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American curator and critic; director of the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale ('Out There: Architecture Beyond Building').

Co-creative director of Carven womenswear 2014-c.2017 alongside Alexis Martial, succeeding Guillaume Henry.

Italian entrepreneur, founder of renewable-energy group Asja Ambiente Italia (Asja Group); husband of collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Co-purchaser of Isola di San …

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Chinese artist and activist. Co-designed the 2012 Serpentine Pavilion's underground cork excavation with Herzog & de Meuron.

Mechanical engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 1969; freelance since 1979. Designed the Vitra Meda Chair (1996) with Vitra chairman Rolf Fehlbaum; Good Design Gold Prize Japan 1997 …

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Italian architect, 1990 Pritzker laureate; director of the 1985 Venice Architecture Biennale ('Project Venice'). Author of L'architettura della città (1966).

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Chilean architect, founder of Elemental; director of the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale ('Reporting from the Front'). 2016 Pritzker laureate.

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Spanish architect born 17 October 1963; trained at ETSA Madrid and Harvard GSD (MArch II, 1991). Co-founded Foreign Office Architects with Farshid Moussavi in 1993, and runs AZPML …

Co-founder of Lanza Atelier (2015, Mexico City). Co-designed the 2026 Serpentine Pavilion.

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Editor-in-chief of Domus 1979-1985; also edited Casabella and Modo. Partner at Studio Alchimia from 1978, where he produced the Proust Armchair the same year. Co-ran Atelier …

Milan-based architect and founder of Scandurra Studio. At MDW 2026 he installed 'Mater', a 16-metre ring built from rubble salvaged from Ukrainian schools inside the cloisters of …

AC

British sculptor known for surreal architectural illusions including 'From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes' (Margate, 2013), where a house facade appeared to slide …

Co-artistic director of Hermès Maison.

Co-creative director of Carven womenswear 2014-c.2017 alongside Adrien Caillaudaud, succeeding Guillaume Henry.

Milan-born independent design curator. Studied at IED Milan under Alessandro Guerriero and at Elisava Barcelona; relocated to Austria in 2004 and founded the Schloss Hollenegg for …

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Finnish architect and designer. Co-founded Artek in 1935 with Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen and Nils-Gustav Hahl. Designed the Savoy vase (1936) for the Savoy restaurant in …

Madrid-based designer known for the PET Lamp project; shared a 2026 Loewe Craft Prize special mention with the Baba Tree Master Weavers (Ghana) for Frafra Tapestry

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Portuguese Pritzker laureate (1992). Co-designed the 2005 Serpentine Pavilion with Eduardo Souto de Moura and Cecil Balmond.

American executive who joined Herman Miller as president and CEO in 2018 after 25 years at Gap Inc., became MillerKnoll president and CEO at the July 2021 merger, and announced her …

AB

Florence-trained architect (degree 1966), co-founded radical-design collective Archizoom Associati in Florence in 1966 and was cultural director of Domus Academy from its 1982 …

Collaborated on Bottega Veneta Casa interior (2026).

AM

Milan-based architect and long-time collaborator of Arata Isozaki; co-author of the Allianz Tower in CityLife Milan and several Italian civic projects.

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Born 12 March 1954 in Mumbai. Trained at Hornsey College of Art and Chelsea School of Art. Turner Prize 1991; knighthood 2013. Known for Cloud Gate (Chicago, 2006), Sky Mirror, …

Founding member of the Antwerp Six; born 1959 in Kortrijk. Pregnant during the 1986 London British Designer Show, she did not travel with the others. Founded her eponymous label in …

Berlin-based product designer; graduate of HfG Karlsruhe; co-founder with Lisa Ertel of Studio Œ; co-designer of the Vitra Bascule lounge chair (2026).

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Tirana-born artist working with sound, video, and immersive installation; presented Time No Longer in the Bourse de Commerce rotunda from 14 October 2022 to 16 January 2023.

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Belgian-Italian designer. Creative director of Saint Laurent since April 2016, marking 10 years in 2026. Saint Laurent topped the Lyst Index in 2025.

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Bernard Arnault's eldest son (born 4 June 1977). Chairman of Loro Piana since LVMH's 2013 acquisition; Vice-Chairman of LVMH and CEO of Christian Dior SE since December 2022. …

Born Meda, 1950; architecture degree Politecnico di Milano 1972. Designs office seating for Vitra and furniture for B&B Italia, Flexform, Kartell and Flos. Two-time Compasso d'Oro …

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Founded his independent practice in 1963 after working under Kenzo Tange. Signature works include the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (1986), Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona …

AJ

Danish architect and furniture designer who began collaborating with Fritz Hansen in 1934. Designed the Ant Chair (1952), Series 7 / Model 3107 (1955), and the Egg and Swan chairs …

AJ

American artist and cinematographer born in Tupelo, Mississippi; known for the 2016 video Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death. Co-featured in Fondazione Prada's Helter …

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Cape Town-based designer and artist; founder of Zabalazaa Designs, working across furniture, illustration and sculpture rooted in southern African mythology.

AH

Lifelong Givenchy muse from 1953; wore Hubert de Givenchy designs in Sabrina (1954), Funny Face (1957), Love in the Afternoon (1957), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Charade (1963), …

Italian design theorist (1928–2002) born in Turin; director of the Compasso d'Oro from 1954, co-founder and president of ADI (1992–1998) and president of ICSID (1997–2001). Elected …

French designer and naval architect born in Paris in 1977; trained in design and naval architecture at the University of Southampton. Has directed Hermès Atelier Horizons, the …

Antwerp-born dealer, decorator and gallerist; founded his business in 1969 in the Vlaeykensgang alley before acquiring the Kasteel van 's-Gravenwezel (1984) and developing the …

AA

Tunisian-French couturier who founded Maison Alaïa in Paris in 1979; defined sculptural body-conscious dressing.

American sculptor known for marble and metal reworkings of historical sculpture. Presented 'The Shape of Time' at the Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore for the 2026 Biennale.

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Milanese architecture collective founded 1932 by Gian Luigi Banfi, Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressutti and Ernesto Nathan Rogers. Banfi died at Mauthausen-Gusen in …

Portland-based artist whose paintings and sculptures are placed across the Audo House Tribeca showroom (May 2026).

