Highlights from Milan Design Week’s Decade of Ventura Projects

The imaginative Ventura Centrale and Ventura Future will return no more

Margriet Vollenberg, founder and art director of Ventura Projects (a forum for international creatives looking to launch during Milan Design Week these last 11 years), announced to the design community that her beloved series of events, installations and activations would cease. After the cancellation of the 11th edition (due to the pandemic) this year, Vollenberg was unable to salvage her company, which organized Ventura Centrale, …

The Four-Day Online Architecture & Design Film Festival

Stream the virtual event of documentaries, interviews and more from 17 to 20 May

Running from 17 to 20 May, the second edition of the Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) presents four feature productions. Each screening will be preceded by live introductions from special guests and succeeded by Q+As with the director, two cherished components of the film festival that would have taken place had this commenced in person. Admission is $2 per film—with screenings at 8PM EST …

IKEA’s Quarantine Fort Instructions

For anyone who’s ever assembled a tent or cave from everyday items in their living room comes a nostalgic new campaign from IKEA, developed by the Russian agency Instinct. A clever, comedic guide to fort-building, the six-part campaign appears in the form of the Swedish furniture giant’s assembly instruction illustrations; it employs a mix of IKEA products and other homewares. It’s useful, too—and should be …