Shaping Spaces from Home to Hospitality: A Lighting Dialogue in Milan is set to take place from 10am on Wednesday 9th April at iGuzzini, Via Brera 5. In the heart of historic Milan at iGuzzini’s showroom in Brera, attendees will kickstart the day with breakfast snacks, coffee and multifaceted conversations.
This year, we’ll be taking a look at the remarkable restoration of Ca’ da Mosto, a palazzo with over a thousand years of history, now transformed into the beautiful Venice Venice Hotel. Before that, however, there is the panel talk! There, we’ll delve into the space between home and hospitality design in a lively discussion led by Timothy Alouani-Roby, Editor at Indesign Media.
Without further ado, here is the line-up of international speakers making up the panel for Shaping Spaces.
Benjamin Hubert is an award-winning British design entrepreneur and founder of creative agency, LAYER. LAYER is focused on experience-driven design for both the physical and digital worlds. Led by Benjamin and a growing creative team, the studio partners with forward-thinking brands – including Nike, Google, Bang & Olufsen, Samsung and Braun – to create products that will help define the way we live, work and communicate in the future, from AI to smart wearables and furniture systems to the next generation of media devices and mobile communication tools. This year, LAYER celebrates its tenth anniversary and will host a retrospective at 10 Corso Como in Milan.
David Hicks has spent the past 25 years shaping the language of contemporary design, curating interiors that embody both architectural discipline and decorative richness. As founder and creative director of his namesake studio, Hicks is known for a refined design ethos that balances spatial precision with material warmth – an approach that has positioned him as one of Australia’s most respected design figures. He is also notably influenced by formative years spent in Malaysia.
Dean Skira is a globally recognised lighting designer with over 35 years of experience. Born in 1962, he began his career as a programmer before studying interior and architectural lighting at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. After founding his studio in the U.S. in 1990, he returned to Croatia in 1995 and established the award-winning Lumenart | Skira Architectural Lighting in Pula. Dean has received over 50 international awards for his innovative lighting design and product development.
Genevieve has an expansive background in residential building and construction, interior design and landscaping. In 2014, her passion for lighting design came to the fore, establishing Wildly Illuminating. Her product knowledge is extensive, including both local and international light fittings – and lighting design experience commencing during her time as an in-house lighting designer for an Italian architectural lighting manufacturer. High-end residential (interior and exterior) lighting for Australian projects in urban, country and waterfront locations are her area of expertise. Genevieve’s passion is designing, specifying, and collaborating to achieve the ultimate lighting outcome for each project.
Sydney architect Georgina Wilson is the founder and principal of architecture and interiors firm, Georgina Wilson Associates. She has hundreds of thousands of social media followers, where she uses these platforms to connect with a mass audience about principles of good – and bad – design. Georgina also recently joined us for the Stories Indesign podcast.
Shaping Spaces from Home to Hospitality: A Lighting Dialogue in Milan is set to take place from 10am on Wednesday 9th April at iGuzzini, Via Brera 5. Places are extremely limited – RSVP here for the last few spots remaining!
