Profiles

Newly published translations of the work of two overlooked design prophets

The histories of two legendary Milanese magazines, Domus and Abitare, are intertwined with the extraordinary generation of Italian designers who burst onto the scene 50 years ago

A roundtable discussion between six designers and critics, led by Eugenia Bell, debating the largely unresolved relationship between design and social responsibility – one that is constrained by politics and fraught with pitfalls

A roundup of recent design publications, from the history of a pioneering design shop to the fashioning of the first space suit

A review of the independent Greek film, premiered at the 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam

French director Eugène Green talks about his first film to be released in the UK

Interior architect & designer, 29 December 1909–1 January 2011

Phillip Warnell’s new film, Jean-Luc Nancy, the heart and the sea

The evolution of an artist and musician

French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy talks about subjects ranging from everyday life to film, the body and the soul

The work of the late French artist and novelist explores the ‘fiction of identity’

Whether re-making found furniture or organizing a makeshift ‘Trattoria’, Martino Gamper produces ad hoc solutions for living

Michel Serres, one of the most influential and eccentric of French philosophers, turns 80

A round table discussion led by Jörg Heiser on ‘super-hybridity’: what is it and should we be worried? With Ronald Jones, Nina Power, Seth Price, Sukhdev Sandhu and Hito Steyerl

Memory, fantasy and fiction; erotic novels, subversive histories and the cello

Imposition, discipline and confinement; wooden tunnels, metal corsets and classrooms

Quotation, collaboration and dissemination; ice lollies, art magazines and floral foam

The restoration of a documentary about the Nuremberg Trials – 63 years after it was filmed

From photorealist painting to elaborate installations, the work of Rudolf Stingel is characterized by a restless approach to media and styles

Remembering the unruly entrepreneur, artist and self-styled godfather of punk