Today’s coffee-stained Google Doodle is in honor of Angelo Moriondo, the Italian innovator who created the espresso machine. While mankind has enjoyed coffee for centuries, our predecessors didn’t have the wealth of options available for making coffee like we do today. One of the best known and most dynamic options […]
Modern Design
This article is part of our latest Design special section, about spaces inspired by nature. When Ben and Rebekah Shaffer began looking for a second home that would feel like a world away from their daily reality in Silicon Valley, they weren’t sure about which direction to take. At first, […]
On June 11, when 31 design and decorative arts rooms open as part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo’s new 13,000-square-metre, harbourside museum, they will form one of the largest displays dedicated to design in northern Europe. The curators have a complex story to tell, not […]
This article is part of our Design special report previewing 2022 Milan Design Week. Three years after its last full-scale event, Salone del Mobile.Milano, or the Milan Furniture Fair, returns in its 60th iteration. Over the decades, Salone, which is widely judged to be the world’s pre-eminent design fair, has […]
BMW had plenty to show off at Villa d’Este as part of the M division’s 50th anniversary celebrations, starting with the limited edition, 543-horsepower M4 CSL. Parked nearby, the new electric flagship i7 also had its public debut, alongside a prototype of the upcoming XM, an already controversial SUV that’s […]
The ongoing cultural fascination with the life and work of Jean-Michel Basquiat shows little signs of dimming, whether it’s in the form of brisk sales for $29.99 Basquiat-themed T-shirts at The Gap, large crowds for Basquiat’s latest art exhibitions, or an actual canvas by the painter auctioned last week for […]