MODEM DESIGN Milano April 2012

FRANCE DESIGN Exhibition 17 - 22 April 2012 from 10am to 9pm “FRENCH DESIGN TALENTS IN MILAN” This VIA exhibition-event, co-produced with the media relations group LHLC Presse - LES AIDES À LA CRÉATION VIA 2012. (Projects produced by the VIA). NEW FURNISHING PROGRAMME: Parades by Mathilde Bretillot. NINE CREATION ASSISTANCE PROJECTS: Jean Couvreur, Grégoire de Lafforest, Renaud Thiry, Jean-François Bellmère, Caroline Ziegler & Pierre Brichet. Jean-Louis Frechin & Uros Petrevski, Mathieu Girard, Laurent Bloedt, Anaïs Triolaire & Loïc Lobet. - MONDE COMMUN This is a collective show that brings together 42 projects designed by students from eight École d’art & design all over France: Eesab Brest & Rennes / Ensa Dijon / Esad Orléans / Esad Reims / Esadse, Saint-Étienne / Esad Strasbourg / Esad Valenciennes. - MATERIAL MATTERS 2 As part of the ‘France Design’ event, propose a journey of initiation into innovative materials and the new possibilities they offer in design and architecture. Three distinct spaces will put things into perspective. *The first, RADICAL LINEN mounted by the CELC will present little-known properties of linen applied to the home and interior design. *The second, by SAAZS , will highlight new solutions using active Quantum Glass. *The third showcases by PARTICULE14 , carte blanche which interpret the properties of banana trunk fibre developed by FIBandCO, along with 3D printing a applications developed by Sculpteo. The members of Particule14 are: François Azambourg, François-Xavier Ballery, Germain Bourre, Mathilde Bretillot, Marc Bretillot, Marie-Christine Dorner, Cédric Martineaud, Patrick Nadeau, Normal Studio. - LES ÉDITEURS presents some fifteen French production firms that have a commitment to innovation and creation: ARTUCE / CONFIDENCE AND LIGHT / ELPÉ / PERROUIN / SAINTLUC / FERMOB / WA.DE.BE / CHIMÈRE / ENO / GALLERY S. BENSIMON / Y’A PAS LE FEU AU LAC / FIBANDCO / METALCO / ZILTEN. - EXPERIENCES: CAFE TOLIX BY NORMAL STUDIO / ICH&KAR / FUTUR HERITAGE PAR LA MAISON REMY MARTIN / PERNOD-ABSINTHE. Press day: 16 April, from 3pm to 8pm Launch cocktail: 7 April, from 7pm to 11pm by inv. only Press Contacts: - Aude Charié / T +33 (0)1 53 24 99 19 audecharie@mlapresse. fr - Emmanuelle Grange / T +33 (0)1 47 48 94 14 egrange@mcscom.fr www.francedesign.eu PADIGLIONE VISCONTI via Tortona, 58 PORTA GENOVA 10 MONDAY 16 APRIL