazza Augusto Imperatore
Hermès have unveiled its campaign film ’The Girl With The Black Bag’ starring the Simone Hermes bag, firstly seen on the runway in the Fall–Winter 19 show in Paris
The House announces a live runway show behind closed doors. The Dior Cruise Show 2021 presents a collection about community, inclusiveness, and craftsmanship
The digital panel Innovating the Present for a Sustainable Future highlighted Bvlgari’s commitment to CSR and introduced the Virus Free Fund – the report
Time. Those who have it can develop designs instead of bringing something new to the market every month’. J12 watch, the 20th anniversary
The Rubell Museum, Shawn Stussy and The Dior men’s collection presented in Miami in December
Giorgio Armani spurs the fashion industry to change, while Monégasque Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc represent the face of the SS20 campaign
Visual and performing artist based in Brussels. Always searching for beauty. “Eyes. They never lie, chico.” Scarface
‘I think beauty is the result of a genuine dialogue between your own personality and your cultural references, it is the self-ruling celebration of identity’
I grew up in Antibes and moved to Paris to join the Paris Opera School and never left since. When I was 18 year-old to join the company
Design and art pieces for a new edit by Louis Vuitton a genius loci collection, a praise to the Florentine taste
Chanel celebrates the thirty-year partnership with the French photographer, art director, and illustrator Jean-Paul Goude at Palazzo Giureconsulti, Milan
Chocolate is an investigation into our ancestral identity. Rhetorically, the composition of a maître chocolatier recalls the choreography of an intellectual dance. Cecilia Tessieri in conversation
Being modern, in the photography field, is an intellectual speculation: If anyone can take a photo and make it look good by adding a filter, it means that the means itself is obsolete
Layers, Geometries, Graphic lines – a game of marble goes bigger than ever, the aesthetic of Peter Marino and the architects at Bvlgari
Bourgeois vs. Bohémien, Clash de Cartier and genesis of desire
Literature / Romance stories come back to life in new sagas
The myths and meanings of Tartan chronicles of a revolution — tradition and pride in lands to the north
The Mentor & Protégé initiative by Rolex envisages the creation of a public space in Niamey, Niger
Asa Butterfield’s debut on Netflix marks a breach of the barriers between cinema and streaming platforms. Netflix is focusing on actors borrowed from the silver screen
A masculine sensuality, the cartoons by Joost Swarte, the collection by Véronique Nichanian for Hermès
Engineering and architecture – Eero Saarinen’s curves for Ghesquière
At the Fondation Maeght: A gallery designed by Josep Lluís Sert, just outside Saint-Paul-de-Vence
L’année dernière à Marienbad remains a constant source of inspiration for Karl Lagerfeld, who has designed robes in black chiffon since 1983
The magazine was started in 1988 by Armani and his sister, Rosanna. This new editorial partnership managed to combine images from runway shows with cultural pieces
The concept of Exotic in an array of fleeting yet precise frames. Fendi is a mix of cultural citations and city street style
Giorgio Armani was the first to choose an airport, Linate, to present EA Boarding, the Emporio Armani Spring Summer 2019 collection
The relationship between teacher and pupil, the Rolex initiative and a book on Henry James
Based on the very essence of lexicon, word games play with poetry – the windows of the thirteen Hermès boutiques in Italy are inspired by a classic Italian pastime: the Settimana Enigmistica
A ship was rebuilt inside the Grand Palais and Paris relives the novel of the early twentieth century. Chanel’s Cruise Collection: combinations of pink, silver and teal
Many have arrived, it was the last evening of the men’s fashion shows in Milan. In honor of Paul Smith
They involved graffitists who reworked the Fendi logo, rappers from the streets to the studios in Los Angeles, producers, visual editors — and a parcour champion.
During the International Book Fair, we marked the sixty years since the first publication of Capote’s novel
Post-industrial charm of old Milan, a party in a hidden place, in a former foundry
“Music for me is the highest form of art. It is both time and sound. It is perfect, ideal for expressing feelings, the state of mind and different emotions.”
Twenty years having gone by since the first piece was showcased in the Bvlgari boutique window, today the ring B.zero1 may be considered a metaphor for a city like Rome oriented towards the future
The aura of the greats, perhaps too fragile to cope with world criticism, or even success. Genius and wildness. Luck or damnation.
