Design

Standing desks have a long and illustrious history, early proponents commissioned high desks directly from carpenters, or used the taller shelves of bookcases, until manually adjustable sit-stand desks were invented. UniFor’s latest workstation, however, the Spring System designed by architect Antonio Citterio, uses springs to counteract the weight of the desk as it rises.

When Monk re-enters Molteni&C’s catalogue this year, it will mark 35 years since the chair was last in production. “Designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa, ‘Monk’ is simple and solid,” reads the company’s 1990 catalogue.

The catalogue for UniArm, the new monitor arm from UniFor, opens with a few pages of closeup photography of the arm’s sleek, hinged form, followed by a double-page spread filled with an X-ray image of the product.

Discover the history of Villa Planchart in Caracas, Venezuela, as we celebrate the Compasso d’Oro Career Award for Products for Gio Ponti’s D.154.2 armchair.

Kitchens are everyday spaces that exist to meet an immediate functional goal. When well designed, they are highly calibrated to support the convenient preparation of food.

The new Andromeda Collection by UniFor, designed by LSM Studio, takes inspiration from a unique site-specific artwork atop a hill in Sicily.

In the centre of Milan, a short walk from the duomo, is Villa Necchi Campiglio, designed by Piero Portaluppi (1888-1967) for the Necchi Campiglio family between 1932 and 1935.

How we understand the world of design can depend on the means by which we engage with the subject.

Indoor-Outdoor: a new trend in metropolitan living