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Milan Design Week 2017: Studiopepe's "The Visit"

Milan Design Week 2017: Studiopepe’s “The Visit”

My new article for Cool Hunting How do we offer access and exclusivity through design at the same time? How do we maintain intimacy in the age of social media? These are questions that seem to have yielded one of our favorite projects at Milan Design Week this year; “The Visit” by Studiopepe. Set inside the Brera Design Apartment, a private space of multiple identities in the heart of Brera (one…

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Karl Kolbitz's "Entryways of Milan: Ingressi di Milano"

Karl Kolbitz’s “Entryways of Milan: Ingressi di Milano”

My new article for Cool Hunting Over the centuries, Milan‘s style has been defined by its geographical position and illustrious history. The Italian city lies on a plain, equidistant from the sea and the mountains, and its climate is colder than Mediterranean Italy. Of course, French and Austrian dominations influenced design, architecture and overall culture. All this is clearly reflected in…

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Venice Biennale 2017: Thematic Highlights

My new article for Cool Hunting Anticipation takes hold before we head to Venice for the Biennale Arte, as we consider (and wonder about) what topics will emerge. It’s easy to experience the Biennale, now in its 57th iteration, as if you’ve never seen art before. Curator Christine Macel asked each artist to be as free as possible, to celebrate the joy of making art and living it. With that, “Viva…

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Dear Data Postcard Project

My new article for Cool Hunting “Dear Data,” an “analog data drawing project” founded and conducted by Giorgia Lupiand Stefanie Posavec, is essentially a personal data visualization correspondence exchange between the aforementioned artists, illustrated by hand on postcards. Lupi in Brooklyn and Posavec in London sent each other a postcard each week for a year. The 104 postcards are now a book in…

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Highlights From Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne

My new article for Cool Hunting Located in the south east of France, the coal mining city of Saint-Etienne launched the Biennale Internationale Design 20 years ago. The 10th iteration recently opened (and will run through early April). Within, one will find an exploration of the concept of change. This theme, officially “Shifting Work Paradigms” was chosen by Olivier Peyricot, Scientific Director…

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Interview: Curator Joseph Grima of Space Caviar

My new article for Cool Hunting “Player Piano: A Subjective Atlas of a Landscape of Labour” was one of the most cerebral, engaging exhibitions we saw at this year’s 10th Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne. It was the final exhibition in the exploration of the Cité du Design, the event’s primary location. Here, the 1000-square-meter room appeared to be almost empty. A round, metallic…

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Milano Design Award 2017: Winning Installations

My new article for Cool Hunting Each year, after visiting Milan Design Week, everybody wants to discuss their own list of favorites. A few years ago Elita had the idea of turning the gatherings of designers and friends that used to happen at Valentina Ventrelli’s home into a real award. Milano Design Award is, to date, the only of its kind devoted to celebrating the best installations of the…

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Osservatorio Prada: observing from both sides of the camera

Osservatorio is the most recent addition to Fondazione Prada. Opened on December 21, 2016 it is located in the very heart of Milan and is meant to showcase “photography and visual languages” today. Curated by Francesco Zanot, the opening exhibition is “Give me yesterday”. Fourteen Italian and international artists are the protagonists. Their names? Melanie Bonajo, Kenta Cobayashi, Tomé Duarte,…

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Mapping the next

Un articolo che ho scritto per Vogue Italia, agosto 2015, n. 780, pag.164 «Viviamo strani giorni», cantava Franco Battiato nel 1996, citando le visioni da fine millennio di Kathryn Bigelow in “Strange Days”. Proprio in quegli anni nascevano e crescevano i creativi di oggi, coloro i quali stanno definendo le estetiche di domani in ogni campo espressivo. Anche adesso, come allora, viviamo giorni…

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New York, 1990

These past Christmas holidays I’ve spent some time scanning old film slides from my archives. The first set dates back to July, 1990 and it’s about my first time there, on a family trip. I have decided not to retouch too much, so to keep the original mood, as well as the “reddish” touch of time, that makes everything more real. Yes. Times Square. Sony, Panasonic, JVC, Mita: technology was already…

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Comprendere la Design Week

Il mio editoriale per il lancio di Fuorisalone Magazine. Quest’anno Fuorisalone.it si arricchisce di una nuova sezione, un percorso di riflessione e scoperta che prende il via due mesi prima della settimana che tutti aspettiamo con un misto di entusiasmo, attesa e trepidazione. Fuorisalone Magazine ci accompagnerà fino all’inizio della Design Week, quando – come di consueto – entreranno in gioco…

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Intervista a Giorgia Lupi

La mia intervista a Giorgia Lupi, pubblicata sul Brera Design District Magazine in occasione del Salone del Mobile 2016 Per l’edizione 2016, le attività di Brera Design District ruotano attorno al tema “Progettare è ascoltare”, un tema che sottolinea la forza didattica e formativa del buon design. Se è vero che un bravo insegnante è colui che riesce ad immaginare le persone per quello che ancora…

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Ricominciamo da Brera

Il mio editoriale per Brera Design District Magazine in occasione del Salone del Mobile 2014. E se ricominciassimo da capo? Perché non azzerare tutto e ripartire dalle origini? Ogni tanto fa bene fermarsi, fare un bel respiro profondo, sedersi con chi ne sa più di noi, sentirsi un po’ ignoranti e aperti alla scoperta, come il primo giorno di scuola. Ad esempio ci potremmo chiedere: che cos’è il…

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Inspiring Innovators

Tra natura e artificio

Un articolo che ho scritto per #MClikes, in edicola con Marie Claire di ottobre 2016 PROVIAMO A IMMAGINARE un mondo in cui la natura si contrappone al progresso tecnologico, un tempo nel quale il partito della plastica va in direzione opposta rispetto a chi vuole solo materiali natural-eco-bio, una fase che vede da una parte chi vuole un progresso fantascientifico e dall’altra gli amanti del “si…

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Voci dall'Islanda: intervista a Of Monsters and Men

Voci dall’Islanda: intervista a Of Monsters and Men

La mia intervista pubblicata da Marie Claire. Chiunque sia stato in Islanda racconta di paesaggi meravigliosi che cambiano ad ogni curva, di meraviglie inaspettate che appaiono oltre ogni collina, di sorprese improvvise che lasciano senza fiato. Anche gli Of Monsters and Men vengono dall’isola di Björk e dei Sigur Rós, ma sono diametralmente opposti alla geografia della loro terra: questi sette…

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Cocktails Connected with SodaStream MIX

My latest article for Cool Hunting. Can a home beverage machine be a smart device? SodaStream certainly thinks so and their answer is the MIX. At Milan Design Week 2015, SodaStream recently unveiled their new connected device that that can be controlled via smartphone and runs with its own dedicated software. Designed by Yves Béhar, this instrument is compact and refined. A beautiful,…

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