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Born 5 March 1949; Chairman and CEO of LVMH since being elected chairman of the executive management board on 13 January 1989. Father of Frédéric Arnault, whose 2025 Loro Piana …

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London-based British designer (b.1983), graduated Royal College of Art 2007 under Jurgen Bey and Martino Gamper. Studio Wood London. Commissioned by Moroso, Bitossi, Valextra, …

BJ

Founder of Studio Mumbai. Hand-building, natural materials.

William Eugene Stumpf. Industrial-design BFA at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; environmental-design MS at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Designed Ergon (1976), …

Yale BA in Fine Arts, UCLA M.Arch (b. Ithaca, NY). Co-founder of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects; president of the Architectural League of New York; appointed by President …

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Founder of BIG. Designed the 2016 Serpentine Pavilion of 1,802 pultruded fibreglass frames as an unzipped brick wall.

Paris-born creative director; Chanel PR (1989), Louis Vuitton PR and costume jewellery from 1997 under Marc Jacobs, Christian Dior jewellery director (2009), Louis Vuitton …

Italian cultural manager who has worked at Triennale Milano for over twenty years; appointed direttore generale in 2022 and confirmed in the role under the Trione presidency in …

Turin-based architect, furniture designer and photographer (1905-1973). Full professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Turin from 1953. Buildings include the Teatro Regio di Torino …

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Italian architect, founder of Carlo Ratti Associati and director of the MIT Senseable City Lab; director of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale ('Intelligens. Natural. …

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Venice-born architect known for museum installations and detailing. Renovated the Italian Pavilion at the Giardini della Biennale from 1948, adding the courtyard (1952) and the …

Former member of Konstantin Grcic's studio and co-founder of CPWH, a collaborative practice with Winston Hampel working across architecture and design. Co-designed the scenography …

CB

Structural engineer and former deputy chairman of Arup. Engineered the Serpentine Pavilions of 2002 (Toyo Ito), 2005 (Siza/Souto de Moura) and 2006 (OMA), and co-authored each …

Copenhagen-based designer.

Joined Kering 2012; Saint Laurent EVP product and marketing 2012–2016; Balenciaga CEO October 2016 – January 2025; named Saint Laurent CEO 18 November 2024, effective 2 January …

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Charles Eames Jr. With wife Ray Eames designed the Eames Lounge Chair (1956), Aluminum Group (1958), DCW/DCM plywood chairs (1945–46), Fiberglass Armchair (1948–50) and Wire-Mesh …

Co-artistic director of Hermès Maison.

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Co-designed the LC series with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret.

Founder of Sacai (1999).

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French Pritzker laureate (1994) who designed the House of Dior Seoul, completed 2015 with sail-like fibreglass panels in Gangnam.

German Bauhaus-trained designer and silversmith; foreman of the Bauhaus Weimar metal workshop 1922–1925 under Walter Gropius. Designed the Kaiser Idell lamp family for Gebrüder …

British fashion designer; graduate of the Royal College of Art (MA Fashion Design, 1994). Burberry design director from May 2001, creative director from 2004, Chief Creative …

French jewellery designer; creative director of Boucheron since 2011, overseeing the Vendorama, Animaux and Carte Blanche high jewellery collections at 26 Place Vendôme.

First female artistic director of Givenchy, appointed 2017 and departed April 2020; designed Meghan Markle's royal wedding dress for the 19 May 2018 marriage to Prince Harry — …

Italian art advisor and former managing director of Christie's Italy; vice president of Triennale di Milano from 2013, she served as interim president for roughly twelve months …

Trained at the École des Arts Décoratifs and École des Beaux-Arts in Paris; signature technique was electroplating (galvanoplasty) of organic plant matter in copper sulphate to …

Milanese construction entrepreneur and former president of ANCE; appointed president of Fondazione La Triennale di Milano on 7 February 2012 and reconfirmed in 2014, serving until …

Milan-born, London-based minimalist architect; designer of the 2002 Turin headquarters of the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo at Via Modane 16.

New York-based interior stylist and creative director; styled the Audo House Tribeca interiors (May 2026).

CB

Born 21 January 1895 in Getaria, Basque Country; opened his first house in San Sebastián in 1919 and the Paris couture house at 10 avenue George V in August 1937. Closed the Paris …

Founder of Moody Nolan (1982) in Columbus, Ohio; the firm became the largest African American-owned architecture practice in the United States, receiving the 2021 AIA Architecture …

French luxury executive; CEO of Cartier from 2016 until 1 September 2024, then chairman of Cartier Culture & Philanthropy. Earlier career across Cartier Japan and Richemont Japan.

CEO of Loro Piana 2021–2025, credited with positioning the maison as 'Master of Fibres'. In the March 2025 LVMH reshuffle named Deputy CEO of Louis Vuitton alongside Pietro …

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Conceptual artist whose Before the Storm occupied the Bourse de Commerce rotunda from 8 February to 24 April 2023.

American contemporary artist known for eroded-future sculptures; illustrated the Easter Island volume in the inaugural 2013 Louis Vuitton Travel Book set.

French perfume businessman who acquired Carven in 1998 and installed Pascal Millet as artistic director in 2001 to revive the house's couture activity.

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British designer; chief creative officer of Burberry since September 2022, succeeding Riccardo Tisci. Previously creative director of Bottega Veneta from 2018 to 2021, preceding …

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Architect of the Jewish Museum Berlin. Designed the 2001 Serpentine Pavilion 'Eighteen Turns' in folded riveted aluminium.

Italian designer with prior roles at Bottega Veneta, Gucci, Prada and Miu Miu. Appointed Versace CCO in March 2025; exited after Prada Group's December 2025 acquisition.

DC

Sydney-based industrial designer (Caon Studio); known for Qantas business-class cabin design and product work for King Living.

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British architect, 2023 Pritzker laureate; director of the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale ('Common Ground').

Co-founder and CEO of Amsterdam stone supplier SolidNature, founded in 2011. Has positioned the company as a luxury-brand-style platform working with OMA, Sabine Marcelis, BIG, …

Italian cultural director and curator who served as president of Triennale di Milano from 2003 to 2011, repositioning the institution around design and contemporary culture; later …

DG

Founded Vetements 2014, Balenciaga CD 2015–2024, Gucci CD 2025–.

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Pritzker laureate (2022). Designed the 2017 Serpentine Pavilion as an indigo-blue timber structure with a central rain oculus, inspired by the meeting tree of Gando.

DB

Founding member of the Antwerp Six; born 1959 in Cologne, raised in Belgium. Graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in 1982.

