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Object
Alessi project directed by Alessandro Mendini in which 100 artists each decorated one of 100 identical porcelain vases; produced in a hundred editions of one hundred pieces, …
Object
Alessi project directed by Alessandro Mendini in which 100 artists each decorated one of 100 identical porcelain vases; produced in a hundred editions of one hundred pieces, …
Installation
Site-specific project for dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, 9 June to 16 September 2012, in which Theaster Gates partly restored the early-19th-century Huguenot House using materials and …
Sculpture
Paired snake-form lamps by Frank Gehry (1989) in papier-mâché painted with gouache. Drawn from the Gehry family collection for the 2026 Gagosian Beverly Hills exhibition.
Pavilion
Lanza Atelier's 25th Serpentine Pavilion (6 June – 25 October 2026): a red-brick crinkle-crankle 'serpentine' south wall and a curved north wall around a tree canopy, with rhythmic …
Pavilion
Seven-metre-tall walkable aluminium pavilion replicating Alvar Aalto's 1936 Savoy vase at monumental scale, built by Iittala in collaboration with Norsk Hydro using low-carbon …
Object
Curved transparent-acrylic table lamp designed with brother Gianni Colombo for O-Luce, channelling light along a bent prismatic body — an early proof of Colombo's interest in …
Furniture
MillerKnoll's June 2026 update to Stumpf and Chadwick's 1994 Aeron, adding 'Jasper' (warm olive) and 'Nightfall' (midnight blue) colorways, a generatively-designed aluminium base …
Furniture
Designed by Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick for Herman Miller in 1994, the Aeron Chair replaced upholstery with a Pellicle suspension mesh stretched over glass-fibre-reinforced frames …
Identity
Multi-year LoveFrom × Airbnb design partnership announced October 2020.
Exhibition
130-work career retrospective curated by Loredana Parmesani at Villa Giulia, Verbania, 16 May to 27 September 2026, organized with the City of Verbania and the Alessandro Mendini …
Window installation
Unveiled 28 May 2026; the American counterpart to Sou Fujimoto's House of Dior Shinsaibashi (announced 27 May 2026) within Dior's 2026 global storefront programme.
Tower
50-storey office tower in CityLife Milan, designed by Arata Isozaki with Andrea Maffei and completed in 2015 as the Italian headquarters of Allianz. Nicknamed 'Il Dritto' for its …
Masterplan
AlUla Wadi al-Jadid / 'AlUla Immersive Living' (announced September 2025): ongoing commission won via the AlUla 100 Houses competition. Source: linaghotmeh.com.
Furniture
Charles and Ray Eames designed the Aluminum Group in 1958 for J. Irwin Miller's Eero Saarinen-designed house in Columbus, Indiana, suspending a textile sling between two …
Hotel interior
170-key Hyatt Andaz hotel that opened 11 March 2026 in a Pombaline heritage block at R. do Comércio 132 on Praça do Comércio, Lisbon, with Patricia Urquiola interiors in Lioz …
Exhibition
Ito frames Branzi's non-linear practice as a 'continuous present' in which past and future overlap in an uninterrupted flow of ideas. A public programme runs April–October 2026 and …
Object
Furniture series in raw, unprocessed wood combined with industrial elements, proposing a primitive and symbolic domestic environment where humans coexist with natural and …
Object
Mixed-media series made with Nicoletta Morozzi exploring animism and hybridisation, with pieces that resist clear categorisation between design, art and anthropology.
Exhibition
Anish Kapoor's 2026 Venice Biennale show at his own Palazzo Manfrin in Cannaregio.
Object
Patricia Urquiola seating piece for Moroso, 2007; felt and wool triangle "petals" stitched onto a folded-steel armature, blurring upholstery and surface ornament.
Table
Bent-plywood low table with cut-out openings and a tempered glass top, designed by Carlo Mollino in 1949 for Casa Orengo in Turin and originally produced in a small edition by …
Design collective
Florence radical-design collective active 1966–1974; coined 'Superarchitettura' as a critical destruction of modernist functionalism, fusing Pop with design.
Archive reissue
Giorgio Armani's 2026 reissue programme drawing 13 men's and women's looks from the maison's archive (1979–1994); campaign by Eli Russell Linnetz, sold via Via Sant'Andrea, Milan …
Sofa
Modular upholstered sofa for MDF Italia by Snøhetta; among the 20 winning projects of the 29th Compasso d'Oro on 22 May 2026.
Object
Source: domusweb.it 2026-05-28
Showroom interior
Opened during NYCxDesign 2026 (14–20 May); a relocation from Audo Copenhagen's smaller 65 N. Moore Street showroom (June 2024).
Object
Andrea Branzi's 1968 self-portrait, a photographic work that signals the beginning of a practice rooted less in making than in questioning, emerging as he was challenging the …
Industrial design
Axiom Space's AxEMU is NASA's next-generation Artemis lunar spacesuit; Prada joined Axiom as design and materials co-developer in October 2023, the first luxury fashion house to …
Object
Patricia Urquiola lounge chair for Cassina, 2019; curved wing-shaped backrest in moulded polyurethane and thermoformed wood veneer.
Pavilion
Bahrain Pavilion, Expo 2025 Osaka: c.3,000 pieces of untreated Japanese cedar referencing traditional dhow construction. Source: domusweb.it 2026-05-28; linaghotmeh.com.
Collection
Pierpaolo Piccioli's debut ready-to-wear collection for Balenciaga, presented during Paris Fashion Week in October 2025 — his first runway statement after being named creative …
Collection
Modular sauna and hammam collection by Patricia Urquiola for Effe, presented at Salone del Mobile 2026; bastion-inspired form clad in heat-treated lime wood, designed to combine …
Exhibition
Barry X Ball solo show at San Giorgio Maggiore for the 2026 Biennale.
Sculpture
Life-size sculpture by Frank Gehry (2014) in 316L stainless steel. Shown at the posthumous Gagosian Beverly Hills exhibition in 2026 on loan from the Gehry family.
Installation
Danh Vo's rotunda commission at the Bourse de Commerce, 8 February to 24 April 2023.
