About us
May 2025 sees the return of humus®, the four-monthly magazine published for the first time in April 1973 and edited by Gianni Sassi. 50 years later, the magazine returns in a new digital format.
The project is supported by Iris Ceramica Group with a view to fostering change starting from ideas.
humus® starts from the exhibition ‘Art Déco. Il trionfo della modernità’, a prestigious setting for starting to talk about its return. This digital magazine takes an all-round look at culture and creativity, with a privileged focus on ceramics.
Coordinated by the journalist Antonella Galli, each issue of the magazine will investigate a high-impact topic, discussed by sector journalists and experts from different fields, as also stated in the humus® manifesto: “We offer a space for the interpreters of design and ceramics, and for the voices of science and creativity – artists, photographers, researchers, scholars, experimenters – to illustrate their latest research works.
We will investigate a range of topics: economics, sociology, literature, geopolitics, physics, biology, computing, creating connections and synapses useful for understanding reality.”
Antonella Galli
Editorial coordinator
Journalist and author, for over twenty years Antonella has been exploring and writing about the world of creativity and design. Her work has appeared in Il Venerdì di Repubblica, Grazia, Bell’Italia, and Bell’Europa, among others. She collaborated for many years with Interni magazine. For Rai Radio3, she wrote and hosted four series on Italian stories and people. For several years now, she has been writing the “Furniture & Design” section for Il Sole 24 Ore.
In March 2023, together with Pierluigi Masini, she published the book I luoghi del design in Italia. Quattordici viaggi d’autore alle sorgenti del progetto, released by Baldini+Castoldi.
Cover by
Allissand
Alessandra Bruni, class of 1997, is a dreamy soul who works as an illustrator. Her passion for art has always been her travel companion, but in recent years she has begun to emerge as one of the most stimulating voices on the Italian scene, attracting the attention of major newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, L’Espresso and Internazionale.