Open Talks: Women within institutions

Pavilion 3 - Arena

With issues of diversity and equity under scrutiny now more than ever, Tony Chambers will lead a lively discussion investigating why many of our major international design museums and cultural institutions have for too long been deprived of a female point of view. Tulga Beyerle, Director of Hamburg Museum of Applied Arts, Alexandra Cunningham, Curator of Contemporary Design at Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum and Lilli Hollein, Director of MAK Wien will discuss their roles, responsibilities and goals to remedy this shameful historical imbalance.

Salone Selection

Summer reads. Lose yourself in architecture, objects and thoughts

The creative world of Mollino, the collective work of Piuarch, Komagata’s pop-up tree, aphorisms from Socrates to Rem Koolhaas, and Emmanuel Carrère’s family furniture. 14 must- read titles

Patrizia Malfatti

Markets

Design longevity, the project in the time of the silver economy

Our societies, as we know, change and evolve in keeping with more or less latent needs, and if design concurrently makes these developments its own, accompanying them and giving them shape, then the growth of median age and life expectancy is an urgent issue that design has to embrace and address

Alessandro Squatrito

Gruppo presente, Gallotti&Radice - Ph. Carlotta Manaigo

Stories

Gallotti&Radice: 70 years of research, combining experimentation and vision

The story of a pioneering glass furniture company. A tale of transparency, light and materials. And an exhibition celebrating the anniversary, exploring memory, innovation, new design languages and future goals