“Food and how we eat it reflect, in a more immediate way, how values and lifestyle change” (Il nuovo consumatore: verso il postmoderno,Fabris, 2003). This quote perfectly represents our current situation, when a pandemic drastically changed our habits and lifestyle. Food delivery, which...
SOFA, multitasking oasis
For centuries associated with relax and rest, even more than the bed or the armchair, the sofa is today the piece of furniture at the center of our quarantine, symbol of the restrictions and lockdown that were forced upon us by the pandemic all over the world. Home is the only center of...
ITALIAN BEACHES AFTER COVID-19
BEACH CLUBS AND PRIVATELY OWNED BEACHES
Today Italy is still one of the countries in the world that has suffered the most because of Covid-19, and this will undoubtedly affect the coming months, especially as it’s summer, and therefore holiday season. Tourism in seaside locations can become dangerous, because crowd gathering opportunities...
COVID-19 RISK
VERIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT ON CONSTRUCTION SITES
Despite the worrying news coming from China at the beginning of the year, nobody could have imagined having to deal with this terrible virus, able to spread quickly and widely, and getting more and more dangerous, causing the loss of a huge number of lives. This experience was characterised, at the...
Decor and Design
The Made in Italy industry
During the last few months, the production of consumer goods unfortunately slowed down significantly, whereas ideas definitely didn’t stop. The design sector is trying to find new solutions to cope with this emergency. Apart from all the issues that this crisis will leave behind,...
City and Time
If we consider our habits and surroundings, will we be satisfied when, in the near future, we’ll look back? Were we able to utilise this collective stand-by to transform a global crisis into a chance to reevaluate our life and our city? Illnesses have always affected first and foremost...
COVID, thoughts of a designer
Since the end of February we have seen the world change in front of our eyes, discovering a brand new way of living and relating to other people. The world we now live in has always been possible, but we’ve never considered it. For the very first time in history Vogue Italia has decided to publish...
Let’s decorate the balcony
It’s our yard time, our view of the world. Now it’s time to give it some attention. Let’s add a nice chair, some pots. Let’s plant some flowers…
Never as in the recent confinement period, people have changed their relationship with the outside world and with nature, feeling a strong need for larger spaces within the individual housing units. And the pandemia certainly helped us to see the world from another perspective. We can be...
Living: past, present and future
A home can be defined as an organised geometrical space, but, above all, a subjective, identitary indoor space, designed around the body of its inhabitant and his or her biological rhythms, habits, behaviour. Specific individual and group behaviours are defined, inside the physical living space, by...
Home fitness and gym: current scenario
The Coronavirus lockdown forced us to modify our daily activities. Including sport. People still want to practice sport. It is demonstrated by the online sales of exercise bikes, dumbbells and all the equipment necessary to set up a home fitness space. Gyms and swimming pools, forced to close...
