Independent design curator, consultant and author Maria Cristina Didero is Milan editor at Wallpaper*.

Didero has also collaborated with magazines such as Domus, Vogue Italia, Flash Art, Apartamento and Harper's Bazaar, amongst others. From 2018 until 2020 Didero was editor-at-large of Icon Design.

She has contributed to many publications and consulted for companies including Vitra, Fritz Hansen, Lexus, Fendi, Louis Vuitton and Valextra. Based in Milan, Didero works internationally, curating exhibitions for institutions and fairs. After working for many years with Vitra Design Museum, she enrolled in her independent curatorial career presenting projects such as SuperDesign, a project about Italian radical design in New York which comprised an exhibition, film and book published by Monacelli Press.

In charge of the public program, she was part of the curatorial team led by Stefano Boeri for Supersalone 2021. In January 2022 she was appointed Design Miami curatorial director for the year, curating the Basel and Miami Beach fairs under the overarching theme of the golden age.