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 really believe design should be at every table from the kitchen table to the corporate table and everywhere in between."
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Llisa Demetrios
Ep.12 | Chief Curator of the Eames Institute
"We work hard in the hopes that people have an emotional experience in our spaces."
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David Alhadeff
Ep.11 | Founder of The Future Perfect
"If you are looking at an article about an interesting interior, and the photos aren't very good, you have a problem."
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Pilar Viladas
Ep.10 | Design Writer
"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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