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1 week ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Chris Force
During Milan Design Week I met with Ivy Ross, a creative force whose work has long defied the boundaries between art, science, and technology. As Google’s chief design officer for consumer devices, Ivy is best known for cultivating a design language that feels unmistakably human—bold, tactile, and emotionally resonant.
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1 week ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Chris Force
Pietro Terzini didn’t set out to be an artist. Born in 1990 and trained in architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan, he spent his early 20s working in design offices across Italy and Denmark. But in the wake of the 2012 economic slump architecture jobs dried up, and Pietro pivoted—first into marketing, then unexpectedly into art. What began as a creative outlet quickly grew into a full-fledged career.
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1 week ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Chris Force
alllllAlcova returned to Varedo for its ninth edition across four sites: Villa Borsani, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, the former SNIA factory, and the Pasino Glasshouses. Each location—ranging from historic villas to industrial ruins—offered a different lens on contemporary design, guiding 70,000 visitors through a landscape of installations and exhibitions ranging from beautiful to bonkers.
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2 weeks ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Chris Force
When Ezequiel Pini first began using 3D rendering software, it was just after 6:05pm—the moment he closed out his day job and switched his mind to his own creative world. The number 6:05 became a kind of signature, an inside joke that now defines the name of his Barcelona-based studio, Six N. Five. In the years since, he’s become one of the most recognized digital artists working today. You’ve almost certainly seen and liked one of his otherworldly interior renderings.
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2 weeks ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Chris Force
For a moment, I thought Ronan Bouroullec was describing a scene from The Big Lebowski. We had met on the roof of the Cassina showroom in Milan where he was debuting his first solo project for the brand, the Treflo tables. It was likely the busiest and most chaotic day of Salone, but Ronan was calm, quiet, attentive, and slowly puffing on a vape as he described his average day. Ronan is by any standard, prolific.
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2 weeks ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Chris Force
Yves Béhar is the industrial designer behind products like the SNOO smart sleeper and the Herman Miller Sayl chair. You know his work even if you don’t. The Sayl chair is a staple in nearly every tech office and co-working space. Ask any parent if they’ve heard of the SNOO and you’ll likely hear about how it helped save their sanity and marriage—mine included.
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2 weeks ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Chris Force
By the time Maria Porro steps onto the stage at Teatro alla Scala to formally introduce the opening of Salone del Mobile Milano each year, dressed impeccably—sometimes by her friend Georgio Armani—she’s already been balancing a thousand moving parts behind the scenes. To the audience, she appears radiant and composed, a poised figure commanding one of the world’s most influential design events. But for Maria, the true work is in the complexity beneath the surface.
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2 weeks ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Chris Force
A gentle glow emanated from thousands of gently spinning books inside Es Devlin’s “Library of Light” installation in Brera. Lines curled down the block as design enthusiasts from around the world waited for a turn to experience the massive twirling library. It was one of hundreds of inspired and interesting moments that can only be found at Salone del Mobile, the world’s largest furniture and lighting trade show.
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2 months ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Gianna Annunzio |Chris Force
It’s five hours until showtime when Lola Young sits down to chat with me in our Chicago studio. She’s about to perform at Lollapalooza—her first ever American music festival following the success of her most recent album, This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway, that debuted in June. Her pre-performance energy is palpable. “I’m so fucking nervous because I don’t know what the turnout is going to be,” she admits. “The first American festival is a big moment, but I’m in a good place right now.
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2 months ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Gianna Annunzio |Chris Force |Elizaveta Porodina
Elizaveta Porodina’s life has been defined by movement—across borders, between professions, and within her own mind. An artist known for her dreamlike, cinematic photography, Elizaveta’s journey began far from the glamour of the art world, in the heart of 1990s Moscow, during a time of political upheaval. Today her work is ubiquitous across the covers of fashion magazines, ad campaigns, and museum walls, but the path to artistic recognition was anything but straightforward.
