Opinionated Podcast
In this series of dialogues Luca Nichetto shares his views on design and the world in conversation with friends, colleagues, and special guests from around the world.
Year 3
In the new season, host Luca Nichetto will delve into the minds and processes of game-changers in the design world. Tune in to hear these fascinating guests share their perspectives and experiences.
"I think technology is always very scary at first. Then, after a while, we get comfortable with it. We've seen historically that's the case."
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Jaime Derringer
Ep.9 | Artist and founder of Design Milk
"I like to think of ourselves as representing designers like a gallery will represent an artist and follow their career."
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John Baker
Ep.8 | Co-founder of Mjölk shop
“I think one of design’s superpowers is optimism because it’s inherently concerned with the future.”
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Hugo Macdonald
Ep.7 | Founder and Creative Consultant
"I live every day as part of a journey, where I transform myself and I try to transform other people too."
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Helen Nonini
Ep.6 | Brand Advisor and Strategic Consultant
"Designing elegant objects is a blessing, but I felt there were aspects that never got out there so I started making toys."
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David Weeks
Ep.5 | Designer
"I felt that I was wasting time by not committing to a single path. Then I understood that I was composing a puzzle."
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Federica Sala
Ep.4 | Design Curator and Advisor
"We wanted to enable people to have the confidence to create a personal space by filling it with things that they love."
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Sight Unseen: Monica & Jill
Ep.3 | Co-founders and Editors
"We have scratched our heads on how to communicate our sustainable work, so people know we are sincere"
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Alev Öztas
Ep.2 | CEO
“In building the whole experience of how we communicate, we use design to guide people. We use design to lead the way.”
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Ermir Peci
Ep.1 | Design Director
Year 2
This season brought together an exciting group of guests, including Beatrice Leanza, Max Fraser, Dan Rubinstein, Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat from Wanted Design, and Ilenia Martini.
"Being a creative director implies wearing different kind of shoes: it's not just business and not creativity. It's in that fun zone in between''
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Ilenia Martini
Ep.5 | Creative Director
"You should never try to replicate an event in another city or country. Each design scenes responded to specific needs."
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O. Hainaut and C. Pijoulat
Ep.4 | Founders
"In media nowadays there is a lack of criticism. Journalists don't have the time, the skills and experience to be critical anymore."
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Dan Rubinstein
Ep.3 | Editor
"Luca has the ability of being seriously funny. He knows when to be serious but he always brings a healthy kind of humour."
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Max Fraser
Ep.2 | Writer and Creator
Year 1
The first season of the Opinionated podcast welcomed a diverse and impressive lineup, including Daan Roosegaarde, Spiller, Giorgia Lupi, and Lino Tagliapietra.
"When you work with a designer, it's important to be connected to his spirit and culture, only then wonderful things come up."
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Lino Tagliapietra
Ep.4 | Artist
“For me data is also a design material, a creative material, that we use to tell stories of different kind. Numbers and data are a beauty to me.”
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Giorgia Lupi
Ep.3 | Data Designer
"Success is being able to do what I like to do, so it basically quals to freedom."
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Spiller
Ep.2 | Musician
"Design's power is showing beauty of sustainable society, triggering people to join."
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