WE WILL DESIGN: EXHIBIT
A place of research and experimentation on democratic and plural design: Exhibit is We Will Design‘s great exhibition that collects the works of academies, universities – such as the School of Design of Politecnico di Milano, Université Saint-Étienne, Manchester School of Art, Tecnológico de Monterrey – Design studios, emerging designers, and presents the unprecedented return of residence processes developed in the previous months at BASE.
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JOINING EXHIBIT
Eva Lotta Landskron | Do TouchAn intermediate state between solid and fluid, in the metaphorical search for an alternative way to extremism and polarizations of public debate.
Sohyé Shin | Inside-OutA game, an investigation of how eating habits reflect social pressure.
Juliette Vandermosten | MeandersA collaborative board game to support families facing cases of dementia and other similar diseases. Playing sessions everyday at 3PM!
Hyukjoon Choi | Where positivity is plugged inA performative installation that invites you to reflect on the consequences of mandatory happiness and the need to have a positive mind-set imposed by contemporary canons to increase productivity.
Matilde Brizzi | Broccoli BarA convivial corner that invites all people to sit and participate in debates on social phenomena that affect them or whose effects they suffer daily, but which increasingly remain relegated to the exclusive tables of academic circles.
Margarida Coelho | Amor? Luta!Amor? Luta! represents a necessary reversal of political propaganda with gender equality. The traditional costumes of Portuguese folklore are redesigned, in collaboration with local artisan women, with messages and feminist symbols.
Ava Asaadi (The Vanity Table) | Cosmetic FootprintsThrough the physical and online platform The Vanity Table, Ava Asaadi presents "Cosmetic Footprints", a series of objects that capture the value of discarded cosmetic items, collected over the years by the designer.
Studio Sophia Schullan | My Dream BunkerStudio Sophia Schullan reflects on how toys can be redesigned to offer future generations of narrative tools useful to grow in the inevitable effects of the climate crisis.
Newcomer Society (Design Academy Eindhoven)Four designers from the Far East, layers of the Newcomer Society, from the Design Academy of Eindhoven, exhibit four projects ranging from digital mediums to material mediums, mapping a socio-cultural scenario of consumerist attitude, through their nomadic perspective in the Netherlands.
Guus Hoeberechts | (De)constructing family modelsThe artist and designer Guus Hoeberechts explores the normative ideas around the concept of Family with "(De)constructing family models". Ph. Pierre Castignola
Agnieszka Cieszanowska | c l u s t e r e dPolish designer Agnieszka Cieszanowska presents "c l u s t e r e d", with which she materializes the phenomenon of trypophobia, fear or disgust towards the irregular patterns of circles or holes.
Bruno Szenk | I=FeThe designer and researcher Bruno Szenk proposes "I=Fe", a self-investigative reflection on being material through the creation of tools, documentation and storytelling. Ph. Ronald Smits
Collettivo AAA | Inclusive DesignThe collective AAA presents the projects of three groups selected on the basis of the results obtained during the course of "Inclusivity Design" of the Polytechnic of Milan; Tangity Design Agency finances and gives sponsorship to the initiative.
Eungyun Kim | Dis+easeMany people must live with a disease of some sort. Dis+ease is a clothing collection made to overturn our approach to illness, opening a discussion on prejudice, bodies and personal dignity. Dis+ease points out that a disease, like clothing that can be taken on and off, does not inherently affect human dignity. Ph. Agnes Kim
Greta Ballschuh | Question of MatterDesigner Greta Ballschuh proposes "Question of Matter", a reflection on the relationship of reciprocity between body and nature. Ph: Nicole Marnati
Miocugino e Alvar Aaltissimo | Case Milanesissime in 3DMiocugino and Alvar Aaltissimo present "Case Milanesissime in 3D", a description of the temporary Milanese living of our time, in collaboration with Corraini Edizioni, HPO, The Digital Circle.
Standard404 & Eretico | Cinema ParentesiA tribute to the moving image, increasingly widespread in design and architecture. "Cinema Parentesi" is a ritual, a conscious and premeditated experience, a moment when "everything can happen, everything is possible and probable". Ph. Stefano Fusani
Subin Seol | RemembranceInterior designer Subin Seol reflects on the way to remember architecture demolished through tangible objects in our daily lives with "Remembrance".
