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Mixed-use office building brings a little countryside to the city

Adam Williams May 24, 2019

Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) is planning to bring something of the Italian countryside to inner-city Milan with its Vitae project. The eye-catching building will host research facilities, offices and a restaurant, and will be covered in greenery, including a vineyard.

Construction of Vitae will begin later this year

Architecture

Alex Chinneck makes an ordinary building extraordinary with unzipped facade

Adam Williams April 11, 2019

Alex Chinneck's surreal artistic works offer a fascinating twist on everyday architecture. His latest project involves him apparently unzipping an aged building's facade during Milan Design Week.

IQOS World is on display at Milan Design Week until April 14, 2019

Tiny Houses

Privacy is at a premium in space-conscious Mini Breathe installation

Scott Collie April 3, 2017

Along with the usual concept cars, Mini has branched out to house and camping concepts in recent years. The latest Mini Living installation, launched in Milan, is an eco-minded six-floor house squeezed into a 50 square-meter (538 square-foot) urban plot.

The Mini Living Breathe installation on show in Milan

Architecture

Mini extends "creative use of space" principle to urban living

Scott Collie April 14, 2016

Mini has turned its hand to tackling the problem of urban overcrowding. The Mini Living installation at Salone de Mobile in Milan is a concept apartment that uses folding modules to create a shareable, reconfigurable space for inner-city urbanites.

Mini has created an installation in Milan that imagines a modular solution to urban overcrowding

Architecture

In pictures: Heineken's futuristic crowdsourced nightclub

Eric Mack May 8, 2012

Heineken crowdsourced a design for a futuristic nightclub that popped up at Milan Design Week.

The entrance to the club invites exploration

Around The Home

Gizmag's top picks from Milan Design Week 2012

Bridget Borgobello April 26, 2012

Gizmag's top three picks from the Milan Design Week 2012 range from innovative design and ecological use of materials to wish-list outdoor kitchens.

Environment

KeepCup blends the best elements of disposable and reusable coffee cups

Bridget Borgobello April 25, 2012

KeepCup is an ecological solution to coffee-on-the-go that attempts to blend the best elements of disposable and reusable cups.

KeepCup, who claims to be “the world’s first barista standard reusable coffee cup”, has arrived on ...

Around The Home

Milan Design Week 2012 in pictures

Bridget Borgobello April 19, 2012

The Salone del Mobile in Milan showcases thousands of home-furnishing designs from around the globe.

Belgium is Design, Milan Design Week 2012

Urban Transport

Peugeot previews another hybrid three wheeler - the Hybrid3 Evolution

Mike Hanlon November 12, 2009

Peugeot will use the Milan Motorcycle Show to debut a roofless version of the the HYbrid3 Evolution which replaces the original roofed versions 21 bhp 125 cm3 supercharged motor with a 41 bhp 300 cm3 supercharged engine.

The Hybrid3 Evolution has a 300cm3 supercharged rear wheel engine and two front wheel electric motors

Motorcycles

Diapermotard? Ducati dips under US$10 grand to deliver its baby Hypermotard 796

Loz Blain September 28, 2009

Ducati has followed up the successful but expensive Hypermotard 1100 with a smaller, lighter baby brother that comes in under US$10,000. We call it the 'Diapermotard' - Ducati prefers 'Hypermotard 796.'

Official images: Ducati's Hypermotard 796