Inspirations.  

A Flat Named Desire

An inspirational collection of interior objects.

Just Before Paradise

“And just as we learn about our lives from others, so, too, do we let others shape our understandi...

Expression/Information

Painting is seen as a form of practice that—contrary to canonical accounts—in no way shies away ...

Total Automation

In The Promise of Total Automation, artists examine technology in its complexity. They point out our...

German Art since 1960

German ‘paragons of painting’ such as Georg Baselitz, Jörg Immendorff and Markus Lüpertz have ...

Joe Colombo: Total Furnishing Unit

The Total furnishing unit: Bathroom by Joe Colombo, Milano 1971.

Carlo Scarpa: Sketch and Work

There is hardly another architect of the 20th century in whose work the progression from sketch to c...

In Infinity

Yayoi Kusama’s unique imagery spring from the recurring hallucinations that have haunted her since...

E=C=L=I=P=S=E

Cerith Wyn Evans is a Welsh sculptor and filmmaker. He worked as an assistant to Derek Jarman, at th...

Struth: Nature & Politics

Thomas Struth´s work shows us highly complex equipment, structures and constructions. His pictures ...

In Orbit

"When I look at these complex layers of translucent lines and spheres, I am reminded of models of th...

Sislej Xhafa

Sislej Xhafa has furnished the waiting room of a police station in Gent like a grand palace. He pres...

Future Architecture

Future Architecture Platform is a European program which promotes talents in architecture. Future A...

Superstudio, Superproduction, Superconsumption

Superarchitecture is the architecture of superproduction, of superconsumption, of superinduction to ...

Heartbeat, Heartseat

Heartbeat consists of a massive heart glowing to the rhythm of a strong, deep and low frequency hear...

L’ITALIA CI GUARDIA

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic, 40 masters of photogra...

Francois Morellet 1926 - 2016

Since he first began making work in the 1950s, Morellet has been engaged in creating work which has ...

20th Century Italian Tables

A collection of 20th century Italian table designs.

BASILE ARTECO "Monoblocco" design Donata Paruccini

pen-holder design Donata Paruccini

BASILE ARTECO

BASILE ARTECO EDIZIONI logo

BASILE ARTECO "Falce/Scythe" design anonimo

Design Anonimo, Scythe in forged iron handmade in Italy in the occasion of the exhibition of the "FE...

BASILE ARTECO "Ferro/A" design Enzo Mari

DESIGN ENZO MARI: Forged iron fruit-bowl Limited Edition of 4, numbered and signed by the Author Enz...

BASILE ARTECO "Ferro/B" design Enzo Mari

DESIGN ENZO MARI: Forged iron fruit-bowl, Limited Edition of 6 numberd and signed by the Author Enzo...

BASILE ARTECO "Ferro/C" design Enzo Mari

DESIGN ENZO MARI: Forged iron and Murano Glass Vase, limited Edition of 4 signed and numbered by the...

BASILE ARTECO "L´Utopia" design Enzo Mari

ENZO MARI: Original hand written script on paper for Vincenzo Basile exhibition "Ferri Forgiati" Gal...

BASILE ARTECO "Monoblocco/L" design Donata Paruccini

DESIGN DONATA PARUCCINI: pen holder

BASILE ARTECO "Coquetier" design Paolo Ulian

DESIGN PAOLO ULIAN: egg-holder

Amor Vacui

Domink von Moos, born 1990, studied architecture at ETH Zurich.

Carreaux

Turn of the century tile and mosaic samples from the Societe Generale de Carrelages in Paris.

DADAMAINO

“I have always loathed the material and have always sought the immaterial” Dadamaino (Emilia Edo...

Sketching: Bellini, Castiglioni, Colombo, Mari, Magistretti, Munari, Ponti, Sottsass

The essence of a classic design is best seen in its very first sketch. A unique selection of sketche...

AG Frozoni: We need to aim at essential things

“We need to aim at essential things, to remove every redundant effects, every useless flowering, t...

Andrea Guccini: 4A+1

Andrea Guccini, born in Bologna in 1993, studied at the IED in Milan. He is living and working betw...

