Urban weave.
I have been watching, for some time now, how outdoor sport is turning into a territory for visual experimentation, well beyond the original function of its spaces. I increasingly find myself reading a playing surface not simply as a set of rules, but as a design meant to be looked at, crossed, inhabited. I recognize […]
Suspended height.
There is a contrast I find particularly fertile when designing high-end hospitality experiences: the one between the vertical density of a metropolis and the sense of suspension that can be built at height, above the traffic. I am not talking about an escape from the city, but about a vertical rereading of it, in which […]
Augmented authorship.
I read the growing use of artificial intelligence in audiovisual production not as a technical shortcut, but as a strategic choice that redefines the boundary between authorship and tool. What interests me in particular is the moment when an entire documentary narrative is built around this tension, placing at its center not so much the […]
Emotional passage.
I keep returning, mentally, to a project I came across some years ago and had never written about until now. What struck me at the time was the idea that a space of passage could be built as a sequence of states of mind, able to accompany whoever crosses it through tension, focus and, finally, […]
Conscious mobility.
I often focus on those moments when a mature industry imports the logic of another to solve a problem that seemed unsolvable with its own tools. That is what happens when active safety, developed for decades in the automotive industry, is transferred onto a light vehicle designed for everyday urban mobility. It is not about […]
Different rules.
I believe that true luxury today is measured by a place’s ability to welcome without imposing rigid rules or polished rituals. When a hospitality project chooses to favour authentic informality over surface formality, relying on essential design and spaces built for sharing, a precise vision of the contemporary becomes immediately apparent. It is a way […]
Machines that learn.
A strategic reading of technological innovation rarely stops at the product itself or its performance: I would reflect on that it is precisely in the ambition of its context of use, in the shift from a specialist domain to an everyday one, that a project’s real significance is measured. When a technology built for professional […]
Symbolic garden.
For ten years, a work of living architecture remained visible only from above, a design to be contemplated from a distance, with no way of actually walking through it or losing oneself among its paths. I find that this kind of transformation, from distant contemplation to a first-hand, lived experience, says a great deal about […]
Urban curves.
The idea of turning a purely functional piece of infrastructure into a recognisable urban icon has always convinced me, because it demands a design vision that goes well beyond structural engineering alone. I think projects capable of combining fluid form, essential materials and everyday utility represent an important test case for understanding how design can […]
Living archive.
I follow, time and again, how major design collections choose to present themselves when a significant anniversary comes around. It is never simply a matter of the number of pieces on display, but of critical perspective: which criterion drives the selection, which idea of design culture is brought to light against an entire century of […]