Lighting
Floor lamp by Barber Osgerby for Flos extending the Bellhop family (table 2015) into a floor-standing format with a hand-blown opal glass diffuser (approx. 125 mm dia.) on a slim …
Adaptive reuse luxury department store
12,000 sqm Beymen flagship inside the former Ottoman Imperial Arsenal on the Golden Horn; freestanding gallery volumes inserted beneath original brick arches, cast-iron columns and …
Lighting
Compact rechargeable table lamp for Flos with a single pivoting hemispherical shade on a turned cylindrical base. Awarded a 2026 Compasso d'Oro on 22 May 2026.
Pavilion
21st Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London, open 10 June to 16 October 2022; cylindrical timber-and-tar-paper structure with a central oculus designed by Gates with …
Exhibition
Outdoor sculpture (2017) acquired by the Walker Art Center and permanently installed in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden at its 10 June 2017 reopening; a cylindrical Tempietto-like …
Object
Modular ABS rolling storage cart with swivelling drawer compartments on castors. Originally produced by Bieffeplast, won the 1971 SMAU Prize and is in the MoMA and Triennale Milano …
Installation
Architectural and art project conceived for Maribor Art Gallery, structured as an indoor 'art forest' that overlays vegetal logic onto exhibition space.
Residential tower
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_Boeri
Publishing collaboration
Bottega Veneta-backed June 2023 launch of independent print magazine Air Afrique, debuted during Paris Men's Spring/Summer 2024 week with a party at the Centre Pompidou; part of …
Architecture
Tadao Ando's béton-and-glass conversion of the 18th-century rotunda into François Pinault's Paris museum; opened 22 May 2021 after three years of work.
Monograph
'Burberry' by Alexander Fury, published in March 2023 in Assouline's Legends collection (ISBN 9781649801609); a 252-page linen-bound hardcover in slipcase with 200 illustrations, …
Residency
Daniel Lee's first Burberry hospitality takeover; runs to 30 September 2026.
Publishing collaboration
Bottega Veneta-backed 2022 revival of BUTT, the Dutch gay quarterly founded 2001 by Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekom that had ceased print in 2011; the Italian house re-launched …
Cultural partnership
The Exclusive Partner title was created for this agreement; the Biennale has previously named per-pavilion sponsors and restoration patrons but never an institution-wide partner. …
Building
Kengo Kuma & Associates' 2026 Capella Kyoto hotel in Miyagawa-cho — 89 rooms across four storeys with interiors by Brewin Design Office and a Hosoo × Daichiro Shinjo headboard …
Unbuilt competition
Hadid's response to the rejection: 'Do they want nothing but mediocrity?'
Archive reissue
Zanotta CEO Luca Fuso told Domus: 'many of these pieces had been conceived as commissions...which made them difficult to reconcile with the demands of industrial production.' …
Furniture
Anthropomorphic room divider in laminated wood by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis's 1981 debut collection; a totemic seven-shelf composition in primary colours and decorative laminates …
Collection
Matthieu Blazy's first home collection for Bottega Veneta — twelve objects led by a 4-metre intrecciato-woven calfskin daybed, shown in a permanent gallery at Via San Maurilio 14 …
Residence
Four-floor 19th-century townhouse at Via Solferino 11, Milan, restored over three years by Vincenzo De Cotiis and opened during Milan Design Week 2026 as Loro Piana's residence and …
Furniture
Tall asymmetric sideboard in plastic laminate by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis's 1981 debut collection, faced in Sottsass's 'Bacterio' pattern (a graphic developed with Nathalie Du …
Programme
Cassina program founded in 1964 to acquire reproduction rights to 20th-century master designers, beginning with the Le Corbusier / Pierre Jeanneret / Charlotte Perriand LC series …
Building restoration
Labics's restoration of the Venice Biennale's Central Pavilion at the Giardini, completed March 2026 ahead of the 61st Biennale Arte.
Urbanism
City plan and Capitol Complex commission led by Le Corbusier from 1951, with Pierre Jeanneret resident as Chief Architect until 1965; Chandigarh was inaugurated 7 October 1953.
Collection
Matthieu Blazy's debut collection for Chanel, staged on 28 April 2026 at the Casino Municipal in Biarritz — the same Basque resort where Gabrielle Chanel opened her first couture …
Publishing program
Chanel-related monographs published via Karl Lagerfeld's Éditions 7L imprint with German publisher Steidl, launched 2001 and active through Lagerfeld's 2019 death — roughly 50 …
Exhibition
Theaster Gates's 2026 Chawan Cabinet at Prada Home, Via Montenapoleone 6, Milan, opened during Milan Design Week; pairs editioned chawan and ceramic vessels by Japanese potters …
Object
LoveFrom-designed oak-and-steel auction rostrum unveiled at Christie's London on 5 March 2026 for the firm's 260th anniversary; crafted by Benchmark from Notre-Dame-forest oak.
Furniture
Konstantin Grcic's Vitra lounge chair, launched June 2020 at Virtual Design Festival.
Masterplan
36.6-hectare urban redevelopment on the former Fiera di Milano grounds in the Tre Torri district of Milan, masterplanned by Arata Isozaki, Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind after …
Tower complex
Final phase of CityLife Milan by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): two asymmetrical office towers of 53 and 105 metres linked by a 140-metre curved canopy clad with 11,000 m² of …
Object
The $33.5M result is described by Sotheby's as the highest price ever paid for a work of design at auction. The combined Les Lalanne portion of the de Gunzburg sale brought $64.7M …
Performance
Third Saillard/Swinton performance, restaged in the Saloncino of Teatro della Pergola, Florence, in 2014 as a Fondazione Pitti Discovery project for Pitti Immagine.
Installation
Fujiko Nakaya's 2026 fog sculpture commissioned by the Pinault Collection for the Bourse de Commerce, on view 4 June to 14 September 2026 as part of the Clair-obscur programme.
