Collectible 2023: eight highlights at the Brussels collectors’ fair

COLLECTIBLE 2023 - Photo credit Michèle Margot.

Best of Collectible 2023: portable and collapsible thrones, polyurethane foam and fiberglass furniture, and wooden architectural seats exploring the act of resting across different cultures.

NOMAD St. Moritz 2023: seven highlights in the Swiss Alps at the traveling design showcase

Grace La Margna hotel, St. Moritz - Courtesy of NOMAD St. Moritz 2023.

NOMAD St. Moritz 2023: from upcycled flags supporting Syrian and Turkish earthquake survivors to high-end 3d printed plastic design pieces raising awareness on the oceans’ pollution emergency.

‘Ukraine: The Art of Resilience’ design exhibition at Maison & Objet 2023

UKRAINE: THE ART OF RESILIENCE design exhibition @ Maison & Objet 2023 - Photo by ©AETHION.

At the ‘Ukraine: The Art of Resilience’ exhibition, ancient traditions blend with contemporary design to highlight the Ukrainian spirit.

NOMAD Capri 2022: 7 design highlights on the famed Italian island

NOMAD Capri 2022 - Courtesy of NOMAD Circle.

The best of NOMAD Capri 2022 is on Archipanic. Vibrant fabrics dance with the breeze, biophilic ceramic totems and resin-based furniture recall infinite shades of its sea.

STEPPING ON UKRAINIAN SOIL: Faina Gallery brings forward Ukrainian heritage in Basel

Stepping on Ukrainian Soil. FAINA Gallery Curio exhibition at Design Miami Basel 2022 - Photo by James Harris, courtesy of Design Miami/ Basel.

Design Miami/ Basel 2022: FAINA Gallery presents the STEPPING ON UKRAINIAN SOIL exhibition, “reinterpreting the country’s heritage and crafts through contemporary design,” says Ukrainian-born gallery founder Victoria Yakusha.

Design Miami/ Basel 2022 explores the myth of ‘The Golden Age’ for a better and resilient future

Friedman Benda at Design Miami Basel 2022 - Photo © James Harris.

Ukrainian ancient crafts, Louis Carrol’s in-wonderland quirky furniture and Gio Ponti’s ode to colour. Design Miami/ Basel 2022 looks back to look forward. The Golden Age, reimagined.

Venice 2022: 12 must-see exhibitions cross-pollinating art, architecture and design

Homo Faber Event 2022, 12 Stone Garden - Photo by Alessandra Chemollo, ©MichelangeloFoundation.

Venice 2022: Forma Fantasma’s capsule exhibitions at La Biennale di Venezia, Homo Faber’s ode to craftsmanship, Galleria Nilufar’s design exhibition, Studio Drift’s mesmerising flying drones, the opening of the magnificent Procuratie Vecchie restored by David Chipperfield Architects and more…

Homo Faber 2022 celebrates high craftsmanship from Europe and Japan

Homo Faber 2022 - Porcelain Virtuosity exhibtion - Photo by Alessandra Chemollo ©Michelangelo Foundation.

Until May 1, Homo Faber 2022 takes over the Island of San Giorgio with 15 exhibitions pushing the boundaries of craftsmanship while focusing on the importance of international and cross-generational collaboration.

Collect 2022: 7 crafts and design projects celebrating the UN Year of Glass

Tim Rawlinson x London Glassblowing - Courtesy of Collect.

UN Year of Glass: mysterious constellations, ancient African crafts and dichroic transparencies shine at Collect 2022.

Collect 2022: Somerset House unveils the status of the art of crafts and design

Thrown Form by Dan Kelly x 155A Gallery - Photo Jake Curtis, styling Laura Fulmine, coutesy of Collect 2022.

Sustainability, glass celebration, unconventional textiles, post-pandemic memories and optimism are the key trends to look out for at Collect 2022.

7 quirky and surreal furniture designs debuting at Design Miami/ 2021

HALO sculpture by Bradley Bowers x The Future perfect Gallery - Photo by James Harris

Tables that dream of being lights, weird creatures from another planet, a glittering disco chair, and a clay celebration of African womanhood… We picked seven bold and surreal furniture designs in Miami.

Edit Cult 2021: 6 design exhibitions reinterpreting Naples’ DNA

Edit Napoli - Patricia Urquiola in collaboration with Istituto Caselli Real Fabbrica di Capodimonte @ Edit Cult 2021 - Photo by ©Serena Eller.

Edit Cult 2021: San Carlo Theatre, San Gennaro’s Museum, the Real Fabbrica di Capodimonte and some of Naples’ major cultural venues host exhibitions by Italian and international designers, all paying tribute to the vibrant spirit of the southern Italian city.

Edit Napoli 2021: 8 design projects on show at the Neapolitan fair’s central exhibition

EDIT Napoli 2021 - ©Serena Eller.

Archipanic explored Edit Napoli 2021, the third edition of the international fair focusing on creativity between industrial and collectible design. A lava alphabet, new oil rituals and porcelain toothbrushes vessels… Check what we liked the most at the Monumental Complex of San Domenico Maggiore.

Design Miami/Basel 2021 rethinks the relationship between humans, nature and human nature

Joseph Walsh Studio @ Design Miami/ Basel 2021 - Photo by James Harris

Design Miami/Basel 2021: Space Age-inspired parametric sofas, blackhole mirrors between the parallel universe and the antiverse and a constellation of lighting designs blooming in mid-air. We round up 12 must-see best exhibitions on show.

Elena Salmistraro: “Milan is back. This year I felt excited as if it was my first design week”

AXO IN FABULA by Elerna Salmistraro X Cappellini - Courtesy of Cappellini.

We sat down with Elena Salmistraro to talk about her projects at Milan Design Week, what the pandemic has taught us for good, women in design, and her positive attitude toward the future.

A flame for research: 10 candleholders to fight cancer

A FLAME FOR RESEARCH - Photo by Matteo Imbriani.

Hope, togetherness, grief and remembrance are the intimate feelings that inspired international designers such as Jaime Hayon, Federica Biasi, Luca Nichetto and Marcel Wanders to create ten candleholders for the A FLAME OF RESEARCH project by Mingardo. The unique pieces will be auctioned to support cancer research.