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Fibra's extruded aluminium frame meets FSC® C114358-certified teak legs through a die-cast connector designed to be nearly invisible yet structurally resolute. Ph. Omar Sartor, art direction studio FM Milano, set design & styling Studio Milo. ‘Completely, and quite radically’ comes the emphatic answer from Italian industrial designer Davide Angeli when I ask him if outdoor culture has changed over the past few years.

‘Completely, and quite radically’ comes the emphatic answer from Italian industrial designer Davide Angeli when I ask him if outdoor culture has changed over the past few years. The deputy managing director of AMDL CIRCLE – the multidisciplinary creative collective founded by renowned design grandee Michele De Lucchi – sees the boundary between interior and exterior space as an increasingly arbitrary one.

Startseite/Artikel/ Responsibility at full force: GROHE rethinks the shower without compromise GROHE's new AquaBooster technology delivers a fuller, more vigorous shower at nearly half the conventional flow rate – closing the gap between water-efficiency targets and the experience hospitality guests actually expect.

Blame Netflix. Yes, it’s been a warhorse of an entertainer over the past 10 years or so (particularly when I'm work-exhausted and need distraction), but I decided recently that I’m done with its endless home-produced and increasingly generic series. That combined with the fact that it doesn’t have any decent films on it anymore. So, I switched to MUBI. (This is not paid content, I should say.

Startseite/Artikel/ The Tuscan job: Edra, from word to form Headquartered in Tuscany, Edra inherits a regional tradition in which making objects has always meant making arguments. At Salone del Mobile 2026, two new projects – Francesco Binfaré's Anywhere sofa and Jacopo Foggini's Dilly lamp-sculpture – made that lineage tangible.

Startseite/Artikel/ Bubbles of Time reimagined the bathroom KALDEWEI's 'Bubbles of Time' installation at Palazzo Crespi traced the bathroom's evolution from utilitarian afterthought to architectural centrepiece – weaving together Piero Portaluppi's modernist legacy, cinematic staging and the enduring materiality of steel enamel.

Home/Stories/ Emotional ergonomics: Arik Levy on designing light for Forestier as a ‘feeling artist’ The artist-designer on intuition, inner light and ten years of Forestier Bamboo – now reissued as a rechargeable, weather-resistant Mini lamp. Forestier April 15, 2026 | 12:00 am CUT The Bamboo Mini distils the 2015 original into a 28cm rechargeable form, cutting the cord without losing the lantern silhouette that defined the collection. Arik Levy describes himself as a ‘feeling artist’.

Startseite/Artikel/ Do Milan Design Week better: get the Architonic guide! We've done the painstaking research, so you can save time and unnecessary legwork on the ground in Milano. Prego! April 2, 2026 | 12:00 am CUT Get your digital copy here. For over two decades now, the Architonic Guide has powered design-professional visitors through the industry’s biggest international fairs and events – Milan Design Week included.

Home/Stories/ Do Milan Design Week better: get the Architonic guide! We've done the painstaking research, so you can save time and unnecessary legwork on the ground in Milano. Prego! April 2, 2026 | 12:00 am CUT Get your digital copy here. For over two decades now, the Architonic Guide has powered design-professional visitors through the industry’s biggest international fairs and events – Milan Design Week included.

Elements by Casalgrande Padana brings together different textures in a single porcelain stoneware collection, unified by coherent colour palettes and modular formats. For a long time, texture has taken a backseat to colour. The Bauhaus promoted boldly contrasting colour fields to shape space. Colour psychology explored how chromatic choices can influence our moods, while clashing patterns woke up commuters on metros and children at schools.