Are the worlds of design, fashion and beauty increasingly close? This is the sense of the interview made by Lisa Dansi for the cosmetics magazine Cosmopolo to Gisella Borioli, who has something to say about the subject given her background as director of major fashion magazines, art-director for design events and observer of changes of the image company.  

What has changed in the world of design from the 70s/80s to today? What were the imperatives of that time and what are the present ones?
The 70s led us into modernity, into the industrial design wherether search for form and function began to combine with provocation and experimentation. The evolution of society (contestation, politicization, speedup, sexual liberation and divorce) leads to a change that is reflected in life choices and design. The Made in Italy asserts itself...