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CONTRIBUTORS
STEFANO SALIS
Born in 1970 in Sant’Antioco in Sardinia, Stefano Salis is a journalist for Il Sole 24 Ore where he edits Commenti,
the opinion and editorial page. In the newspaper’s Sunday culture insert, he writes frequently on bibliophilia,
publishing, art, design, and literature. He has led conferences on these topics around the world and taught
university courses on journalism at the Università di Milano and the Università Cattolica.
Stefano’s contributions in book form include curating (with Barnaba Fornasetti) Piero Fornasetti: Certi paraventi
sono stati disegnati due volte (pub. Henry Beyle). His latest book is Sulla Scacchiera (pub. Franco Maria Ricci).
Pending publication is a book on Roger Caillois’ stones (Franco Maria Ricci). He is on the advisory committee
of FMR magazine. Photo credits: Ferdinando Scianna.
DEYAN SUDJIC
Critic and writer, Deyan Sudjic edited Domus in Milan, was the director of the Venice architecture biennale,
and has curated exhibitions in London Istanbul, Copenhagen and Seoul on subjects ranging from
Stanley Kubrick to Zaha Hadid and Paul Smith. His book the Language of Things has been published in ten
languages. He is the editor of Anima a new magazine on design launched in April 2023.
GIUSEPPE LUPO
Born in Lucania, Giuseppe Lupo lives in Lombardy, where he teaches Theory and History of Modernity in
Literature at the Università Cattolica in Milan. In 2018, he won the Premio Viareggio with Gli Anni del Nostro
Incanto and, in 2011, the Selezione Campiello prize with L’Ultima Sposa di Palmira. Giuseppe is the author
of numerous other novels, including L’Americano di Celenne, La Carovana Zanardelli, Viaggiatori di Nuvole,
L’Albero di Stanze, Breve Storia del Mio Silenzio, and Tabacco Clan (2022).
His most recent book is La Modernità Malintesa (2023). He has published many essays on the culture of the
20th century and industrial modernism, and he collaborates with the cultural sections of Il Sole 24 Ore.
MARIA CRISTINA DIDERO
Independent design curator, author, and consultant, Maria Cristina Didero has collaborated with magazines
such as Domus, Vogue Italia, L’Uomo Vogue, Flash Art, and Apartamento; she was editor-at-large of ICON
Design from 2018 to 2020. Currently she is the Milan editor of Wallpaper* magazine. Maria Cristina has
contributed to numerous publications, and she collaborates with many companies. She works internationally,
curating exhibitions for institutions, fairs, and design-centric events.
Her experience includes 14 years at Vitra Design Museum. In 2021, she was on Stefano Boeri’s curatorial team
for that year’s Salone del Mobile, Supersalone, for which she developed the program of open talks.
In 2022, she was nominated curatorial director of the Design Miami/ fair and presented an exhibition called
“Ask Me If I Believe in the Future” at the MK&G in Hamburg. Photo credits: Stefano Ferroni.
