We humans are animals that tell stories, and culture is the result of our evolution. Novels, works of art, and music are not abstract “spiritual” elements disconnected from our physicality, but rather a feature of the material life of our species. We need an imagination that helps us break out of our species boundaries, an imagination that recognizes and gives voice to the whole world that we consider “other” but which is instea

Design is optimistic by nature: it seeks to solve problems and, in doing so, create preferable conditions. Yet, the thinking behind it abounds with expressions of skepticism, dissatisfaction, and even resentment. Rather than being dismissed as anomalies, can these “sad passions” shed light on the blind spots of the discipline? Can disillusionment represent something more than mere disappointment? Can it, for example, translate into an emotional method for bringing dysfunctions and contradictions to light? Th

Cristina Musiani’s essay is inspired by Le Corbusier’s thinking on the cognitive aspects of the gaze and architecture as a visual device that relates to space, key themes in Guido Guidi’s photography. Through three interviews, which conclude the three chapters of the book, the research is supported by Guidi’s own voice, giving primary importance to his thinking. The starting point is the idea of an architectural frame associated with the id

Tesoro carissimo is the monograph dedicated to the work and research of Sara Basta, published by Viaindustriae and edited by Cecilia Canziani and Ilaria Gianni.Titled after the eponymous exhibition hosted last year in the spaces of IUNO, the editorial project retraces the artist’s career, delving into some of the themes that inform her practice: the collective dimension, expressed both through the use of the workshop format and through the participatory creation of th

The publication Obscure Work, by ৺ ෴ ර ∇ ❃ ꩜ ﹌﹌ @cnsss_ — Sonia D’Alto, Claudia Gangemi, Susanna Gonzo, Sofia Melluso, and nao, with Marea Art Project, originates from the Sicilian shores of Alicudi and unfolds along the Amalfi Coast.  The project moves through full moons, witches, magical formulas, healing rituals, and mythologies, engaging practices of consciousness-raising and drawing on stories woven from the collective memory of the communities of Praiano and Positano. Born from the reside