Empathy in form: five furniture projects supporting ability through comfort
Designing for difference is no longer a niche pursuit – it’s foundational. Recent research continues to reinforce what many designers […]
Ludovica Proietti
Ludovica Proietti, journalist, design historian and curator, teaches in universities and curates events, always exploring projects with fresh, unconventional perspectives.
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Ideas for Business – Call#2: meet the three winning projects
The second edition of Ideas for Business by DesignWanted closed on July 22nd, concluding with the selection of three winning […]
Terramater: the new sustainable porcelain stoneware by Marazzi
It’s been almost one hundred years since Filippo Marazzi, a young employee in his family’s grocery store, bought a factory […]
Reading the city through design: EDIT Napoli CULT Program 2025
The seventh, exciting edition of EDIT Napoli – set to take place at La Santissima, a striking new venue overlooking […]
Design for a moving world: Nicolas Guillamot’s urban objects
Laboratories, for designers, are the mind’s room – a space for exploration, play, research. A space where skills take shape, […]
Ideas For Business – Call #1: Meet the three winning projects
In an age where furniture is expected to do more than simply furnish, DesignWanted launched, this May, a call to […]
A conversation with ETIMOBLU: from material research to sculptural design
ETIMOBLU, Milan based studio born from the mind of the emerging designer Matteo Brambilla, operates at the intersection of disciplines, […]
Lualdi’s Framework: a new concept of boiserie
If you think doors only disappear in fairytales, films, or fantasy novels, think again. Imagination has a tangible side – […]
Can you believe this floor is made of mushrooms? The work of Mogu
Mogu is part of a new generation of companies reimagining material innovation through nature. Based in Amsterdam, but with an […]
An example of design that reconnects with the soul of a territory and resists uniformity
Primitive, raw, ancestral. Like a sculpture rising from the earth, colorful and powerful, as if echoing a deep, archaic connection […]
No neutral spaces: Architecture responds at Venice 2025
Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective. With this title, the 19th Biennale of Architecture in Venice just opened, and we already have […]
Grace: a tribute to the lasting beauty and strength of limestone
Ancient as the world itself, limestone is strong, compact, and endlessly versatile. One of the oldest and most enduring natural […]
HOST, the beehive that becomes a miniature building (with a purpose)
Facing the contemporary challenges of design today also means rethinking our role as professionals in a broader ecological context. It’s […]
“Designed in CH, Made in JP” is a great example of hybrid design and collaboration
Two aesthetics, shared craftsmanship, aligned values: what happens when two nations come together to develop a hybrid design language? A […]
PAFF PAFF by Finemateria – Liminal Spaces for Sensorial Rituals
The surreal pair of slippers designed by Finemateria inside the studio of Park Associati resemble the traces of giant, invisible […]
Design discoveries: furniture highlights from Brera
Brera Design District returns for its 16th edition during Milan Design Week, from April 7-13, 2025, embracing the theme Connected […]
DUNE by BUDDE and Nando Studio, when a rug becomes a landscape
At Rossana Orlandi Gallery, near the church of Sant’Ambrogio – a true landmark of Milan Design Week – German design […]
CRISTINA Rubinetterie transforms its products into essential elements of a sensory ritual
Transforming the bathroom into a special environment of peace, relaxation, and awareness, redefining the relationship between the spaces we inhabit […]
Abstracta shapes the dialogue between light and acoustics
Abstracta, the pioneering Swedish brand that, for more than fifty years, has reshaped the world of acoustic panels through ambitious […]
Zambaiti Parati transforms interiors with tech-enhanced, nature-inspired wall designs
For over fifty years, Zambaiti Parati has been a benchmark of excellence in the design field, continuously embracing trends and […]
O&O Studio’s modern reinterpretation of the ancient Chinese scholar’s space
It is often said, in contemporary design, that the objects capable of seamlessly blending past and future are the ones […]
Iris Ceramica Group presents Metamorphosis: a journey of light and sounds
Light, sound, movement. A portal to a new world where technology merges with design – appearing almost like magic. But […]
Snapp: redefining handle design with sustainability and accessibility
Can a small object, such as a handle, bear the weight of industrial transformation without compromising on innovation, ergonomics, affordability, […]