Publishing collaboration
Spring 2026 Coach campaign anchored by twelve readable miniature book charms (USD 95 each) including Austen's 'Sense and Sensibility', Maya Angelou's 'I Know Why the Caged Bird …
Restoration
Source: archdaily.com/1039745; dezeen.com 2026-03-18
Programme
Salone del Mobile.Milano's one-night opening (24 April 2026) of more than 50 Milan archives, foundations and home-studios, under the patronage of the Lombardy Region and …
Speculative architecture
Superstudio's 1969 photomontage series 'The Continuous Monument — An Architectural Model for Total Urbanization', proposing a single gridded megastructure spanning the planet to …
Programme
Craft x Tech pairs international designers with regional Japanese workshops over an extended residency; first edition (Tohoku, 2023) exhibited at the V&A during London Design …
Exhibition
Six designers (Philippe Malouin, Bethan Laura Wood, David Caon, Atang Tshikare, Eugene Kangawa, Lanzavecchia + Wai) paired with six Tokai-region craft workshops. Tokyo 30 May - 2 …
Installation
Two-day Cromo pop-up tea house on the 25th-floor terrace of Torre Velasca, 21–22 April 2026; the BBPR landmark's roofline opened to public visitors for the first time during Milan …
Chair
Bentwood armchair by Frank Gehry of woven maple veneer strips, debuted in 'Frank Gehry: New Bentwood Furniture Prototypes' at MoMA New York in 1992 and produced by Knoll.
Building
Peter Zumthor's 220,000 sq ft sinuous concrete arc, elevated 9 m above Wilshire Boulevard at LACMA in Los Angeles. Board-formed concrete and tinted glass; a twenty-year project …
Adaptive reuse
Source: domusweb.it 2026-05-26
Publishing program
Seven-volume Assouline anthology released for Dior's 70th anniversary (2017–2018), one tome per creative director from Christian Dior to Maria Grazia Chiuri, curated by Palais …
Collection
Maria Grazia Chiuri's final Dior collection, staged in Rome on 27 May 2025; she publicly announced her exit on 29 May 2025 after nine years as the first woman to lead Dior …
Collection
Anderson's first Dior cruise, staged 13 May 2026 at the David Geffen Galleries at LACMA. 75 looks; collaborators include Ed Ruscha and Philip Treacy.
Collection
Jonathan Anderson's first Dior runway, shown during Paris men's SS26 on 27 June 2025; 60 looks marking his arrival as Dior menswear artistic director succeeding Kim Jones.
Publishing collaboration
Jonathan Anderson's Spring/Summer 2026 'Book Cover Collection' for Dior, released worldwide 2 January 2026, reimagines the Book Tote with embroidered first-edition covers of …
Collection
Jonathan Anderson's first Dior womenswear runway, presented in Paris on 1 October 2025, preceded by a Venice Film Festival red-carpet soft launch in September 2025. With this show …
Exhibition
Anderson-curated exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield, 18 March – 18 June 2017, pairing sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Louise Bourgeois and Sarah Lucas with fashion by …
Object
Patricia Urquiola armchair for Cassina, 2021; curved monoshell on a tubular metal base, finished in saddle-stitched leather or fabric.
Furniture
Designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1956 for Herman Miller (manufactured by Vitra in Europe), the Model 670 Lounge Chair and Model 671 Ottoman comprise three curved …
Furniture series
Corrugated-cardboard furniture series by Frank Gehry, designed 1969–1973 from layered, cross-laminated cardboard. Commercialised from 1972, it gave Gehry his first wave of public …
Publishing program
Karl Lagerfeld's Steidl-partnered publishing imprint, founded 2001 at his 7L bookshop on 7 rue de Lille and active through 50 titles by his 2019 death; relaunched under Chanel …
Object
Named after Colombo's wife Elda; pairs a moulded fiberglass swivel shell with thick leather cushions. Manufactured by Comfort (Fratelli Longhi) drawing on small boat-hull …
Exhibition
Group show at Schloss Hollenegg through 31 May 2026, closing Alice Stori Liechtenstein's materials series after glass, ceramics, wood and textiles; participants include Max Lamb, …
Performance
World premiere on 25 June 2021 at the Mattatoio in Rome as part of ROMAISON. Saillard and Swinton handled and donned costumes from Pier Paolo Pasolini's films held in Italian …
Furniture
Office chair designed by Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick for Herman Miller and introduced in 1984; its flexible H-shaped shell flexed with the sitter without a complex tilt mechanism, …
Furniture
Designed by Bill Stumpf for Herman Miller in 1976, the Ergon was the first mass-market task chair built on ergonomic research (posture, lumbar support, waterfall seat-pan edge), …
Museum
Estonian National Museum, Tartu (2016): 356 m linear museum extending from a former Soviet airfield, designed by DGT Architects (Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane), Ghotmeh's breakthrough …
Installation
Nakaya's longest-running permanent fog work, commissioned for Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao in 1998.
Vehicle
Ferrari's first fully electric car, designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson's LoveFrom and unveiled in Rome on 25 May 2026 — 5 seats, 4 rear-hinged doors, 1,050 hp, 0–100 km/h in 2.5 …
Automotive
Source: wallpaper.com 2026-05-25, 2026-05-29
Lamp series
Series of unique fish- and snake-form lamps by Frank Gehry, made 1984–1986 with New City Editions. Wire armatures clad in shards of Formica ColorCore laminate that Formica had …
Lighting
Revival of the 1984 Formica ColorCore Fish Lamps, shown across Gagosian Beverly Hills and Paris 2012–2013.
Sculpture
Copper fish sculpture by Frank Gehry (2023), described as the last of his fish sculptures rendered in copper. Centrepiece of the posthumous Gagosian Beverly Hills show (14 May – 27 …
Object
Patricia Urquiola lounge-chair family designed for Moroso in 2002, the year she opened her Milan studio; established the visual register of her independent practice.
Exhibition
Cassina-presented solo exhibition by Linde Freya Tangelder at 10 Corso Como's Project Room, 21-26 April 2026, pairing handcrafted limited editions in blown glass, cast bronze, …
Foundation
Dries Van Noten and Patrick Vangheluwe's 2025 arts-and-crafts foundation seated at Palazzo Pisani Moretta on Venice's Grand Canal; debut exhibition "The Only True Protest is …
Publishing program
Publishing arm of Fondazione Prada, founded 1993 by Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli, producing catalogues, monographs and artists' books tied to the foundation's exhibitions; …
Venue opening
Reopening of Isola di San Giacomo in Paludo in the northern Venice lagoon as the third venue of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, eight years after Patrizia and Agostino Re …
Collaboration
Fragment Design x Bang & Olufsen: four hand-finished audio products including a Japan-exclusive Beosystem 9000c from 53,000 GBP. Pop-up Isetan Shinjuku 20 May 2026, global release …
Exhibition
Exhibition runs 14 May – 27 June 2026 at Gagosian, 456 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills. First posthumous Gehry survey after his death on 5 December 2025.