Founding member of the Antwerp Six; born 1959 in Leuven. Founded the label Beauties and Heroes in 1990 and has worked as a painter and sculptor in parallel.

Donald T. Chadwick, UCLA-trained Los Angeles designer. Chadwick Modular Seating (1974), Equa (1984) and Aeron (1994) with Bill Stumpf for Herman Miller; later seating for Knoll and …

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Took over as creative director of Versace after her brother Gianni's 1997 murder; stepped down March 2025 and now serves as Chief Brand Ambassador.

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Belgian fashion designer and Antwerp Six member; founded his eponymous label in 1986, sold a majority stake to Puig in 2018, stepped down as creative director in June 2024, and …

Dutch designer known for upcycled, deadstock-based work; named creative director of Jean Paul Gaultier in April 2025.

Founder of HADES.

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Portuguese Pritzker laureate (2011). Co-designed the 2005 Serpentine Pavilion's interlocking timber lattice with Álvaro Siza and Cecil Balmond.

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British industrial designer born 1969 in Shrewsbury. Co-founded Barber Osgerby in London in 1996 with Jay Osgerby after meeting on the MA Architecture course at the Royal College …

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Designed Knoll's Womb Chair (1948), Grasshopper lounge (1946) and Tulip / Pedestal group (1956); architect of the TWA Flight Center and the Gateway Arch.

American image-maker and ERL founder based in Venice, California. Shot the 2026 Armani/Archivio reissue campaign.

Partner at OMA; lead partner on KaDeWe Berlin masterplan (2021), Off-White Paris flagship (2021) and Beymen Tersane Istanbul (2026).

French executive, EM Lyon graduate, CEO of Alexander McQueen from 9 May 2016 to March 2022. Previously worldwide retail and wholesale director of Saint Laurent; left McQueen to …

German merchant of Hessian origin who joined a Madrid leather collective and gave the brand his name; Loewe opened its first standalone store on Calle Príncipe, Madrid, in 1892.

Decorative arts and design curator at MADD Bordeaux. Co-curator of 'Pauline Deltour: An Apparent Simplicity' (2026) with Berengere Bussioz, Caroline Perret and Konstantin Grcic.

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Born in Innsbruck and based in Milan, hired as Olivetti design consultant in 1956 (Valentine typewriter, 1969). Founded the Memphis Group in Milan in December 1980; the Carlton …

Tokyo-based designer, founder of The Wonder Room, working across product, exhibition and digital design.

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Iranian-born British architect (b. 1965, immigrated to London 1979); trained at Dundee, the Bartlett (UCL) and Harvard GSD. Co-founded Foreign Office Architects with Alejandro …

Milan-based curator. Programs Casa Brera cultural events.

Career Kering executive (since 2006). Gucci HR 2006–2015, Saint Laurent HR director 2015–2020, Saint Laurent President Asia Pacific 2020–2023, Saint Laurent Deputy CEO July …

FB

Italian businessman who ran Benetton Formula in the 1986 Toleman takeover and presided over Michael Schumacher's 1994 and 1995 World Drivers' Championships and the team's 1995 …

Research-driven design studio founded in 2009 by Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin while at Design Academy Eindhoven; based in Milan and Rotterdam. Curators of Prada Frames …

Wellington, New Zealand design office. Designed Generation by Knoll (Best of NeoCon Gold, 2009) with a frameless flex back and 270-degree flex seat.

Tiffany & Co.'s design director 2013-2017, the first woman in the role. Artistic director of watches and jewellery at Louis Vuitton from April 2018, launching the Spirit and Deep …

Italian luxury executive; Saint Laurent CEO 2013-2024; Kering Deputy CEO brand development Sept 2023 - 2025. Named Gucci President and CEO on 17 September 2025, two days after Luca …

Co-founder of Rome-based studio Labics with Maria Claudia Clemente (2002). Lead architect on the 2024–2026 restoration of the Venice Biennale's Central Pavilion.

Italian architect; co-principal of Atelier Mendini in Milan with his brother Alessandro Mendini from 1989.

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French luxury and art-collection magnate; founder of Kering and of the Pinault Collection. His Venice footprint (Palazzo Grassi 2005, Punta della Dogana 2009, Teatrino 2013) …

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Chairman of Kering and CEO of Artémis (Pinault family holding). Stepped back from Kering CEO role in 2025 when Luca de Meo took over operational leadership.

Trained at the Académie Julian in Paris; pioneered zoomorphic sculptural furniture combining utility with animal form, including Moutons de Laine, the Hippopotame Bar, and …

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Designed the Vitra Design Museum (1989). Pritzker laureate 1989.

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Born 7 November 1994; École Polytechnique graduate (2017, applied mathematics and computer science). Joined LVMH in 2017, named CEO of TAG Heuer in 2020, then CEO of LVMH Watches …

French luxury executive; president of Chanel Watches & Fine Jewellery since July 2016. Previously president of Chaumet (LVMH, 2011-2016).

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Mexican architect designing the Met's new Tang Wing for modern and contemporary art. At 38 the youngest architect to take the Serpentine commission in 2018.

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Pioneer of fog sculpture, born 15 May 1933 in Sapporo; daughter of physicist Ukichiro Nakaya. Created the world's first water-based atmospheric fog sculpture in 1970 at the Pepsi …

Founded Chanel in 1910 with a hat shop on Rue Cambon, Paris. Opened her first couture house at Villa Larralde, Biarritz, in 1915.

GA

Italian architect known for the Musée d'Orsay conversion (1986), Palazzo Grassi in Venice, Piazzale Cadorna and the San Babila metro station in Milan, and Olivetti showrooms. Her …

Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi.

Belgian curator and retailer who organised the Antwerp Six's 1986 London breakthrough presentation; co-founded the Flanders Fashion Institute and ModeNatie; co-curated the …

Belgian executive named CEO of Saks Global on 14 January 2026, the same day the company filed for Chapter 11; previously CEO of Neiman Marcus Group 2018–2024, Group President EMEA …

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Born Hans-Georg Bruno Kern on 23 January 1938 in Deutschbaselitz, Saxony; died 30 April 2026. From 1969 painted his subjects inverted as a strategy for figuration without illusion. …

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American industrial designer (Hartford 1908 – 1986) who served as Herman Miller's director of design from 1947 to 1972, recruiting Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi and …

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Rome-born Paris-based couturier. After Roberto Capucci, Fendi and Krizia roles, he was creative director of Emanuel Ungaro ready-to-wear (2001-2004) before founding his namesake …

Italian executive who served as CEO of Alexander McQueen from May 2022 to June 2026. Joined Kering in 2016 as Gucci Greater China president; from 2019 was Gucci president EMEA and …

Italian luxury executive named CEO of Alexander McQueen effective 3 June 2026, reporting to Luca de Meo. Previously brand CEO of Prada (2022-2025), president of Christian Dior …

Appointed CEO of Balenciaga in November 2024, leading the Kering-owned house through the Demna-to-Piccioli creative-director transition and the 2026 promotion of Nathalie Raynaud …

Italian kinetic and programmed-art pioneer; Joe Colombo's younger brother. Collaborated on the 1962 Acrilica lamp for O-Luce.

