Formafantasma
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Our highlights from the Edinburgh Art Festival as it celebrates its 20th anniversary
X MUSE, Scotland's home-grown young vodka brand, is taking the art world by storm; a perfect partner then for the Edinburgh Art Festival's 20th anniversary.
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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Formafantasma’s new collection explores nostalgia and the queer identity
Formafantasma present 'La Casa Dentro' at Fondazione ICA Milano (until 19 July 2024), where they draw inspiration from the domestic sphere and their own nostalgic perceptions of home
By Laura May Todd Published
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Prada Frames is back for a third instalment at Milan Design Week
Registration is now open for Prada Frames 2024 at Milan Design Week, the annual symposium curated by Formafantasma exploring the relationship between the natural environment and design
By Tianna Williams Published
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Formafantasma and Rubelli relaunch experimental textile brand Kieffer
The relaunch of Kieffer is the first step in the collaboration between Formafantasma and Rubelli, as the design studio makes its debut as the textile brand’s creative director
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Last chance to see: Vitra Design Museum’s ‘Garden Futures’ explores the potential of green spaces
‘Garden Futures: Designing with Nature’ is on view at Vitra Design Museum until 3 October 2023, with an exhibition design by Formafantasma
By Maria Cristina Didero Last updated
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What’s next for Artek? Formafantasma explores a sustainable revolution for the Finnish brand
Formafantasma engineers Artek furniture for the future with new takes on Alvar Aalto’s ‘Stool 60’ made of wild birch, and a plan to reconnect the Finnish company with the surrounding forests
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Formafantasma’s Oltre Terra explores our relationship with wool
‘Oltre Terra – Why Wool Matters’ is an exploration of the fibre's sourcing, production and ethics, at Oslo’s National Museum (until 1 October 2023)
By Giovanna Dunmall Published
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Prada Frames 2023: Milan programme announced
Programme announced for Prada Frames 2023 at Milan Design Week, the annual symposium curated by Formafantasma at Luigi Caccia Dominioni's Teatro Filodrammatici from 17 to 19 April
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Studio Formafantasma tackles the ‘mammoth’ problem of electronic waste recycling through design
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Quartz and all: the making of Handmade 2015’s dining table, by Formafantasma and Caesarstone
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Formafantasma reimagine leather in surprising ways for Fendi
By Henrietta Thompson Last updated
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Gallery Libby Sellers inaugrates new London space with works by Formafantasma
By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated
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Design duo Formafantasma turns volcanic rock into furniture at the Salone del Mobile
By JJ Martin Last updated
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Design figures on the scents they find sanctuary in at home
Sabine Marcelis, Farshid Moussavi, Alice Rawsthorn, and Formafantasma share the frangrances filling their homes during lockdown
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Formafantasma asks: what is the global impact of wood consumption?
The Amsterdam-based duo’s exhibition Cambio reopens at London’s Serpentine Sackler Gallery
By Ali Morris Last updated
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Harry's celebrates Pride with design luminaries
The men's care brand collaborates with illustrator José Roda for a special campaign that celebrates creative talents within the LGBTQ community
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Venice Biennale looks back on 125 years of exhibitions
Formafantasma designs ‘The Disquieted Muses, When La Biennale di Venezia Meets History’, a show that displays works from all six artistic disciplines, looking back to 125 years of Biennale exhibitions and events
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Formafantasma on GEO-Design and design education
Design Emergency began as an Instagram Live series during the Covid-19 pandemic and is now becoming a wake-up call to the world, and compelling evidence of the power of design to effect radical and far-reaching change. Co-founders Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn took over the October 2020 issue of Wallpaper* – available to download free here – to present stories of design’s new purpose and promise. Here, Paola Antonelli talks to designers Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin of Studio Formafantasma
By Paola Antonelli Last updated
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Formafantasma creates a furniture collection from technology scraps
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Formafantasma's tiles rise from the ashes of a Sicilian volcano
By Laura Rysman Last updated
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Irakli Sabekia on research and design as ‘tools to attack reality’
Georgian designer Irakli Sabekia talks about the power of artistic work to confront complex subjects, while Formafantasma names him as one of 25 creative leaders of the future in Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project
By Shawn Adams Last updated
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Formafantasma goes bananas for Johanna Seelemann
Known for projects such as exposing the journey of a banana, German designer Johanna Seelemann brings a fresh perspective to mundane objects, and is tipped by Formafantasma as one of 25 creative leaders of the future in Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Formafantasma named Designer of the Year: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Superflux: making climate change ‘tangible, relatable and specific’
Design studio Superflux explores some of the biggest issues humans currently face, and is now tipped by Formafantasma as one of 25 creative leaders of the future, in Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project
By Shawn Adams Last updated
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Formafantasma on their GEO-Design master’s programme, and designers thinking big
The Italian design duo – and Designer of the Year in the 2021 Wallpaper* Design Awards – are among our featured visionaries in ‘5x5’, Wallpaper's 25th anniversary project. They discuss their first year heading the GEO-Design master’s programme at Design Academy Eindhoven, educating students for a changing world, and their pick of five creative leaders of the future who are expanding the practice of design
By TF Chan Last updated
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Incarceration, interrogation and power: Joanna Piotrowska and Formafantasma’s ‘Sub Rosa’
Now on view at Arch Athens, a collaborative project by photographer Joanna Piotrowska and design duo Formafantasma sees ethereal photography transformed into provocative objects inspired by interrogation-room architecture
By Harriet Lloyd Smith Last updated
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Natuzzi’s new furniture exudes Mediterranean attitude
Part of Natuzzi’s ‘Circle of Harmony’ creative series, its new furniture collections feature pieces by Sabine Marcelis, Formafantasma, Marcel Wanders Studio, Patrick Norguet and more
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated