Life is like an onion, and its every layer represents the values we want to be associated with. That's the underlying belief behind the career and life of Roberto Palomba, Italian architect and designer and founder with Ludovica Serafini of the ps+a design studio. From growing up in the city of Cagliari, on the island of Sardinia, to working for an iconic luxury brand to renovating an old palace in the south of Italy in Puglia, one thing is very clear to Roberto: being remembered for the values and quality of your job is more important than for its style and its fashion.

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Put Design in action! This is Beatrice Leanza’s belief. She is a cultural manager and strategist who draws on her wide international experience in creating connections between creatives, institutions and public.

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Design, as a creative process, isn’t just the result of the ideas of a single person: it’s a collaborative experience that needs and gathers the expertise of many. Bryan Young, an architect interested in product design, and Marius Myking, a furniture product designer working in an architecture firm, open us the doors to their studios , showing us their practices and methods of research.

Salone del Mobile and STIR present Design Voices - #thinkNEXT, produced by Dog-Ear.

There’s always a surprising attitude in human behaviour, a resistance to change even in front of the evidence of climate change, for instance: the role of Design is to stimulate a shift of perspective using the tool of beauty. Daan Roosegaarde is an enthusiastic designer and an engaging creative thinker whose work contributes to a new social awareness.

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Collaboration, storytelling, future of Design and sustainability: these are the words at the core of the conversation between designer Luca Nichetto and Aric Chen director of Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam. They contribute to the discussion bringing all their international experiences to the table.

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Can Design play a role in social awareness? Omer Polak, whose cultural roots wander between Tel Aviv and Berlin, is an eclectic designer and artist: he plays with materials and technologies and investigates the audience’s reactions through the sensory experience: his aim is “to make people think”.

Salone del Mobile and STIR present Design Voices - #thinkNEXT, produced by Dog-Ear.

Salone Satellite is a citadel inside Salone del Mobile, a crossroad where more than 600 young creatives, coming from 48 different countries, can discuss and showcase their ideas and projects around the issues of sustainability and inclusivity. It was amazing to know some of them, coming from different roots and experiences but with a clear vision about the future: the Design community can help society to break down social and cultural barriers and can contribute to produce well living in a more sustainable way.

Let’s meet the curator Myles Igwebuike and the winners of Salone Satellite Award Lani Adeoye (First Prize) Gilles Werbrouck (Second Prize) Djurdja Garčević (Third Prize) Rasmus Palmgren and Emanuele Ferraro (Special Mentions).

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When has Eindhoven transformed into the international famous centre of the Design Academy that we know today? And how was Salone del Mobile years ago? Richard Hutten and Stefan Scholten play with memories and bring us back to the time they were two young designers and part of a large community.

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Put your hands on the objects, touch and play with them, feel comfortable: Francesca Lanzavecchia offers us her playful approach to Design. Salone del Mobile and STIR present Design Voices - #thinkNEXT, produced by Dog-Ear.

All human beings create an unconscious relationship with the environment and the objects around them, claims Naoto Fukasawa. The role of the designer is to observe that interaction and to create objects that will make people happier.

Salone del Mobile and STIR present Design Voices - #thinkNEXT, produced by Dog-Ear.