INTERNI’S 50 YEARS

This issue concludes our celebrations for the first 50 years of INTERNI. We can't help but feel satisfied with the results so far. Just take an affectionate look at the first Italian interiors magazine, as it appeared back in 1954, to realize how far we have come, together: Italian design and a magazine that has become a complete information system for the world of design. Today making and communicating design means taking part in a crucial process for the competitive vitality of our country. It means embracing a project vision that is more and more widespread and cosmopolitan, while reinforcing the leading role Italy has always played and must continue to play in these areas. And Design Week in Milan is the best time to remind our readers of this concept... This year, to underline once again the role of Milan as Design Capital, we decided to do something that would leave a lasting mark. We pay tribute to the Triennale, as the future home of the Museum of Italian Design, by inviting well-known international designers to create an architectural itinerary that will permanently enhance the garden of the renowned Milanese institution. A project that is simultaneously concrete and symbolic, which INTERNI dedicates to the place that is the emblem of creativity, and in a certain sense to the magazine itself. April 2005, in fact, is the beginning of a new publishing cycle, as can be seen in the updated graphics, the choice of lively and timely themes on new developments in architecture and design. This issue marks a turning point while reinforcing our commitment Ofor the next 50 years': to give visibility to many aspects of design culture, with its dreams and contradictions that accurately reflect the complex, fascinating reality of the present.

Gilda Bojardi