Exhibitions Italian Design Day 2025: the Salone stops over in Mexico City Add to bookmarks Mexico City, panoramic view of the city A special guest in the land of the Aztecs is Marva Griffin Wilshire, founder and curator of the SaloneSatellite, who took part in a meeting with Andrés Lhima, Ramses Viazcan and Miguel Ángel Jiménez, moderated by the journalist Greta Arcila On Tuesday, 25 February, the 9th edition of Italian Design Day is celebrated in Mexico City, under the title “Inequalities. Design for a better life”. For the occasion, the Italian Cultural Institute is hosting the ambassador of Italian design Marva Griffin Wilshire, founder and curator of SaloneSatellite, the event devoted to budding talents, this year in its 26th edition. In pavilions 5 and 7 of Fiera Milano Rho, entitled NUOVO ARTIGIANATO: UN MONDO NUOVO//NEW CRAFTSMANSHIP: A NEW WORLD, this year the SaloneSatellite questions how craftsmanship can evolve, innovate and be transmitted, inviting 700 young talents and 20 Design Schools and Universities to reflect on how to preserve and reinvent timeless practices of inestimable value. The event in Mexico City took place at the Italian Cultural Institute and was inaugurated by Ambassador Alessandro Modiano. On the day, Marva Griffin Wilshire spoke with three designers who took part in the SaloneSatellite: Andrés Lhima, Ramses Viazcan and Miguel Ángel Jiménez. The meeting was moderated by Mexican journalist Greta Arcila.Italian Design Day is a project promoted and coordinated by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and which comprises the Ministry of Culture, the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI), the Fondazione Compasso d’Oro, Agenzia ICE, the Salone del Mobile.Milano, Triennale Milano, FederlegnoArredo, the Fondazione Altagamma and Confindustria. Marva Griffin Wilshire, Founder and Curator of SaloneSatellite From the left: Greta Arcila, journalist; Andrés Lhima, designer; Marva Griffin Wilshire, Founder and Curator of SaloneSatellite; Miguel Ángel Jiménez, architect and designer; Ramses Viazcan, industrial designer Miguel Ángel Jiménez, architect and designer Marva Griffin Wilshire, Founder and Curator of SaloneSatellite Greta Arcila, journalist Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City Alessandro Modiano, Ambassador of Italy to Mexico 27 February 2025 Share See AlsoOther Articles Exhibitions The latest outdoor furnishing, championing sustainability, material and colour Comfortable and sustainable, outdoor furnishing lends itself to many different interpretations, channelling innovation and constantly evolving aesthetics Marilena Pitino Stories The biology of light, according to Manuel Spitschan What does chronobiology have to do with design? Manuel Spitschan, professor at the Technische Universität München, explains why light is essential to our well-being. And why designers should know more about it to design better. Giulia Zappa Sustainability The Piazze Aperte scheme is really changing the face of Milan Since 2018, the two local governments helmed by Mayor Giuseppe Sala have closed more than fifty of the city’s streets and roads to traffic – but not to people. And this is just the beginning Fabrizio Fasanella
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