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Architect and editor of Domus. Defined twentieth-century Italian design.

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Born 11 July 1934 in Piacenza, Italy. Founded Giorgio Armani S.p.A. in Milan in 1975 with Sergio Galeotti; led the maison until his death on 4 September 2025 at age 91.

Italian architect, co-founder with Stefano Boeri of Stefano Boeri Interiors. Source: archdaily.com/1039745

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Italian architect (1893–1982) and leading figure of the Novecento Milanese movement; designed the Palazzo dell'Arte in Parco Sempione (1931–1933) as the permanent home of the …

Director of the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice; redesigned the museum's spaces for Marina Abramović's Transforming Energy (2026), the first time the institution opened both its …

Chief executive of Giorgio Armani S.p.A. following the 4 September 2025 death of founder Giorgio Armani. Charged under the founder's succession plan with executing the sale of an …

GM

Antwerp-trained Belgian designer; creative director of Y/Project 2013-2024 and Diesel since 2020, named creative director of Maison Margiela in January 2025.

Padua-school goldsmith awarded a 2026 Loewe Craft Prize special mention for Collier (2025), geometric gold necklaces inlaid with niello.

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American architect and theorist born 1964; an early pioneer of digital, computational and animate design. Coined "blob architecture" in the essay "Blobs, or Why Tectonics is Square …

French designer who served as Carven creative director 2009-2014, repositioning the house as contemporary ready-to-wear before moving to Nina Ricci (2014-2018) and later Patou.

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Austrian architect, 1985 Pritzker laureate; director of the 1996 Venice Architecture Biennale ('Sensing the Future. The Architect as Seismograph').

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Artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries, London. Curated Matt Copson's 'Fanfare/Lament' for the May 2026 inauguration of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo on Isola di San …

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Lebanese-American architect; dean of MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Director of the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale ('How Will We Live Together?').

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Hired by Pierre Bergé in 1996 as ready-to-wear director of YSL men's collections; led Dior Homme 2000-2007 where his razor-thin silhouette redefined menswear. Returned as creative …

HP

Photographer behind the Saint Laurent Rive Droite Éditions Purienne monograph commissioned by Anthony Vaccarello; founder of Mirage magazine.

Miami-born painter showing 'The Visitors' at Ca' Pesaro during the 2026 Biennale.

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Designed VitraHaus (2010). Pritzker laureates 2001.

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Designer and professor at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), University of Tokyo; co-founder of Craft x Tech with curator Maria Cristina Didero.

Japanese designer and musician (b.1964, Ise, Mie prefecture). Founder of Fragment Design (2004) and pioneer of Tokyo streetwear; long-running collaborator with Nike, Louis Vuitton, …

HD

Founded the House of Givenchy in February 1952; debut collection introduced the Bettina blouse, named for model Bettina Graziani. Dressed Audrey Hepburn from Sabrina (1954) through …

Paris-based studio.

Former partner at OMA; project lead on T Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Venice (2016) with Rem Koolhaas and Silvia Sandor.

Co-founder of Lanza Atelier (2015, Mexico City). Co-designed the 2026 Serpentine Pavilion.

Partner at OMA; co-design partner with Ellen van Loon on Beymen Tersane Istanbul (2026), OMA's first project in Turkey.

Co-founder of Proenza Schouler (2002); named co-creative director of Loewe with Lazaro Hernandez in 2025.

Founder, chairman and chief executive of Authentic Brands Group (2010–). Previously chief executive of Hilco Consumer Capital, where he led restructurings of distressed consumer …

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British industrial designer; founded Jasper Morrison Ltd. in 1986 and co-authored "Super Normal" (2006) with Naoto Fukasawa. Chaired the jury of the 29th Compasso d'Oro ADI on 22 …

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British industrial designer born 1969 in Oxford. Co-founded Barber Osgerby in London in 1996 with Edward Barber after both completed MA Architecture at the Royal College of Art.

Molecular and cell biologist trained at the Pasteur Institute and the Whitehead Institute; descendant of the Gunzburg banking family. With his wife Terry, assembled over four …

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French Pritzker laureate (2008). Designed the all-red 2010 Serpentine Pavilion for the gallery's 40th anniversary.

Kering group COO (finance, M&A, investor relations, real estate, digital). Appointed CEO of Kering Jewelry March 2026, with Boucheron, Pomellato, Dodo and Qeelin CEOs reporting to …

French decorator and furniture designer (1895-1941) known for a 'modest luxury' style that anticipated minimalism. From 1924 he collaborated with Hermès via Jean-René Guerrand, …

Design and brand director of Audo Copenhagen since June 2023, leading the brand consolidation of Menu, By Lassen and The Audo.

CEO of Tapestry, Inc. since October 2020 (interim from July 2020); joined as CFO in August 2019 after serving as COO of Abercrombie & Fitch 2017–2019 and earlier senior finance …

JC

Born Cesare Colombo in Milan; trained at Brera and Politecnico di Milano. In a ten-year career he produced some of mid-century Italy's most radical plastic furniture before dying …

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Appointed creative director of Givenchy in 1995, the first British designer to head a French couture house; departed in 1996 to take the top job at Christian Dior. Currently …

Co-founder (2008) of Copenhagen studio Norm Architects. Led the design of Audo House Tribeca (May 2026), the brand's first US showroom.

Former chief executive of Burberry; departed July 2024 and was succeeded by Joshua Schulman. Previously CEO of Versace.

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Loewe CD 2013–2024. Founded LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize 2016.

South Korean ceramicist (b. 1982) trained at Kookmin University (BFA/MFA/PhD) and Cardiff Metropolitan University; Assistant Professor of Craft & Collectible Design at Seoul …

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Born in Chingford, London. Led Apple industrial design from 1997 and served as Chief Design Officer until departing in June 2019 to found LoveFrom; knighted KBE in 2012; Chancellor …

Creative director of Loewe from 2000 to 2007, succeeding Narciso Rodriguez.

