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A journey through design icons of the Italian summer, with architect Carlo Ratti (opens the original)
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In a Wallpaper* summer series, architect Carlo Ratti explores Italy through the ordinary objects that define daily life. As autumn kicks in, he waves goodbye to the sunny season - for now It was my first time writing a summer column. Fourteen Sundays, fourteen Italian objects, from the condom to the condominium. Each week, we took something ordinary, explored its genesis, and tried to figure out what it might contain as a general lesson about design and the way we live. All fourteen pieces are c
Love or hate? Why the Monobloc plastic chair inspires strong emotions (opens the original)
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In a new Wallpaper* summer series, architect Carlo Ratti explores Italy through the ordinary objects that define daily life. Meet the Monoloc, the omnipresent plastic chair that inspires strong emotions Italy's most hated piece of design might also be its most beloved. We are talking about the monobloc plastic chair.I also cannot make up my mind. Love or hate? Fieri sentio et excrucior — I feel it happening, and it is torture, as the poet Catullus might have put it. This summer, we encountered i
In praise of the bucket and spade and summers of impermanent architecture (opens the original)
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In a Wallpaper* summer series, architect Carlo Ratti explores Italy through the ordinary objects that define daily life. Enjoy building on the beach with a classic bucket and spade. No architecture firm in the world can match the volume of construction that goes up along the Italian coast every summer. The tools behind this seasonal boom cost less than an espresso and are wielded by a workforce with no licences whatsoever.We are talking about the plastic bucket and spade. They are the entry poin
Why the humble garden gnome is an icon of design (opens the original)
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In a new Wallpaper* summer series, architect Carlo Ratti explores Italy through the ordinary objects that define daily life. Ponder with him on the garden gnome, the awkward yet ever-present Italian domestic feature The garden gnome is the only Italian domestic object that inspires embarrassment. No one bats an eyelid anymore at a lace doily, a ceramic umbrella stand, a dinner service decorated with lemons, or even a pair of ‘pattine’, those little slippers for polishing the floor. But the gnome
The condominio conquered the world. Then came the neighbours (opens the original)
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In a new Wallpaper* summer series, 'Objectify', architect Carlo Ratti explores Italy through the ordinary objects that define daily life. This week, he's shining a light on the condominio, the residential solution that stood the test of time – and still tests us This summer has not been easy for European holidaymakers. Temperatures through the roof. Wildfires across Spain, France and Italy. The EasyJet meltdown, with its nights on the floor at Gatwick. Still… It could have been worse. We could h
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