Rendez-Vous 4.9 – Opening Season XXXV- Spazio Nobile Gallery & Studiolo Kiki & Joost, Duo Show A Complementary Grammar of Creation

Maria Cristina Didero is an independent design curator and author who is based in Milan and works internationally. She has collaborated with various magazines, including Domus, Vogue Italia and Icon Design, and currently serves as Milan Editor for Wallpaper*. She has presented exhibitions at a number of international institutions and worked at the Vitra Design Museum for 14 years. Her most recent projects include “The System of Objects” at the Deste Foundation in Athens, “Nendo: The Space in Between” at the Holon Design Museum in Tel Aviv; “FUN HOUSE by Snarkitecture” at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.; and “Vegan Design – or the Art of Reduction” by Erez Nevi Pana. In 2021, she was part of the Supersalone curatorial team. In 2022, she was appointed Curatorial Director of the Design Miami fair and presented “Ask Me if I Believe in the Future” at the MK&G in Hamburg. In 2023, she co-curated “Droog30” with Richard Hutten at the Triennale Milano and the Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam. In 2024, she curated “A Future for the Past” at the Benaki Museum in Athens, as well as “Craft x Tech” at the Kudan House in Tokyo and the V&A in London. She is frequently invited to participate in panels and talks and has served on juries for Frame, Design Anthology, Dezeen, and the Compasso d’Oro Award in celebration of its 70th anniversary in 2024.