Co-founder and chief executive of Bluestar Alliance (2006–) alongside Ralph Gindi; built Bluestar into a brand-management portfolio of about $13 billion in global retail sales …

Director of design strategy at MillerKnoll; public spokesperson for the 2026 Aeron update.

Appointed chief executive of Burberry in July 2024, succeeding Jonathan Akeroyd. Introduced a cost-cutting programme targeting £40 million in annual savings by 2025 and £60 million …

Welsh knitwear designer appointed creative director of Givenchy women's haute couture and ready-to-wear 2001–2004, succeeding Alexander McQueen.

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Tokyo-based architect. Known for KAIT Workshop, Maison Owl, Children's Park.

Director of MoMu, the ModeMuseum Antwerp, since 2008. Co-curator of MoMu's 2026 retrospective "The Antwerp Six" (28 March 2026 – 17 January 2027).

Polimoda graduate who also studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma and Central Saint Martins; joined Saint Laurent in 2016 under Anthony Vaccarello and rose to womenswear …

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Chanel creative director 1983 to February 2019. Defined the modern Chanel cruise format, taking shows to Antibes, Versailles, Singapore, Dubai, Seoul and Havana.

Co-founder (2008) of Copenhagen studio Norm Architects. Practice partner of Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen across residential architecture, commercial interiors and industrial design.

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Japanese architect, co-founder of SANAA (1995) with Ryue Nishizawa; director of the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale ('People Meet in Architecture'), first woman to direct the …

KK

Japanese architect who founded Kengo Kuma & Associates in Tokyo in 1990; works define a quiet timber-and-natural-material modernism, with V&A Dundee (2018) and the Japan National …

Los Angeles-born architect who co-founded London's Industrial Facility with Sam Hecht in 2002; appointed creative director of Herman Miller alongside Hecht in June 2026 and named a …

Artistic director of Dior Men 2018–2025 (debut SS19, departure announced 31 January 2025) and creative director of Fendi womenswear 2020–2024. Previously menswear artistic director …

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Founding partner of Snøhetta. Co-designed the 2007 Serpentine Pavilion 'spinning top' with Olafur Eliasson.

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Industrial designer. Cassina collaborator.

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Cameroonian-born curator and founding director of RAW Material Company in Dakar (2008); executive director of Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town from 2019. Appointed curator of the 61st …

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Swiss architectural historian; director of the 2004 Venice Architecture Biennale ('Metamorph').

Rome-based architecture and urban-planning practice founded in 2002 by Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori. Key works include MAST in Bologna (2006–2013) and Città del …

Treviso-based artist; her "Momentary Monument – The Library" is staged in the Salone Sansovino of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana as a Fondazione Bvlgari collateral event of …

Daughter of Emilio Pucci; Image Director of Pucci and custodian of the Pucci archive at Palazzo Pucci in Florence. Founded the Laudomia Pucci Foundation and the Granaio dei Medici …

Bvlgari Deputy CEO; assumes the CEO role in July 2026. Quoted spokesperson for the 2026–2030 Venice Biennale exclusive partnership.

Co-founder of Proenza Schouler (2002); named co-creative director of Loewe with Jack McCollough in 2025.

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Pioneer of modernist architecture. LC furniture series with Perriand and Jeanneret.

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British couturier (1969-2010); founded Alexander McQueen in 1992 after a Central Saint Martins MA. Chief designer of Givenchy 1996-2001. Sold 51% of his house to Gucci Group …

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Global CEO of Chanel since January 2022. Previously CHRO of Unilever 2016-2022 (first female, first Asian and youngest in that role). MBA gold medallist from XLRI Jamshedpur …

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Ghanaian-Scottish architect and educator, founder of African Futures Institute (Accra); director of the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale ('The Laboratory of the Future'), first …

LG

Lebanese-born, Paris-based architect who founded Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture in Paris in 2016. Key works include the Estonian National Museum in Tartu (2016), Stone Garden in …

Head of the fashion department at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp from 1985 to 2006 and founding director of MoMu (2002). Widely credited with shaping the Belgian fashion …

LF

Dutch-born, Belgium-based designer; founder of studio Destroyers/Builders, with offices in Antwerp and Brussels and a workshop in Asse. Selected by Cassina under its Patronage …

Berlin-based product designer; graduate of HfG Karlsruhe; co-founder with Anne-Sophie Oberkrome of Studio Œ; co-designer of the Vitra Bascule lounge chair (2026).

Italian art historian and critic; curator of the 2026 Alessandro Mendini retrospective at Villa Giulia, Verbania.

LB

Son of Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli. Executive Chairman of Versace under Prada Group.

Toronto-based Canadian artist whose installation "The Face of Desire Is Loss" anchors the inaugural Bvlgari Pavilion at Spazio Esedra, Giardini della Biennale, 2026. Works with …

French luxury executive; CEO of Vacheron Constantin (2017-2024) and CEO of Cartier from 1 September 2024, leading the maison through its Place Vendôme renovations and the …

British designer with prior creative-director roles at Joseph, Lacoste and Carven; named creative director of Bottega Veneta in December 2024.

LW

Chinese architect, co-founder of Amateur Architecture Studio (Hangzhou, 1997) with Wang Shu. Director of the Sustainable Construction Center, China Academy of Art. Co-curator of …

LD

Italian executive born 13 June 1967. CEO of Fiat Automobiles 2009, of Seat 2015–2020, and of Renault 2020–2025 where he led the post-Ghosn turnaround. Appointed CEO of Kering in …

CEO of Zanotta. Spokesperson for the 2026 Mollino licence awarded by Italy's Agenzia del Demanio via public tender.

CEO of Zanotta who framed the 2026 Mollino licence as a continuation of the company's tribute-edition history. Previously held executive roles in Italian design and luxury …

Italian curator and art historian; curator of the Modern Art Collection at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice. Curated Georg Baselitz's 'Eroi d'Oro' at the Cini Foundation (5 May …

Italian gemmologist and creative director; joined Bulgari aged 18 in the gemmological department under Paolo Bulgari, named Jewellery Creative Director of Bulgari in 2013. Anchors …

President of ADI (Associazione per il Disegno Industriale); sat on the jury of the 29th Compasso d'Oro ADI in 2026.

