INTERNI, the interiors and contemporary design magazine of the Mondadori Group, dedicates its November 2025 special issue to Rome: a monograph titled Rome, eternal change, which presents the capital as a laboratory of architecture, design, art and culture, and explores how the Eternal City is a living canvas continually reshaped over time.

“Rome never stops surprising us,” says INTERNI’s editor Gilda Bojardi. “Every era has rewritten it, layering shapes, overlapping memories and visions. The Urbs reveals a face that is always changing. It is a place where archaeology and contemporaneity intertwine in a dialogue suspended between identity and transformation. This is the story we tell in the pages of our Rome issue, portraying the city as a mosaic of languages and cross pollinations, a place open to international creative ideas and always capable of astonishing us.”

This special edition of INTERNI will be presented on Friday 7th November 2025 at 5.30 pm at  the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome, in the presence of the Undersecretary for Culture  Lucia Borgonzoni, the Gallery’s Director Renata Cristina Mazzantini, INTERNI’s  Editor Gilda Bojardi, architect and  Director of Laboratorio Roma050 Stefano Boeri,, design historian and curator Domitilla Dardi, architects Massimo Alvisi and Junko Kirimoto, co founders of the Alvisi Kirimoto studio, COREPLA President Giovanni Cassuti and journalist Roberto D’Agostino.

The event will offer an opportunity to reflect on a new identity for Rome that weaves together architecture, design, art and society and that can encompass multiple souls within a single powerful and evocative image on the international stage.

The event will also see the inauguration of TAM TAM. Tempio, Azione, Movimento, the installation by the Alvisi Kirimoto studio created last April as part of INTERNI CRE-ACTION during FuoriSalone 2025 at the University of Milan. A temple of white columns made of recycled plastic becomes a transformable and dynamic organism through the actions of visitors, encouraging both personal reflection and shared experiences.

The installation, on display in the Central Courtyard of the Galleria Nazionale until 8^th December, embodies the dialogue between art, design and architecture and confirms Rome’s calling as a city open to international creative experimentation.

Partner of the installation is COREPLA, the National Consortium for the Collection, Recycling and Recovery of Plastic Packaging. Communication partner for the initiative is Comin & Partners.

TAM TAM. Tempio, Azione, Movimento is part of the museum’s exhibition path and therefore requires a standard entry ticket to visit.

In this special issue

INTERNI opens with a reflection on the nature of time and on the identity of Rome, a city capable of holding many souls within a single powerful and evocative vision. This vision emerges from Laboratorio Roma050, the project led by Stefano Boeri and promoted by Roma Capitale and the Department of Urban Planning with Risorse S.p.A, which imagines the Capital projected into 2050.

The issue then explores the theme of archaeology entering the contemporary world, with projects that transform iconic sites of the past into opportunities for architectural and urban experimentation. These include the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo, the renewed Piazza Augusto Imperatore, the Colosseo Metro station, and Forof, the cultural space created by Giovanna Caruso Fendi overlooking Trajan’s Forum, which has already restored identity to the underground spaces of the second-century Basilica Ulpia. Also featured is the new Passeggiata Archeologica, which will connect the entire central archaeological area of the city.

The narrative continues with a logbook on the architectures of politics and diplomacy, highlighting the role of institutions as ambassadors of political, cultural and social values. It explores buildings such as the FAO headquarters, the Great Mosque of Rome, the Church of Tor Tre Teste, the Danish Academy, the Japanese Cultural Institute, Villa Medici and lesser-known projects such as Notre Dame de Sion, rediscovered as an example of Gio Ponti’s architecture.

The heart of the Architecture section is dedicated, through studio visits and first-person accounts, to leading figures on the contemporary Roman scene. These are architects who live and work in the city and are reshaping its identity through design research, sensitivity to context and creative innovation. Among them are: Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, Alvisi Kirimoto, Labics, IT’S, Andrea D’Antrassi/MAD, Westway Architects, Lazzarini Pickering, Claudia Campone/Thirtyone e Dario Curatolo.

Generous space is also given to domestic and historic interiors, from contemporary design residences, including a brand-new project by Studio Strato, to the homes of figures who have intertwined art and collecting, and to the reconstruction of iconic environments such as the one designed by Ettore Sottsass for Franco Debenedetti in 1994.

The cover story is dedicated to Bulgari, an emblem of Roman luxury and a global brand deeply rooted in the Eternal City. But that’s not all. In Milan, the recent inauguration of the flagship store in Via Montenapoleone is a tangible tribute to the encounter between the spirit of the maison and the creative energy of the city.

The Interviews section features conversations with leading cultural and creative figures. Roberto D’Agostino reflects on the Rome of La Grande Bellezza and the transformations the city has undergone in recent years, while Renata Cristina Mazzantini, Director of the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, outlines her interdisciplinary vision of twentieth-century art and presents the Museum’s new collection.

With this special issue, INTERNI renews its mission as an observatory and promoter of design culture, offering a full panorama of Rome, a city that is both a heritage of the past and a laboratory for the future. Its narrative weaves together architecture, design, art and society, capturing the complexity of a capital that continues to inspire shared visions and imaginaries on a global scale.

In addition, on 7^th November, INTERNI will also be distributed together with Il Messaggero in all newsstands in Rome.

INTERNI

A monthly magazine with a circulation of 50,000 copies, publishing began in 1954 as the first Italian periodical dedicated to interior decoration. Today INTERNI is one of the main communication tools in contemporary Italian and international design, essential for professionals and design enthusiasts. In 2024 it celebrates its first seventy years, a period during which it has had the privilege of witnessing the extraordinary and adventurous evolution of Italian furniture and interior design. It has closely followed the remarkable growth of design in Italy, driven by the insight and work of visionary cultural figures, architects, designers and bold, talented entrepreneurs. In the early Nineties the magazine became part of the Mondadori Group, Italy’s leading publishing company, and over time, under the direction of Gilda Bojardi, it developed a system of parallel publications that transformed the magazine from an elite medium into a mass medium. INTERNI’s work also includes the creation and coordination of events and exhibitions designed to bring together designers, manufacturers and distributors. The celebrated FuoriSalone, the urban phenomenon that energises the city of Milan during Salone del Mobile week, was launched in 1990 on INTERNI’s initiative. In 2021 it marked its thirtieth edition with the publication of the volume XXX-Y 30 anni di FuoriSalone | 1990-2020 Milano Design Stories (Electa). Following the launch of INTERNI’s Chinese edition in 2015, further international editions are planned. INTERNI is also the communication partner of the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, titled The Ideal City.