Manchester School of Art | MancDesignWith "MancDesign", the Manchester School of Art exposes the academic works of the Design Department with a collective project that shows how design is rooted in the "place", connected to the past, present and future of Manchester. Ph. GEDSC DIGITAL CAMERA
Tecnológico de Monterrey | IDEA MachinesDesign students at Tec de Monterrey - School of Architecture, Art and Design (EAAD) at Tecnológico de Monterrey will interact with the public to explore, reflect and talk about the ways in which design relates to the four dimensions of I.D.E.A.
CyDRe Université Saint-Étienne & Ernesto Oroza | Manger, Dormir, Communiquer"Manger, Dormir, Communiquer" is not a simple exhibition, but a "foyer" (in French, "hearth", a gathering place of a community) where you can eat, sleep and communicate, questioning the new apolitical solutions of design, resisting through these three simple human tasks.
Politecnico di Milano School of Designand Giulio Ceppi | Future of human FragilitiesWhat are the ambitions and risks of designing for greater inclusion? A look at the fragility that we will probably have to take into account in the future.
co.arch, Endelea, Equilibri - Furniture | Karibu KitiA line of seats inspired by the rounded lines typical of Tanzanian chairs, built with a bamboo structure covered in leather.
Festival Divercity | Costitüire: materiali, design, dirittiThe proposals of the 3 winners of the call "Costitüire" decline through the design (or its absence) the concept of care and care as a counterweight to systemic aggression on rights and the health of marginalized, racialized and migrant communities. in partnership with Dipartimento di Architettura - Università degli Studi di Firenze Ph. @lokol.Kye
Despise Design Group | ‘Despise design, all bless the fair!’ MDW 2023An installation that allows you to reflect on the concepts of participation and expectation that revolve around design events. Ph. Sofia Topi
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) | Picto-FurnitureDesign objects based on ancient Chinese pictograms and their interpretations in contemporary simplified Chinese: a dialogue between old and new China, through forms and meanings. Ph. Ema Corti
Analogique Studio | ＊FR＊OG＊: una collezione di oggetti frugaliExperiment with interactive contact points, analog and virtual bridges. A catalog of (s)objects and possible occasions and connections for BASE and the inhabitants of the city.
ONOMATOPEE | Design in Conversation: thinking - knowing - makingThinking, knowing and, in the end, making: Onomatopee questions the indisputable truths of design, to reveal its transforming techniques and discover its neglected and uncomfortable narratives. Ph: Cecilia Casabona
Matteo Proietti | Supra ModusWhat and how would you communicate if you couldn’t see or hear? Supra Modus is a site-specific installation where sounds and vibrations are felt in and through the environment surrounding the audience. A metaphore of the invisbles sorrounding us.
NID Nuovo Istituto Design | Materia BottegaA multisensory experience, an evocative representation of the contrast between the local production context and large-scale mechanisms of large-scale distribution
Central Saint Martins | Material futures: where science, design and technology collideA look at our future needs and alternative narratives, what will become the defining issues of our times.
ONE YEAR PROJECT & RESIDENCIES
Within the framework of the two residences hosted during the year by We Will Design and which worked on the concept of threshold and the removal of the barriers of the ex-ansaldo factory to put BASE in dialogue with the city, Analogique’s research results in the project *FR*OG*: a collection of frugal objects, a process-project that works on the long time of social dynamics, to trigger new relationships between buildings, the surrounding urban fabric and the inhabitants of a portion of the city.
Davide Tagliabue, on the other hand, proposes an installation that starts from the element of the staircase, and is at the same time a place of transit and entrance to the domestic world as well as a place of rest where the common space is lived.
VERY IMPORTANT INFOS
WE WILL DESIGN 2023
17th — 23rd APRIL
BASE ⎯ Via Bergognone 34, Milano
www.base.milano.it
PRESS PREVIEW
MON 17th APR H10:30AM — H7PM
OPENING HOURS
MON: H10:30AM — H7PM
TUE — SAT: H10:30AM — H8PM
SUN: H10:30AM — H6PM