Those who claim that only a diamond is forever have perhaps underestimated Christian Dior.

Margherita Missoni, president of Italy’s OrphanAid, explains her love for Africa and her passionate commitment to supporting OrphanAid: the International non-profit organization, which actively works to help numerous children in difficult circumstances.

Many artists find inspiration in contemporary urban architecture, capturing its essence and energy using all kinds of media. Luciano Bobba creates a kind of travel diary in which he records and interprets different cities according to his own personal criteria.

Mathew Barney, an artist internationally renowned for his Cremaster video cycle, presents a new artistic project with the emblematic title Drawing Restraint.

An exhibition in Turin narrates the private collection of Alexander von Vegesack — cultural innovator, founder and director of the Vitra Design Museum of Weil am Rhein — while proposing a fresh new look at the collector and his passions and particular enthusiasm for research as well as his ability to see beyond the pure aesthetic value of an object.

On the occasion of the 2008 edition of the Salone del Mobile, the TDK Trailer opens its doors in the city’s Bovisa neighborhood (Via Lambruschini 31) with an exposition created in collaboration with the companies Zanotta and Flos and dedicated to the history of design.