Intentionality: Slowness as a Subversive Design Methodology with Devika Khosla & Salvatore Peluso

In an age of hyper-acceleration and cultural overproduction, how does the simple act of slowing down become a radical, subversive design methodology? In the 4th episode of our series of Peripatetic Conversations, recorded live around the historic, unhurried creative ateliers of Fornace Curti during Milan Design Week 2026, Devika Khosla @devikas_atelier, creative director of The Works Interiors and the Third Space Podcast ‪@TheThirdSpace_Podcast‬ and design journalist and curator Salvatore Peluso @salvatore.pel walk and talk together with Anshika Mangla @anshikamanglaa, co-founder of Re:Nari, to investigate how we can reclaim our creative focus. Navigating the raw, industrial pathways of the historic kilns, the dialogue addresses the psychological and professional toll of design fatigue, exploring how an intentional relationship with space and time alters the very nature of what we produce. We challenge the boundaries of passive consumption, examining how taking a deliberate moment of pause before the noise of the city begins, finding quiet focus, observing deeply, and anchoring ourselves in our immediate surroundings, is a structural necessity for meaningful creative output. Video Shot and Edited by Alena Belousova @nelabelache Anchored firmly in the Mornings Matter manifesto, this peripatetic (walking) conversation steps away from the frantic, exhausting rush of Salone to directly confront the industry's demand for constant velocity.