Editorial Team
Max Mara – la sfilata e il brutalismo italiano o morbido Teddy Bear?
Può l’architettura in cemento – brutalista, di estrazione industriale e popolare – essere accostata a Max Mara, alle monocromie in lana, il Teddy Bear? Solidità massiccia per pelo calda e...
Temple & Chapon: Phantom Relics in Neo-Gothic Flesh
Dining at Temple & Chapon unfolds as a neo-Gothic reverie in the Marais, where mid-century Manhattan grit meets ecclesiastical hush, turning every meal into a wanderer's relic-strewn pause
Gabriella Crespi e la Milano del Boom: industria, forma e tensione spirituale
Tra industria lombarda e aristocrazia romana, tra progetto modulare e tensione spirituale, Gabriella Crespi riscrive il design milanese del Novecento come campo di conflitto e visione
The hotel where Proust’s obsessions finally got a room of their own
In the Marais, Maison Proust has turned the Recherche into a place you can sleep in — Belle Époque salons, a bar run by a Ritz legend, and a spa...
Why we keep falling for Elmgreen & Dragset
As their work enters Casa Italia at Triennale Milano, we return to our interview on space, storytelling, and the art of dressing the white cube
La canapa in Sardegna tra potenziale in agricoltura e ostacoli legislativi
La canapa sarda è una coltura agricola con un potenziale, bloccata da regole che non seguono i campi. Tra Barbagia, Nurra e Campidano cresce una coltivazione che potrebbe fornire più...
Do you still want gossip? We talk about stainless steel cigarette holders
A wall fitted with steel holders marks out a small sanctuary for gossip: Chisme Corner by Ananas Ananas shows how durable materials can contain forms of speech
Hemp Care porta la canapa nella cosmesi attraverso una filiera corta integrata
A Grassobbio, in provincia di Bergamo, prodotti per viso, capelli e barba a partire da olio di canapa e ingredienti derivanti da agricoltura biologica – parla Ottaviano Allegrini
From chalet myth to recyclable aluminum: Casa Italia at Milano Cortina 2026
Bivouac-inspired design, recycled aluminum and reflective façades structure Casa Italia in Cortina, Livigno and Milan (where Triennale hosts the MUSA exhibition)
The rise of multi-performance fabrics made from natural fiber blends
From eucalyptus tree pulp to merino wool, the strategic use of certified natural materials within a broader sustainability framework aimed at lowering carbon emissions and resource waste
Hempcrete: the building material that sequesters CO₂
How hemp could become a game changer in the construction industry: a smaller footprint than traditional concrete and the ability to sequester CO₂ for up to one hundred years
Royal Champagne: the Architecture of Balance in the Vineyards
Reopened in 2018 above Épernay, Royal Champagne Hotel & Spa occupies a former post house and operates with low-impact architecture, LED lighting, water-saving systems and extensive waste sorting
Urban continuity and residential reuse at the former Teatro Comunale in Florence
From historic theater to serviced residential neighborhood, Starhotels Collezione anchors a broader urban regeneration project in the Corso Italia–Via Solferino block in Florence
Che cos’è la blockchain e perché sta cambiando il modo in cui produciamo e compriamo
Dalla struttura tecnica delle DLT alle applicazioni industriali, un approfondimento su come la blockchain introduce nuovi modelli di trasparenza, controllo e responsabilità nei sistemi economici
Bioedilizia e canapa industriale in Italia tra sostenibilità e limiti di filiera
Mario Catania spiega come la canapa possa essere una risorsa concreta per la transizione ecologica, coniugando produzione industriale, sostenibilità ambientale e sviluppo sociale
Milano 1959, un articolo di 60 anni fa parla della situazione di oggi
Un vecchio articolo di giornale si rivela attuale – un architetto parla dello sventramento della città, e si pone la domanda sulla tutela dei monumenti e del verde urbano
Do you need to apply for a license to grow hemp in New York?
A multidisciplinary team at Cornell collaborates to enhance hemp cultivation and resource sharing within the industry, backed by state funding and focused on research and education
SA SU PHI: Italian knitwear built on proportion and purity
Brainchild of Sara Ferrero and of art director Susanna Cucco, an introduction to SA SU PHI: three-dimensional volumes, a balance of full and void
Canapa N318 Eau de Parfum: a collaboration between Lampoon and LabSolue
Ambra Martone presents Canapa N318 Eau de Parfum, a fragrance that brings hemp back to the center of contemporary olfactory creation
Biologia in campo: insetti e microrganismi in vendita, a supporto della produzione agricola
L’agricoltura italiana affronta la riduzione dei fitofarmaci ripensando la difesa dal seme al raccolto, tra serra e pieno campo: gli organismi viventi tornano a essere strumenti utili per il lavoro...
Future Bookstore in Changshu and the question of what a literary space can become
In an ancient water town in Jiangsu province, Future Bookstore uses a traditional pagoda, a speculative interior by Mur Mur Lab and a reduced selection of titles to explore how...
Federcanapa e la Canapa industriale oggi: dove si interrompe la filiera italiana?
Una conversazione con Beppe Croce, presidente di Federcanapa, sullo stato attuale della canapa industriale in Italia: come coltivare e trasformare in assenza di un percorso lineare
Manila Hemp is better known as Abaca Fiber: what is it?
