The July-August 2025 double issue of Domus is dedicated to two distinct materials: "Fabric and Plastic." These two dimensions fundamentally shape our world, revealing their hidden essences and unexpected connections. Bjarke Ingels, the 2025 Guest Editor, paints a vivid picture in his editorial of the dichotomy between plastic—dubbed the 20th century's "enfant terrible" for its promises of a lightweight future and innovative applications (like the inflatable domes of Biosphere 2 and Lego bricks, embodying "aesthetic sustainability")—and its simultaneous status as a symbol of waste and pollution.

Fabric, on the other hand, emerges as the elegant, understated counterpart, the silent support of architecture, from iconic figures like Lilly Reich and Mies van der Rohe, to Frei Otto's tensile structures for the 1972 Munich Olympics, to SOM's monumental Hajj Terminal in Jeddah from '81, and even Ingels' bold explorations with inflatables like The Orb at Burning Man and the 2016 Serpentine Pavilion.