Cristina Piotti

Milan

Journalist at Freelance

Indo-Italian. Journalist. Wanderlust.

Articles

In Milan, MoscaPartners presents a poetic exploration of ‘migration’

2 weeks ago | wallpaper.com | Cristina Piotti

During Milan Design Week 2025, MoscaPartners returns to Palazzo Litta with a group exhibition exploring innovation and creativity through the theme ‘Migrations’. This concept focuses on cultural exchange and the blending of different ideas, highlighting design as a journey across borders, both physical and conceptual. ‘I believe there is always a connection between a project and the world around us, the events unfolding in our time.
To the next level - Part 2/2

2 weeks ago | ifdm.design | Cristina Piotti

In the world of contemporary design, the ability to explore new design territories has become an essential skill. Designers specializing in specific categories like chairs, lamps, or tables are finding great value today in broadening their scope and engaging with the design of previously unexplored objects. This openness to new challenges is not only an opportunity for personal growth but also responds to the needs of an increasingly fluid and interdisciplinary market.
Es Devlin on her ‘Library of Light’, an 18m revolving sculpture

2 weeks ago | wallpaper.com | Cristina Piotti

The Poetess of Light truly lives up to her name, dressed in yellow and bathed in a golden glow that gently warms Milan on the morning we meet to speak. Invited by Salone del Mobile, Es Devlin presents one of the most anticipated projects of the week: a monumental installation titled ‘Library of the Light’, hosted in one of Milan’s iconic cultural spaces, the Pinacoteca di Brera. Upon learning of the venue, the artist and stage designer wanted to explore its origins.
Alcova 2025 takes over historic Milan buildings, finding beauty in decay

2 weeks ago | wallpaper.com | Cristina Piotti

It’s the contrast that catches you off guard. While across the city, commercial windows and balconies have remained covered for weeks in preparation for Milan Design Week 2025, only to unveil perfect products in pristine settings – clean floors, polished handles, invisible glass – Alcova offers something entirely different.
To the next level - Part 1/2

2 weeks ago | ifdm.design | Cristina Piotti

In the world of contemporary design, the ability to explore new design territories has become an essential skill. Designers specializing in specific categories like chairs, lamps, or tables are finding great value today in broadening their scope and engaging with the design of previously unexplored objects. This openness to new challenges is not only an opportunity for personal growth but also responds to the needs of an increasingly fluid and interdisciplinary market.
A veteran's guide to Milan Design Week 2025

2 weeks ago | architecturaldigest.in | Cristina Piotti

Every year, Milan Design Week is packed with unmissable events. It is a whirlwind of creativity, and aside from the FOMO that strikes every design lover, there’s a real fear of missing out on unforgettable moments that make these few days of Milan’s spring the creative cradle that fuels the rest of the year.
Inside Materia 2.0, Milan's new material library and the ultimate designer’s mood board

2 weeks ago | wallpaper.com | Cristina Piotti

At Milan Design Week 2025, it feels like materials, more than furniture, are taking centre stage. ‘It’s time we gave materials the spotlight they deserve,’ says Fabio Pecora, founder of Materia 2.0, the city's new material library. For designers, architects, and exhibitors, he explains, matter isn't just substance, it's the key to sustainability, innovation, and emotional connection.
These bathrooms are all whispered elegance, carved in stone: Salvatori’s new showcase

2 weeks ago | wallpaper.com | Cristina Piotti

Salvatori knows how to transform nature’s most ancient material into something extraordinary and almost weightless. The Tuscany-based natural-stone design brand blends beauty with design and innovation, with a showcase each year during Milan Design Week in its showroom at Via Solferino 11, in the heart of Milan’s Brera district. In the rooms of the Milanese palazzo overlooking a charming inner courtyard, the year's new creations are unveiled.
Guida per un Fuorisalone d’autore: parole d’ordine “Mondi connessi”

2 weeks ago | style.corriere.it | Cristina Piotti

Fuorisalone Milano 2025. Nella foto: Making the Invisible Visible, Google, Garage 21 (Via Archimede 26). Da lunedì 7 a domenica 13 aprile, Milano torna a brillare con la Design Week 2025. E con lei esplode l’universo del Fuorisalone. Tutti gli eventi in città La costellazione di eventi, mostre e installazioni diffuse in tutta la città, parallele al Salone del Mobile di Rho Fiera.
Mumbai: la Manhattan indiana

3 weeks ago | thegoodlifeitalia.com | Cristina Piotti

Gli eccessi e lo splendore di Mumbai sono il risultato di una storia densa. Da villaggio di pescatori, 500 anni fa s’è trasformata in una metropoli tentacolare stretta su una striscia di terreno che scorre nel Mar Arabico. La Natura ha avvolto Bombay (come era conosciuta in passato) sin dalle sue origini, quando il suo nome rifletteva l’essenza di “buona baia” accoccolata tra sette isole che bonifiche e pressioni commerciali trasformarono in un’unica entità.