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Interview with Domitilla Dardi, designer, teacher and curator
The MAG 10/22
INTERVIEW by Cristina Morozzi
Ph: Serena Eller Vainicher
The fourth edition of innovative design fair Edit Napoli – the first edition of which was held in 2019 – was inspired by the “idea of doing beautiful things”, says Domitilla Dardi, curator of design at MAXXi in Rome and professor of History of Design for the three-year degree and master’s courses at the European Institute of Design.
Ph: Serena Eller Vainicher
“This was the idea of mine and of a friend, Emilia Petrucelli, an engineer and finance expert who was eager to change her life. And 13 years ago she and her friends Marianna Lubrano and Maria Rosaria Vuccia opened the MIA Home Design Gallery in Rome, which is a gallery dedicated to a refined selection of art and design and which has quickly gained popularity.”
“After attending three editions of Miart, Emilia wanted to create a curated fair and not just a commercial one. So together we decided to define a clear scope, taking a cue from Petrini’s Slow Food concept. We wanted to offer slow design in a small exhibition, with a maximum of 70 exhibitors, convinced that “less is more” and with a special selection of designs that each have a story behind them. And this upcoming edition from October 7-9 shows that our original idea really worked”.
