Exhibitions Focus on Diego Grandi Text by Elisabetta Donati de Conti Add to bookmarks Type32, decorative ceramic alphabet, Lea Ceramiche The architect and interior designer, originally from Rimini (DOC), designs surfaces and installations as well as spaces and objects. He tells us about himself in an interview, in which his love for the city on the Adriatic coast shines through between the lines, and he cites two of the area’s best-loved 20th century authors. Diego Grandi – ph. Caterina Sansone Name: Diego Grandi. Place where you work: Milan. Your Instagram account: @dgo_diegograndi. Describe what your studio does: product, exhibition and interior design. Where did you study? Architecture at Milan Polytechnic University. CPN21, interior design, private client, Milan - ph. - Denise Bonenti What are you working on right now? We’re working with companies on long-term projects and on different scales – product, artistic direction, display and adv. Your dream project: a screenplay. The project that’s influenced you most: a photographic project by Luigi Ghirri entitled Atlante, a metaphorical journey through the signs in an atlas. A crucial element in all your projects: transversality and dynamism, in which the functions intersect to trigger different uses. CPN21, interior design, private client, Milan - ph. - Denise Bonenti City centre or remote geographies? Both. Something you have at home designed by you: a rug, some ceramic surfaces, a bed, a table… What do you like to gather on walks? A thought. Closer, mobile shower head, Zucchetti - ph. Max Zambelli If you could build a secret passage in your home, where would it lead? Into a film by Fellini. What do you usually do on Sundays? Invite friends to lunch. Your favourite place in Milan: the Pinacoteca di Brera. CPN21, interior design, private client, Milan - ph. - Denise Bonenti CPN21, interior design, private client, Milan - ph. - Denise Bonenti CPN21, interior design, private client, Milan - ph. - Denise Bonenti CPN21, interior design, private client, Milan - ph. - Denise Bonenti CPN21, interior design, private client, Milan - ph. - Denise Bonenti Closer, mobile shower head, Zucchetti - ph. Max Zambelli Type32, decorative ceramic alphabet, Lea Ceramiche
Stories The biology of light, according to Manuel Spitschan What does chronobiology have to do with design? Manuel Spitschan, professor at the Technische Universität München, explains why light is essential to our well-being. And why designers should know more about it to design better. Giulia Zappa
Sustainability The Piazze Aperte scheme is really changing the face of Milan Since 2018, the two local governments helmed by Mayor Giuseppe Sala have closed more than fifty of the city’s streets and roads to traffic – but not to people. And this is just the beginning Fabrizio Fasanella
Salone Selection Danish stratigraphy: material practices and ethical visions at 3daysofdesign 2025 Not a trade fair, but a cultural ecology - an interweaving of voices, materials, gestures and narratives that speak of sustainability, authenticity, conscious beauty Marilena Sobacchi
