Tehran hosts 2019 Italian Design Day
The Italian Embassy to Iran coordinated the programme of initiatives celebrating the 2019 Italian Design Day – IDD- at its third edition on 2 and 3 March. Architect Giovanni Ottonello, Art Director of the European Design Institute, was the “Ambassador” of Italian Design in Iran for the second year in a row. The overarching theme […]
Read moreCzech Republic: An exhibition itinerary showcasing the points of excellence of Italian creativity
The Italian Embassy in Prague hosted the highlight event of the Italian Design Day 2019 in the Czech Republic. The event was organised upon the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation with the aim of combining artistic talent, creativity and entrepreneurship in a broader production process, which is the fulcrum of […]
Read moreAustralia: Sydney Design Festival
On the 3rd Italian Design Day in the World and the Sydney Design Festival 2019, the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney will feature Milan-based architect and computational designer Arturo Tedeschi in the Symposium dedicated to Accessing Design, the theme of the Sydney Design Festival 2019. Other participants in the symposium will be Berto Pandolfo, industrial designer and Director of Product […]
Read moreCanada: “Anatomy of space: artwork and ideas” conference in Montreal by Peter Bottazzi, designer and set designer
Italy, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has launched the third edition of the “Italian Design Day in the World” on 20 March. In 100 cities all over the world, 100 events are simultaneously organised and feature famous names in the world of Italian design in events and seminars dedicated to Italian […]
Read moreUnited States: the lecture “From the spoon to the city of the future, sustainability and innovation” in Miami
“From the spoon to the city of the future, sustainability and innovation”: these are the themes discussed on March 19 by architects Marco Piva and Chad Oppenheim at the Marangoni Institute in Miami to celebrate the 2019 Italian Design Day. Before a public of professionals of the sector – designers, architects and local contractors – the Italian […]
Read moreSpain: Italian Design Day, awarding the winners of the competition launched by the Italian Embassy
For the third edition of Italian Design Day, the Italian Embassy in Madrid hosted the event “Design. A voyage between Italy and Spain” on 7 March. Design Ambassadors Gilda Bojardi, editor-in-chief of the Italian Magazine INTERNI, and Marva Griffin, founder and curator of Salone Satellite – an event that is part of the Salone del Mobile in Milan and […]
Read more#AsktheConsul a Detroit
For Open Admin Week 2019, on 15 March, as part of the #AsktheConsul initiative, the Italian Consulate in Detroit organised an online conversation on its Facebook page dedicated to the theme of Italian citizenship. During this event, which is open to the public, users interested in the subject were able to ask questions and receive answers in real […]
Read moreItalian Design Day is celebrated in Shenzhen and Hong Kong
Architect Carlo Ratti was the Ambassador of the 2019 edition of the Italian Design Day in Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Ratti, Curator of the upcoming Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture of Shenzhen, which is due to open in December 2019, is professor at MIT in Boston where he manages the “Sensible Cities Lab” and […]
Read moreUnited States: “I LOVE WASTE, WORKING WITH WASTE – Luisa Cevese e il progetto Riedizioni”
On the occasion of the third annual Italian Design Day, the special initiative launched by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to promote contemporary Italian Design in the world, Luisa Cevese, who was selected as 2019 Ambassador of Italian Design for Los Angeles, will present her exhibit “I LOVE WASTE, WORKING WITH […]
Read moreItalian Design Day in Qatar – “New Urban Patterns in the City of the Future”
For the third edition of the Italian Design Day in the World, dedicated to the theme of “Design and the City of the Future”, the Italian Embassy in Qatar organised the “New Patterns in the City of the Future” panel, in partnership with Msheireb Properties. The panel will take place in the evocative Msheireb Enrichment Centre […]
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