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A curated selection of design in Venice.

The Platform brings to the international audience of the Venice Design Biennial the best stories about people, places, and practices around design culture in Venice.

Camping Fusina: a designer campsite on the Venetian mainland

08.11.2024
Venice Places Architecture

Industrial Giudecca. Yesterday and today, discovering the secrets of Fortuny

01.07.2024
Places Practices Art & Design

100 Years of NasonMoretti: Murano, an island of artistic glass families

28.07.2023
Glass Practices Venice

A very Auto-Exotic design spot: la Bocciofila di San Sebastiano

10.07.2023
Places Design Venice

A tribute to the Venetian legacy : Elisabeth Regnault de la Mothe’s architecture

29.03.2023
People Architecture Venice

Marina and Susanna Sent: when glassmaking tradition meets creative innovation

07.02.2023
People Design Art & Design

The Fortuny. A family history

26.12.2022
Venice Places

Living in beauty: the magic of Ettore Sottsass in Venice

09.12.2022
Design Venice People

The Italian Glass Weeks 2022: our selection from the Venice week exhibitions

24.10.2022
Glass Art & Design

The Venice Venice Hotel: a hymn to "postvenezianità"

17.10.2022
Venice Design Art & Design

Pretziada: celebrating the history of Sardinian craft

28.09.2022
Design People Places

Summer architecture: a stroll on the Lido

06.09.2022
Architecture Venice Places

Counterfactual Venice III - A Matter of Bridges

19.08.2022
Architecture Venice Places

Kanz Architetti: contemporary Venetian soul

25.07.2022
Design Venice News Places

Experiencing Magic: The Experimental Cocktail Club in Venice

16.06.2022
Places Design Venice

'Stay in time'. Innovation and renewal at Tessitura Rubelli

16.02.2022
Places Practices Venice Art & Design

Fading Reflection mirrors: from VDB Residency to Design Miami.

23.12.2021
VDB People Residency Design News

Counterfactual Venice II - That time Le Corbusier was about to transform the city

14.12.2021
Architecture Venice Places

A dialogue with nature: the design of LABINAC at the Royal Gardens of Venice

19.11.2021
Places Venice Design People

JoeVelluto Studio: the Noble Eightfold Path of design

27.10.2021
Design People Practices VDB

(Re)discovering Murano. Luca Nichetto's exhibition at Punta Conterie

21.10.2021
Design Art & Design People Places

Walking on Water: a story of female independence across shoe design and centuries

27.07.2021
Venice Performance People VDB

Non-Extractive Architecture — in search of the balance

15.05.2021
Architecture Places People Venice

Santa Marta. Can design restore a district’s identity?

06.04.2021
Venice People Places Architecture

Hacking the printing system - Lorenzo Mason Studio

24.03.2021
People Practices Design

MAP Studio: governing complexity by studying functional solutions

16.03.2021
Architecture Places People Venice

Studio Saòr – an encyclopedia of Venetian shapes

11.03.2021
People Architecture Practices

Counterfactual Venice I - Louis Kahn

22.02.2021
Architecture Venice Places

Omri Revesz: international attitude and Venetian spirit

19.02.2021
Design Venice People Architecture Glass

Timeless design. The Fortuny prop light

15.01.2021
People Design Art & Design

Tadao Ando, Venice and the Pinault Collection

08.01.2021
Places People Art & Design Architecture

The New Domestic Landscape. New York 1972 / Venice 2020

21.11.2020
Review People Practices Places Architecture

VDB Residency

20.11.2020
People Residency VDB

Terrazzo. What else?

17.11.2020
Places Practices

Editor's picks from the Venice Glass Week 2020

17.11.2020
People Practices Glass