Italian architect born 1960 in San Giusto Canavese (Turin); trained under Andrea Bruno, worked in Paris 1990–2000 and won the Turin Order of Architects' 2013 'Revealed …

Curator of Mulino Estate (Milan).

MH

Hoffmann-La Roche heir; granddaughter of Emanuel Hoffmann and daughter of Luc Hoffmann. Founded the LUMA Foundation in 2004 and LUMA Arles in 2013. Patron of Rencontres d'Arles, …

MJ

American designer born April 9 1963 in New York. Launched the Marc Jacobs label in 1986; creative director of Louis Vuitton 1997–2014 alongside his own brand. Remains founder and …

MN

Sydney-born designer of the Lockheed Lounge (1988–90), Ford 021C (1999) and Qantas A380 cabin (2009). Joined Apple in 2014 under Jony Ive and became a founding partner of LoveFrom …

Messina-born designer who spent two decades at Fendi from the early 2000s, becoming head of leather goods in 2008 under Silvia Venturini Fendi. Launched his eponymous label in 2009 …

Co-founder of Rome-based studio Labics with Francesco Isidori (2002).

MC

Independent design curator, Domus contributor; co-founder of Craft x Tech with Hideki Yoshimoto. Former director of Design Miami/Basel.

MG

Dior's first female artistic director, leading womenswear and couture 2016–2025 after sharing Valentino's creative direction with Pierpaolo Piccioli. Departure confirmed 29 May …

Italian executive born 1983 in Como; trained in set design at Accademia di Brera, marketing and communications director at family firm Porro S.p.A. President of Salone del …

French jewellery designer; began at Cartier, joined Harry Winston in 2002 as artistic director of jewellery and watchmaking, returned to Cartier in 2016 as creative director of …

MC

Born Carmen de Tommaso in Châtellerault on 31 August 1909, founded Carven in 1945 on the Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées and built the house on couture for petite women; sold the …

MA

Born 30 November 1946 in Belgrade. Pioneer of performance, body and endurance art; known for Rhythm 0 (1974) and Balkan Baroque, which won the Golden Lion at the 1997 Venice …

MT

Bangladeshi architect (Aga Khan Award 2016 for Bait ur Rouf Mosque). Designed the 2025 Serpentine Pavilion 'A Capsule in Time' in wood and polycarbonate.

MY

Founding member of the Antwerp Six; born 1958 in Antwerp. Stepped away from her own label in the 1990s and returned in the 2010s with the MY collection.

MB

Born in Milan 1 February 1935; Politecnico di Milano architecture 1959. Chief design consultant for Olivetti 1963-1991. Designed Cassina's Cab chair (1977, a leather shell on steel …

MP

Nike CEO 2006-2020; executive chairman 2020-. Joined Nike 1979 as a footwear designer. Co-founder with Tinker Hatfield and Hiroshi Fujiwara of the HTM Nike capsule programme …

MT

Central Saint Martins-trained British designer (full name Mark Howard Thomas) who joined Carven in 2023 as head of sartorial and was promoted to design director in March 2025; …

Belgian fashion designer; graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, 1979. Founded Maison Margiela in Paris in 1988 and ran it until his 2009 exit. Sometimes labelled …

MF

Italian architect; director of the 2000 Venice Architecture Biennale ('Less Aesthetics, More Ethics').

British artist whose work 'Fanfare/Lament' was the inaugural Hans Ulrich Obrist-curated commission for Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo's San Giacomo in Paludo opening (7 May …

Managing Director of Bvlgari, on record framing the 2026–2030 Venice Biennale partnership as a multi-edition cultural commitment.

Founder of 1017 ALYX 9SM; appointed creative director of Givenchy June 2020, exit effective 1 January 2024. First American creative director of the house.

Bottega Veneta CD 2021–.

ML

Ohio-born American artist and architect; designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC (1981, completed 1982) as a Yale undergraduate. Designed the water-table fountain …

Belgian fashion designer; appointed creative director of Marni in October 2025 succeeding Francesco Risso and debuted with the Fall/Winter 2026 collection, while continuing her …

Former Polo Ralph Lauren design lead and Celine ready-to-wear design director under Phoebe Philo from 2008 to 2018. Named artistic director of Celine in October 2024 succeeding …

President and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. since January 2024 (joined as president in 2023); previously CEO of Kohl's Corporation 2018–2022 and ~17 years at Starbucks, ending as …

Portuguese designer named creative director of Mugler in March 2025, succeeding Casey Cadwallader.

MA

Los Angeles designer who founded Amiri in 2014 after designing custom pieces for Axl Rose and Kid Cudi; sold a minority stake to OTB Group in June 2019.

MC

Founder of Mass Studies (Seoul, 2003). Designed the 2024 Serpentine Pavilion 'Archipelagic Void'.

MP

Co-creative director of Prada with Raf Simons since 2020; founder of Miu Miu (1993); granddaughter of Prada founder Mario Prada.

Milan-based artist whose "Fragments of Fire Worship" appears at the Biblioteca Marciana as part of Fondazione Bvlgari's 2026 Venice Biennale collateral programme.

NM

Pioneer of multimedia and video installation in India. Presented 'Of Woman Born' at the Magazzini del Sale for the 2026 Biennale, a multi-channel reinterpretation of the Orestes …

American curator and former chief curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Curator of Fondazione Prada's 'Helter Skelter' at Ca' Corner della Regina for the 2026 …

NF

Japanese product designer (Yamanashi, 1956), founder of Naoto Fukasawa Design in Tokyo (2003) and advisory board member of Muji since 2002; long-time collaborator with Herman …

NR

Cuban-American designer; creative director of Loewe womenswear 1997–2000; later founded eponymous label.

Joined Balenciaga in 2021 to lead the leather goods unit; named Chief Product Officer in 2023, overseeing the Cagole, Rodeo and Bel Air bag launches and the revival of Le City. …

NG

French designer who led Balenciaga for fifteen years before being named Artistic Director of Women's Collections at Louis Vuitton in November 2013, a role he still holds.

OE

Artist known for The Weather Project at Tate Modern. Co-designed the 2007 Serpentine Pavilion with Snøhetta's Kjetil Thorsen.

OS

Former OMA partner; co-led the Prada Epicenter New York (2001) and Prada Epicenter Beverly Hills (2004) with Rem Koolhaas. Founded Buro Ole Scheeren in 2010.

