Design&Trends
In recent decades, design has contaminated a number of sectors of creative work. This series focuses on the scenarios of future trends, investigating their infinite expressive potential through issues of contemporary relevance and discussions with international designers. A window on the future, to understand and describe how much the world of design is changing, from techniques to new materials, from interiors to installations, from experimentation to contamination with art. In the final analysis, a section all about forecasting and trendsetting in design.
20-12-2023
Not your usual Christmas lights
Changing from inside, renewing the urban dimension of Christmas: this is the goal of Christmas Design, a community event in Bergamo based on an idea by landscape architect Maurizio Vegini, in which nineteen light installations designed especially for the occasion by artists, architects and designers are funded by local businesses, lighting up the heart of the...
29-11-2023
The forests are amongst us
Our relationship with forests is incredibly intense, although we may well not even realise it. An innovative exhibition at the Circolo del Design in Turin - ‘May Contain Traces of Forest’ - explores how the relationship that our socio-economic system has established with tree communities can evolve, starting with the creation of new products and materials, then ending by inviting visitors to...
18-10-2023
Making a community around ceramics
Savona and the two Albisolas are networking, forming a widespread centre to study, conserve and research ceramics. But that's not all: they are bringing artistic handicrafts to life by inaugurating two autumn exhibitions with Tommaso Corvi Mora and Francesca Anfossi. These two Italian artists expatriates in London have returned for the...
20-09-2023
Gio Ponti and the 1920s: the ‘ceramic’ debut of a genius
In 1923, a young Ponti was tasked with kickstarting the Richard-Ginori ceramics and porcelain factory. In the space of just a few years, the architect changed the course of the company and gave Italian-made ceramics a whole new direction. As evidenced by the one hundred rare, never-before-seen pieces on display at MIDeC in...