Exhibitions Made in Italy in Shanghai Add to bookmarks The Orbit's Orbit. Installazione performativa - Ph. XELEVATION An event held at The Orbit from 8th to 10th November featured 65 iconic Italian furnishing products in a highly scenic and impactful immersive experience A special project bringing art and design into dialogue recently closed in Shanghai. Accompanied by the ITA – Italian Trade Agency, the Salone del Mobile.Milano, a partner of China’s leading art fair West Bund Art & Design, presented The Orbit’s Orbit, a performative installation devoted to Italian design by the artist Matilde Cassani. A unique project valorising the design industry, also serving to strengthen the dialogue between two increasingly intermeshed cultures. The Chinese market is a strategic one, becoming the 7th highest wood-furnishing supply chain export destination during the first seven months of 2024, for a value of 286,9 million euros. It is a hugely important sector, capable of generating significant business opportunities for Made in Italy, fostering the building of solid and lasting relationships. Antoniolupi, ALBUME LUX, design by Carlo Colombo; BORGHI, design by Gumdesign Artemide, TOLOMEO MEGA, design by Michele De Lucchi, Giancarlo Fassina e Artemide, CALLIMACO, design by Ettore Sottsass B&B Italia, UP 5_6, design by Gaetano Pesce; LE BAMBOLE, design by Mario Bellini Barovier&Toso, PADMA, design by Barovier&Toso; AMSTERDAM, design by Barovier&Toso Baxter, SORRENTO, design by Paola Navone Baxter, ALLURE, design by Baxter P Caccaro, FREEDHOME, design by Caccaro Davide Groppi, SAMPEI, design by Enzo Calabrese, Davide Groppi Desalto, CLAY, design by Marc Krusin; ELEMENT, design by Tokujin Yoshioka The installation took shape inside the building designed by the architect Thomas Heatherwick, bringing design, art and culture together and fostering dialogue and cross-pollination between East and West. Developed on circular axes housing 65 iconic products by 36 of Italy’s leading furniture brands, the epicentre was occupied by a stage that hosted a performance, staged in collaboration with a local school. The event also featured a packed series of talks, providing opportunities for interface and debate, sparking conversations and actively involving visitors, affording them a direct experience of the products being showcased. Edra, CORALLO, design by Fernando and Humberto Campana; VERMELHA, design by Fernando and Humberto Campana Ethimo, ROTIN, design by Zanellato/Bortotto; KNIT, design by Patrick Norguet Flexform, PERRY, design by Antonio Citterio Flos, TACCIA, design by Fratelli Castiglioni; IC 10 ANNIVERSARY, design by Michael Anastassiades Flou, ICON, design by Carlo Colombo; FIOCCO, design by Pinuccio Borgonovo Frigerio, MAYU, design by Front Gessi, PERLE, design by Gessi Glas Italia, SHIMMER, design by Patricia Urquiola Glas Italia, FOUNTAIN, design by Tokujin Yoshioka Alongside Maria Porro, President of the Salone del Mobile.Milano, the many guests included prominent figures on the international design scene, such as Ma Yansong, founding partner of MAD Architects; Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, Architecture & Design, Director, Research & Development at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA); André Fu, founder of André Fu Studio and André Fu Living; Wu Bin, designer and architect, founder of W.DESIGN and Aldo Cibic, designer and architect. Kartell, MASTERS, design by Philippe Starck Living Divani, EXTRASOFT, design by Piero Lissoni Living Divani, FROG, design by Piero Lissoni Martinelli Luce, PIPISTRELLO, design by Gae Aulenti; COBRA, design by Elio Martinelli Mattiazzi, RADICE, design by Sam Hecht & Kim Colin; CLERICI, design by Konstantin Grcic Meridiani, RENÉ, design by Andrea Parisio Molteni&C, PAUL, design by Vincent Van Duysen Molteni&C, D.154.2, design by Gio Ponti Nardi, MAXIMO, design by Raffaello Galiotto; NET LOUNGE, design by Raffaello Galiotto Pinetti, ALMERIA, DEMETRA, design by Pinetti Poliform, LE CLUB, design by Jean-Marie Massaud; STANFORD, design by Jean-Marie Massaud Porada, BERRY, design by Carlo Ballabio; KLEM, design by Giuseppe Viganò Porro, METALLICO, design by Piero Lissoni Porro, ROMBY, design by GamFratesi Riva 1920, VENICE, design by Claudio Bellini, KAURI ART, design by Excalibur Studio Companies involved: antonilupi, Artemide, Barovier&Toso, B&B Italia, Baxter, Caccaro, Davide Groppi, Desalto, Edra, Ethimo, Flexform, Flos, Flou, Frigerio, Gessi, Glas Italia, Kartell, Living Divani, Martinelli Luce, Mattiazzi, Meridiani, Molteni&C, Nardi, Pinetti, Poliform, Porada, Porro, Riva 1920, Rugiano, Saba Italia, Scavolini, Tacchini Italia, Technogym, Turri, Villari and Visionnaire. Rugiano, ABBRACCIO, design by Rugiano; INCANTO, design by Rugiano Saba Italia, PIXEL, design by Sergio Bicego; BABY GEO, design by Mauro Grasselli Scavolini, MISFIT, design by Scavolini Tacchini Italia, JULEP, design by Jonas Wagell Tacchini Italia, ADDITIONAL SYSTEM, design by Joe Colombo Technogym, CROSS PERSONAL, design by Antonio Citterio; UNICA, design by Design Technogym Turri, AZUL, design by Paola Navone Turri, ROMA, design by Monica Armani Villari, ROYAL PEACOCK con Swarovski®, design by Leone Villari; PEACOCK, design by Villari Visionnaire, MIRA, design by Draga & Aurel Visionnaire, SHIBARI, design by Studiopepe 15 November 2024 Tags China 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? 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