Milan Design Weeks
April 2024

The monographic exhibition Nice to See You features around thirty works, old and new, but mainly unreleased, by renowned architects, artists, and Italian designers. Gaetano also unveils L’Uomo Stanco, a monumental outdoor installation speaking about the ethical tiredness of the so-called Stronger Sex. The installation is placed in piazza San Pio XI.

Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana
piazza Pio XI 2
20123 Milan

More info:: www.gaetanopesce.com/

The Korea Craft & Design Foundation presents Thoughts on Thickness, showcasing Korean design, crafts, and art mixing art and design. Curated by Choi Jooyeon, the exhibition is divided into three parts: in Variation in Thickness explores contemporary Korean crafts emphasizing material power and contemplative art; Sobak captures Korean culture’s simplicity and aesthetics; Madang of Coexistence offers a unique gathering space in the gallery garden, resembling a traditional Korean house, fostering deeper understanding and communication.

Galleria Rossana Orlandi
via Matteo Bandello 16
20123 Milan

More info:: www.kcdf.or.kr/eng

MoscaPartners selected architecture firm Park Associati to conceptualize and design the exhibition spaces at the new Design Variations venue, a garage spanning 3000 square meters located in the historic Darsena area of Milan, within the 5Vie district. This year, Design Variations welcomes visitors with a site-specific installation titled Corridoio by the French, naturalized Italian, artist Nathalie Du Pasquier. This year, Design Variations presents a site-specific installation titled Corridoio by the French, naturalized Italian, artist Nathalie Du Pasquier, who will create twelve large decorative panels printed on Meg, a versatile material designed for the outdoor, resistant to light and weather, suitable for the construction sector and produced by Abet Laminati, partner of the project. In continuity with the experiences of previous editions, the work will not be limited to Milan Design Week, but will have a second life in order to guarantee the continuity and diffusion of art through sustainable projects.

Garage
viale Gorizia 14
20144 Milan

More info:: parkassociati.com/

Samsung presents Newfound Equilibrium, an inspiring vision of a better future that encompasses the balance between humans and technology. The exhibition spotlights the themes of "Essential, Innovative, Harmonious", a holistic process that places the well-being of human beings and their surroundings at the center of Samsung's commitment.

Le Cavallerizze
via Olona 6 bis
20123 Milan

More info:: design.samsung.com/global/

Now in its eighth edition, Doppia Firma-Double Signature is a project that brings together European design innovation and the tradition of great artisanship by creating a unique collection of original, refined objects. The aim is to give birth to new artworks that arise from a cross-fertilization of a design culture open to contemporary vision and a savoir-faire that is a genuine expression of territorial uniqueness. This year’s event features the following pairings: Ahmad Angawi / Fratelli Boffi, Elliot Barnes / Pietro Virzi, Marco Campardo / Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, Cristina Celestino / Serapian, Natalia Criado / La Fucina di Efesto, Nada Debs / Artèpura, Chris Fusaro / Argenteria Miracoli, Agostino Iacurci / Rosetta Gava, Materra-Matang / Stefano Villa, Nendo / Tonino Negri, Ludovica Serafini + Roberto Palomba / Anita Cerrato, Jean Servais Somian / Giordano Viganò, Studio Job / Ganci Argenterie, Elisa Uberti / Pino Grasso Ricami, Marcel Wanders / Ambrogio Carati.

Villa Mozart
via Mozart 9
20122 Milan

More info:: www.doppiafirma.com/

At Palazzo Litta, an immersive installation comes to life thanks to the sinuous branches of the willow tree, decorated with the exquisite textile creations of the Antica Fabbrica Passamanerie Massia Vittorio 1843 of Turin. Paolo Borghi, a music therapist and musician, has helped to tune the sound balance of the branches' bar chimes, transforming the metal into a carrier of universal sound and vibrant energy. In the shade of the hanging branches of a willow tree, stillness reigns. This tree, with its delicate branches curving downwards, offers a reassuring refuge. It is an emblematic symbol of the life cycle, female cyclicity, and lunar power. Its branches become harmonic musical instruments, turning into hydrophones that emit sound vibrations through small metal bells. These notes, blown by the wind or the passage of people, evoke a melody with ancestral roots. A landscape that invites peace and meditation, where sound becomes a caress for the soul.

Palazzo Litta
corso Magenta 24
20121 Milan

Gufram in Motion – La Bocca è Mobile is a unique collaboration between Gufram and Motion Italia, a leading Italian company specializing in motion mechanisms for sofas. The Bocca sofa is a radical icon created by Studio65 in 1971 for Gufram and comes to life with movement. Leveraging Motion Italia’s expertise, the sofa gives smiles and kisses.

Palazzo Litta – Sala degli Specchi
corso Magenta 24
20121 Milan

More info:: www.motionitalia.it/

Artemest presents the second installment of L’Appartamento, a showcase celebrating the beauty and uniqueness of Italian craftsmanship and design. The space is curated by Elicyon, Gachot, Rottet Studio, Studio Meshary AlNassar, Tamara Feldman Design, and VSHD Design. The six prestigious interior design firms will each curate one of the rooms using exclusively Artemest furniture, lighting, décor, and art by the finest Italian artisans, brands, and artists.

