Laura Dimitrio has recently published her latest work entitled NON SOLO KIMONO. Edited by Skira this book has been written by a very committed scholar into the study of fashion. A major text with numerous reference points and sources to understand how traditional and then contemporary garments have influenced Italian fashion...

In the 60/70s, I was the Art Director of Vogue Italia, always aiming for the next level, even beyond the fashion world. I was always present at the fashion shows in Rome, Milan, Paris, mainly. In almost every case, I experienced and saw the beginning of and the journey to success of the stylists who later became icons for the fashion of the time. In Paris, I had been following Kenzo, Issey Miyake, Yoshi Yamamoto since their debut on the fashion catwalks. Then, I also became friends with them.
Only after Kenzo hosted me and Giella in Hiseij...

Architecture and design celebrate the desire for green with urban re-qualification projects and futuristic urban rooftop gardens...

The fact that the cultivation of a vegetable garden in the city has become cool is clear for all to see: for years now, there have been a growing number of areas managed by the residents of Milan who want to eat "zero km" food, real self-sufficient spaces in which to grow fruit and vegetables with low environmental impact in which the producer is also the final consumer. The fact that gardening on the terraces and roofs of buildings has become a question of design is evident from the important names in the world of architecture who have been involved in the creation of innovative and functional gardens in the heart of the Lombard metropolis.
And if the Bosco Verticale by Studio Boeri (2009) can be considered the noble "prototype", we must remember that since 2014 the roofs of Superstudio have been the experimental site for one of the first...

The beautiful book NON SOLO KIMONO. HOW JAPAN HAS REVOLVED ITALIAN FASHION by Laura Dimitrio, published by Skira, recounts the interesting four-century-long story of Japanese influence entering into the costume of Italy, starting with the kimono and ending with the new-pop launched by manga. The presentation will take place on April 12th in the atelier of the fashion-art museum FlavioLucchiniArt where the author, Laura Dimitrio, will meet Gisella Borioli who, as a journalist, was the first to support the Japanese "nouvelle Vague" in the 1980s with her cult magazine DONNA...

"My interest in Japanese influences on the Italian fashion began several years ago, during my MA History of Art Dissertation. I chose to study the sketches designed by the Milanese painter Giuseppe Palanti for the costumes of the first performance of Madama Butterfly, which debuted at La Scala in Milan in 1904...

In her most recent book Design Super Show, Gisella Borioli describes how she turned Superstudio into the forefront of contemporary design trends, by following it throughout their evolution. In person, she discusses pre and post-pandemic design and how the pandemic compelled many to rethink their way to approach design...

If someone had asked me two years ago, "where is design going?", I would probably have answered differently. I would have mentioned a frantic, eclectic, fun, trendy, using basic and essential furniture version, designed by renowned architects (like Lissoni, Jasper Morrison, for instance). As well, sided by other designers who stood against the current on the edge of kitsch (think of Philip Starck's dwarfs for Kartell), antropomorphic (like the Nemo chair by Fabio Novembre for Driade), animal-like (Mooi's horse lamp, Stefano Giovannoni's monkey lamp), ironic and iconoclastic objects (Mendini's Proust chair for Cappellini)...

One opening, one project. Once again, the Tortona District in Milan is looking ahead. Thanks to Luxottica and Armani...

Those who remember how via Tortona once looked, from the point where it crossed with via Bergognone where today's Piazza delle Culture is, until its outer ring road, understand how much it has changed since then. With its two hubs, Superstudio 13 in via Forcella (opened in 1983) and Superstudio Più in via Tortona (opened in 2000) Superstudio has brought back to the area design, fashion, art, and communication, which have gradually occupied old laboratories and factories in decay, such as the big Post Office Building (now Deloitte) and the former Ansaldo (now Base). The very multifunctional cultural center at the Base began its transformation through the intervention of Gisella Borioli, who was a member of the Strategic Council at the time. This was created by Letizia Moratti, who suggested and led the passage to its new function as a street for creativity...

After Mondrian, Chagall arrives at the Mudec, just a stone's throw away from Superstudio Più. "A tale of two worlds" exhibits more than 100 pieces of art curated by the Israel Museum of Jerusalem. On view is another Chagall: not the artist of the series “the lovers”, but the illustrator of Vitebsk and of private family memories, blending love and Judaism, is brought to light. Meanwhile, you can discover another legend on display: Henri-Cartier Bresson...

Undoubtedly a magnificent and not-to-be-missed exhibition. The Mudec discloses a private Chagall this time, the one that depicts his native village, Vitebsk (currently in Belarus), with winged charriots flying through the city's avenues in the background, and baggy skirted women walking with their umbrellas and hats down the roads. He shows us his house, a crooked hut, so miserable and crumbling that it looks as if it is going to collapse on itself along with the jewellry shop...

Finally, the moment has come. From 8 to 10 April, a new vision of fair will be presented at Superstudio Maxi. (Un)-Fair, this is the name of the event that subverts and explores in a critical way the concept of fairs through the pun of the title. We met the founders and art directors of the event, Laura Gabellotto and Manuela Porcu, to talk about the post-pandemic evolution of art fairs: (Un)—Fair can be seen as an"anti-fair”, in the name of youthful and sustainable collecting...

February 2022 will be the first edition of (Un)-Fair. Where does this project come from?
(Un)-Fair was born from the desire to find a new space of sociality, exchange and knowledge in a period in which the whole art world – and not only – has been set back...

On display at Superstudio is the latest Volta Truck from Carl Magnus-Norden's Swedish Company. Volta Zero is an electric carbon-neutral truck. Its mantras? Security and design...

Trucks account for less than 4% of traffic in London, but they are involved in 70% of fatal car accidents. Carl-Magnus Norden, with no background in automotive, had a vision of a truck whose strength was security in urban centers, one which could provide a 220 degree panoramic view with lateral cameras. Interestingly, Volta Zero is a private truck with a green twist: no blind spots due to the removal of the cumbersome diesel engine, which is why traditional trucks reach heights of no less than 2 meters, but Volta Zero uses batteries located below the work environment, allowing the driver to access at ground level...

Thanks to the extension of "Angela" until 3 April in MyOwnGallery at Superstudio Più on the occasion of the Miart, you can learn more about the artist's production through the video edited by Cinzia Malvini for the Magazine The Collector...

This is what art is about: starting again from ourselves, from our intimate and secret soul and bringing life back to the world. Angela Carrubba Pintaldi has returned after a long period of reflection, which was exacerbated by the Lockdown months, to express the strength and shapes of nature in each of her works.
"Angela", curated by Anna Imponente, under the...

Superstudio plays a key role in the humanitarian crisis caused by the outbreak of the Ukrainian war. It all began with the idea of Tommaso Borioli, CEO of Superstudio, to welcome 30 war refugees to the brand-new space in the Bovisa district of Milan.

Superstudio collected and donated 12,000 masks to citizens as early as April 2020, meeting the immediate needs of those who could not get them halfway. The group has once again organized a solidarity race, which has resulted in the regeneration of an industrial space in Bovisa, in via Negrotto, where 30 women and children will be hosted for their first 6 months in Italy. In need and deprived of everything, moms, grandmas, and teenagers will try to reimagine home as a private and intimate place, designed specifically for them, rather than as a place that makes them feel like passengers...