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A genuine love of mathematics, with a diploma from a high school focusing on the classics and a university degree in engineering, she began working in design before coming to the conclusion that writing was the right career choice for her.

Cristina Kiran Piotti is an Italian-Indian freelance journalist. She studied at the “Walter Tobagi” school of journalism in Milan, before finishing her training with a master's degree at the Ca' Foscari Challenge School in Venice on the economic relations between Italy and India. She splits her time between Milan and Mumbai, and since 2008, has primarily covered design, current affairs, and culture for Italian and international newspapers, often opting to draw on her enduring passion for geopolitics.

(1975) Pirola has earned a PhD, and is an architect as well as a design researcher for IULM University in Milan. He teaches History of design, Contemporary arts, Events for creative industries, Interior architecture and Exhibition design. He is also an author and essayist, an independent curator and a business consultant, and carries out research, design and criticism activities on contemporary art, design and architecture. He is curious about all forms of knowledge and passionate about thought, matter and anything that can be designed.

Marilena Pitino is a communication expert and freelance journalist. For over ten years, she has been working for international agencies on innovative marketing and multimedia communication projects for important clients such as IKEA Italia. Passionate about design, architecture and travel, she works with leading sectoral publications, including  AD Italia and Living - Corriere della Sera and previously with Elle Decor. Over the years, she has honed a particular narrative interest based on the quest for "genius loci" projects, in order to develop new methods of storytelling.

David Plaisant is a freelance journalist and writer based in Italy. He began his career in London, where he worked in architecture and design advocacy groups and then as a design writer and radio producer for multimedia brand Monocle. Plaisant has created various podcasts including The Couch, Conversations on Design (B&B Italia) and in 2021, From the Moon for the Triennale Milano.

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Swiss photographer, graphic designer and publisher Nicolas Polli (1989) studied Art Direction at the Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne (ECAL). In 2012 he co-founded the photographic magazine YET with Salvatore Vitale. In 2016 he began developing an independent studio, Atelier CIAO, specialising in editorial design and still life photography with a focus on design and luxury. He was the recipient of the 2018 and 2020 Swiss Design Award. After experiences with several publishers, he founded his own publishing house CIAO PRESS.

Emiliano Ponzi is an illustrator and author based in Milan.

He works for the editorial, magazine, fashion and advertising market. His clients portfolio includes: Apple, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Le Monde, MoMA NY, Louis Vuitton, Hermès, Martini, Hyundai, Pirelli, Tim, Barilla, Moleskine, Android, Einaudi, La Repubblica, Airbnb, Lavazza, Bulgari.

Maria Porro, born in Como in 1983, has been President of Assarredo since being unanimously elected in September 2020, and is the first woman to take on this role.  

Born in Tuscany in 1992, Guglielmo Profeti’s work encompasses fashion photography and his own composite personal research through portraits, text and temporary sculptures. In both cases, he adopts a conceptual approach based on research and theoretical investigation, portraying irrational dichotomies superimposed upon the delicacy of human dynamics, identifying organic patterns within in-organic contexts, adding a surreal dimension by drawing on real elements.

An architect who lives and works in Milan. He was editor of Casabella magazine and editor-in-chief of the design magazine MODO.

He was a member of the Radical Design groups. He helped coordinate the Visual Arts-Architecture section at the Venice Biennale in 1975-76, as well as organising the Europe/America exhibition.

A Milan-based journalist, she took her degree in Film Studies while working on the launch of the online site of La Repubblica’s weekly style magazine D and learning to be a writer as she went along. She discovered her passion for design and architecture, in particular the socio-cultural trends that these disciplines intercept and interweave with other fields, from fashion to art. This has kept her busy for the last 20 years or so, writing for leading print and online national and international publications.

University professor, cultural adviser and manager for national and international institutions, artistic director and curator, Davide Rampello has started his career in RAI Italian National TV during the 70’s as historical researcher, author and then director of cultural programmes and tv director. From 1992 to 1994 he worked as artistic director of the Carnival of Venice and during the 90’s he was the curator of important art exhibitions that took place in locations such as the Biennale and the Galleria dell’Accademia in Venice or the Diamanti Palace in Ferrara.

Giulia Ricci is a professional journalist. She has been part of the Domus editorial team since 2018. She worked first at domusweb.it, then at the historical magazine founded by Gio Ponti, collaborating with guest editors such as Michele De Lucchi, Winy Maas, David Chipperfield, Tadao Ando, Jean Nouvel, Steven Holl, Toshiko Mori, and now Norman Foster.

Christian Rocca is Editorial Director of Linkiesta. He has edited the magazine IL, has been a special correspondent and columnist for Il Sole 24 ORE, a columnist for La Stampa and correspondent in the United States for Il Foglio. He has written eight essays on the themes of geopolitics and contemporary society. His latest book is “L’Ucraina siamo noi” (2024).

Designer and critic, born in Trieste in 1958, he graduated in Architecture in Genoa in 1983. In 1984 he obtained a master's degree in design at the Domus Academy, he worked in Mario Bellini’s atelier and in 1986 he opened his own studio in Milan. From 1986 to 1994 he was editor of Domus magazine, from 1995 to 2007 of Abitare magazine, and from 2010 to 2021 – at his death – columnist in Inventario magazine.

Alessandro Ronchi was born in Monza in 1982 and still lives in Lombardy. He is involved with culture in the round and with cinema and the visual arts in particular. He has worked with a number of magazines and reviews, including Domus, Esquire, Icon Design, Artribune, Exibart and Gli Spietati and the literary column in Yanez magazine. He also works with art galleries, festivals, gatherings and educational institutions.