design in corso.
PRESS REVIEW
Giornale di Brescia 2017.06.05
PRESS REVIEW
Giornale di Brescia 2017.06.05
PRESS REVIEW
PRESS REVIEW
PRESS REVIEW
Garibaldi e Mameli, i corsi sono creativi. Il secondo Festival del design incentrato sul tema della Trasformazione.
Corriere della Sera, Brescia
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Brescia Design Festival 2017 – beta version online!
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Un mese di esposizioni, conferenze ed installazioni
Il tema è la trasformazione, intesa come cambiamento di forma e di significato. Trasformazione come processo evolutivo. L’evento coinvolge Corso Mameli e Corso Garibaldi, occupando le vetrine e gli spazi commerciali inutilizzati con le opere di giovani designer indipendenti, nazionali ed internazionali.
The theme is transformation, understood as a change of form and meaning. Transformation as evolutive process. The event involves Corso Mameli and Corso Garibaldi, occuping vacant windows and unused commercial spaces with the works of young independent designers, both nationals and internationals.
A month of exhibitions, talks and special events
promosso da / promoted by
Comitato Corso delle Mercanzie
con il patrocinio di / with the patronage of
Comune di Brescia
curato da / curated by
design in corso.
in collaborazione con / in partnership with
Carminiamo
OPEN CALL (deadline March 21st, 2017)
Brescia Design Festival 2017 – second edition.
We are looking for makers and designers (students or young professionals) interested in exhibiting at Brescia Design Festival. The project is promoted by the Municipality of Brescia and the neighborhood association Corso delle Mercanzie that have requested to Design in Corso agency to re-iterate the event “Brescia Design Festival 2015 – design in corso” and thus give life to the second edition of the Festival. The first edition was characterized by a selection of national and international design talents invited to exhibit in vacant and disused commercial spaces of the historic center of the city.
Now it is your time to apply!
Further informations: info@designincorso.it
Previous edition: Brescia Design Festival 2015
Themes and dates >> https://goo.gl/iUK9jW
Open call ENG >> https://goo.gl/0ySlcS
Open call ITA >> https://goo.gl/rjUYtD
Sponsorship >> https://goo.gl/lDN90y
ANDRECO
Over(w)all – Castello di Brescia, Italy
Exhibition for MZOO Festival (2016)
Over(w)all is an installation that took place in the area of ExpoZOOne the night of Sunday July 24th 2016. The walls of Castello di Brescia became for one night the walls of an open-air art gallery, where the work of the invited artist were projected for the first time. A research between art and science that borrow the language from urban art and performance: finding in the selected works an argument on the relationship between man and nature. Between urban landscape and natural landscape. Between past and present. The goal of Andreco is to produce new visions, symbols and formulas, to make the invisible visible, showing the beauty of the hidden natural process as a contemporary alchemist that learns from the past.
AN INTERVIEW WITH BRESCIA DESIGN FESTIVAL 2015
Design 360° Magazine No.61 – Designer’s Craftsmanship, China (2016)
“Craftsman is the successor of traditional craftsmanship. They know the knowledge and the limit of this field well. Nowadays we can use various new technologies to break through the limit of traditional handicrafts. Young designers focus more on the culture of crafts instead of the quantity, as the stories, concepts and values added behind handicrafts cannot be surpassed by quantitative products. When people buy design products, they tends to unique customized products with rich meanings. All these are based on the changes of global economy and the attitude to the making process. To cultivate a superior culture, people should sustain innovation generation by generation to form sound cultural chains. As a result, all kinds of handicraft platforms have emerged. Some of them are profit organizations, others engage in conservation. No matter what kind of ways of intervention they use, they take the responsibility to gather the craftsmanship and spirit of craftsmen in different places and give the traditional craftsmanship new meaning in the new context. This issue will interview three platforms which focus on handicrafts from different places around the world, trying to find out the possibilities of the development of handicrafts in different kinds of platforms”.