Former Director of Palais Galliera (2010–2018), Artistic Director of J.M. Weston (since 2018) and head of the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa since 2017. Long-running performance partner …

ON

Brazilian modernist responsible for Brasília and the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum. His 2003 Serpentine Pavilion was his only completed building in the UK.

OM

American novelist (Eileen, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Lapvona); authored Prada's Ten Protagonists for the SS25 women's collection, ten short stories starring Carey Mulligan.

Italian designer born in Pescara in 1983, founder of his Milan studio in 2010 and partner at David Chipperfield Architects since 2018; designed Knoll's Konzert modular office …

PP

Italian architect and historian; first director of the Venice Architecture Biennale (1980), where his 'Presence of the Past' staged the postmodern Strada Novissima.

French designer installed as Carven artistic director in 2001 by owner Daniel Harlant to revive the house's couture profile after a 1990s licensing-heavy dormancy; later launched …

French jewellery designer; six years at Cartier and eleven years at Van Cleef & Arpels before joining Chanel in February 2009 as director of the jewellery creation studio. Designed …

PU

Long-running collaborator with Cassina.

Life and creative partner of Dries Van Noten; joined the Van Noten company in 1987 and co-founded the Fondazione Dries Van Noten at Palazzo Pisani Moretta, Venice, in 2025.

PS

German architect and theorist born 1961 in Bonn; joined Zaha Hadid's studio in 1988 working on the Vitra Fire Station, became partner, and has led Zaha Hadid Architects as sole …

Art director of family-run upholstery brand Moroso since 1991; awarded the 2026 Compasso d'Oro alla Carriera in the products category on 22 May 2026.

PS

Turin-born collector (24 April 1959), graduate in Economics and Commerce; married to Agostino Re Rebaudengo, founder of Asja Ambiente Italia. Founded the Fondazione Sandretto Re …

Co-founder and longtime CEO of Prada Group; husband of Miuccia Prada; led the group's expansion from a leather-goods maker into a multi-brand luxury group including Prada, Miu Miu, …

PD

ENSAD-trained French designer who worked four years in Konstantin Grcic's Munich studio before founding her own Paris practice in 2010. Produced roughly 180 designs in a decade for …

PM

Queens-born, Cornell-trained architect who founded Peter Marino Architect in 1978; LVMH's go-to interior designer for Dior, Louis Vuitton and Chanel boutiques since linking up with …

PZ

Pritzker laureate 2009. Designer of LACMA David Geffen Galleries.

PW

Musician and designer named Men's Creative Director of Louis Vuitton in February 2023, succeeding the late Virgil Abloh; debuted his first menswear collection for the house in …

PM

London-based Canadian-British designer (studio founded 2008). Educated at Design Academy Eindhoven, ENSCI Paris and University of Montreal. Clients include Established & Sons, …

Algerian-born French artist whose Mont Analogue (2001, modified) crowns the historic Medici column at the Bourse de Commerce as part of the museum's permanent in-situ programme; …

PP

Chloé CD 2001–2006, Celine CD 2008–2018, eponymous label 2023–.

Italian designer; creative director of Valentino 2008-2024 (initially with Maria Grazia Chiuri) before being named creative director of Balenciaga in mid-2025.

PJ

Le Corbusier's cousin and frequent collaborator.

Artistic director of Hermès, sixth-generation Dumas family member; founded Hermès Éditeur in 2005 as a contemporary-art editions programme bridging applied arts and plastic arts.

PO

Dutch garden designer of New York's High Line. Designed the wildflower garden inside Peter Zumthor's 2011 Serpentine Pavilion.

Belgian designer and long-time Raf Simons collaborator (Jil Sander, Dior, Calvin Klein). Creative director of Maison Alaïa 2021–2026. Named Chief Creative Officer of Versace …

RS

Co-creative director of Prada with Miuccia Prada since 2020. Previously creative director at Jil Sander, Dior, and Calvin Klein, where Pieter Mulier worked alongside him.

Co-founder and chief operating officer of Bluestar Alliance (2006–); oversees licensing and brand operations across the firm's fashion and lifestyle portfolio.

RE

Ray-Bernice Eames, creative partner and wife of Charles Eames; co-author of every Eames Office design for Herman Miller including the 1956 Lounge Chair and 1958 Aluminum Group. …

American designer; long-tenured Coach creative director (1996-2013) credited with the house's modern brand identity. Chief artistic officer of Tiffany & Co. 2017-2021, departing …

RK

Dutch architect, urbanist and theorist; founder of OMA (1975) and its research arm AMO; author of "Delirious New York" (1978) and "S, M, L, XL" (1995); Pritzker laureate 2000. …

RR

Italian entrepreneur born 1955 in Brugine (Padua); founded Diesel in 1978 with Adriano Goldschmied, took full control of the brand in 1985, and established OTB Group as the parent …

RT

Creative director of Givenchy February 2005 – February 2017, growing turnover sixfold and codifying the street-luxury era (Rottweiler tee SS11, gothic religious motifs). Chief …

RB

British urbanist; director of the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale ('Cities. Architecture and Society'). Director of LSE Cities.

RP

American appropriation artist born in the Panama Canal Zone; known for the Cowboys series rephotographing Marlboro advertisements and the Nurse paintings. Co-featured in Fondazione …

RS

Co-founder and co-creative director of Viktor & Rolf, born 19 December 1969 in Dongen; met Viktor Horsting at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem and founded the house with him …

SM

Rotterdam-based designer born 1985 in Alkmaar and raised in New Zealand; graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2011 and is known for sculptural work in resin, glass and stone …

SH

London industrial designer who co-founded Industrial Facility with Kim Colin in 2002 after stints at IDEO Japan; appointed Herman Miller creative director with Colin in June 2026.

Director of AMO, OMA's research-and-design studio. Creative lead of the Il Sonno Supermarket installation with SolidNature at Milan Design Week 2026.

SA

Sejima + Nishizawa. Designed Vitra factory building. Pritzker laureates 2010.

Moscow-born, New York-based painter. Presented 'Basic Failure' at Palazzo Loredan / Istituto Veneto for the 2026 Biennale.

Founding principal of Studio Zewde, a landscape, urban design and public art practice based in Harlem, New York. Recognized on Architectural Digest's AD100 and as an Architectural …

British designer who joined Alexander McQueen as an intern in 1996 and led the house as creative director from May 2010 until her exit announced in 2023. Named creative director of …

Irish designer, born 1988. Head of ready-to-wear at JW Anderson before being named creative director of Alexander McQueen in October 2023, succeeding Sarah Burton. Debut AW24.

