Latest articles by Cristina Kiran Piotti
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Alessi Museum celebrates 25 years of design stories
Alessi Museum highlights, from iconic to forgotten pieces, are now part of an exhibition at the company's Milan flagship, exploring 25 years of design stories (until 30 September 2023)
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Last chance to see: ‘Home Sweet Home’ at Milan Triennale
‘Home Sweet Home’ kicks off the Triennale’s 100th anniversary celebrations with a critical, design-led approach to the theme of the house and domestic space
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Toiletpaper’s surreal world goes on view in Mumbai
Toiletpaper artists Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari present ‘Run As Slow As You Can’ at the NMACC (until 22 October 2023), a sensory overload infused with Indian flavour
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Less but better: Dieter Rams’ lessons on show at ADI Design Museum, Milan
An exhibition at Milan’s ADI Design Museum celebrates Dieter Rams’ creations
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Poliform outdoor collection is presented through a meditative installation
Poliform’s new alfresco lifestyle vision was displayed in Milan within the Chiostri di San Simpliciano, merging sound and vision in an immersive showcase
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Six Singaporean designers look at the impact of design and new technologies on our lives
Supported by DesignSingapore Council, ‘Future Impact’ at Milan Design Week 2023 presents Singapore as a design-led hub of innovation and creativity
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Paola Paronetto’s vibrant collaboration with Veuve Clicquot puts a new spin on the bottle
Ceramic artist Paola Paronetto's take on packaging for Veuve Clicquot is a multi-hued marvel. We visit the artist in her Porcia studio to discuss the collection of six gift boxes and limited-edition artwork
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Flexform photography show celebrates the sofa specialist’s heritage in pictures
Defining Flexform photography from its ad campaigns past transforms the brand’s Milan flagship store into a must-visit for Milan Design Week 2023
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Gubi takes over a rationalist swimming pool in Milan, and pays homage to GamFratesi's ‘Beetle’ chair
During Milan Design Week 2023, an exhibition curated by Marco Sammicheli pays homage to ten years of GamFratesi's ‘Beetle’ chair for Gubi
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Google Design Studio celebrates the relationship between water and technology
At Milan Design Week 2023, ‘Google Shaped By Water’ is an immersive and intimate sensorial installation by Lachlan Turczan that puts water, light and human beings in resonance
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Is NMACC Mumbai’s new crown jewel of culture?
The newly inaugurated Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) in Mumbai is a spectacular first-of-its-kind art space for India. We explore the centre, and its art-, fashion-, and design-filled offerings
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UniFor unveils new Milan showroom by Herzog & de Meuron
UniFor’s new Milan showroom in Herzog & de Meuron’s Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli on Viale Pasubio is ‘an open space in dialogue with the city’
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New design destination D Studio opens in Milan
Design Holding unveils its latest retail space, D Studio Milan, showcasing furniture and lighting by B&B Italia, Maxalto, Azucena, Arclinea, Flos, and Louis Poulsen within a former car showroom on Via Durini
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600 designers, 48 countries: the return of Salone Satellite
After a three-year hiatus, Salone Satellite is back, presenting emerging talent within Salone del Mobile 2022: we look at the highlights from the exhibition
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Ron Gilad’s surreal piazza honours Aldo Rossi in Milan
Ron Gilad reimagines works by Aldo Rossi in a surreal and perspective-challenging installation at the Milan showroom of UniFor, marking the brand’s reissue of four key designs
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The Lost Graduation Show allows young talent to shine
Wallpaper* talks to curator Anniina Koivu about The Lost Graduation Show, her Supersalone showcase of 170 graduate projects, empowering a new generation of designers
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Milanese apartment installation plays with colour and reflection
Josephine Akvama Hoffmeyer and Elisa Ossino present I'll Be Your Mirror, an immersive installation staged throughout a Milanese apartment, featuring contemporary frescoes, classic Scandinavian furniture and mirrored surfaces
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Mathieu Lehanneur considers the world's plurality at Milan’s Triennale
In a new exhibition curated by Maria Cristina Didero, French multidisciplinary designer Mathieu Lehanneur explores human life and the environment (on view until 12 June 2022)
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Making waves: Roca brings the Med to Milan
Roca’s immersive, Mediterranean-inspired installation by Cobalto Studio pulses with the rhythm of the sea at Milan Design Week 2022
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‘You don't want space; you want to fill it’: Milan exhibition
Making its debut during Milan Design Week 2022 at Marsèll Paradise, a new exhibition by Matylda Krzykowski, explores how we approach the space we live in (until 15 July 2022)
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Cristina Celestino’s Bathscape is both luxurious and sustainable
Designer Cristina Celestino reimagines the bathroom as a series of oases for wellbeing, for Kaldewei’s Milan Design Week 2022 presentation
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Rossana Orlandi presents Guiltless Plastic at Milan Design Week 2021
Guiltless Plastic is Rossana Orlandi’s thrilling exploration of the material’s potential for recycling and upcycling in design
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Michele De Lucchi unveils latest furniture design for Stellar Works
Italian designer Michele De Lucchi and Stellar Works present a new furniture collaboration consisting of a modular sofa with a floating silhouette that merges Italian and Japanese design sensibilities
