Maria Cristina Didero
Lecture: Design Stories
May 28, 2025 / 19:30
Common Ground
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Common Ground is a special place in the heart of Yerevan - a cultural space where one can find like-minded people to connect with and make cultural exchange.
Located in a historic mansion surrounded by a vivid green garden, there is a bookstore, a wine library and a cafe hiding under the same roof.
Common Ground is also a home for various cultural events: lectures, presentations, movie screenings, concerts etc.
The selection at the store is carefully curated by the Common Ground team. The collection includes publications on architecture, design, philosophy, history, and art, as well as modern prose and poetry.
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Baghramyan 6 ave., +37498855990
Located in a historic mansion surrounded by a vivid green garden, there is a bookstore, a wine library and a cafe hiding under the same roof.
Common Ground is also a home for various cultural events: lectures, presentations, movie screenings, concerts etc.
The selection at the store is carefully curated by the Common Ground team. The collection includes publications on architecture, design, philosophy, history, and art, as well as modern prose and poetry.
Join CG on:
Instagram: commonground_yerevan
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commonground.yerevan
Telegram: https://t.me/commonground_yerevan
Contacts:
Baghramyan 6 ave., +37498855990
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Maria Cristina Didero
Maria Cristina Didero is an Italian curator, author, and design scholar known for her human-centered approach. She is the Curatorial Director of Design Miami, emphasizing that “design is all about people.”
Born in Rimini, she studied literature and philosophy at the University of Bologna and moved to Milan in 1999. She specializes in Italian Radical Design of the 1960s–70s, explored through the “SuperDesign” exhibition, book, and documentary.
She has curated exhibitions with Daniel Arsham, the Campana Brothers, and Oki Sato, and worked with institutions like Design Museum Holon, the National Building Museum, and Triennale Milano. Her projects include collaborations with Fendi, Lexus, and Louis Vuitton.
Didero writes for Domus and Wallpaper (where she is Milan editor) and published the book People by Maria Cristina Didero in 2022. She also co-founded Perfettooo, a digital platform for conceptual design.
Born in Rimini, she studied literature and philosophy at the University of Bologna and moved to Milan in 1999. She specializes in Italian Radical Design of the 1960s–70s, explored through the “SuperDesign” exhibition, book, and documentary.
She has curated exhibitions with Daniel Arsham, the Campana Brothers, and Oki Sato, and worked with institutions like Design Museum Holon, the National Building Museum, and Triennale Milano. Her projects include collaborations with Fendi, Lexus, and Louis Vuitton.
Didero writes for Domus and Wallpaper (where she is Milan editor) and published the book People by Maria Cristina Didero in 2022. She also co-founded Perfettooo, a digital platform for conceptual design.
Lecture: Design Stories
A lecture in Yerevan to connect with the Armenian international design scene is an extraordinary occasion to share the stories behind the projects that have shaped my career so far.
Neither an academic look at the recent history of design, nor a theoretical curatorial presentation, my talk will enlighten the connections, the ideas, and the people behind contemporary design works, installations, exhibitions — both in public and private contexts — that I brought together in recent years under my motto: ‘design is about people not about chairs’. With the idea of telling and not teaching, the excursus will highlight some of the most and different projects I have curated so far, giving all the times priority to people over objects.
Where: Common Ground
When: May 28
Time: 19:30
Participation: free with registration
Neither an academic look at the recent history of design, nor a theoretical curatorial presentation, my talk will enlighten the connections, the ideas, and the people behind contemporary design works, installations, exhibitions — both in public and private contexts — that I brought together in recent years under my motto: ‘design is about people not about chairs’. With the idea of telling and not teaching, the excursus will highlight some of the most and different projects I have curated so far, giving all the times priority to people over objects.
Where: Common Ground
When: May 28
Time: 19:30
Participation: free with registration
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