Age of Analogue
A dive into designer Paul Smith’s retro-tech world, playful mementos of what the modern used to look like
Mirror Mirror
Chatsworth House has been a locus of art and design for generations. Here, the co-curator of its upcoming exhibition – which through …
Jony Ive is inspired
No designer has done more to change the way that we all live than Jony Ive, Apple’s former chief design officer and co founder of …
Architectural Intervention
At once comprehensive and highly idiosyncratic, Adam Štěch’s monumental project saw him photograph nearly a thousand works of modern …
Sustainably expanding the edges of the object
While design has been instrumental in servicing human needs and desires, it has long been predicated on the understanding that nature …
Talking Chairs
Anima still life with iconic chairs
Learning from Lausanne
Lausanne’s ECAL school of design has a worldwide reputation for producing talented graduates. Anima challenged some of its ECAL’s …
Tom Dixon in full bloom
The British designer’s gently subversive work – which spans furniture, lighting, and domestic accessories – combines the gritty and …
He abbreviated trees
What has been lost in the transition from hand-drawn to digital rendering? In conversation with architect Norman Foster, we …
Is this the world’s first piece of architecture?
The carved rock-shelter of Nawarla Gabarnmung is considered to be one of the oldest works of architecture. Accompanied by an elder …
Everyday design language
Antonio Citterio is perhaps the most successful and prolific furniture designer of his generation, having had a particularly long and …
Double portrait
Through the Incontri series, with its ambiguous and imprecise image-making, celebrated photographer Paolo Roversi captures the soul …
Assab One
Bringing art, design and architecture under the same roof, the not-for-profit has become an essential venue during Milan’s design …
Future gazing with Vitra
By keeping it in the family, furniture company Vitra has continued to flourish. We investigate its remarkable expansion under the …
Magistretti, Albini, Castiglioni & Ponti
Anima visits four studios that made design history
Molteni moves outside
Vincent Van Duysen, Molteni’s creative director, has reshaped the company’s Giussano HQ to make a platform for the launch of its new …
Notes on reflection
Anima still life with iconic furniture and furnishings
Milan map
An artistic take on the design sights of Milano
The art of the chair
Personally responsible for hundreds of eclectic designs – from garden chairs to opulent chaise longues – Antonio Citterio has always …
What are design museums for?
Understanding that design goes beyond utility and appearance, four directors from world-leading institutions explore its vital role …
Why Andrea Branzi matters
With a career long and varied enough to read as a history of contemporary design, Andrea Branzi’s restless creative thinking has led …
Antonio Citterio