Appropriately, as this year’s “supersalone” is about to take place in Milan, we hear insights from Italian practitioners and industry stakeholders. They share renewed priorities and the way these are reframing both new projects and their overall company ethos.
A common thread emerged. The profound transformation that businesses and people have undergone over the past 18 months will seemingly continue to impact not only practical work protocols, but also ethical sensibilities for the foreseeable future. Simultaneously, they also delineated potential opportunities to reframe the systems we inhabit. [Read more]
“IFI Voices – Exchanging Ideas” emphasizes the business and market contributions of designers. Working in partnership with Design Diffusion News Magazine (DDN), IFI Voices focuses on a different nation, world region or issue in nine (9) editions per year.
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