About the author

Laura Traldi is a journalist from Italy, working at the editorial office of D, the Saturday magazine of Italian daily La Repubblica where she writes about design issues, also for the special DCasa. For 7 previous years, she has been freelancing, writing for Interni, Interni Panorama, Flair, Grazia Casa in Italy. She is a regular contributor to DAMn Magazine (www.damnmagazine.net) and she is the European Editor of Australian magazine Curve since 2002.  Contact and portfolio prior to 2010: www.lauratraldi.com. She also edits a design blog on the site of D La Repubblica: designlarge-d.blogautore.repubblica.it