The Sustainable Alternative to Glass Fiber: Manila Hemp (aka Abaca Fiber) - tensile strength, seawater resistance it’s willing to surpass hundreds of millions by 2030
Al Baretto Sant’Ambrogio, Speaking Milanese Without an Accent
Between Sant’Ambrogio and Tortona, Al Baretto plays the genius loci through French bistro allure and yacht-style interiors. The bar anchors the room, the kitchen stays visible – and a room...
Books Are Magic: Brooklyn’s indie bookstore growing with community spirit
«Last year, someone submitted a squirrel census, and we bought that». Thriving in the digital era, in the words of owner and founder Emma Straub
India’s colonial legacy: a journey through Udaipur, Jaipur and the echoes of the British Raj
India confronts its colonial past in the contradictions of everyday life, where economic gaps and uneven infrastructures echo policies of extraction that continue to influence development across cities and regions
EIHA e Green Deal: la canapa: il motore della bioeconomia europea
Un’alleanza tra agricoltori, imprese e istituzioni: la European Industrial Hemp Association – EIHA –la canapa come risorsa strategica per il Green Deal e la sovranità produttiva europea
Bonificare i suoli con la canapa industriale: così Green Valley trasforma i rifiuti in rinascita
A Roccasecca, nel basso Lazio, Green Valley utilizza la canapa industriale per bonificare terreni inquinati e restituire al lavoro agricolo un ruolo nella rigenerazione ambientale
Street lamps in Paris by Romain Laprade
"Even if nobody cares about street lamps, if we isolate them, when we can see that there are real pieces of design. I shoot them with a sky background, I...
Mycelium is emerging as a viable material for packaging and textile design
The a sustainable textile research: the option that comes from mushrooms. «We want to prevent as many of our resources going to landfill»
Libreria, London. A bookshop by Second Home, a labyrinth of books
Covering 830 square meters and housing more than 6,000 titles, Libreria is designed to go against the algorithm. No digital recommendations, no Wi-Fi, no distractions
Vista Verona preserves living heritage through quiet, contextual design
Sixteen suites inside a restored building near the Arena: raw materials, seasonal food, and services designed to support orientation rather than transform the experience of Verona
Tiffany & Co. turns a historic Milan palazzo into a Prix Versailles winner
Milan’s Tiffany & Co. boutique on Via Montenapoleone is named World’s Most Beautiful Emporium 2025, recognised for its reworking of Palazzo Taverna’s neoclassical envelope and its interior design by Peter...
Timothy Schaumburg — Breaking Vuitton in the Caribbean
Shot across the sunburnt calm of Palm Heights in the Cayman Islands, Timothy Schaumburg’s LV special L32 for Lampoon 32 – SOAP blends raw island edges, sharp light, and an...
Patina Osaka and the castle line: architecture framed through light and materials
Overlooking Osaka Castle Park, at Patina Osaka Hotel stone-and-timber architecture and an OJAS analog listening room - the city’s craft heritage and contemporary cultural identity
How to Peel yourself: the ritual of shedding and becoming
In Osman Özel’s visual narrative for Lampoon SOAP, the act of cleansing becomes an intimate choreography of transformation – a meditation on identity, purity, and the art of unveiling oneself
Dal seme alla fibra: Assocanapa per la ricostruzione della filiera della canapa
In Piemonte, Assocanapa lavora per ricostruire la filiera della canapa industriale, tra ricerca universitaria, meccanizzazione agricola e nuove applicazioni tessili ed edilizie
A Journey Through Contemporary Art and Architecture on the French Riviera
At Fondation CAB Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Design Converges with Art and Architecture Saint-Paul-de-Vence: A Historic Village Meets Contemporary Art Situated in the south of France, Fondation CAB opened its second location in...
Silence is Couture: Renaud Cambuzat turns Chanel Cruise into still cinema
A reflection on light and absence, Renaud Cambuzat’s contribution to Lampoon 32 SOAP investigates the language of stillness through a cinematic eye
Hemp and Phytodepuration: a topic for discussion
Phytoremediation uses plants to absorb contaminants, including heavy metals – a study from Poznań University shows that hemp can reclaim degraded mining soil by increasing the amount of humus
Bulgari Hotel Tokyo integrates sustainability in a dialogue between Rome Japan
Designed by Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel, Bulgari Hotel Tokyo fuses Roman geometry with Japanese rhythm, embracing a plastic-free policy and local sourcing at Il Ristorante
The scars of industry in Lausitz, Brandenburg: Maximilian Semlinger
Lampoon SOAP: photographer Maximilian Semlinger documenting a post-industrial landscape marked by coal mining
Carly Scott SOAP, automatic purity: a car wash is about your life
The first car wash was born from the belief that purity could be engineered - for Lampoon / SOAP, Carly Scott turns the industrial car wash into a confessional of...
Hemp cultivation’s sustainable assets: neither pesticides or fertilizers required
Sustainable hemp cultivation: with sporadic irrigation and no use of pesticides or fertilizers, hemp takes care of itself
Cosmesi in canapa, architettura rurale: l’esperimento di Canabetum
Cosmesi bio naturale a filiera corta nel territorio padovano: la valorizzazione delle proprietà conservate nello stelo della pianta di canapa
Aedes de Venustas brings 1990s New York back into the present
Rooted in the history of a real 1990s East Village bar, Café Tabac by Aedes de Venustas translates a New York atmosphere into scent, combining tobacco, resin, fruit and smoke...