Handbag collection
Debut LV handbag collection by Gehry, presented Art Basel Miami December 2023; Capucines MM Floating Fish references Fish Lamps.
Jewelry collection
Six-line debut Tiffany collaboration April 2006: Torque, Orchid, Fold, Fish, Equus, Axis.
Installation
Fritz Hansen's sound and light installation at 3 Days of Design 2026 in Copenhagen.
Tower
177-metre, 44-storey office tower in CityLife Milan designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and completed in 2017 as the headquarters of Assicurazioni Generali. Nicknamed 'Lo Storto' for …
Furniture
Designed by New Zealand studio Formway Design for Knoll; the Flex Back uses an elastomer skin over a figure-8 polymer structure. Won Best of NeoCon Gold in the Seating: Task …
Campaign
Eyewear campaign and performance film for Gentle Monster's 2025 BOLD collection, released 6 September 2025. Filmed inside HAUS NOWHERE Seoul by Mau Morgó with music by Amnesia …
Exhibition
Posthumous Georg Baselitz exhibition at Fondazione Giorgio Cini, opening 5 May 2026.
Furniture
Launched by Steelcase in 2013, designed in-house at the Steelcase Design Studio after a global posture study across 11 countries and roughly 2,000 participants; the four-year …
Architecture
2026 commission to Gehry Partners, WHY Architecture and Olin to overhaul the Getty Center visitor sequence; Gehry delivers a parametric glass canopy over the tram's lower staging …
Fashion show cancellation
Fall 2026 ready-to-wear show skipped from the Paris Fashion Week calendar in March 2026, the second cancelled outing of the year before the May buyback from Artémis.
Fashion show cancellation
Spring 2026 haute couture show pulled from the Paris couture calendar in January 2026, signalling the friction with majority owner Artémis that culminated in the May 2026 buyback.
Design collective
Multidisciplinary 'school without students or teachers' founded in 1973 by Italian radical-architecture groups including Archizoom, Superstudio, UFO, Gruppo 9999, alongside …
Object
Large-scale work in raw wood and industrial fragments from the Grandi Legni cycle, treating objects as carriers of ideas positioned between design and art rather than purely …
Architecture
1994 polychromatic museum complex in Groningen masterplanned by Alessandro Mendini with Atelier Mendini; pavilions designed by Philippe Starck, Michele De Lucchi and Coop …
Design collective
Florentine radical-architecture group founded in 1968 by Giorgio Birelli, Carlo Caldini, Fabrizio Fiumi and Paolo Galli; founded Space Electronic discotheque/architecture school in …
Partnership
Multi-year title-sponsorship deal announced 27 May 2026 under which the Renault-owned Alpine Formula 1 team will race from 2027 as the Gucci Racing Alpine Formula One Team, making …
Fashion show
Demna's second Gucci show after Gucci Memoria (Milan, September 2025), and his first Cruise for the house. A limited-edition Gucci NY capsule launched the next day across five New …
Furniture
Konstantin Grcic's first DIY-flexible workplace system for Vitra, the precursor to Scout.
Residential complex
Curvilinear residential complex of seven low-rise buildings in CityLife Milan designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, with sinuous balconies wrapping the perimeter.
Exhibition
Fondazione Prada's 2026 Biennale show at Ca' Corner della Regina.
Program
Source: hermes.com; domusweb.it 2026-05-28
Publishing program
Contemporary-art silk-scarf programme directed by Pierre-Alexis Dumas, opening with Josef Albers' Hommage au carré (six designs, 200 units each) and continuing with Daniel Buren …
Exhibition
Hernan Bas solo show at Ca' Pesaro for the 2026 Biennale.
Flagship store
Four-storey House of Dior Shinsaibashi flagship in Osaka, designed by Sou Fujimoto with an undulating ribbed facade evoking haute couture drapery; interiors by Peter Marino and an …
Performance
Live performance co-created by Tilda Swinton and Olivier Saillard staged in the Frank Gehry-designed atrium of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao on 5 and 6 June 2026. Co-presented with …
Installation
Catalyst commission reported by Dezeen 2 June 2026.
Furniture
Stacked-ring plywood stool produced by Cappellini in 2000, scaled up from a one-off children's piece for the Children's Hope Foundation and milled from a single 15 mm plywood …
Installation
AMO × SolidNature installation at ME Milan Il Duca for Milan Design Week 2026 — stone supermarket of onyx bananas, travertine milk cartons and Flamingo Nebula marble milk bottles, …
Company
AI-hardware startup co-founded by Jony Ive and Sam Altman in 2024; acquired by OpenAI May 2025 for ~$6.5 billion.
Table
Each Iris top is machined from solid aluminium in geometric segments individually hand-dyed in anodising tanks and joined with hidden bolts under a low-iron glass top, produced in …
Publishing program
Quarterly digital journal launched 31 March 2021 by Bottega Veneta under Daniel Lee, conceived as an alternative to social media after the house left Instagram; the programme …
Fashion brand headquarters office
Office across two Haussmannian buildings in the 8th arrondissement with arched surfaces, soft curves and a curated art collection (Hockney, Tillmans, Maillol). Co-designed with …
Retail architecture shop in shop
Three Jacquemus shop-in-shops by AMO inside Galeries Lafayette (Paris), Harvey Nichols and Selfridges (London). Each anchored on a single material referencing Provence.
Building
Single-storey pavilion of 280 sqm completed at the Vitra Campus, Weil-am-Rhein in 2026; 47 steel columns ranging from 16 to 31 mm in diameter support a ceramic-fritted …
Department store renovation masterplan
OMA masterplan unveiled 2016 splitting KaDeWe into four quadrants; first quadrant with a six-storey wooden-escalator void opened October 2021. Led by Ellen van Loon and Rem …
Lighting
Christian Dell's signature Bauhaus desk lamp; first published in 1936, today produced by Fritz Hansen.
Object
Chromed-ABS cylinder base with a flattened opal PMMA disc shade; stackable and convertible between table and floor use, produced by Kartell from 1967 to 1981.
