Touching the Edge

Italian designers seek to redefine consumers' relationships with objects

by Stefano Caggiano A few years ago, Giovanni Delvecchio and Andrea Magnani worked together on a thesis project in Product Design in Faenza—a little northern Italian city famous for a long tradition of ceramic manufacturing. What the two up-and-coming art designers were doing, however, had nothing to do with ceramics. They were actually conceiving their Resign project, which continues to attract people interested in repurposing …

Interview: Serena Guen of Suitcase Magazine

Experience the world through the eyes of a young editor and her new travel publication

Suitcase Magazine is a new print publication that is re-imagining the role of the travel magazine by saying goodbye to the impossibly luxurious and the underwhelming tourist clichs and embracing the eclectic and adventurous appetite of a generation of creatives and entrepreneurs. The magazine launched in 2012 as the brainchild of its young and vivacious editor-in-chief Serena Guen, who started the magazine after becoming frustrated …

Interview: Sam Arthur of Nobrow and Flying Eye Books

This London publisher rejuvenates the children's book market with a collection of beautifully illustrated stories

Independent publisher Nobrow has built a solid reputation since its inception in 2008 as a purveyor of beautifully produced image-based books. Now, from its headquarters in a shopfront studio in London’s Shoreditch, it has launched a new imprint, Flying Eye Books, to publish books aimed specifically at children. Here’s a look at the first titles released under the new imprint, plus our interview with Nobrow …