Starting from history to look to the future. That's kind of what the great ones do, whatever sector they are in. Going back to the roots, examining the past and then launching into tomorrow with a great run-up. The world of design is like that too, or rather perhaps
even more so than in many other areas.
And this is perhaps its greatness, to synthesise in a new language concepts that are eternal and that are
renew, find the sign that better than any other encapsulates a propensity to the future, to a goal that has a positive and purposeful momentum in itself.
This issue of Design Lifestyle does just that: it looks ahead, carrying baggage that comes from afar.
So it is for a historic and ever-evolving brand like Pininfarinaan example of Italian excellence in the world that has been able to ride change, interpret it and draw from it the best way to stay on top. And so it is with the collection Memorabilia Museummade by Marcantonio Raimondi Malereba for Selettia plunge into an ancient atmosphere that is coming back into fashion and dictating future trends.
The chandelier Polka dotswhich enhanced the material contrasts of the marbles of Antolini at the 53rd edition of Marmomac a Veronais a clear and elegant reference to traditional period candelabra and baroque suggestions that become an innovative way of looking at residential and contract furniture.
Technology, the study of plastics and innovation in the service of everyday life or sport is what
characterises the activity of Marc SadlerHe has always been fascinated by a future that for this extraordinary designer is first and foremost a quest, a goal that at the very moment it is touched, has already eluded him.
Again the past and the future are protagonists in the pages of this issue, with a feature dedicated to the art of Eduardo Paolozzi and the iconic and philosophical design of Matthew Thun while design trends are already buzzing among the brands that will take centre stage next year.
Call it past and future, tradition and innovation, call it natural evolution or propensity, afflatus or suggestion...ladies and gentlemen, this is design.