Exhibition
First major Konstantin Grcic survey at the Vitra Design Museum (2014).
Furniture system
Knoll's June 2026 launch by Paolo Dell'Elce: a modular wall-to-wall private office system of panels, tables, seating and storage that revisits Miesian planning logic, debuted at …
Collection
Inaugural Koyori collection (2021) - Vincent Van Duysen, Ronan Bouroullec, GamFratesi each paired with Japanese cabinetmaking workshops; presented at Milan Design Week 2021.
Museum
Frida Escobedo's 2012 renovation of David Alfaro Siqueiros's former home and studio in Cuernavaca into a museum, workshop and artists' residence; rotated existing murals to open …
Manifesto object
Lassù (1974) is Mendini's manifesto chair: a tall stepped wooden chair photographed being ritually burned in the Italian countryside, an act published in Casabella as a …
Collection
Cassina's authorised Le Corbusier reissue programme launched in 1965 under exclusive licence from the Fondation Le Corbusier and the Perriand and Jeanneret heirs; covers the LC1 …
Collection
Cassina's 2026 archive activation with the Fondation Le Corbusier — six previously unproduced pieces by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret dated 1928–1952, …
Publishing program
Hermès's biannual house magazine, first published in 1973 and released in step with each Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter collection; edited by Olivier Wicker with rotating guest art …
Furniture
Steelcase Leap (1999), designed in-house by Dan Reese, introduced LiveBack spinal-tracking back and Natural Glide System seat slide, based on four years of biomechanics research …
Collection
Hermès' 2026 home collection of twelve furniture, lighting, textile and tableware pieces directed by Charlotte Macaux Perelman and Alexis Fabry, presented 22–28 April 2026 at La …
Residential complex
Residential complex of five buildings in CityLife Milan designed by Daniel Libeskind, with angled, faceted facades that echo the geometry of his adjacent PwC Tower.
Product
LoveFrom 50th-anniversary edition of the Linn Sondek LP12 turntable, 2023.
Furniture system
Modular office system by Industrial Facility (Sam Hecht and Kim Colin) for Herman Miller, launched at NeoCon 2013 where it won the Silver Award; cantilevered tables, linear storage …
Leather good
Amazona 180 unveiled in Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez's SS26 runway show as a single-top-handle reinvention of the 1975 Amazona, named to mark Loewe's 180th anniversary …
Leather good
Trapezoidal soft-base leather and suede bag introduced by Loewe in 1975, designed by Dario Rossi and named for the Amazons of Greek mythology; conceived as an unstructured …
Monograph
636-page Loewe monograph 'Crafted World' released 27 March 2025 at $390 to mark Jonathan Anderson's tenth year as creative director, with a foreword by Zadie Smith and a long …
Prize
International craft award founded by Jonathan Anderson for the Loewe Foundation in 2016 to honour Loewe's 19th-century leather-craft origins; €50,000 cash prize, first edition …
Collection
Capsule featuring graphics by Spanish surrealist Maruja Mallo (Generation of '27); one of a recurring pattern of artist-pairings under Anderson at Loewe that also included Lynda …
Leather good
Debut bag by Jonathan Anderson for Loewe, launched in 2015 (the house's first new bag silhouette since the 1980s); a cuboid construction that folds flat from 75 leather panels, …
Collection
Jonathan Anderson's first Loewe womenswear runway, presented in Paris on 26 September 2014 in a 1950s brutalist building; coincided with the brand's design team relocating from …
Runway collection
Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez's debut Loewe womenswear collection, presented 3 October 2025 at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris during Paris Fashion Week, …
Object
Unveiled 8 June 2011, the 800 mm tall, 800 g triangular torch was made from an anodised aluminium alloy with a PVD gold coating, manufactured in a run of 8,000 by Premier Sheet …
Table
Bent birch plywood low table designed at the RCA in 1996 and launched in 1997 as the first new Isokon Plus product since 1963; added to the Cappellini catalogue the same year.
Fashion flagship temporary architecture
Five-story temporary Louis Vuitton Maison at 6 East 57th Street opened 15 November 2024 while the Fifth Avenue flagship rebuilds. OMA NY (Shohei Shigematsu) installed four 16-metre …
Publishing program
Travel-guide series published in-house by Louis Vuitton Malletier since 1998, updated regularly with cloth-bound city volumes (Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, etc.) combining …
Publishing program
Photography-book series launched by Louis Vuitton in 2016, dedicating each large-format volume to a city, region or country seen through one photographer's lens — inaugural titles …
Publishing program
Illustrated sketchbook imprint launched 2013 with founding volumes by Daniel Arsham (Easter Island), Jean-Philippe Delhomme (New York), Natsko Seki (London) and Chéri Samba …
Partnership
Ten-year global partnership between LVMH and Formula 1 launched at the 2025 Australian Grand Prix, activating Louis Vuitton (title partner of the Monaco GP, trophy-trunk maker for …
Publication
LoveFrom-designed 2023 Steve Jobs Archive publication Make Something Wonderful.
Thesis project
Hadid's first declaration that painting, not orthographic drawing, would be her primary design tool.
Sofa
Modular sofa for Vitra (2014) on a webbed metal frame with polyurethane and visco-foam cushions and slim side and back panels that tilt individually and silently from upright to …
Residency
Three-month residency from 20 April to 15 July 2026 at Pasticceria Cucchi (Corso Genova 1, Milan, opened 1936), creative direction by RedDuo Studio, a cocktail list developed with …
Installation
Alessandro Scandurra's 16-metre-diameter ring of rubble salvaged from Ukrainian schools, installed in the cloisters of Università Statale during Milan Design Week 2026 for Interni …
Furniture
Designed by Italian engineer-designer Alberto Meda for Vitra in 1996, the Meda Chair uses a self-adjusting synchronous tilt via two lateral pivots, contemporaneous with Herman …
Exhibition
Demna Gvasalia's first design statement at Gucci — twelve domestic objects in distressed GG canvas, flora print, and Web stripe, staged inside the 4th-century Basilica di San …
Installation
Lina Ghotmeh's pink-hued labyrinth of curved geometric modules in the courtyard of Palazzo Litta during Milan Design Week 2026; her first site-specific solo outdoor work in Italy.
