Currently based in Milan, I am a freelance writer in the creative sector doing both high-profile interviews and news articles on key players in art, fashion, and design.
Previously, as a staff writer on designboom's branded content team, we worked with clients to highlight their projects in the field of art, design, architecture, and technology. While with the publication, I got to explore the intricacies of the contemporary creative sphere and delve into the importance of objects.
Lampoon
Saodat Ismailova in conversation with Lampoon on material and craft
In the darkness of A Seed Under Our Tongue at Pirelli HangarBicocca, a taut piece of fabric is presented in tension, both suspended from the ceiling and anchored to the ground. At first glance, it is unclear if this is a textile or another screen that will present Saodat Ismailova’s films. Approaching the piece, the work begins to move...
NR Magazine
Meriem Bennani, Orian Barki, John Micheal Boling & Jason Coombs on Fondazione Prada Show.
Meriem Bennani is really funny. But don’t forget that it’s often said that the best humor comes from a place of truth. On talking about the process behind For Aicha, the film commissioned by Fondazione Prada for the event, Bennani (Rabat, Morocco, 1988) remarks, “I don’t know if everyone has this experience, but because I’m going back home [to Morocco to film], it feels like I’m a child again in my old room. I’m back to being a virgin, you know? ...
In his conversation with NR, Sestig admits to falling into the stereotype of architects, saying, “I can still be a bit stubborn with my own vision.” But on the contrary, he constantly strives to see from the point of view of both architects (past and present) and clients alike. In doing so, he brings into contemporary view the spaces underneath, besides, and between historic architecture.
ciguë, with their portfolio of projects around the globe, has created a world within a world. Rooted in their Parisian beginnings, each project carries fragments of the places they’ve worked, building a collective vision that continually evolves. In an interview with NR, founding partners Alphonse Sarthout, Camille Bénard, and Guillem Renard delve into the projects and processes that define the spaces that they create.
designboom
Interview with marcel wanders on LAUFEN collaboration
LAUFEN reunites with its longtime collaborator, Marcel Wanders, to reimagine ‘The New Classic’ ceramic washbasins. Unveiled at Milan Design Week 2023, the Dutch designer employs elaborate three-dimensional embellished patterns to bring a new life to the sinks’ immaculate white Saphirkeramik...
Interview: Mathieu Lehanneur is Maison&Objet designer of the year 2024
Maison&Objet 2024 is wrapped in the future-speculative theme, ‘TECH EDEN.’ As this edition’s event postulates, explores, and pontificates on the technologies that have and will define the very texture of the design industry, the group aptly recognizes interdisciplinary designer Mathieu Lehanneur as its Designer of the Year.
Discover 'Third World: The Bottom Dimension' on Serpentine's Guide on Bloomberg Connects
As the digital realm calls out for exploration, visitors at ‘Third World: The Bottom Dimension’ at Serpentine North are presented with two distinct avenues for venturing into the cyber landscape. In the gallery, on view through November 26, 2023, art enthusiasts can play the game, discovering its meditations on ancestral knowledge, healing, ecological awareness, transmutation, and agency.
Maison&Objet honor Muller Van Severen with 2023 award
Maison&Objet’s 2023 ‘Designer(s) of the Year’ award recognizes Ghent-based design duo, Muller Van Severen for their body of playful, avant garde works. The designers are no strangers to the event – they have appeared in past editions through collaborations with other companies.
Autodesk Fusion for circular design
CAD software like Autodesk Fusion is an increasingly vital tool for companies entering the modern era of design, where concepts like circularity and mindful material selection are indispensable for success. With over 80% of product-related environmental impacts determined during the design phase (according to the European Commission), leveraging the sustainability-forward tools in Autodesk’s 3D modeling software empowers businesses to succeed two fold...
FMG’s neogranito goes beyond the surface
With a poetic mimicry of the natural processes below the earth’s crust, FMG Fabbrica Marmi e Graniti (part of Iris Ceramica Group) crafts the Neogranito line. This comprehensive project of full-body porcelain stoneware lends a tranquil, yet dynamic texture to floors, walls, and surfaces. Produced with cutting-edge, eco-friendly techniques, its subtle speckling pays homage to the millions-of-years journey of volcanic rock formation.