The latest Vogue Business Newsletter explains why brands are burning experimental NFTs

Vogue Business discusses a new (digital) way for brands to manipulate prices, leveraging scarcity, with examples of different fashion and beauty brands: “a key feature of blockchains and NFTs is that they can't be changed, replicated or deleted, allowing for authenticity, ownership and scarcity. So, what happens if a luxury brand — many of whom are now experimenting with NFTs — wants to change or eliminate an NFT they’ve put on the market? They can burn it.” (full article available online upon subscription)

Elia Vismara, President of Assobagno of FederlegnoArredo

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Assobagno presents the Bathroom Design Monitor with its focus on consumers

The survey conducted by NIQ-GfK Italia for Assobagno di FederlegnoArredo examined 3,000 consumers in Italy, France and Germany. The data confirm the centrality of the bathroom and highlight some (pleasant) surprises

C. S. Bontempi Sciama

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An account of the Roundtables at the Milan Design (Eco) System 2025

Ten Thematic Tables, ten Content Leaders, with over a hundred stakeholders taking part. This was the 2025 edition of the encounter devoted to the research project measuring the impact and legacy of the Salone del Mobile and the events across the city

Shebara Resort, The Red Sea Project (Ummahat archipelago, opposite Red Sea International Airport)

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Luxurious and sustainable: the most iconic design hotels (already open or under construction) in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has come a long way from being a mainly oil-focused economy to being a new experiential tourism destination. A number of international starchitects have contributed to this paradigm shift, called upon to design spectacular hotels and resorts by the sea or in historic locations