There are books that collect stories, line them up, find an order, classify and compile lists, trace chronologies and jumps in scale, small revolutions and great changes, from projects to products.

Discover the history of Villa Planchart in Caracas, Venezuela, as we celebrate the Compasso d’Oro Career Award for Products for Gio Ponti’s D.154.2 armchair.

Designers George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg may operate studios in both Toronto and New York, but the pair are adamant that they do not differentiate between the two.

Kitchens are everyday spaces that exist to meet an immediate functional goal. When well designed, they are highly calibrated to support the convenient preparation of food.

The photographer Jeff Burton is known for the cinematic quality of his work: bathers by a hotel pool become a study in saturated colour; tanned bodies are seen at one remove, distorted by mirrored surfaces; a woman’s glance is glimpsed through a car’s rearview mirror.

In the centre of Milan, a short walk from the duomo, is Villa Necchi Campiglio, designed by Piero Portaluppi (1888-1967) for the Necchi Campiglio family between 1932 and 1935.

Like many of Gio Ponti's other pieces, the D.154.2 was conceived for a private client, the collectors Anala and Armando Planchart, as part of the project for their villa in Caracas, Venezuela.

How we understand the world of design can depend on the means by which we engage with the subject.

The new Andromeda Collection by UniFor, designed by LSM Studio, takes inspiration from a unique site-specific artwork atop a hill in Sicily.