Fragmentos De Mar: davidpompa Explores the Poetry of Shell, Light and Memory
A discarded shell composite translates marine rhythms into multisensory narratives in the Fragmentos De Mar exhibition in Mexico City.
Euroluce 2025: twelve unconventional lighting designs shining at Salone del Mobile
Euroluce 2025: tiny car lamps racing on an electric toy track, a creasable luminous tapestry, a ‘messy’ chandelier in total white, and more.
Ambra Toba collection by Studio Davidpompa
Mexican Studio Davidpompa unveils the Ambra Toba light sculptures made of volcanic dust and aluminium.
Milan Design Week 2023: top 20 districts and group exhibitions
This is going to be a very long post. Archipanic’s founder and editor-in-chief Enrico Zilli mapped Milan Design Week 2023 top destinations. Buckle your belts for design on a roller coaster, a serendipitous marathon of creativity for people with comfy shoes.
Best of 2022: check our favourite design launches of the year
From Japanese calligraphy-informed furniture to lighting designs inspired by brutalist places of worship. We rounded up our favourite design launches of 2022.
Best of Alcova 2022: 8 exhibitions at the Milanese independent design platform
Alcova 2022: onyx portals, inflatable furniture and magmatic parallelisms. Archipanic’s editor-in-chief Enrico Zilli selected eight innovative design projects on show.
Mexican volcanic rocks shine and float in David Pompa’s ‘Magmatic Parallelism’ lighting design collection
With the ‘Magmatic Parallelism’ collection, David Pompa balances metal and volcanic rock to create exquisite suspended lighting designs.
Milan Design Week 2022: 25 must-visit exhibitions and destinations
Lighting designs inspired by Brutalist churches and temples, a virtuous Babel tower, volcanic rock lightings, anamorphic murales and a design gin garden. The best of Milan Design Week 2022 is on Archipanic.
Best of Design Week Mexico 2018
Back from Mexico City! Archipanic explored Design Week Mexico 2018 on the fair’s 10th anniversary. Pitch black furniture and vibrant interiors meshing indoor and outdoor but also designs inspired by Mexican women’s charisma and outer space reflections. Check what we liked the most!
META: David Pompa designs enigmatic lamps made from volcanic rock
Recinto, a volcanic rock used for centuries in Central America to create crafts encounters a minimalist and contemporary design in David Pompa’s META lighting designs.
DWM17: 6 emerging Mexican designers experiment with volcanic stone and concrete
Semi-liquid pastel-coloured stone, porous lava-rock vessels and responsible radiators. 6 emerging Mexican designers mesh traditional crafts with urban style.