profiles

Ross Lovegrove

Ross Lovegrove graduated in industrial design from Manchester Polytechnic in 1980, and by the mid-1980s he was designing for leading international companies....


Mimmo Jodice

Mimmo Jodice was born in Naples in 1934. An avant-garde photographer since the 1960s, Jodice has played a central role in the cultural movement that has proj...


Bijoy Jain

Bijoy Jain was born in 1965. After studying in the UK and the US, he returned to India in 1995, where he founded Studio Mumbai. His work has been exhibited i...


Jacques Herzog

Jacques Herzog founded his architecture practice with Pierre de Meuron in Basel in 1978. Landmark projects include the Allianz Arena, Munich (2005), the Caix...


Massimiliano Gioni

Massimiliano Gioni (born 1973) is Artistic Director of the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan, and of the New Museum, New York. In 2013, he directed the 55th...


Naoto Fukasawa

Naoto Fukasawa is a designer whose “supernormal” working method involves an interdisciplinary approach and interactive design. Fukasawa collaborates with glo...


Marco De Vincenzo

Marco De Vincenzo was born in Messina in 1978. At 18 years old, he moved to Rome and, after graduating, joined Fendi’s Style Department, where he has worked ...


David Chipperfield

David Chipperfield established his own practice in 1985. In 2012, he was appointed Director of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition. His most rece...


Maurizio Cattelan

Maurizio Cattelan rose to international fame in New York with his wax sculpture La Nona Ora (“The Ninth Hour”), portraying Pope John Paul II being hit by a m...