From 17 to 23 April, the Fuorisalone 2023 event returns including great novelties in via Tortona, that has always represents a crossroads of enthusiasts, designers and architects. So this year as well, the design will be the protagonist in Tortona and Base Milano with new projects and initiatives.
Fuorisalone 2023: Tortona Rocks
“How Do We Take Care of Tomorrow? Design Instructions”. A question addressed to everyone to encourage alternative lifestyles as a response to the pressing issues we face today. The programme of events, curated by Milano Space Makers, offers a reflection on how we are all active participants in redesigning a new lifestyle: one that is more attentive to our habitat, centred around human beings and our ever-evolving needs. Amongst the highlights of this edition is Ikea, with its Assembling The Future Together project: an exhibition celebrating 80 years since the brand’s foundation with a whistle-stop tour of its most iconic products from years gone by and exclusive previews of products destined to define the future of modern living. Archiproducts Milano will also see interior design tinged with a new level of awareness thanks to Terra, by Studio Pepe. Highly tactile and metaphysical, the project represents a journey into the rediscovery of a more authentic relationship with the planet we call home. With Paola Navone, meanwhile, there will also be reflections on the durability of objects as a means of breaking the vicious cycle of production and consumption, thanks to Take It or Leave It, a raffle organized by New York-based media company The Slowdown featuring objects collected or designed by the designer herself. Opificio 31 defends its long-running status as a crossroads of international design trajectories. The venue will be graced by Cesvi and photographer Fabrizio Spucches, along with German Design Council, MR Digital in collaboration with Stefano Boeri Interiors, Prelude, Habits, Fundermax, Toyota Logistic Design Competition and Studio di Progettazione Palladino. Waste-Less, the pilot upcycling project resulting from a collaboration with Amsa, means that this year Opificio 31 will once again set the standard for sustainable events by taking steps to reuse and recycle all installation materials used. The exhibition circuit continues in via Tortona with Peugeot and Unwanted Furniture, a project by Open Dot and Amsa.
Fuorisalone 2023: Base Milano
Diversity, equity, inclusions and accessibility are the four key words of the events taking place at Base Milano, which this year presents the third edition of We Will Design: We have an I.D.E.A with designers from all over the world, schools, universities, international institutions, young students reflecting on the concept of plural and inclusive design. The Ground Hall of Base will host a large immersive installation signed by Claire Fontaine, collective artist founded by James Thornhill and Fulvia Carnevale in 2004 in Paris, based in Palermo since 2007. CasaBase will become Temporary Home, a sui generis residence for five female designers and artists from France, England, Holland, Greece, Germany: Adi Hollander together with Otherabilities, Andreas Tegnander and Ildikó Horváth, Maria Varela, Sanne Visser, Emma Sfez and Louisa Wolf. Exhibit will collect the works of academies, universities, such as the Design School of the Milan Polytechnic, Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne, Manchester School of Art, Tecnológico de Monterrey, in addition to design studios and emerging designers. Among the participating designers: Eva Lotta Landskron, Sohye Shin, Juliette Van Der Mosten, Hyukjoon Choi, Matilde Brizzi, Margarida Coelho, Ava Asaadi, Studio Sophia Schullan, Guus Hoeberechts, Agnieszka Cieszanowska, Bruno Szenk, il collettivo AAA, Eungyun Kim, Greta Ballschuh, Miocugino and Alvar Aaltissimo, Standard404 & Eretico, Analogique and Davide Tagliabue. There will also be a space dedicated to children with the program titled We Will Design - Kids. From March 15, Base Milano offers “We Will Design Music – Warm Up”, a music festival. At Volvo Studio Milano there will be four evenings for four artists. Finally, during the design week, in collaboration with Le Cannibale, the former Ansaldo will become a nightclub: electronic, house, techno, disco, world music with HAAi, Dj Phyton, Fabio Monesi, Hiroko Hacci.
Photo: courtesy of Base
