Maria Cristina Didero Explained

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Maria Cristina Didero is an Italian curator, historian, author, and design scholar.[1] She is curatorial director for Design Miami.[2] Didero is quoted as saying that, "design is all about people, not about chairs."[3] [4]

Biography

Didero grew up in Rimini. She attended and graduated from the University of Bologna, from which she received a degree in literature and philosophy.[5] [6] She lives and works in Milan, where she moved in 1999. She is an expert in Italian design with a focus on the Radical period.[7]

Her curatorial work has involved close collaboration with contemporary designers including Daniel Arsham, the Campana brothers, Richard Hutten, Philippe Malouin, Oki Sato, Bethan Laura Wood, and Michael Young.[8] [9] She has curated exhibitions such as Nendo: The Space in Between and The Conversation Show at the Design Museum Holon, Israel;[10] [11] [12] Al(l) Projects with Aluminum (featuring the British designer Michael Young) at the Centre d'Innovation et de Design[13] at Grand-Hornu in Belgium,[14] [15] [16] and FUN HOUSE by Snarkitecture at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., Take a Seat at the Galleria D’Arte Moderna in Turin;[17] [18] as well as exhibitions at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MK&G),[19] [20] and the Museum of Applied Arts in Dresden.[21] [22] She has also been a guest curator and expert consultant for exhibitions staged by commercial galleries such as SuperDesign at the R & Company gallery in New York.[23] [24] [25] [26]

She worked at Vitra Design Museum for 14 years, after which she became the executive director of the .[27] She has also worked as a design consultant with companies and organisations such as DesignSingapore Council, Vitra, Fritz Hansen, Lexus, Fendi, Louis Vuitton, and Valextra.[28] She as also served on design panels, mentorship programmes, and juries for awards such as Experimenta Design, Design Anthology, the Dezeen awards, the Lexus Design Award, and the Compasso d'Oro.[29] [30] [31]

In 2022 she was appointed curatorial director for Design Miami.[32] [33] She and fellow curator Annalisa Rosso created a digital virtual exposition platform called Perfettooo which is a venue for designers "to conceive a dream project to be realised in a mutable ideal space, shaped around their needs and therefore perfectly tailored for their collections."[34] [35]

She co-curated (with Richard Hutten) an exhibition for Milan Design Week 2023 called Droog30: Design or Non-design at the Triennale di Milano.[36] Also in 2023, she and Tony Chambers collaborated with the Singapore Design Council for the exhibition Future Impact;[37] and an exhibition about the work of the Greek designers On Entropy (sisters Niki and Zoe Moskofoglou) called A Future for the Past.[38] [39]

In 2024 she curated the inaugural Tohoku edition of the Craft x Tech initiative, first exhibited at Kudan House in Tokyo.[40] [41] The initiative pairs international artists and designers with Japanese master craftspeople and "aims to fuse Japan’s traditional crafts heritage with progressive technology, with the goal of helping endangered artisan techniques survive and thrive in modern times."[42] [43]

Reflecting on the "Golden Age" theme of her Art Basel / Design Miami curatorial debut, she is quoted as saying, "It’s aspirational, a wish and a direct invitation for us to communally consider how we could live more harmoniously with each other and Planet Earth. At the core of the theme is the idea that periods of crisis are followed by periods of great revival and progress. I hope that it taps into an optimism within the society at large. The answers to our current challenges lie in innovation within the arts, design, and, technology and respect for people’s work and lives."

Didero is a prolific writer who has covered topics ranging from disability and resilience; the Radical Italian design movement; contemporary design practice and sustainability; to "how an object comes to be and the creators behind these as storytellers, instead of just the object itself". She has written for Domus magazine and was editor-at-large at from 2018 to 2020[44] She has been the Italian editor for Wallpaper magazine since 2021.[45] [46] [47]

She is the host of a podcast called "Design Forward", which is published by the Salone del Mobile in Milan.[48]

