pulse selection

There’s no question that our editorial team loves design and architecture. Our love is like a heartbeat – seemingly quiet, etched on a sheet of white paper, but unceasing and ubiquitous.

For more than twenty years now, Dolce Vita has inspired, illuminated, educated, and delighted. This matter of the heart has also resulted in new connections and bonds. We feel a need to appreciate, recognize, and gather together. We’ve initiated a unique platform. It’s called PULSE and it will survey the creative environment in the diverse region of Central Europe, specifically zeroing in on Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – countries which together form the beating heart of Europe. The current June issue reviews the most interesting developments in the fields of architecture, interiors, and design from the past year in each of these countries. For the first time in the magazine’s history, this media nexus is spilling over from print to a social event: a conference and awards ceremony. editor-in-chief Lenka Šubrtová

PULSE is paying special attention to the Jan Kaplicky Award for lifetime achievement, which an icon in world architecture, Daniel Libeskind, will accept in person in Prague this month. The visionary, humanist, and lifelong optimist was interviewed by editor Adam Štěch for this issue. You, too, can meet him in person. To receive more information and register for the conference, visit pulse.archi.

Join us in enjoying the very best of Central European creativity, which furnishes our cities, landscape, interiors, and life around us with an original character, arousing our desire to live beautifully and think about what’s around us.

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Architect and designer Jan Kaplický was known for his ceaseless desire to discover the world’s wonders, and he masterfully conveyed this sublimity in his organic, futuristic designs of buildings and objects. One such design is his elegant glass champagne cooler, which is currently being offered by Lasvit.