Yves Béhar Yves Béhar, Founder and CEO of fuseproject, is a designer and entrepreneur who believes that integrated product, brand and experience design are the cornerstones of any business. Béhar has pioneered design as a force for positive social and environmental change. His humanitarian work includes the One Laptop Per Child and See Better to Learn Better, which has distributed 6 million free corrective eyeglasses to schoolchildren in Mexico for the last 10 years. He received the INDEX Award for these projects, making him the only designer to have received the award twice. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Iryna Belan After graduating from the Cherson Teachers’ Training College in Ukraine, Iryna attended the Faculty of Spatial Design at the British High School of Art and Design. Since 2005 she has worked as an interior designer and decorator. The Italian manufacturers Milano Bedding have produced one of her designs, the Booklet ottoman, for more than ten years. Iryna has been the editor of Salon Magazine Azerbaijan and assistant editor of the Ukrainian magazine Domus Design. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Nicholas Belfield Nicholas Belfield has been in the lighting industry for 27 years, and joined dpa lighting consultants in 2006. Working extensively on prestigious projects worldwide and nationally, Belfield has been an integral part of the practice’s growth and development over the past two decades, recently taking on the role of partner in the London studio. dpa has completed over 7,500 projects in 80 countries over 67 years – an achievement which has been rewarded with many national, European and international awards. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Teresa Bellemo Teresa Bellemo deals with communication and works for Rivista Studio. She has directed Cosebelle magazine and writes for several online and print magazines, such as Icon Design and Living Corriere. She lives in Milan. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Piero Benvenuti Piero Benvenuti is Professor Emeritus of Astrophysics at the University of Padua and was recently appointed Director of the International Astronomical Union Centre for the Protection of Dark and Quiet Skies from Interference by Satellite Constellations (CPS). He carried out part of his activity for the European Space Agency (ESA) as manager of the astronomical satellite International Ultraviolet Explorer and the Hubble Space Telescope. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Porzia Bergamasco Porzia Bergamasco is a journalist, critic, curator and teacher, specialising in design and architecture, communication and contemporary aesthetic phenomena. With a degree in Modern Literature, her career began in the mid-80s in Bari, her native city, where she was involved with information, cultural and regional policy, architecture, design and contemporary art, contributing to magazines and working as a press officer for international events and festivals. She lived in Rome from 1991 to 1999, where she also worked in television, before moving to Milan, where she is the curator of Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Anne-France Berthelon Creative strategy and communication consultant, design critic and freelance journalist based between Paris and Marseille, Anne-France Berthelon is an adept of crossovers, versatility, travels, ideas, encounters and conversations. She has created knitting patterns for fashion magazines while studying Languages and found herself freelancing as a copywriter and strategic planner in the last golden years of advertising, before becoming a trends analyst and brand consultant for fashion agencies. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Tulga Beyerle Tulga Beyerle (b. 1964, Vienna) has been director of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MKG) since 1 December 2018. In keeping with the goal of museums of applied and decorative arts everywhere to provide inspiration for the best in design both in the present and future, Beyerle strives to position MKG as a place of myriad possibilities and a platform for discourse and negotiation at the highest level and yet without excluding any members of society. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Federica Biasi Federica Biasi, born in Milan in 1989, opened her studio in 2015 after spending two years in the Netherlands, where she deepened her understanding of Nordic design and developed her own distinctive style. Passionate about craftsmanship, photography, and travel, she combines tradition and manufacturing techniques from different cultures with industrial design, always seeking a refined aesthetic and a balance between forms and processes. The tactile aspect and research are always central to her creative journey. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Antonio Biella Antonio Biella, General Manager of Acqua S.Bernardo since 2015, helms the brand in Italy and in the new European and global markets. An innovative flexible development strategy has seen the long-established mineral water company reprise its starring role on Italian and cosmopolitan tables. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Wu Bin Wu Bin is the founder of W.DESIGN China and the forward-thinking visionary known for his unique interior design style, "Modern Orientalism." With more than two decades of success in interior design across Asia and beyond, Wu seamlessly blends traditional Eastern aesthetics with Western modernist design techniques, leading the way in transformative design and cultural fusion. His respect for heritage and global perspective breaks boundaries and transcends space and experience, inspiring and captivating audiences worldwide. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Hélène Binet Binet is an internationally renowned Swiss-French photographer based in London. She studied photography at the European Design Institute in Rome, where she spent most of her formative years. Over more than 35 years, Binet has immortalized both contemporary and historical architecture. A fervent supporter of analogue photography, she works exclusively with film. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Jean Blanchaert Jean Blanchaert (Milan, 1954) is a contemporary art gallerist, curator and art critic. The Galleria Blanchaert, in Milan, set up in 1957 by his mother Silvia, has held hundreds of exhibitions in Italy and abroad featuring the work of some of the leading artists/craftsmen in the world. Blanchaert has curated dozens of exhibitions in institutional places, on glass, ceramics, iron, wood and marble, as well as art and photography. He has been a permanent contributor to the monthly magazine Art e Dossier (Giunti Editore) since 2008. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Luisa Bocchietto Graduated from the Polytechnic of Milan, she has her own professional studio in Biella. She works for both public and private clients, carrying out building and urban recovery projects, installations, furnishings and strategic planning for associations and institutions. She was president of the Order of Architects of Biella, President of ADI, President of WDO World Design Organization. She’s currently a Senator of WDO. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Stefano Boeri Stefano Boeri, architect and urban planner, is Full Professor of Urban Planning at Politecnico di Milano and Director of the Future City Lab at Tongji University in Shanghai. Since 2018 he has been President of Triennale Milano and since 2020 he has chaired the Scientific Committee of Forestami, the urban forestry project in the Milan metropolitan area.Architect of the Bosco Verticale (Boeri Studio, Milan, 2014), Stefano Boeri is one of the main players in the debate on climate change in the field of international architecture. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate
Ilaria Bonacossa The Director of Artissima International Fair of Contemporary Art since 2017, Ilaria Bonacossa is an art critic and curator. With a degree in Contemporary Art History from the State University of Milan, after taking a master in curatorial studies at Bard College (USA) she worked in New York at the Whitney Museum. For nine years curator of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin, in 2007 she was a member of the Jury for the Leone d’Oro of the 52nd Venice Art Biennale. Add to bookmarks I want to partecipate