Tag Alessandro Mendini

15-04-2022

A Radical Space for art and architecture at Centro Pecci in Prato

Luigi Pecci centre for contemporary art in Prato recently presented Trilogia Urbana, an exhibition about the work of “anarchitect” Gianni Pettena and the Superstudio and UFO groups of Florence, inaugurating Spazi Radicali, an overview of the experiences of Radical Architecture which continues with a closer look at the work done in the past in partnership with the Information and Documentation Centre, the Lara-Vinca Masini Archives, the Urban Center and the City of Prato.

11-03-2022

Marco Zanuso e Alessandro Mendini Design e Architettura exhibition

On March 7 ADI Design Museum opened an exhibition comparing two key figures in Italian design, Marco Zanuso and Alessandro Mendini. Two very different, even opposed figures who share the same empathy for things and the same ability to bridge the boundaries between disciplines, offering solutions crossing the borderline between design and architecture that are appropriate for today’s new mindsets and tastes.

15-12-2016

Antonio Sant'Elia centennial, exhibitions in Como and Milan

Two exhibitions, “Antonio Sant’Elia (1888-1916). Il futuro delle città (The future of the city)” currently at Triennale di Milano and “Antonio Sant’Elia. All’origine del progetto (At the origin of design)” at Pinacoteca Civica di Como, along with a number of other events, look back on the life and career of architect Antonio Sant'Elia a hundred years after his death.

20-10-2016

LAVA wins the 2016 European Prize for Architecture

On September 23 in Athens (Greece) architects Chris Bosse, Alexander Rieck and Tobias Wallisser of LAVA were presented with the 2016 European Prize for Architecture, an award assigned by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.

06-10-2016

The fourth Milano Design Film Festival gets underway

The most anxiously awaited films to be shown at the fourth Milano Design Film Festival include REM, about architect Rem Koolhaas, and a documentary about Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana.

22-09-2016

CERSAIE International Exhibition of Ceramic Tile and Bathroom Furnishings

September 26 through 30 Bologna hosts the 34th CERSAIE, the International Exhibition of Ceramic Tile and Bathroom Furnishings. Floornature will be reporting live from the fair and conducting interviews right in the exhibition halls, and of course attending some of the most glamorous evening events!

17-03-2016

Almost Secret: Drawers, between Art and Design exhibition

From March 26 Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan hosts an exhibition focusing on a common item of home furniture, "the drawer" (and the chest of drawers), reread and interpreted by great masters of design and emerging young designers.

05-03-2015

Alessandro Mendini wins the European Prize for Architecture

Alessandro Mendini has won the European Prize for Architecture, a prize awarded by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.

30-09-2014

Do ut Do 2014 exhibition: Design for Hospices at MAMbo in Bologna

At the same time as the exhibition “Massimo Iosa Ghini. Works” MAMbo also hosts an exhibition about outstanding international designs, the second "Do ut Do" initiative supporting the work of a non-profit hospice foundation, Fondazione Hospice Seràgnoli Onlus.