A+A Cooren

A+A Cooren is a Paris-based French-Japanese design studio founded in 1999 and run by husband and wif...

Radiofonografo RR126

The Brionvega RR126, designed by Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni in 1965, was a remarkable inno...

George Sowden

George Sowden studied architecture at Gloucester College of Art. From 1970 he lived in Milan, workin...

Serge Mouille

Serge Mouille (1922-1988) studied under Gilbert Lacroix at the École des Arts Appliqués in Paris. ...

Damien Coupeté images

paintings

Angelo Mangiarotti

Angelo Mangiarotti was born in Milano in 1921. He graduated in Architecture in 1948 at Politecnico d...

Carlo Mollino: Tables and Chairs

Carlo Mollino (1905 - 1973) studied art history at the University of Ghent and architecture at the U...

Opie

Julian Opie studied at Goldsmiths´ College (1979-82) under Michael Craig-Martin, for whom he briefl...

German Painting after the 1960s

What is so 'German' about the art made by German painters and sculptors after the 1960s to now? The ...

Alessio Bassan

Alessio Bassan: born in 1962, I live and work in Thiene, Italy. Self-taught Designer, from almost im...

Bjørn van den Berg

Bjørn van den Berg (b. 1988) graduated from the Master program in Product Design at Oslo and Akersh...

Antonio Rubino

Antonio Rubino: Pittore, illustratore e scrittore (Sanremo 1880 - Baiardo 1964). Legato all´art nou...

"I’m an outsider"

Born in New York City in 1928, William Klein studied sociology while enrolled at City College of New...

Eleni Karpatsi & Julio Calvo = (fos)

Eleni Karpatsi and Julio Calvo are (fos), working in the fields of architecture and interior design ...

Domestique

Face à une appropriation sous contrôle et une perte progressive des mécanismes d'interaction entr...

ice

Ice hotels in Norway, Finland and Sweden

The 2015 best of penccil

This was an extraordinary year. The world went through a series of shocks and shake-ups, and in betw...

Bulb

Bulb: Handblown glass hooks. Different sizes and colours decorate the wall and help you organize. D...

Aspartame: Adrien Rovero

Born in 1981, Adrien Rovero holds a Master’s in Industrial Design from ECAL Lausanne. He opened hi...

ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN

I would like to introduce this new series of photos by Andrea Alessio by appealing to an axiom that ...

Behind the walls

Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...

Lo Zuavo Scomparso

Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...

Antonio Sant´Elia: The house of concrete, glass and steel

"No architecture has existed since 1700. A moronic mixture of the most various stylistic elements us...

Abitazione IPES ad Appiano

Abitazione IPES ad Appiano

Allestimento del museo Palais Mamming

Allestimento del museo Palais Mamming,Merano

Forward Retreat

Mark Tansey was born in California. He attended art classes at the San Francisco Art Institute and s...

Studio BAAG

Studio BAAG is Swedish designer Caroline Bauer and Italian architect Pier Francesco Galuppini. http:...

Gio Ponti, Architetto

Gio Ponti (born Nov. 18, 1891, Milan, Italy—died Sept. 15, 1979, Milan) graduated in 1921 from the...

Faces of the 21st century

Images by Thomas Mailaender. « Mailaender’s forum and sphere of operations is less the art worl...

Le Corbusier: Original Interiors

A selection of original interiors by Charles Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier).

Nelson oak

credenza - sideboard solid oak

Naturoscopie

Habité par un héritage de l’art nouveau, Noé Duchaufour Lawrance s’appuie non seulement sur l...

White Rooms

Photographer Wouter Hogendorp from Den Haag documents the beauty of architectural details: light, th...

The Value Of Worthless

Klaas Kuiken is a designer, but in his workspace he´s more like an inventor or craftsman. Klaas Kui...

Nordic Seating

Chairs and sofas by Claesson Koivisto Rune, a design and architecture office based in Stockholm, Swe...

Sweet bubbles

Papabubble – Caramels Artesans started in Barcelona in 2004. The candies are all handmade. The sho...

Two Glass

Two Create was founded in 2002 by husband and wife team Lucy and Tobie Snowdowne. The couple met whi...