Jury-GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN / Published on October 9, 2020
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Matteo De Bartolomeis
Publishing Coordinator
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Milan, Italy
PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE – PEOPLE OF DESIGN VERSION!
What prescient youthful memory relates to your present career?
My High School Italian teacher one day told me “you can’t write and have no aptitude for the commercial sector”. In life, you change…
What are three basic rules you learned from your mentors?
1. Always close the circle,
2. Always find the time to raise the head,
3. Little set-backs everyday keep you grounded on Earth…
Any music playing while you work?
Led Zeppelin & Peter Gabriel, all the way!
Helge Øverås, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What is your current design state of mind?
Bored… I feel bored at the moment!
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What peer quality do you most value?
Imperfect perfection
How are your country of belonging’s values reflected in your work?
I try not to be influenced and I struggle against routine. There are no geographical boundaries in my head.
What always inspires you?
The voltage of the last meter…
Matteo is happy, Arcachon, France, 2020. Photo credit: My wife.
If a spell were to transform you into an object, by all means, what would you like to be, and why?
In my wife’s wallet, so I would always be with her!
Pampelonne Beach, France – Source : www.villahostels.com
What is your favorite place in the world?
Pampelonne Beach in Ramatuelle, France…
If you could host any three guests, past or alive, over for dinner, who would you choose and what would you dare serving?
Albert Einstein, Peter Gabriel and the filmmaker, Christopher Nolan.
I’d serve Mozzarella di Bufala, Risotto alla Milanese and Millefeuille for dessert.
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Photo of Christopher Nolan by Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
