Having been an international protagonist of graphic design for 50 years now, Milani gives Domus an overview of the highlights of a career that unfolded in Milan and New York City. Logos, corporate images, books and posters are all permeated by a pragmatic sense of humour, extreme synthesis and clarity – gifts he uses toward fostering thoughtfulness. An unpublished writing by the late Massimo Vignelli describes the traits of his talent.

Two decades of patient research conducted by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani in the Department of History of Urban Design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich has resulted in the compilation of an atlas of public spaces both ancient and recent, codified by a strict analysis procedure. The manual represents an important corpus of references for contemporary city planning.

According to Renato Rizzi, an obligatory necessity in order for Tafuri’s “architect of the future” to become reality is the bringing of theoretical, design and architectural thought down to the cognitive foundation of image: Fabian Carlos Giusta analyses the key points in the three volumes of Rizzi’s analytical treatise.