Last Wednesday, we were so fortunate to launch our new issue at HENRYTIMI gallery during the Milan Design Week. A place where we could taste a bite of the expansive universe of this unique artist. It was an honor to feel the passion for creation and devotion of Henry to the art history of Italy. Such is the case, that this character was one of the main sources of inspiration in defining the theme at the core of our 19th edition.
With the title of ‘Lingering Collections’, in Openhouse we refer to that side of curator and collector we all have inside. Our personal history is nothing more than a collection of moments that we remember. The days that are not part of the routine, in which something different happened, like it was the day of the launch event of Openhouse magazine, remain with us no matter what.
Objects, be they photographs, pieces of art, and even all kinds of utensils, transport us to a moment, to the people with whom we lived it and to the place where we experienced it. And that is actually one of the most comforting things that exist. The work of a collector is, as we see, a romantic work as, in so many ways, it is an attempt to materialize a feeling, to capture a specific moment.
In our nineteenth editions, we have always tried to make our stories little collector’s items. Each reportage featured in our pages is narrated with images and letters that portray whatever we show in a poetic way. Openhouse is not a magazine to find out about the latest trends, but rather to enjoy architecture, design and projects that last over time. And so therefore, our magazine has also become a collector’s item in itself. An object to keep and to return to in order to evoke the stories on its pages over and over again.
Art runs through the pages of the new issue of Openhouse in a very special way. But we also have, as always, architecture, design and gastronomy. Artists with a different way of creating, like Cédric Etienne; or big names of contemporary architecture like Alberto Ponis, with whom we visited the island of Sardinia. In addition to Henry Timi, Rosa Park, owner of Francis Gallery, helped us to evoke our gallerists’ side by letting us know the most relevant pieces of her personal life.
The Cold Press Gallery in London and the Seventh House Gallery in Los Angeles, are exhibition spaces in charming and antique houses that have come back to life. Last but not least, the Vasto Gallery, featured in the two covers of this new issue, is a daring and impressive project of house-gallery located in an industrial building of Barcelona.
This is our 10th year of existence—a mark that we’ll reach in October by publishing the 20th issue, so being present in the Milan Design Week was even more special to us.
Thank you all for coming out and showing such enthusiasm for Openhouse.
