Shaping taste in Milan today means working within a system that is already fully formed, yet constantly shifting. It is a city where history and immediacy coexist, and where every intervention becomes part of an ongoing dialogue rather than a definition.

My role is less about direction and more about calibration, sensing what emerges and translating it through selection. Milan requires immersion, and a continuous awareness of how heritage, experimentation and material culture evolve together.

Nilufar has always balanced collectible design, contemporary experimentation and craftsmanship with remarkable precision. How do you personally define the relationship between artisanry, materiality and contemporary design today?

Artisanry, materiality and contemporary design are not separate fields, but a single continuum.

What interests me is when material is not applied but revealed, and when making becomes a form of thinking. The recognition is almost always instinctive, a sense of alignment between gesture and necessity.

At Nilufar, craftsmanship is not a reference, but a structure that allows experimentation to remain grounded and precise.

Your eye for discovering extraordinary pieces has become part of Nilufar’s identity. What draws you to an object and is there a particular piece within your collection that holds special significance for you?

I am drawn to objects that do not resolve themselves immediately, but hold a quiet internal tension.

What matters is coherence between idea, making and presence. The most significant works are those that gradually shift the language of the collection rather than define it.

It is rarely one object, but moments of recognition that change perspective.

Nilufar is now being presented through a temporary exhibition within the ST showroom in Munich. What interested you about this intimate and more residential format, and how do you see the dialogue between Nilufar’s curatorial universe and the atmosphere of the space?

What interested me in Munich is the possibility to present Nilufar within a lived-in environment, where design is part of a domestic narrative rather than a display. The Stephanie Thatenhorst showroom felt like the ideal context, already defined by a highly curated and coherent interior vision.

The selection from Nilufar Edition gains a different resonance in this setting, where craftsmanship, material research and sculptural presence can be experienced more directly. There is also an existing dialogue with Munich that makes this collaboration feel natural, and it further strengthens our presence in Germany.

It is a meeting of two curatorial sensibilities that share the same attention to quality, atmosphere and detail.