Residenza Vignale
via Enrico Toti 2
20123 Milan

More info:: artemest.com/it-it

The new interiors project signed by designer Maria Vittoria Paggini explores the concept of nudity within an erotic and symbolic iconographic context. Maria Vittoria Paggini opens the doors of the transformist apartment in the heart of the 5Vie, part private house, part gallery, which this year promises to overturn the canons of living with an installation that reflects on the sense of nudity, in the unfolding of an erotic and symbolic iconographic paradigm. At Casa Ornella nudity does not express itself in a reduction of stylistic codes and formal sobriety but becomes an intense and opulent stage where the body is staged. This is the only “undressed” element shown in its roughness and at the same time decorative texture of the interior project. Abandoned clothes, masks, and superstructures, the home a place of intimacy, becomes the sphere of choice to celebrate a newfound authenticity by stripping away the veils of stereotypes. Porno Chic is the concept that Maria Vittoria Paggini is presenting at Milan Design Week 2024. An experience of the rediscovery of the self, starting from the body, the instrument of a new palingenesis, resetting the sense of the obscene often attached to it.

via Conca del Naviglio 10
20123 Milan

More info:: mariavittoriapaggini.com/

The Arnaldo Pomodoro exhibition, titled The possible movement, is curated by Alberto Salvadori in collaboration with the Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation. Thanks to a highly sought-after group of sculptures, design studies, jewellery, drawings, multiples, and artists' books - partly from the Foundation's collection - the exhibition offers the opportunity to explore Pomodoro's activity starting from the beginning of his career, always moving and evolving, with the extraordinary presence of some unpublished works dating back to the second half of the 1950s.

Cortesi Gallery
via Morigi 8
20123 Milan

More info:: www.fondazionearnaldopomodoro.it

The series of exhibitions dedicated to Ettore Sottsass continues in the Sala Sottsass, home since January 2021 to the permanent installation of Casa Lana – the interior of a private residence designed by Sottsass around the mid-1960s in Milan, faithfully reconstructed at Triennale and accessible to the public thanks to a donation by Barbara Radice Sottsass. Design Metaphors is the fourth exhibition. It brings together a series of photographs taken by Sottsass between 1972 and 1978 on the subject of architecture, design, and living.

Triennale Milano
viale Emilio Alemagna 6
20121 Milan
P : +39 02 72 43 41

More info:: info@triennale.org
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An exhibition, organized by The Hungarian Fashion & Design Agency, highlighting Hungary’s thriving creative community, curated by Rossana Orlandi. It celebrates the creative ambiance of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary cradled by the Danube as a nexus of cultural fusion. It emphasizes the city's unique ability to preserve its multifaceted historical traditions while embracing modernity. Design Walk in Budapest serves as a curated exploration of Budapest's artistic soul, guided by visionary designers and artists. Their reinterpretations of the city's architectural marvels breathe new life into historical monuments, infusing them with contemporary relevance.

Triennale di Milano
viale Emilio Alemagna 6
20121 Milan

More info:: triennale.org/en

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Triennale Milano and Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain are presenting, within the ambit of their cultural partnership, a wide-ranging retrospective on Alessandro Mendini’s work as an architect, designer, artist and theorist who revolutionized thinking and lifestyle in the last century and the new millennium. The title of the show, Io sono un drago (I Am a Dragon), is inspired by one of his most emblematic self-portraits, to emphasize his uniqueness in the design world. The project realized in collaboration with Archivio Alessandro Mendini and curated by Fulvio Irace, is divided into various thematic sections. It brings together works with varying formats, materials, and subjects, which come from many public and private collections, and sees the participation of critics from all over the world.

Triennale di Milano
viale Emilio Alemagna 6
20121 Milan

More info:: www.fondationcartier.com/en/

An immersive, site-specific installation that will take visitors into Alessandro Mendini’s subconscious and his creative universe through the visionary eyes of Philippe Starck, one of the most brilliant creators of our time. An impressionistic journey, guided by sounds and images in constant transformation.

Triennale di Milano
viale Emilio Alemagna 6
20121 Milan

More info:: triennale.org/en

A tribute to Dan Graham (Urbana, 1942 - New York, 2022), one of the most important international conceptual artists, through a focus devoted to "pavilions," works created since the 1980s that lie on the border between art and architecture. Accessible and visitable, the pavilions, constructed of steel and glass (mirrored or semi-reflective), create an environmental dimension that challenges the viewer's perception and relationship with space. The outdoor space in front of the Palace of Art houses the large-scale London Rococo pavilion, commissioned in 2012 for Sculpture in the City of London. In the garden, the Sagitarian Girl pavilion from 2008 is presented. Part of the Cuore, on the other hand, is dedicated to hosting video documentation, works, and in-depth materials.

In collaboration with: Estate of Dan Graham Curated by: Maurizio Bortolotti

Photo: A model poses inside the Exhibition of household objects (or Mostra OObjecti d'Uso), in the USA Pavilion designed by architects Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressutti and Ernesto Nathan Rogers.

Triennale Milano
viale Emilio Alemagna 6
20121 Milan
P : +39 02 72 43 41

Contact: info@triennale.org
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