The blend of art and technique is a leitmotiv of Art Deco, and here is demonstrated by the magnificent vase by Dagobert Peche, decorated with a spray gun and on display at the exhibition ‘Art Déco. Il trionfo della modernità’ at Palazzo Reale in Milan.
The Lagos-born artist who lives in Canada has been reflecting on the colonial heritage of his country for years, starting from the earth. His works tell how mineral mining has shaped the face of Nigeria.
On 15th April, we have celebrated National Made in Italy Day, recalling the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes, which opened in Paris exactly one century ago, in 1925.
A book that brings together the extraordinary photographic exploration of Edward Burtynsky in the ‘residual landscapes’, changed by our way of life. Not merely images but thought-provoking tools.
Humus starts its journey by looking at the ground, on which not only our feet but also our homes, cities, factories and roads stand; and where orchards, wheat fields and woods spread their roots. Our whole existence is based on that which may seem just a surface, but which in fact is much more. Because it has a thickness, a depth, a history and a very intense life.
Smartphones, TVs, photovoltaic panels, wind turbines: all today’s devices and machines require rare earths. Seventeen elements that are increasingly indispensable for today’s technological and digital society, under discussion in international forums. It pays to get to know them better.
Not just a vocation, but a commitment to LAND, the international landscaping consultancy firm that makes nature a driver of change.
In an interview the designer tells us about the path that, through a residence in Finland, led him to understand in depth the many aspects of ceramics, starting from the wild clay of a Finnish lake.
For the German designer, the earth is not merely a material used to build new objects but something fragile and precious, to be taken care of through the projects and research she talked about.
The symbolic date representing the launch of the great economic and cultural “Made in Italy” phenomenon is certainly 1925, the year of the Paris Expo celebrating the height of the Art Deco movement. This is what happened.