From IFDM to Brera Academy of Fine Arts: young talents in action
A conversation with Paolo Bleve. IFDM director, and Andrea Del Guercio, curator of the exhibition “A decade of evolution in design”, to discover the backgrounds of the event that celebrated the 10th anniversary of the magazine and inaugurated the exhibit at Fondazione Stelline
The tide that pervades Visionnaire
An eternal flow of blue waves seems to overwhelm the iconic Klipper by Visionnaire, according to Francesca Adriana D’Anza’s artistic vision that takes part to the exhibition A decade of evolution in design by IFDM with this work
SFDW: the eight-day exhibition that enlivens the Bay
From the Silicon Valley to San Francisco, more than 200 events to talk about design and innovation. The Bay Area hosts the new edition of the San Francisco Design Week
The symbol of Milan’s transformation
Openness and visibility are values shared by the twin structures that host the new Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation headquarters and Microsoft offices inside the first Italian public building designed by Herzog & de Meuron
Riva 1920 toward new horizons
The year of the tenth anniversary of IFDM coincides with the tenth anniversary of the creation of the Maui armchair by Riva 1920. Protagonist of the exhibition A decade of evolution in design carried out by the magazine, the iconic product by Terry Dwan represents a double homage to design, through art’s expressive language
The poetic language of design
The peculiar conformation of the Infinity table by Porada pushes Fabiana Sapia’s creativity toward new horizons. Poetry too enters the exhibit A decade of evolution in design
From design to literature through Poliform
Katarina Vukcevic discerns in the iconic Mad chaise longue a passage from The Little Prince. The result of her artistic elaboration becomes a central feature of the exhibit carried out by IFDM and the Brera Academy, A decade of evolution in design
The purity that guides Opera Contemporary
The research of a pure - but equally expressive - style is what characterizes the Opera Contemporary brand, and acts as a link with the artistic re-elaboration by Margherita Castoldi in IFDM’s project resulted in the exhibition A decade of evolution in design
Nube’s universe
The Sir armchair by Nube as a meditation on the living universe, transformed in a celestial sphere that spreads in the surface of the armchair. This is the artistic project by Cinzia Defendi for the exhibition A decade of evolution in design by IFDM
Virtual identity
Samuele Pagani dresses Re-Vive by Natuzzi Italia with a virtual suit that transforms the iconic design product in a work of art
Moroso, beyond reality
Mina Massaro dresses the Shadowy armchair by Moroso with a waterfall of mirrors representing the meditation process on the tangible reality. This is the concept that guides the artist’s participation to the exhibition organised by IFDM for its tenth anniversary in collaboration with the Brera Academy of Fine Arts
Suggestions from the East
An Yuanyuan conveys the charm of the Eastern culture into MisuraEmme’s design world. The outcome of this meeting is represented by Taoino, one of the 19 works exhibited at the Fondazione Stelline as part of the project that celebrates the tenth anniversary of IFDM
A play of influences for MisuraEmme
Aleksandra Santoemma’s project for the exhibition A decade of evolution in design is inspired by the stylistic approach of IFDM, consisting in internationality, open-mindedness and exposure to different markets and cultures. An approach that finds symbolic representation on the surface of the Taoino small table by MisuraEmme
MDF Italia and the metaphor of the journey
Jean-Marie Massaud’s Flow chair becomes the surface where IFDM’s journey during the last 10 years is symbolically represented. An artistic story by Lorenzo Fioranelli for the exhibition A decade of evolution in design
La Murrina towards the infinite
Francesca Santoro for La Murrina
Timeless icons
The stylistic sign of Jumbo Collection doesn’t fade in the artistic interpretation elaborated for the exhibition A decade of evolution in design by IFDM, but rather becomes direct inspiration for a new symbolic approach
A burst of blue for Giorgio Collection
Petra Cecilia Borgomaneri has aimed for an imaginative and spectacular effect for her personal interpretation of the Giorgio Collection seat. A heavenly blue cloud hovers over the setting of the exhibit A decade of evolution in design
DL Decor returns to the origins
Through a technique borrowed from Japan, DL Decor finds an innovative simplicity. The artistic merit belongs to the young artist Jacopo de Giuseppe, author of the work of art protagonist of the exhibit A decade of evolution in design by IFDM
Dreamlike visions for Asnaghi Interiors
The Easy bed by Asnaghi Interiors – brand partner of the exhibition A decade of evolution in design curated by IFDM in occasion of its tenth anniversary – leads to a direct reflection on the dream theme, developed by the young artist Chiara Melluso
Lem grows up
The Lem stool by Lapalma, that in the interpretation of Arianna de Stefani and Gabriele Farina takes the name of Waist Up and adds a lot of new meanings, is more than 3 metres tall. First of all the symbolic representation of the human ambitions