2025 · Online · Featured Guest
Curiel appeared in the Fublis “Design Dialogues” series, in collaboration with Rethinking The Future, to discuss his practice as founder and creative director of Lapis Bureau and his work across architecture, landscape and interior design. The conversation explored the studio’s cross-disciplinary method, its Italian roots and its base in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and the values that shape its work across scales.
Italian Design Alliance (IDA) is an Italian non-profit association. It promotes Italian design culture globally and certifies professional excellence, upholding the professional and ethical quality standards of made by Italy.
IDA supports its members through publications, events and international stakeholder partnerships, encourages knowledge exchange among design professionals, builds institutional connections, and acknowledges outstanding international contributors to Italian design culture.
The Italian Design Alliance is an Italian non‑profit association built to elevate Italian design culture on the global stage. We create structured two‑way connections: we support our design‑professional members to gain international visibility, project opportunities and industry partnerships, while connecting enterprises worldwide to qualified Italian‑design expertise. We also set shared professional‑ethics standards, organise publications, events and cross‑border institutional‑educational exchanges, all to uphold the quality and ethical values of made by Italy.
Many associations focus purely on cultural promotion or exhibitions. While cultural dissemination is part of our work, our central priority is practical, actionable matchmaking: bridging design talent with real‑world business opportunities and enterprises across international markets. We combine cultural outreach, institutional‑network building and clear shared professional‑ethics standards to deliver tangible value for both designers and companies.
Our core members are design‑focused professionals and organisations working across architecture, interior design, urban planning, graphics, fashion and related creative disciplines. Beyond formal membership, we also welcome international companies, institutions and professionals whose work actively promotes Italian‑design culture globally to take part in our initiatives and partnerships. If you would like to understand eligibility criteria, membership benefits or application procedures in more detail, please drop us a line [email protected]
