Tag: Collections
Refugium Amoris — Reclaims the Fabric of the City
Restored without spectacle – Refugium Amoris, a Hideaway Apartment. Exposed beams, terrazzo floors, and structural honesty guide the renovation by Francesco Pugliese.
Il Capri doesn’t scream: design, raw materials and the absence of interfaces
No televisions, no digital clocks blinking in the dark, no refrigerator whirring at night. Il Capri Hotel reclaims the island’s soul through a sustainable way of being that refuses performance
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
Straight or Straight Acting? Nikolai Voelcker on Male Dynamics in Berlin
Friends joke, stretch limbs, shift postures, and press next to each other – in Sonntagnachmittags by Nikolai Voelcker that homoerotic tension rests at the core
From Industrial Roots to Cultural Landmark: The Evolution of Bücherbogen in Berlin
Bücherbogen serves as an intermediary between publishers and customers, ensuring community-building. According to the owner «this interconnectedness and knowledge-sharing is the rewarding aspect of working at the bookstore»
Italian Artisan: «Italian manufacturers and contractors from the fashion world»
Italian Artisan’s philosophy ‘Made in Italy, Made Easy’ expresses the platform goal to simplify and coordinate the Italian supply chain’s processes: David Clementoni and Olga Iarussi
Mostyn Gallery, North Wales. Being at the periphery of the art market is a blessing
Llandudno, a seaside town. Lady Augusta Mostyn gave the first donation – in 2010, the gallery reopened its doors after a £5 million refurbishment
Gloria Intertwines a Dialogue Between Milan and Paris
This design concept integrates traditional Milanese architecture with French bohemian accents, highlighted by floral designs, vintage chandeliers, and dynamic ceramic pieces
Umamma, San Miniato. A spot purchased online from a website that sold second-hand goods
Giovanni Settesoldi preserves the integrity of culture in the village of San Miniato with the renovation of a 600-year-old property under the superintendence of Fine Arts
FW24 menswear story on Lampoon 30, The Raw Issue
The juxtaposition of intricate textures—cable knits, leather, fur, and tailored wools—and bold silhouettes offers a dialogue about the evolving codes of masculinity. Styling Niki Pauls
Antica Osteria Magenes, Gaggiano. Just outside Milan in the town of Barate 80 inhabitants and the ancestors of Pope Francis
A gourmet restaurant hidden in the Parco agricolo sud - the tourism potential of this area and the complexity of creating a system. A neighborhood that could become a district...
Libreria Antigone: literature as a bridge between feminist and LGBTQ+ movements
Present both in Milan and Rome, Libreria Antigone uses literature and education to fight against misogyny, homophobia, and every other kind of discrimination
Celine Zouzou: youth and the poetics of the twentieth century
Hedi Slimane's muses for Zouzou - 20th century figures who embody the paradox of innocence and rebellion: Françoise Sagan, Jean Seberg, the Velvet Underground
Milan, Italy: Boyy and Fos are crafting an expressive shelter as a shop
Fos is all about pollination when it comes to spaces. For their Milanese store, Boyy collaborated with the Danish designer to enhance their zesty pieces
Sakeya, Milan: a House of Sake with a fusion bistro inspired by Obanzai cuisine
Chef Masaki Inoguchi combines seasonal ingredients and the Obanzai culinary tradition with European flavors to accompany the sake tasting experience in the Japanese speakeasy
What happened to slow fashion?
After the pandemic, fashion seemed to abandon consumerism and make room for slow fashion. All gone. Mosaert and Buena Onda apart
From Prada’s Ugly Chic to Tiktok Cringe Chic
Cringe chic is a fashion evolution from Prada's Ugly Chic. Embracing awkwardness and kitsch, redefining beauty on unconventional terms
Deciphering the myth that is the Big Four
Chronicles from NYFW and LFW – why are we still holding on to an old idea to recreate something new? This might be the time to rethink the old tradition...
Sine by Di Pinto: Neapolitan heritage, organic materials and cultural humor
After traveling the world, chef Roberto Di Pinto opened his gastrocratic restaurant, Sine. Organic and locally sourced products are used to celebrate his Neapolitan roots – and vocation for art
On alternate realities and ways of being – Alessandro Timpanaro and Luca Piscitelli
A story of two women, their strength comes from their fragility – a fashion editing from current Fall Winter season: Loewe, Bottega Veneta and one Rolex
Magliano: masculinity menswear – human diversity shapes the community
Rediscovery of popular and provincial clothing, masculinity and human diversity, queer community and political action: the principles that brought Magliano to Pitti as guest designer
Première Vision: Prototipo Studio presents hemp denim, an entirely Italian supply
Insights into the sustainability of the hemp supply chain in Europe and the challenges with the production chain
BookCity Milano 2023: from Orhan Pamuk to a delegation of French cartoonists
With Nobel Prize in Literature Orhan Pamuk for the opening event and a delegation of French cartoonists from Angoulême, BookCity Milano 2023 wants to be a ‘dreamlike’ experience
Phoebe Philo’s comeback to fashion: minimalism remains, but legs open up
After taking the helms at Chloé and Céline, Phoebe Philo launches her eponymous label with much anticipation from her devoted fans, the Philophiles
Politics, ethics and collaboration: fashion according to Marco Rambaldi
«Crochet, once considered the symbol of patriarchy, turned into a feminist symbol of independence, becoming itself a manifesto to wear» – Marco Rambaldi, Bologna and the LGBTQ+ community
95 percent upcycled materials at Duran Lantink’s Spring 2024 Collection
Duran Lantink’s journey from Amsterdam to Paris also marked a shift in creative vision, while keeping sustainable practices at the core of the brand
Casablanca’s trailblazing evolution and the inclusion of women’s fashion
Paris meets Moroccan inspiration, Charaf Tajer turns heads debuting his collection reinventing women’s fashion at the PFW SS24
The celebration of slowness: manufacturing and artisans in the SS24 of Cecilie Bahnsen
Cecilie Bahnsen emphasizes that the collection is a symbol of how the work evolves in the atelier and she wants to tell the story of each piece until it arrives...