Swiss-born designer who served as Dior interim co-creative director (with Lucie Meier) between Raf Simons and Maria Grazia Chiuri (2016-2017); creative director of Carven from …

Curator of Marina Abramović's 'Transforming Energy' at Gallerie dell'Accademia for the 2026 Venice Biennale.

Chief executive of ICCF Group (Icicle-Carven China France), the Franco-Chinese parent company of Carven and Icicle.

SM

Irish architect, Grafton Architects co-founder (1978); co-director of the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale ('Freespace') with Yvonne Farrell. 2020 Pritzker co-laureate.

SS

Partner at OMA New York; led Sotheby's NY renovation (2019) and Louis Vuitton 57th Street temporary Maison (2024).

ST

French executive born 25 July 1951 in Casablanca; graduated from École Centrale Paris in 1976. CEO of Christian Dior Couture 1998–2018 and chairman/CEO of LVMH Fashion Group from …

SV

Third-generation Fendi who oversaw accessories and menswear from 1994 — designing the Baguette and shaping leather goods alongside Marco De Vincenzo — and later added womenswear. …

Italian designer with prior tenure at Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana; served as creative director of Bally before being named creative director of Jil Sander in 2025.

Milan-born designer appointed creative director of Jil Sander in March 2025 succeeding Lucie and Luke Meier; previously creative director of Bally from 2023 and a long-tenured …

SR

Chilean architect based in Santiago. Designed the 2014 Serpentine Pavilion as a translucent fibreglass shell on quarry boulders.

SF

Japanese architect of House NA. Designed the 2013 Serpentine Pavilion as a cloud-like lattice of 20 mm white steel poles.

SB

Italian architect, born 25 November 1956 in Milan. Co-founder of Boeri Studio (1999, with Gianandrea Barreca and Giovanni La Varra) and founder of Stefano Boeri Architetti (2011). …

Italian luxury executive; graduate in Political Science, University of Turin. 20 years at Prada (1999–2019), 5 years at Louis Vuitton as head of image and communications …

Joined the YSL design studio under Tom Ford and was promoted to creative director of Yves Saint Laurent in 2004, leading the house through March 2012. Later head of design at …

SM

British designer, Central Saint Martins 1995 graduate. Creative director of Chloe 1997-2001; founded eponymous house with Gucci Group 2001. Long-standing no-leather, no-fur house …

Zurich-based Swiss architect and designer running an independent studio. Working with Vitra since 2017; designer of Vitra's Reset modular workplace system (2026) and Dancing Wall …

Creative director of Loewe 2008–2013, departing to become executive creative director of Coach; succeeded at Loewe by Jonathan Anderson.

Principal of Counterspace (Johannesburg). The youngest architect ever commissioned for the Serpentine Pavilion (2020/21).

TA

Designed Vitra Conference Pavilion. Pritzker laureate 1995.

Founder of beauty house By Terry (1998); spent fifteen years at Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, where as creative director she developed Touche Éclat. Personally acquainted with Claude …

TG

Chicago-based artist. Trained as a ceramicist; works in sculpture, urban planning, craft.

TM

American atmospheric physicist who co-developed the high-pressure pump nebulization system that enables Fujiko Nakaya's fog sculptures, starting with the Pepsi Pavilion at Expo '70 …

TS

Co-designed Notes from the Precipice with HADES (2026).

TH

Nike Vice President for Design and Special Projects; designed Air Jordan 3 (1988) through Air Jordan 15 (2000) and the Air Max 1 (1987). Co-founder with Mark Parker and Hiroshi …

Princeton-educated American architect (b. Detroit); Fellow of the American Academy in Rome; co-founder of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (1986) with Billie Tsien, his …

TD

Founder of Tom Dixon (2002). Previously creative director at Habitat.

TM

Kobe-born, New York-based architect; founded Toshiko Mori Architect (1981). Robert P. Hubbard Professor at Harvard GSD; first female faculty to receive tenure at GSD (1995). …

TN

Founding member of post-punk band Plastics (1976) and Melon (1981); co-founder of Major Force record label (Tokyo, 1988) with Hiroshi Fujiwara and others, generally credited as the …

TI

Pritzker Prize laureate (2013) whose seminal Sendai Mediatheque opened in 2001; later projects include the National Taichung Theater (2014). Curated and exhibition-designed Andrea …

TS

Houston-born rapper and Cactus Jack Records founder (2017). Collaborator on the 2021 Air Jordan 1 High and Low with Fragment Design (the Cactus Jack x Fragment x Nike …

UF

Swiss contemporary artist known for wax sculptures that burn down over the course of an exhibition. Installed Untitled (2011) in the Bourse de Commerce rotunda for the museum's May …

VH

Co-founder and co-creative director of Viktor & Rolf, born 21 May 1969 in Geldrop; met Rolf Snoeren at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem and founded the house with him in 1993.

Chef de cave of Dom Pérignon since 2019 (successor to Richard Geoffroy). Conceptual contributor to the 2026 House of Gestures performance at Guggenheim Bilbao.

Italian designer; creative director of Pomellato since 2004, shaping the Nudo, Iconica and Sabbia collections from the maison's Milan workshop within Kering's Jewellery Division.

VD

Milan-based architect. Restored Loro Piana's Casa Brera (2026).

Italian art historian and curator born 1972 in Sarno; full professor of contemporary art history and art-and-media at IULM Milano, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Tourism …

VV

Worked under Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel for decades; appointed Chanel artistic director in February 2019 after Lagerfeld's death. Departed June 2024.

WV

Founding member of the Antwerp Six; born 1957. Head of the fashion department at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp since Linda Loppa's 2006 departure.

WS

Chinese architect, co-founder of Amateur Architecture Studio (Hangzhou, 1997) with Lu Wenyu. First Chinese citizen to win the Pritzker Prize (2012). Dean, School of Architecture, …

Co-founder, chairman and CEO of WHP Global (2019–). Previously CEO of Sequential Brands Group and COO of Iconix Brand Group; built WHP into a brand-management platform crossing …

YB

Lausanne-born American designer who founded San Francisco's Fuseproject in 1999; designed Herman Miller's Sayl chair (2010) and Public Office Landscape system (2013).

YF

Irish architect, Grafton Architects co-founder (1978); co-director of the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale ('Freespace') with Shelley McNamara. 2020 Pritzker co-laureate.

ZH

Designed Vitra Fire Station (1993). Pritzker laureate 2004.