"Italian Design: from Classic to Contemporary",
Salone del Mobile.Milano for Bloomingdale’s.
Site-specific installation curated by Ferruccio Laviani
- Ph. Davide Colombino
Salone del Mobile.Milano News
From 5 to 29 September, at Bloomingdale’s, the department store in the Big Apple, an exhibition and a series of talks together with the Salone del Mobile.Milano, between De Chirico, Luca Ronconi and Achille Castiglioni
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Italian Design: from Classic to Contemporary Salone del Mobile.Milano lands in New York for the first of three international events
A tribute to Italian design curated by Ferruccio Laviani in the heart of New York, with 23 Made in Italy brands and a calendar of talks dedicated to the culture of design: thus begins the Salone del Mobile.Milano’s new journey around the world. Next stops: Shanghai, with a site-specific installation for Art Week, and Hong Kong, for the presentation of the SaloneSatellite collection.
Yesterday evening, the design community gathered in Bloomingdale’s New York flagship store to celebrate the opening of the Salone del Mobile.Milano’s installation Italian Design: from Classic to Contemporary. Curated by Ferruccio Laviani, this tribute to Italian design culture will be on display until September 29th. The installation will be accompanied by a series of engaging talks entitled Conversations about Italian Design, curated by Annalisa Rosso.
"italian Design: from Classic to Contemporary",
Salone del Mobile.Milano for Bloomingdale's.
Window display
- Ph. Davide Colombino
"italian Desiqn: from Classic to Contemporary",
Salone del Mobile.Milano for Bloomingdale's.
Site-specifc installation curated by Ferruccio Laviani
- Ph. Davide Colombino
Maria Porro,
President of Salone del Mobile.Milano
explains:
“We are happy to return to New York as the first stop on a new journey that will take us all over the world to present the Salone del Mobile.Milano as the event that enhances the quality, heritage, vision and passion of Italian design companies and all our exhibitors. The Salone is the event capable of imagining, generating and developing new ways and worlds of living; it is a forerunner in the opening of new markets, a meeting place for the design community, an incubator of talent and a unique opportunity to bring relationships, energy and dreams to life – as evidenced by Laviani’s installation, in which art, furniture and theater engage in a dialogue that opens up new ways of understanding our industry. The enthusiasm is there, as shown by the response of the entire design community to our invitation. New York always triggers a special emotion and unbounded energy and, with that in mind, I would like to thank Bloomingdale’s for allowing us to create a unique experience made of icons, innovative concepts and moments of pure inspiration linked to Made in Italy”.
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A selection of Italian design pieces from the catalogues of 23 emblematic brands
The project Italian Design: from Classic to Contemporary, curated by architect Ferruccio Laviani, was inspired by the imagery and works of Giorgio de Chirico, Mario Ceroli and Achille Castiglioni. The showcase, which unfolds in Bloomingdale’s sixth-floor Home/Furnishing department, consists of a selection of Italian design pieces that include icons and novelties from the catalogues of 23 emblematic brands as an expression of Italian furniture production at its finest: Artemide, Edra, Flexform, Flou, Foscarini, Frigerio, Gallotti&Radice, Gessi, Kartell, Lema, Living Divani, Minotti, Molteni&C, Oluce, Porro, Riva 1920, Scavolini, Sigma L2, Tacchini, Technogym, Turri, Villari, Visionnaire.
The talks program “Conversations about Italian Design”
The installation was inaugurated yesterday in the presence of Fabrizio Di Michele, Italy’s Consul General in New York, with a talk that brought together President of Salone del Mobile.Milano Maria Porro, Bloomingdale’s Fashion Director Kelley Carter, curator and founder of SaloneSatellite Marva Griffin Wilshire, and architect Ferruccio Laviani. Moderated by Felix Burrichter, Founder of PIN-UP magazine, the panel discussed the value of the Salone and its heritage and outlined its international influence and future evolution thanks to the contribution of the new generations of designers promoted by the SaloneSatellite.
The series of talks continues on September 11th with Eleni Petaloti, Co-founder of Objects of Common Interest, who will dialogue with Qiyao Li, Associate Principal at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, alongside moderator Ingrid Abramovitch, Executive Editor of ELLE DECOR. The talk will present Italian design as an international model for the sector, examine the crucial role of Italian companies globally, and reflect on the “next perspectives” in the sector. On September 18th, artist Francesco Simeti and Stefano Giussani, Partner & COO Lissoni Architecture New York, will explore the relationship of contemporary design with classical Italian culture, discussing the evolution of our living space. This talk will be moderated by Wendy Goodman, Design Editor of NEW YORK magazine.
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