Furniture
Polymer-backed task chair launched by Herman Miller in 2003, designed by Berlin's Studio 7.5 as the firm's first Herman Miller collaboration; Cradle to Cradle Silver-certified.
Publishing program
Annual two-day literary event at Milan's Circolo Filologico during Milan Design Week, directed by Miuccia Prada and curated by educator Olga Campofreda; inaugural April 2024 …
Publishing program
Global Miu Miu cultural activation launched June 2024 across New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris, Milan, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai, gifting copies of books by women writers — …
Urban vision
Urban model developed for Expo Zaragoza 2008, proposing a 'wet urbanisation' in which agriculture, water and inhabitation interpenetrate rather than being zoned apart.
Brand work
LoveFrom × Moncler creative collaboration, announced 2021.
Object
Patricia Urquiola cloud-form modular sofa for Cassina, 2023; soft over-shaped cushion volumes presented as part of Cassina's iMaestri anniversary year.
Installation
Part of the Bourse de Commerce's permanent in-situ programme since the 2021 opening.
Hotel
Tom Dixon and Design Research Studio's twelve-room Mua Mua Hotel staged at the Mulino Estate (designed 1929 by Piero Portaluppi with Gio Ponti for the Sordelli family) during Milan …
Furniture
Designed by Foster + Partners for Japanese manufacturer Okamura and premiered in June 2026, the Muku task chair pairs an adjustable seat-depth-and-recline mechanism with a …
Object
Transformable seat made of two stretch-fabric-covered foam elements that recombine into chair, chaise or floor lounger. Briefly produced by Sormani and reissued by B-Line in 2004; …
Installation
Nalini Malani's 67-channel installation at Magazzini del Sale for the 2026 Biennale.
Yacht
Source: wallpaper.com 2026-05-24
Urban vision
Theoretical urban project developed with Archizoom Associati between 1969 and 1972, redefining the metropolis as a continuous, infrastructural and isotropic interior without rigid …
Collection
Hades's six-piece spring 2026 Notes from the Precipice capsule — the second collaboration between the Holland sisters' British knitwear label (founded 2016, knit in Hawick, …
Programme
Louis Vuitton's limited-edition furniture programme launched in 2012 at Salone del Mobile in Milan, inviting designers and architects to reinterpret the maison's nomadic travel …
Collection
Louis Vuitton's 2026 Objets Nomades chapter at Palazzo Serbelloni for Milan Design Week (21–26 April 2026), pairing reissued 1920s Pierre Legrain Art Deco pieces with new …
Retail architecture fashion flagship
262 sqm bi-floor flagship in the Miami Design District designed by Virgil Abloh with AMO (Samir Bantal). Movable polycarbonate facade; industrial finishes.
Retail architecture fashion flagship
Three-floor Off-White flagship on rue de Castiglione near Place Vendôme designed by AMO under Ellen van Loon; corrugated-glass vestibule, travertine, arched rooms doubling as a …
Chair
Stackable cafe chair launched at Salone del Mobile 2019 as Barber Osgerby's first Emeco collaboration, moulded from 70% recycled PET, 20% glass fibre and 10% non-toxic pigment; the …
Lighting
Sculptural light by Sabine Marcelis shown in 'Element: Metal' at Schloss Hollenegg (9-31 May 2026) using a large-scale asymmetrical extruded aluminium profile from Hydro that …
Pavilion
Zaha Hadid Architects' sculptural pavilion for Audi at Milan Design Week 2026, set above a reflective pool in the courtyard of Portrait Milano (Corso Venezia 11), clad in matte …
Museum wing
Frida Escobedo's five-storey, $550m modern and contemporary art wing for the Met, with a textured limestone screen along Fifth Avenue; construction begins 2026 with an expected …
Office chair
Barber Osgerby's first office seating, manufactured by Vitra and launched at Orgatec 2016 after four years of development. Uses a weight-responsive synchronized mechanism with …
Installation
Toyo Ito's conceptual dwelling installations (1985 and 1989) imagining a minimal nomadic interior for the contemporary Tokyo woman; central to his 1980s theoretical writings.
Exhibition
Show runs 22 April – 21 September 2026 at MADD Bordeaux, curated by Bérengère Bussioz, Konstantin Grcic, Caroline Perret and Etienne Tornier. Scenography by Perret and Grcic.
Installation
The first realised fog sculpture in modern art; the prototype for all of Nakaya's subsequent work.
Object
Phoebe Philo's first non-clothing object — a roughly 28 cm mercury-silvered hand-cast bronze mirror in an edition of 200, produced at Milan's Fondazione Battaglia foundry and …
Furniture
Body of teak, Indian rosewood and woven cane furniture (committee chair, library chair, kangaroo lounge, demountable chair, office and student writing chairs) designed by Pierre …
Furniture
Slim-backed Knoll lounge chair designed by Barber Osgerby and launched at Salone del Mobile 2015, offered in low and high-back versions for residential and contract interiors.
Object
Mirror-polished stainless-steel kettle by Frank Gehry with mahogany handle and leaping-fish whistle. Designed for Alessi and released in 1992.
Building
Play Earth Observatory, Nanto, Japan (2025-): revolving forest structure extending toward the canopy. Cited in 'Reality is Fluid'. Source: domusweb.it 2026-05-28.
Exhibition
First time Torre Velasca opened to the public as a vertical exhibition venue since the 2022–2025 Asti Architetti restoration; co-curated by Federica Sala and Anna Maga for the …
Retail architecture
24,000 sq ft flagship at 343 N Rodeo Drive across three floors; air-curtain doorless facade; perforated aluminium volume on second floor; custom 3D 'sponge' wall. Co-led by …
Retail architecture
First Prada Epicenter, opened 15 December 2001 at 575 Broadway in SoHo. Approximately 2,000 sqm in the former Guggenheim SoHo space. Co-led by Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA; …
Symposium
Prada's multidisciplinary symposium, curated by Formafantasma since the first 2022 edition "On Forest" at Milan's Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense; subsequent editions have run …
Cultural program
Travelling members-club programme launched at Freehand Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach, December 4-6 2018, with a Theaster Gates intervention; subsequent editions in London, …
Industrial design
Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment unveiled by Axiom Space and Prada in June 2026; a form-fitting inner layer with redundant water-cooling circuit worn under the AxEMU for …
Object
Hand-painted neo-Baroque armchair upholstered in Pointillist-style fabric; originally produced by Studio Alchimia in 1978 and a canonical object of Italian Radical design. Later …
Lighting
Lamp by Max Lamb shown in 'Element: Metal' at Schloss Hollenegg (9-31 May 2026), made from two of Hydro's extruded aluminium profiles connected by a friction ball-and-socket joint; …
Furniture system
Modular office system by Yves Béhar and Fuseproject for Herman Miller combining social desks, group spaces and in-between settings; launched at NeoCon 2013 in Chicago.
