23 design news of 2023

Ten architectures of 2023 that give hope for a better future
Architecture increasingly looks to sustainability, reuse and community: a transition already underway and confirmed by these unmissable buildings nearing completion.
Read the article on Living Corriere
 

Here are the new talents of Italian design
The excitement and passion of the new designers nourishes research and innovation in designing the future. Our selection of the "best of" in Italy.
Read the article on AD Italia
 

Here's the fungus that could one day replace plastic
This fungus may be able to replace plastic parts in electronics, vehicles and sports equipment.
Read the article on The Verge
 

25 women architects and designers you should know
To mark International Women's Day, Dezeen asked former Dezeen Awards judges to nominate one female architect and designer who should be most recognised.
Read the article on Dezeen
 

David Chipperfield is the winner of the 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize
The most important international architecture award goes to the British designer, Guest Editor of Domus in 2020.
Read the article on Domus
 

Six key trends of Milan Design Week 2023
Following the conclusion of the most important design event of the year, we look back at the main industry trends of Milan Design Week 2023, from maximalism to algorithmic design.
Read the article on Dezeen
 

The modular wooden system patented by OMA for the schools of the future
The initiative, in collaboration with Circlewood, starts from Amsterdam and aims at the world. The goal: to create "high-quality, flexible and sustainable" primary schools.
Read the article on Archiportale
 

New York is also sinking because of its skyscrapers
According to a study, their weight aggravates the problem of rising sea levels, exposing the city to the risk of flooding.
Read the article on Il Post
 

8 technologies that try to repair the damage from plastic pollution
8 companies, startups, NGOs and research centers present innovative solutions to fight plastic pollution, with surprising results.
Read the article on LifeGate
 

What shape will the planes of the future have?
NASA's "airliner of the future" is now an official X-plane. There are three active X-plane programs at NASA, including the new X-66A. Here is the situation for each of them.
Read the article on Popular Science
 

Design Economy 2023: the design economy in Italy
Fondazione Symbola, Deloitte Private and POLI.design present "Design Economy 2023", with the aim of increasing awareness of the value of design for the competitiveness of the national production system.
Read the article on POLI.Design
 

July Plastic Free: 5 startups to discover to spend a month without plastic
For Plastic Free July, here are five startups that offer innovative materials to eliminate disposable plastic once and for all.
Read the article on LifeGate
 

An interview with Michele De Lucchi: “This is the moment to become revolutionaries”
The founding architect of AMDL Circle talks about awareness, sustainability and the right spirit with which to design for people.
Read the article on Nomad
 

How to talk about climate change without sensationalism
An in-depth conversation between Tommaso Perrone, director of LifeGate, Silvia Moroni, alias Parla Sostenibile and Andrea Grieco, popularizer, activist and LinkedIn Top Voice on the environment and climate change.
Read the article on Lampoon
 

The Triennale Design Museum told by DAMN°
Triennale Milano celebrates its centenary by enhancing the permanent collection with the curatorship of Marco Sammicheli and a selection of works that trigger dialogue between past and present.
Read the article on DAMN°
 

Remembering Andrea Branzi
Domus pays homage to the career of the great designer with whom the magazine had 50 years of intense relationships, retracing some of his most precious testimonies in the archive.
Read the article on Domus
 

Privatizing Piazzale Loreto
Lucia Tozzi takes a stand against the new project, raising uncertainties around a "nice" regeneration through greenwashing and socialwashing.
Read the article in Il Tascabile
 

Being design curators
“Professione curatore” is an in-depth study dedicated to the works of Domitilla Dardi, Maria Cristina Didero, Beppe Finessi, Salvatore Peluso, Silvana Annicchiarico, Federica Sala, Angela Rui.
Read the article on la Repubblica
 

Isola among the coolest neighborhoods in the world
The English magazine puts Isola in eighth place in the world ranking: lively and colorful neighborhood, with excellent bars and restaurants, and a quality of life that enhances community and social initiatives, access to green spaces and street life.
Read the article on Time Out
 

A new design event in Paris
On the initiative of journalist Dan Thawley and the support of the Milanese studio P:S, the design salon entitled “Matter and Shape” will make its debut in Paris in spring 2024 during the fashion week in the Tuileries Gardens.
Read the article on Wallpaper*
 

8 trends seen at Dutch Design Week
Editor-at-large Amy Frearson identifies eight key trends seen in Eindhoven, including products made from eggs and hybrid objects designed by artificial intelligence.
Read the article on Dezeen
 

Food tells our story
A sociological study on the evolution and changes of societies through the lens of food. Which also gives us the opportunity to read our future.
Read the article on Lucy sulla cultura
 

Artemest Galleria opens in Chelsea, Manhattan
The online contemporary Italian design platform unveils its space designed by Samuele Brianza, who asked himself: "What makes Italian design so special?"
Read the article on Designboom
 

Design and Artificial Intelligence
AirBnb founder Brian Chesky explains that if designers don't embrace artificial intelligence, the world "will be designed without them."
Read the article on Dezeen