Images © Design 360° Magazine
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www.filippoabrami.com
www.sandupublishing.com
www.behance.net
Wearing the Portuguese tradition
The Portuguese design consultancy Estufa formed by Cecilia Lages, Maria Ruivo and Raquel Pais presents À Capucha! In this project, they commit themselves not to let the Portuguese artisanal techniques disappear, by contributing to a sustainable production and by protecting a unique and timeless heritage. Their work embodies the Portuguese memory, design and know-how. Highlighting local and global aspects. As well as their folk like, sophisticated, traditional and innovative features. We met in Porto to talk about their project, the history behind it and the future expectations.
Here you can find the full interview done for Raumplan Magazine.
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www.raumplan.info
www.estufadesign.com
www.acapucha.com
Behind the scenes of Buttered Barber
Johnny Hermann is the brand and the alter ego of Mauro Savoldi, Italian maker specialized in the realization of hand made wooden objects. Ranging from interior decorations to collectibles, his production is half way between art and design.
The unique character of his work can be understood spending time with him in the place where these objects are conceptualized and realized. We have been visiting his Milanese workshop to discuss about his latest works and the process behind Buttered Barber, a project presented at Milano Design Week 2015 as well as Brescia Design Festival 2015 – design in corso.
Here you can find the full interview done for Raumplan Magazine.
Photo © Filippo Abrami
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www.raumplan.info
www.johnnyhermann.com
Ceramics that explore emotions
We met in New York for the first time about four years ago at the ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair). Over there we were both exhibitors at the designboom mart, an interactive platform for emerging and established designers to test their new ideas. Over the years, many talents have been discovered during their participation in the exhibition. In that occasion we met and we kept in touch.
Here are some questions I have asked to Jessie Phillips Andersen after her participation in Brescia Design Festival 2015. In case you missed the exhibition, this is a chance to learn more about her and the process behind her work.
Here you can find the full interview done for Raumplan Magazine.
Picture © Speechless Studios
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www.speechlessstudios.com
BRESCIA DESIGN FESTIVAL 2015 – design in corso.
Round Table Discussion Part.II (June 17th, 9PM)
Special event.
An evening focusing on: temporary reuse of buildings or vacant, abandoned and unfinished spaces.
Special guests.
Alterazioni Video
Tempo Riuso
Raumplan
Parasite2.0
collACTION
Farm Cultural Park
Surround Project
Special guest and moderator.
Simona Galateo
In partnership with Cinema Nuovo Eden, Brescia.
With the patronage of Comune Di Brescia and the support of Fondazione Brescia Musei.
Official Sparkling Wine Sponsor Berlucchi.
BRESCIA DESIGN FESTIVAL 2015 – design in corso.
Round Table Discussion Part.I (June 6th, 4PM)
Special event.
An evening focusing on: Bottoms Up Public Space Design. Experiences of Participatory Planning and Installations in the Public Space with special guests from Italy, Spain and Portugal.
Special guests.
1/2 Atelier
Argot ou La Maison Mobile
Orizzontale
Pkmn Architectures
LIKEarchitects
Special guest and moderator.
Sara Gangemi
In collaboration with Cinema Nuovo Eden, Brescia.
With the patronage of Comune di Brescia and the support of Fondazione Brescia Musei.
Official Sparkling Wine Sponsor Berlucchi.
Pop-Up Street Art Show
On May 31st 2015, street artist BONE has been invited to decorate one of the abandoned storefront windows in Corso Mameli as part of the special guest pop-up event program planned for ‘Brescia Design Festival 2015 – design in corso.’
Photo gallery: people and faces
Photo gallery: behind the scenes part.1
Photo gallery: behind the scenes part.2
PechaKucha 20×20 – Brescia, May 13th 2015
Honored to present at PechaKucha 20×20 in Brescia among young designers, creatives and artists from my city. This has been the chance to show ‘Brescia Design Festival 2015 – design in corso’ project to the public a few days before the official opening of the event.
BRESCIA DESIGN FESTIVAL 2015 – design in corso.
May 16h – June 16th, various locations in the city centre
Brescia Design Festival’ first edition was founded by Design in Corso within the urban regeneration program proposed by comitato Corso delle Mercanzie and Brescia Open. A new concept, starting from an urban regeneration project that brought young international designers to exhibit in vacant or empty commercial spaces or through their storefronts. A month of events, exhibitions, conferences and special events, within the city centre.
Illustrations and letters by Francesco Zorzi
Click here to visit the page of Brescia Design Festival 2015 – design in corso.