Tower
175-metre, 28-storey office tower in CityLife Milan designed by Daniel Libeskind as the Milan headquarters of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Nicknamed 'Il Curvo' for its cupola-inspired …
Furniture
Cubic wood-and-laminate table designed by Superstudio in 1970 and produced by Zanotta from 1971, faced in white plastic laminate gridded in black at 30 mm intervals to make the …
Manifesto
Manifesto by Lina Ghotmeh published in Domus 1112 on 28 May 2026 under the title 'Reality is Fluid', framing architecture as 'fluid, dynamic matter'. Source: domusweb.it …
Strategic plan
Three-phase Kering turnaround plan unveiled April 16, 2026 in Florence: reset by 2026, rebuild by 2028, lead by 2030.
Product
LoveFrom-designed folding red nose for Comic Relief, 2023.
Furniture line
Source: hermes.com; fondation-jean-michel-frank.org
Retail architecture jewellery flagship
90 sqm Repossi flagship at 6 Place Vendôme — OMA's first jewellery commission. Organised as 'street, gallery, salon' with kinetic billboard wall by Goppion.
Furniture
Stephan Hürlemann's flexible-workspace counterpart to Grcic's Scout, launched March 2026 under Vitra's 'Beta' workspace project.
Bookstore
Bookshop, gallery and concept space opened by Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent in early 2024 at 9 rue de Grenelle in Paris's 7th arrondissement, named after the rue de Babylone …
Publishing program
Publishing imprint established by Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent in 2019 and operated from the Rive Droite concept stores in Paris and Los Angeles; releases photo-led …
Exhibition section
Salone del Mobile 2026's new contract-design section at Rho Fiera, masterplanned by Rem Koolhaas through OMA's research arm AMO.
Exhibition section
Debut 2026 Salone del Mobile section dedicated to collectible and gallery-edition design at Rho Fiera, with Nilufar, Side Gallery, Salviati × Draga & Aurel, 1882 Ltd and Mouromtsev …
Installation
Theaster Gates's first UK public project, commissioned by Situations as part of Bristol 2015 European Green Capital; a timber structure built inside the bombed ruins of Temple …
Archive
May 2026 rediscovery by researchers Ilaria Bollati and Marta Elisa Cecchi of two previously unknown perspective drawings of Joe Colombo's Santa Tecla club, found in the Baj family …
Exhibition
Sanya Kantarovsky's 2026 Biennale show at Palazzo Loredan / Istituto Veneto.
Object
Asymmetrical mould-blown glass vase designed by Alvar Aalto (with Aino Marsio) for the Savoy restaurant in Helsinki, debuted at the 1937 Paris Exposition; in continuous production …
Furniture
Frameless task chair by Yves Béhar and Fuseproject for Herman Miller, inspired by the suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge; Cradle to Cradle Silver-certified and priced from …
Furniture
Konstantin Grcic's modular workplace system for Vitra, launched 19–20 March 2026 alongside Stephan Hürlemann's Reset under Vitra's 'Beta' workspace project. Named pieces include …
Object
Patricia Urquiola modular sofa for Cassina, 2020; tatami-referenced base layered with over-stuffed cushion volumes that read as a contemporary reading of Japanese floor seating.
Pavilion
Kensington Gardens summer pavilion (2002) co-designed by Toyo Ito with engineer Cecil Balmond; an algorithmically rotated square produced a lattice of crossing steel bars, a …
Pavilion
Frida Escobedo's pavilion in Kensington Gardens (15 June – 7 October 2018): two rectangular volumes forming a courtyard, walled with a celosia lattice of cement roof tiles, …
Pavilion
Lina Ghotmeh's Serpentine Pavilion 'À table' (2023): low-carbon timber pavilion built around a communal table, designed for dismantling and reuse. Source: domusweb.it 2026-05-28; …
House
Toyo Ito's own residence in Nakano, Tokyo (1984), a lightweight steel-and-vault structure with an open, room-less plan; later reconstructed in Omishima.
Auction house exhibition architecture
USD 55M renovation of 1334 York Avenue by OMA NY (Shohei Shigematsu) opened 3 May 2019. 40 galleries across four floors; exhibition space grew from 67,000 to 90,000 sq ft.
Corporate transaction
In March 2018 Stella McCartney bought back the 50% stake Kering held in her eponymous house, ending the 2001 Kering joint venture and predating the 2026 Valli buyback by eight …
Corporate transaction
On 27 January 2025 Stella McCartney repurchased the minority stake LVMH had taken in 2019, returning her brand to founder independence while she remained LVMH global sustainability …
Building
Stone Garden, Beirut (2020): residential tower in Mar Mikhael with hand-combed earthen-concrete facade and planted bow windows. Cited in Ghotmeh's 'Reality is Fluid' manifesto. …
Retail identity global rollout
AMO retail identity for Stone Island; first store opened in Chicago 2024 and rolled out to Paris, Shanghai, Munich, New York, Stockholm, Toronto and Costa Mesa through 2025–2026. …
Ceramic sculpture
Jongjin Park's 2025 chair-like porcelain sculpture made from layered paper coated in tinted porcelain slip; awarded the 2026 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize (€50,000) at National …
Exhibition
Co-organised by Archizoom Associati and Superstudio in Pistoia in December 1966, this two-room exhibition is the founding statement of Italian Radical Design.