Publications

Books

Articles and other writing

Films

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maria Cristina Didero Salone del Mobile . 2023-03-25 . www.salonemilano.it.
  2. Web site: The Forum, Maria Cristina Didero . 2024-06-08 . . en.
  3. Web site: Iype . Jincy . Design is about people, not chairs: Maria Cristina Didero at Salone del Mobile 2022 . 2023-04-07 . www.stirworld.com . English.
  4. Web site: Todd . Laura May . 8 November 2019 . A new book investigates the characters behind design . 5 April 2023 . . en.
  5. Web site: A talk with Maria Cristina Didero Mutina . 2023-03-25 . www.mutina.it . en.
  6. Web site: Defilippo . Ilaria . 2017-04-28 . "Curare" il design, dall'Italia nel mondo. Conversazione con Maria Cristina Didero . 2023-05-05 . Il Sole 24 Ore: Alley Oop . it-IT.
  7. Web site: 1968: ITALIAN RADICAL DESIGN DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art Athens Greece . 2023-04-08 . deste.gr.
  8. Web site: 2022-06-15 . Maria Cristina Didero: Human-Centric Design . 2023-03-25 . TLmagazine . en-US.
  9. Web site: Kunstgewerbemuseum: Friends + Design . 2023-05-21 . kunstgewerbemuseum.skd.museum.
  10. Web site: Donoghue . Katy . 2019-08-09 . Maria Cristina Didero Curates "The Conversation Show" . 2023-12-15 . Whitewall . en-US.
  11. Web site: Contributors - Maria Cristina Didero . 2023-03-25 . . en-gb.
  12. Web site: 2017-06-30 . Meet Milan's Coolest Curator . 2023-03-25 . Architectural Digest . en-US.
  13. Web site: The CID . 2023-04-10 . Centre for innovation and design at Grand-Hornu . 23 September 2021 . en.
  14. Web site: Sammicheli . Marco . 2016-02-24 . Michael Young, projects in aluminium . 2023-03-27 . Abitare . en-US.
  15. Web site: Trombetta . Luca . 2016-01-25 . Michael Young in mostra in Belgio – Living Corriere . 2023-03-27 . Living . it-IT.
  16. Web site: Magazine . Wallpaper* . 2016-02-02 . Metallic moments: Michael Young presents the evolution of aluminium . 2022-09-27 . Wallpaper*.
  17. Web site: 5 Questions with Maria Cristina Didero . 2023-03-25 . Design Miami . en.
  18. Web site: Azzarello . Nina . 2018-07-04 . snarkitecture opens interactive 'fun house' at the national building museum . 2023-03-27 . designboom architecture & design magazine . en.
  19. Web site: Katsikopoulou . Myrto . 2022-06-30 . museum für kunst und gewerbe asks designers if they believe in the future at new exhibition . 2023-03-27 . designboom architecture & design magazine . en.
  20. Web site: 2022-02-28 . Ask Me if I Believe in the Future MK&G . 2023-05-10 . www.mkg-hamburg.de . en.
  21. Web site: Burrichter . Felix . Felix Burrichter . FREE RADICAL: INTERVIEW WITH CURATOR MARIA CRISTINA DIDERO ABOUT RADICAL DESIGN . 2023-03-25 . . en.
  22. Web site: Superdesign : Italian radical design 1965–75 / Maria Cristina Didero ; introduction by Evan Snyderman ; essays by Catharine Rossi, Deyan Sudjic . 2023-03-25 . Smithsonian Institution . en.
  23. Web site: Moscowitz . Tamara . 2017-11-14 . The revolutionary story of Radical Design gets a moment in the spotlight . 2023-09-04 . wallpaper.com . en.
  24. Web site: 2017-11-10 . SuperDesign at R&Company . 2023-04-09 . TLmagazine . en-US.
  25. Web site: SuperDesign . 2023-04-09 . R & Company . 7 November 2017 . en.
  26. Web site: Morales . Lisa . 2022-01-30 . Maria Cristina Didero Appointed as Design Miami's Curatorial Director . 2023-03-25 . Live in Italy Magazine . en-US.
  27. Web site: Carnick . Anna . Scene Maker: An interview with sought-after curator Maria Cristina Didero . 2023-03-25 . Pamono.
