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September 22, 2026What was that fluttering down from the dome of the Galleria? Could it be snow? Some mystical flock of birds or cloud of dragonflies? Classic confetti? Not quite. The grand-finale spectacle of Vogue World Milan involved a constellation of more than 6,000 paper objects, released from the ceiling of the Galleria and specially designed by Jony Ive’s LoveFrom creative studio over a months-long process. When envisioning the finale moment, Ive and the team set out to honor the city of Milan itself. “Milan is very special in the fact that it is a city that creates and also makes,” Ive told Vogue ahead of the event. “And I think, typically, the creation and the making have become increasingly disconnected. So Milan occupies a very special place for me.”Photo: Courtesy LoveFromFor the paper objects—which the team named the “LoveFrom libellula” after the Italian word for dragonfly—the British-American designer drew on a myriad of inspirations and references: nature (dragonflies, sycamore seeds), Milanese lace, Venetian tile mosaics, and the volume and grandeur of the Galleria. Each of the paper objects was folded by hand, using a single piece of paper and no glue.

Layers of ice on Mars, like those viewed in Chasma Boreale by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), hold a fragile record of climate fluctuations. Credit: NASA/JPL/Univ. of Arizona Transforming Mars into a more Earth-like world could irreversibly destroy scientific evidence about the planet's history and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. In an opinion article published in Eos, a team of Dutch, French and U. S. planetary scientists and ethicists warns that humanity risks destroying Mars' scientific record before it has been fully explored.