Furniture
Wave-form polyurethane sofa designed by Andrea Branzi for Archizoom Associati and produced by Poltronova from 1967, sold as two stacked foam sections that re-configure into seat or …
Design collective
Florence-based radical-architecture collective founded in 1966 by Adolfo Natalini and Cristiano Toraldo di Francia, later joined by Gian Piero Frassinelli, Alessandro and Roberto …
Adaptive reuse department store
Restoration of the 16th-century Fondaco dei Tedeschi at the Rialto Bridge, commissioned by the Benetton family in 2009 and opened 1 October 2016 with DFS Group as operator. 9,000 …
Furniture
Modular shelving by Philippe Malouin shown in 'Element: Metal' at Schloss Hollenegg (9-31 May 2026), built from a single Hydro extruded aluminium T-profile that serves as both leg …
Lighting
Reading lamp launched by Flos in 2007 with a folded die-cast aluminium shade that pivots up to 90 degrees on a slender stem, produced as the Tab T table (H 327 mm, base 175 mm), …
Lighting
Bird-form table lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis's 1981 debut collection, with a yellow-and-black 'Zebra'-pattern column and a pink crested head.
Limited edition collaboration
Technics × Fritz Hansen June 2026 collaboration reissuing the Kaiser Idell Luxus 6631 in a burgundy finish alongside a matching Technics SL-40CBT turntable, previewed at 3 Days of …
Turntable
Direct-drive turntable that anchors the audio half of the 2026 Technics × Fritz Hansen burgundy edition.
Publishing collaboration
Limited-edition Prada publication launched February 2025 alongside the Spring/Summer 2025 womenswear campaign, pairing ten short stories by Ottessa Moshfegh with Steven Meisel …
Graphic
LoveFrom-designed Terra Carta Seal, 2021, for King Charles III's Sustainable Markets Initiative.
Performance
Second Saillard/Swinton performance, staged in the auditorium of the École des Beaux-Arts for Festival d'Automne, autumn 2013, using the Maison Chloé archive.
Performance
First Saillard/Swinton performance, premiered at Palais de Tokyo for Festival d'Automne à Paris, 29 September–1 October 2012. Saillard handed Swinton 57 archival garments — …
Exhibition
Inaugural exhibition of Fondazione Dries Van Noten at Palazzo Pisani Moretta, Venice; 25 April – 4 October 2026, curated by Dries Van Noten and Geert Bruloot, presenting over 200 …
Unbuilt competition
Project that brought Hadid international attention; held in the MoMA collection.
Outdoor furniture
Outdoor furniture collection for Dedon (2016) and the manufacturer's first range in teak: turned, tapered teak frames hand-built from sustainably grown plantation teak combined …
Collection
First HADES x Tilda Swinton knitwear capsule, September 2024. Pieces inspired by four Swinton films — Female Perversions, The Last of England, Orlando, Suspiria — knit in Hawick, …
Installation
Anri Sala's rotunda installation at the Bourse de Commerce, 14 October 2022 to 16 January 2023.
Chair
Single-mould injection-moulded polypropylene chair manufactured by Vitra from 2011, with angled skids that allow a nine-degree forward tilt; originated from a 2008 Royal Society of …
Exhibition
Marina Abramović's diffuse solo exhibition through the Gallerie dell'Accademia during the 61st Venice Art Biennale 2026 (6 May – 18 October), curated by Shai Baitel; first solo …
Object
Patricia Urquiola outdoor seating for Moroso, 2008; tubular-steel armature hand-woven with multicolour PVC cord, one of her most-licensed forms.
Object
Four nested polyurethane-foam-padded cylinders that ship inside one another and reassemble via rubber clips into different seating configurations. Produced by Flexform; held in …
Furniture
Designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll between 1955 and 1956 to "clear up the slum of legs" beneath chairs and tables, the Pedestal Group collapses leg structure into a single …
Design collective
Florentine radical-architecture group founded in 1967 by Carlo Bachi, Lapo Binazzi, Patrizia Cammeo, Riccardo Foresi and Titti Maschietto under Umberto Eco's teaching at the …
Object
Designed 1965-67 and produced from 1968 by Kartell, the model 4860 was the first chair fully injection-moulded in plastic, initially in ABS and later in nylon and polypropylene, …
Installation
Inaugural rotunda installation when the Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection opened on 22 May 2021; ran through 29 January 2022.
Sculpture
Crocodile sculpture by Frank Gehry (2023) in ColorCore Formica and silicone — a return to the laminate vocabulary of his 1984 Fish Lamps. Shown at Gagosian Beverly Hills in 2026.
Corporate transaction
Giambattista Valli reacquired full ownership of his namesake Paris couture house from Artémis, the Pinault family holding chaired by François-Henri Pinault, on 20 May 2026 after …
Table
Sinuous, skeletal structure framed by Mollino as furniture-as-anatomical-extension. The first piece released under the 2026 Zanotta–Demanio licence.
Exhibition
'Habitat of the Future' installation commissioned by Bayer for Interzum on a ship in Cologne, organised into Night-Cell, Kitchen-Box and Central-Living modules with ceiling-mounted …
Sofa soft seating
11-component modular sofa system on a proprietary rail base; lightweight aluminium frame with 80 percent recycled content; cushions filled with polyurethane foam cubes; fully …
Lounge chair soft seating
Lounge chair previewed by Vitra at 3 Days of Design Copenhagen (10–12 June 2026) at Klubiensvej 22, Pakhus 48, Nordhavn; official launch September 2026. Designed by Lisa Ertel and …
Office task chair soft seating
Modular office chair programme developed by Vitra with Antonio Citterio launched 2010. Variants ID Trim, ID Trim L, ID Soft, ID Air, ID Mesh share a common base and shell.
Installation
Installation presented at Galleria Luisa Delle Piane in Milan, an aviary-like structure continuing Branzi's interest in cohabitation between humans, animals and domestic …
House
Toyo Ito's U-shaped concrete house in Nakano, Tokyo (1976), built for his sister; demolished 1997. Foundational early-career work and a touchstone for Japanese minimalist house …
Chair
Ribbon-form side chair by Frank Gehry (1972), originally part of his Easy Edges cardboard series. Later reissued and produced by Vitra.
Furniture
Designed by Eero Saarinen in 1948 at the request of Florence Knoll, who asked for "a chair I could really curl up in"; pioneered a moulded fibreglass shell upholstered in foam to …
Museum
Civic museum in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto (1991), with a curved aluminium roof floating over an earth-banked base — an early test of Toyo Ito's interest in light, undulating shells.
Exhibition
Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist with Arthur Fouray and Lucas Jacques-Witz.