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It’s hardly surprising that Carlo Urbinati has chosen an article on a light bulb. But we wouldn’t have guessed that the modest founder of Foscarini is fascinated by as iridescent a figure as Carlo Mollino.

Architect Gunter Fleitz likes saunas that are different, meaning not like typical saunas. Otherwise it is mainly architecture that sets him clicking or browsing.

Space travel, Grcic, an all-round chair, new materials, a portrait and a giant mushroom: Stefan Diez selected not one, but six favorites.

We certainly didn’t imagine that designer Inga Sempé has a soft spot for gas stations and autos.

Sunglasses obviously aren’t just about protecting your eyes. Models à l’extrême always guarantee you a cool place in the summer shades stakes.

Low, compact and very fast: In the Lamborghini “Miura” with its transversely mounted V12, the automotive fighting bull is comparatively gentle.

Alexander Girard and Charles Eames shared a close friendship, which proved highly productive in creative terms. Works by both designers can now be found in Vitra’s “Home Complements” – and this reunion is anything but a chance encounter.

Backdrop, sculpture or theme world? Temporary architectures in the social media age reveal more than one might at first think: an architecture analysis using Instagram.

Summer, sun, sunburn – not for us. After all, there are places and products that provide pleasantly refreshing shade. An office in the park, for instance.

Sun, air, love – and a “Vespa”. Mobility can’t get any more Italian and folksy than that. The little “Wasp” has long since become mythical.

Product Design students of École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne had a go at outfitting “Appartement 50” in Marseille’s “Cité Radieuse”. The result is an homage to Le Corbusier that uses plenty of color and adaptable furniture.

: meditates every day, and designs furniture items as if they were 3D graphics

Australian cosmetics brand Aesop’s concept centers on a mix of global and local elements for the interior design of its stores. In Frankfurt, it was Philipp Mainzer who designed the store.

Are they really beautiful, the 1950s Alfa Romeo models known as “B.A.T.” for short? Spacey all three certainly are, even if Batman was not an Italian and is not called “pipistrello”.