Fertile Eyes
Inaugurated in 2005, this broad, heterogeneous collection of essays covers everything from industrial design to subjects of a more sociological and even philosophical nature. Their inclusión must meet a single condition, a point of convergence: they all question established ideas, scrutinising today’s societal values and reflecting on the long-held trends of our daily lives.
Intellectual biography of André Ricard, Spanish design pioneer whose theory reveals a social ethics of design.
An essential guide to tree selection for building more sustainable cities.
An essential guide to tree selection for building more sustainable cities.
Short essays exploring the link between time and design, showing how the past nourishes today’s innovation.
This Norman O. Brown’s key work, fuses psychoanalysis and philosophy in an essential countercultural text.
Norman O. Brown’s essay revisits Freud, viewing history as neurosis and proposing body liberation as the way out.
Renato de Fusco’s essay analyzing design history as a whole, defined by project, production, retail, and consumption.
Journey through Barcelona’s design history, since the 60s, between local identity, modernity, and urban renewal.
Giovanni Cutolo reflects on the cultured consumer who turns design into a new, virtuous form of cultural luxury.
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