Salone Selection From London to Milan: unmissable design museum exhibitions Add to bookmarks Deutsches Design, 1949-1989 © SKD, Photo Iona Dutz London and Milan, as well as Dresden, Giussano and Montelupo Fiorentino: we’ve reviewed the current exhibitions in some of the top design museums in the world for you “Waste Age: what can design do?” Design Museum, London “The Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age – throughout history materials have defined the ages, but could it be that we’re living in the Waste Age?” asks a video introducing a new exhibition at the Design Museum in London. Waste Age, Exhibition Installation, Ph Felix Speller Two Countries, One History: German design during the Cold War An exhibition illustrating the value of design under the different political, social and material conditions of post-War Germany up to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Deutsches Design, 1949-1989 © SKD, Photo Iona Dutz The Molteni Museum: Narrating history, culture and enterprise New headquarters and new set-up for the Molteni Museum. Curated by Ron Gilad, the corporate museum showcases 50 iconic projects from the Group, which encompasses the Molteni&C, Dada, Unifor and Citterio brands. The Molteni Group Museum is housed in the Glass Cube, an exhibition space By Ron Gilad Bitossi through a kaleidoscope A hundred years of history in seven thousand pieces… In a selection of plaster models and forms, work tools, photographs and paper documents including notebooks, sketches, and correspondence, the Vittoriano Bitossi Foundation has opened up its museum archives to the public in a 1500+ sq. m. space in Montelupo Fiorentino, in the company’s original building. Marking the hundredth anniversary of the company’s foundation, we bring you a group interview with curator Porzia Bergamasco, Luca Cipelletti who followed the architectural and museographic project, and the curator of the industrial archives, Marina Vignozzi Paszkowski. Bitossi. Ph. credits Delfino Sisto Legnani A tribute to gentleman photographer Giovanni Gastel In two exhibitions, The People I Like and I gioielli della fantasia, Triennale Milano celebrates and reviews the artistic output of a gentle provocateur, a photographer capable of looking into people’s souls.
Stories The holiday library. 5 important books to savor tranquilly From Robert Wilson’s chairs to fables about the Castiglioni brothers. From the Compasso d’Oro to Beatrice Leanza’s thoughts and a bookazine on luxury. Essential reading for all those with a passion for the topic. Patrizia Malfatti
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
