Storia del design

Anna Yudina
L'ippocampo

Furnitecture, furniture - architecture, la fusione tra l'arredo e l'architettura. Un nuovo approccio all'interior design, che sposa le forme più innovative di "micro-architettura" con il design industriale. Oggi, gli spazi interni vengono via via trasformati da un'ampia serie di nuovi oggetti, che vanno dagli arredi alle invenzioni architettoniche su piccola scala. Sull'onda del design digitale e delle nuove possibilità manifatturiere, un numero sempre maggiore di designer indipendenti sta rendendo il crossover tra arredamento e architettura uno degli ambiti più floridi e innovativi nel campo del design. I progetti ideati da questi creativi includono librerie che possono dinamicamente dividere e riorganizzare una stanza, sedie che creano angoli intimi, spazi-negli-spazi per uffici domestici, cucine in moduli indipendenti che possono espandersi per rivelare ogni funzionalità umanamente concepibile. Il volume presenta centinaia di oggetti da collezione e pezzi rari, produttori indipendenti e soluzioni rapide a problemi spaziali di vario tipo.

Shantrelle P. Lewis
Aperture

Suits that pop with loud colors and dazzling patterns, complete with a nearly ubiquitous bowtie, define the style of the new "dandy." Described as "high-styled rebels" by author Shantrelle P. Lewis, Black men with a penchant for color and refined fashion, both new and vintage, have gained popular attention in recent years, influencing mainstream fashion. But Black dandyism itself is not new; originating from the intersection of Africa's long history of sartorial aesthetics and European fashion, then later from the personal styling of enslaved people in Victorian England, it has continued for generations in black cultures around the world. Now, set against the backdrop of hip-hop culture, this iteration of dandies is redefining what it means to be Black, masculine, and fashionable. Dandy Lion presents and celebrates individual dandy personalities, designers and tailors, movements and events that define contemporary dandyism. Throughout the book, self-expression is communicated through personal style, clothing, shoes, hats, and swagger. Lewis's carefully curated selection of contemporary photographs surveys the movement across the globe in spectacular form, with all the vibrant patterns, electrifying colors, and fanciful poses of this brilliant style subculture.

Sergio Calatroni
Afro City Editore

AA.VV.
Marsilio Editori s.p.a.

Sandrina Bandera, Maria Canella
Skira Editore

Edoardo Massucci
Automobilia

Wolfgang Hageney
Edizioni Belvedere

Paula Reed
Edizioni Charta

No one who loves hats can resist the wonderful tale of Philip Treacy, the Irish hatter. Born in County Galway to a large family (seven brothers and a sister), Treacy was taught to hold a sewing needle by his village school teacher. With the needle, he has gone on to free the hat from the dictums of fashions and trends, creating sculptures for the crown out of veils, feathers, artificial flowers, straw and gauze, as well as shadows and illusion. "I think and hope I have changed the way we look at hats," he reflects. "They are no longer symbols of conformity but highly individual acts of rebellion. I am constantly challenging the perception of what a hat should be and what role it should play."

Victoria & Albert Museum. The national museum of art and design
Officine Grafiche Fratelli Stianti

Raffaella Poletti
Electa/Alessi

AA.VV.
Condé Nast Publications

AA.VV.
Condé Nast Publications