  28. Web site: Lempi . Veronica . 2023-04-14 . In Milan, six Singaporean talents in an exhibition called Future Impact . 2023-05-21 . Interni Magazine . en-US.
  29. Web site: Maria Cristina Didero Judges Dezeen Awards 2023 . 2023-04-27 . Dezeen . en.
  30. Web site: 2021-05-06 . Design Anthology Awards 2021 . 2023-05-21 . ADF CSR Awards Service . en.
  31. Web site: Brandoli . Lucia . 20 June 2024 . Winners of XXVIII Compasso d'Oro ADI 2024 announced . 2024-06-21 . www.domusweb.it . en-gb.
  32. News: Donati de Conti . Elisabetta . 2022-02-28 . Design Miami/ According to Its New Curatorial Director, Maria Cristina Didero . ELLE Decor . 2023-03-25.
  33. Web site: Spolini . Nicoletta . 2022-04-29 . Maria Cristina Didero, prima direttrice curatoriale italiana di Design Miami (che arriva anche a Parigi) . 2023-04-09 . Vogue Italia . it-IT.
  34. Web site: Bertoli . Rosa . 2021-04-12 . New platform Perfettooo offers an ever-changing virtual space for design exhibitions . 2023-04-27 . wallpaper.com . en.
  35. Web site: 5 Questions with Maria Cristina Didero . 2023-05-16 . Design Miami/ Shop . en.
  36. Web site: Droog30. Design or Non-design? . 2023-05-21 . triennale.org . en.
  37. Web site: Piotti . Cristina Kiran . 2023-04-25 . Six Singaporean designers look at the impact of design and new technologies on our lives . 2024-06-06 . wallpaper.com . en.
  38. Web site: 5VIE - A Future for the Past curated by Maria Cristina Didero . 2024-06-06 . 5vie.it . it.
  39. Web site: On Entropy Designer Fuorisalone.it 2024 . 2024-06-06 . Fuorisalone.it .
  40. Web site: Craft x Tech Tohoku Project 2024 Exhibition Exhibition . 2024-06-06 . ArtFacts . en.
  41. Web site: Craft x Tech Tohoku Project, V&A South Kensington . 2024-07-03 . . en.
  42. Web site: Demetriou . Danielle . 2024-06-02 . Craft x Tech elevates Japanese craftsmanship with progressive technology . 2024-06-02 . wallpaper.com . en.
  43. Web site: Yamada . Mio . 2024-05-18 . A new initiative rethinks old Tohoku crafts . 2024-06-02 . The Japan Times . en.
  44. Web site: Maria Cristina Didero Gruppo Mondadori . 2023-03-25 . Mondadori Group . en-GB.
  45. Web site: Bertoli . Rosa . 2021-02-08 . Maria Cristina Didero joins Wallpaper* as Milan Editor . 2023-06-24 . wallpaper.com . en.
  46. Web site: Photography . Rosa Bertoli last updated Contributions from Stefan Giftthaler- . 2022-01-28 . Design Miami appoints Maria Cristina Didero as curatorial director and announces new Paris edition . 2023-03-25 . wallpaper.com . en.
  47. Web site: 2024-04-19 . Articles by Maria Cristina Didero Wallpaper* . 2024-07-28 . wallpaper.com . en.
  48. Web site: Listen the new podcast hosted by Maria Cristina Didero Salone del Mobile . 2024-04-28 . www.salonemilano.it . en.
  49. Web site: SuperDesign – Italian Radical Design 1965-75 . 2024-06-21.
  50. Web site: BDW: Maria Cristina Didero e "Super Design. Italian Radical Design 1965-75" . 21 June 2024 . Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bratislava . it.
  51. Web site: WE THE OTHERS 40 years of collaboration within design: the work and life of the Campana brothers . 2024-06-21 . triennale.org . en.
  52. Web site: "We the others" alla rassegna DAAD – Giornate del Design e dell'Architettura 2024 . 21 June 2024 . Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bratislava . it.
  53. Web site: Dorris . Jesse . 2024-03-18 . Humberto Campana Is Holding On and Giving Back . 2024-06-21 . SURFACE . en-US.

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