From outdoor urban lounges to countryside gardens, the furniture pieces and stories showcased in the May-June issue of Espaces Contemporains are an ode to summer conviviality

Swiss magazine Espaces Contemporains dedicates the central pages of its May-June issue to open-air living: “For outdoor life to be a carefree celebration, equip your terrace or garden with furniture that is both comfortable and beautiful: matching table and chairs, sofas and deckchairs to relax on, lights to extend the evenings and accessories to enrich the decor. It’s everything you need to create a custom summer vibe.” (check out the Espaces Contemporains website)

Salone Selection

Parametric architecture: what it is, its origins and some examples of Parametricism

From Luigi Moretti at the 1960 Triennale to Patrik Schumacher’s manifesto and the works of Zaha Hadid: a history of architecture that entrusts form to algorithms, and which seeks to evolve from a method into a style

Salvatore Peluso

Exhibitions

Salone Contract 2027: design meets major international projects in Torre PwC

Report of the event on Friday 9 October, the first stage of the itinerary of discussion devoted to the debut of Salone Contract towards the 2027 edition

Salone Selection

ADI Design Museum: the Compasso d’Oro collection reinterpreted from scratch

Five years since it opened, the museum in Milan presents the first new scientific reordering of its Historical Collection. Curator Maite García Sanchis relates how the way of interpreting over seventy years of design is changing, while Domitilla Dardi explains why the “Anthological” study enables the award-winning objects to dialogue with literature