Paris Fashion Week, Marni’s artisanal devotion by Francesco Risso
Sentimental tributes to Francesco Risso’s Parisian memories highlight the dedication that went into the Marni SS24 collection, presented as a guest show in Paris Fashion Week
Eisenherz: a bookstore in contrast to the gay underground bars of 1970s Berlin
A LGBTQ+ bookstore in the Berlin queer district of Schöneberg. Co-founder Roland Müller-Flashar on Eisenherz buchladen:«As long as discrimination persists, our bookstore must exist»
Desert, NY city architectures, and CGI tech: a narrative for the RL888 bag
A phygital approach to the customer - Ralph Lauren’s project with House 888 is part of the brand’s broader reflection on the experiential possibilities offered by Web3
An evolving balance of heritage and youth culture – Ferragamo by Maximilian Davis
Crafting fashion for a new generation: Maximilian Davis taps into art and heritage for Ferragamo's Spring 2024 collection
Cormio SS24: a world of women where women are not in charge
«Banality is like entropy; everything collapses into it in the end», So begins the letter with which Jezabelle Cormio kicks off her disturbing critique of contemporaneity
POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair and FASHION POSITIONS: what does the German capital do differently?
«Most of the designers here in Berlin work differently than in the other cities» – POSITIONS Art Fair: Berlin has long been a destination for those who seek to explore...
Simplicity and minimalism – The Row and the age of Silent Luxury
American based fashion label, The Row is eating European luxury houses alive. How did Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen manage to exchange their celebrity status to Luxury label connoisseurs?
MSCHF case: from Satan Shoes to the Microscopic Handbag
MSCHF collective want to mock capitalism by leveraging pop culture, but they end up feeding it – the mini bag is visible only under a microscope and is a little...
Berlin Atonal, an ‘underground operation’ of the 80s turned into a music festival
Berlin Atonal started ‘DIY’ in a reaction to popular music of 1980s: a ‘hallucinatory sight program’, presenting pop, punk, new wave, it «was not meant to be digested in a...
Rurality reworked: is fashion design still inspired by a family?
Cosmopolitan cities are homogenized, suburbia is experienced as a disgrace: a topic addressed by Italian fashion designer Federico Cina
Stamberga, Milan, a ‘concept gallery’ at the crossroads of Western and Asian cultures
From fine art prints of Buddhist monks to teas, honeys and stationaries: a journey through Asia presented by owner and photographer Marco Beretta
Heroines of Sound: microtonality, noise, and drones on an all-female artists’ stage
In ten years, Heroines of Sound has presented over 150 female or non-binary artists, in a dialogue between contemporaneity and ‘heroines’ of the electronic music scene
Loewe SS24: Jonathan Anderson’s exploration of craftsmanship
Lynda Benglis fountains and celebrity attendees add star power to the Loewe SS24 Menswear collection at Paris Fashion Week
Haitian heritage and discarded toys jewelry — Botter 2024 show in Paris
During Paris Fashion Week, Caribbean couture Botter introduced a new 3D printed slippers, made discarded toys jewelry and crafted knitwear out of up-cycled Scooby Doo yarns
Fosbury Architecture, decentralizing spaces: Everyone Belongs to everyone else
Fosbury Architecture, a collective curating the 18th Venice Biennale, challenges the norms of the exhibition., «pushing people to go outside the outskirts of the Biennale»
SpazioSerra and Virginia Dal Magro – the undefined movement of traces and spaces
«It can become a concept of above and below, of visible and invisible, of natural and artificial». Observing the gap in between and the threshold in creation
Fabio Quaranta: what happens in the post-menswear era?
Fabio Quaranta: interdisciplinary collective instead of fashion brands, archives instead of collections - «I felt the need to lose the authorial, individual aspect»
«To catch an idea you need to go primitive»: a conversation with Guglielmo Poletti
Spring Studio introduces Guglielmo Poletti's work. The designer aims to display style as a derivation of structure. Construction becomes a meaningful aesthetic
