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Valentina Silvestrini (1982) is an architect and architectural editor with more of ten years’ experience on web and paper.

Writer, Literary Critic and Essayist

For more than 30 years, Snøhetta has designed some of the world’s most notable public and cultural projects.

A humanities-based education followed by a degree in Foreign Literature and Languages – and then a specialisation in journalism (her thesis was on the journalistic narration of 40 years of aparthei

Valentina Sommariva lives and works in Milan, where she was born in 1986. As both a journalist and publicist, she specialises in interior design, travel and portrait photography.

The film director and screenwriter Paolo Sorrentino was born in Naples in 1970. His first feature film, One Man Up, was screened at the Venice Film Festival in 2001.

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Manuel Spitschan is the Rudolf Mössbauer Assistant Professor of Chronobiology & Health at Technical University of Munich and Max Planck Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Bio

Located on Viale Piave since 1986, Spotti Milano is synonymous with quality living. A trusted destination for design enthusiasts, it offers a unique selection of furniture and complements.

Alessandro Squatrito is a multidisciplinary designer who lives in Milan and works on design between the physical and the digital contents.

Andrea Staid is a professor of cultural and visual anthropology at Naba, of cultural anthropology at the University of Genoa, Phd at the Universidad de Granada.

Originally from the UK, Ed Stocker is Monocle magazine’s Europe editor at large, based in Milan since 2020.

Cometabolism Studio is a duo consisting of designer Zhang Ning and artist Yang Yafei.Zhang Ning graduated from the designer maker program at Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts Londo

Ludovica Serafini + Roberto Palomba founded Palomba Serafini Studio in 1994.