Editorial

  1. Weiterlesen: UTIL and the Politics of Usefulness
    UTIL and the Politics of Usefulness

    UTIL and the Politics of Usefulness

    von Simone Lorusso

    The word useful appears neutral, almost benign. It belongs to the language of practicality and common sense. Yet usefulness is never merely descrip...
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  2. Weiterlesen: The Vase as Object, System, and Image
    The Vase as Object, System, and Image

    The Vase as Object, System, and Image

    von Simone Lorusso

    The vase is often presented as a neutral domestic object, but its persistence in interiors reveals more about social habits than about flowers. Whi...
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  3. Weiterlesen: Annotations cc: Gonzalez Haase AAS
    Annotations cc: Gonzalez Haase AAS

    Annotations cc: Gonzalez Haase AAS

    von Anoe Melliou

    Judith Haase and Pierre Jorge Gonzalez, following a collaboration in New York, founded the design practice Gonzalez Haase AAS, based in Berlin. Beg...
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  4. Weiterlesen: Industrial Design Wrapped: Twelve Voices, One Year
    Industrial Design Wrapped: Twelve Voices, One Year

    Industrial Design Wrapped: Twelve Voices, One Year

    von Simone Lorusso

    Dear World, the year behind us was structurally complex. Crises accumulated rather than followed one another—geopolitical instability, environmenta...
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  5. Weiterlesen: STOFF Nagel and the reinvention of an iconic artefact
    STOFF Nagel and the reinvention of an iconic artefact

    STOFF Nagel and the reinvention of an iconic artefact

    von Simone Lorusso

    When we speak of artefacts, we refer to objects that do not arise spontaneously from the natural world but take shape through intention: a n...
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  6. Weiterlesen: A Domestic Mythology: Exploring Laspi
    A Domestic Mythology: Exploring Laspi

    A Domestic Mythology: Exploring Laspi

    von Anoe Melliou

    Inside a disciplined and discreetly distorted frame, the myth of a house begins. It is hard to define its origin and end. Weighty walls form the sh...
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  7. Weiterlesen: The Raw Beauty of Piedmont’s Brutalism
    The Raw Beauty of Piedmont’s Brutalism

    The Raw Beauty of Piedmont’s Brutalism

    von Simone Lorusso

    Brutalism in Italy emerged in the post-war decades as both a radical response to reconstruction needs and an aesthetic rebellion against the softne...
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  8. Weiterlesen: The Human Vision of Louis Poulsen
    The Human Vision of Louis Poulsen

    The Human Vision of Louis Poulsen

    von Simone Lorusso

    Light is one of the quietest yet most influential elements in our lives. It shapes the spaces we inhabit, sets our mood, and regulates our daily rh...
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  9. Weiterlesen: 48 Hours at 10AM Penthouse: Fragment of an Experience
    48 Hours at 10AM Penthouse: Fragment of an Experience

    48 Hours at 10AM Penthouse: Fragment of an Experience

    von Anoe Melliou

    The night is distinct in its stormy insistence. The glass partitions before the bathtub are retracted. Immersed in the water, I observe the interva...
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