THE DEPARTMENTS

Design

People, places and ideas.
A wider point of view.

Reportage

Karl Lagerfeld’s former office: an interior with another life

A residential reinterpretation of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés address retained its sculptural stair and metal-lined architectural character.

Design / Reportage

Brazilian designers translate the city's architecture and social life into objects rather than miniature landmarks.

São Paulo · 2 min read

Design / Reportage

Cazu Zegers’s low, curved building follows the land beside Lake Sarmiento, leaving the mountains to set the scale.

Patagonia · 3 min read

Design / Reportage

Claudia Moreira Salles and Etel Carmona's work met in a 2025 exhibition organised around timber, craft and continuity.

Como · 2 min read

Design / Reportage

A 2025 retrospective connected the designer's Polish origins with the furniture and drawings he developed in Brazil.

Warsaw · 2 min read

Design / Reportage

Andrea Steidl's Amama supplied a concrete expression of the brand's Rooted in Harmony collection in 2025.

Milan · 2 min read

Design / Reportage

Ricardo Gaioso's selection connected reclaimed glass, steel, natural fibres and sculptural furniture through a plural view of Brazilian practice.

Milan · 2 min read

Design / Reportage

An eight-minute film for The Creators considered family influence and a contemporary architectural language.

São Paulo · 2 min read

Design / Reportage

A 2024 collaboration with Sawsan Chammas Haber used a Middle Eastern architectural reference to frame Brazilian design.

Dubai · 2 min read

Design / Reportage

At the 2024 Salone del Mobile, artists used bamboo, leather and ceramics to treat the lamp as more than a practical fitting.

Milan · 2 min read

Design / Reportage

A 2024 flagship proposal placed fitted furniture and timber craftsmanship inside an eighteenth-century palazzo on Via Manzoni.

Milan · 2 min read