Simone Cagnazzo

«This is how I create objects to love»

Trained at the (former) school of communication and design “Università del progetto” in Reggio Emilia, then gaining experience as a senior designer in the studio-workshop Matteo Thun & Partners in Milan, Simone Cagnazzo, born...

Casa Mia, a story of style (and more)

“Milan has always fascinated me, and takes me back to the memory of my father, his lively personality, creativity and long-term vision. He was born here, and it was here that he began his...
Cornelius Gavril

Mint – how unsociable

Cornelius Gavril likes to call himself a ‘gardener’. In fact, he has a university degree in interior design, to which he has added a course in landscape design, following an innate passion. Fuorisalone aficionados...
Giulio Ridolfo – Photo © Casper Sejersen

Living in colour

Giulio Ridolfo was born in Udine and graduated in fashion design from the Domus Academy in Milan. There he met fashion designer Gianfranco Ferré, who was one of his professors and later became his...
Luca Pozzi - Photo © Stana Kurtagic

Luca Pozzi between space and time

The relationship between space and time, relativity, and quantum physics are the themes at the foundation of his work, which combines art, physics, cosmology, and computer science. Through the language of art, he aims...

A family story

It was 1968 when a small local furniture shop opened in Messina. The founder, Franca Mollura, brought with her the artisan experience matured by her family in her father’s carpentry shop, which since the...

Matteo Pellegrino: thinking with the hands

His items are strongly influenced by the production process. Matteo Pellegrino works by pushing the characteristics of materials and production techniques to their limits, which become a central part of the creation of the...

Piuarch: the project always has to do with the place

A rooftop vegetable garden, in the centre of Milan, right in the heart of Brera. A pathway that winds its way through pools of cultivated and flowering soil. Architects meeting at large outdoor tables,...
Paola Lenti & Francesco Rota

Elective affinities

They had friends in common. Nothing could have been simpler, more natural. And as sometimes happens, an unforeseen “date” became a happy, long-lasting “creative marriage” across a span of 25 years, at this point....
Tiziano Vudafieri & Claudio Saverino - Photo © Graziella Vigo

The endless energy of curiosity

Behind initial appearances, Tiziano Vudafieri and Claudio Saverino unveil a world that moves against the common tide, a design credo that shifts with ease from History to Artificial Intelligence. Curiosity is the harmonious force...