WOW! offers a selection of the most interesting events dedicated to Workplace 3.0 and new Ways Of Working: at the Salone del Mobile or in locations of the Milan Design Week 2015. The events and preview of the new products will be updated in the coming days. Stay tuned and follow WOW!
For events: Kinnarps “Workplace Wellness”, USM “Rethink the Modular”, Dieffebi “Color trends for the workplace”, Involucri, Workshops by Assufficio, events at La Passeggiata Agora’s at Salone Ufficio, please see the dedicated articles.
San Babila Design District: The Cinema (Casa dell’Opera Nazionale Balilla).
Great curiosity for the new San Babila Design District the center is the House National Opera Balilla. It will be the headquarters of designjunction edit Milan and Tom Dixton install The Cinema inside the 400 sqm theater. After a period of neglect the charming buildings built in the ’30s (10000 sqm total) re-born thanks to the design.
Title event: designjunction edit, The Cinema, The Green Room.
Where: via Pietro Mascagni 6 Milano
Whene: 15,16,17,18 april (h 11/19), 19 april (11/15).
Interface: flooring on show and Bowls Design Trophy (Via Tortona 21).
Present with its textile flooring in two of the most important installations of Design Week 2015, Interface also provides a break of pure fun with his bowling tournament. The innovative Interface textile flooring are also inside of “The Walk” by Michele De Lucchi at the “Involucri” exhibition designed by Studio De Ponte at Lambrate. Then we will have fun at the Bocce Design Trophy, now in its 3rd edition.
Titolo evento: Bocce Design Trophy.
Dove: Boccino di via Tortona 21.
Quando: 15 aprile dalle 18.00.
Futurecraft. Tomorrow by design #1 (Carlo Ratti).
At Spazio FGM an exhibition by Carlo Ratti Associates to show how can design accelerate the transformation of the present.
Title event: Futurecraft. Tomorrow by design #1
Where: Spazio FGM, via Bergognone 27
When 15/19 aprile (opening 13 aprile ore 19,30)
Free Pixel by Carlo Ratti.
Title event: Free Pixel” by Carlo Ratti
Where: Artemide Showroom, Via Manzoni 12
When: 14 aprile. Opening 15 aprile, ore 20.00
Future Ways of Living: Daan Roosegarde ( Meet the Media Guru).
Daan Roosegaarde “techno poet” and innovator of interactive design will be speaker at the conference organized by Meet the Media Guru.
Title event: Future Ways of Living: Daan Roosegarde.
Where: Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia, via San Vittore 21
When: 16 aprile ore 19.30
The words are bridges (Lombardini 22).
A shared moment, a way to a more conscious and environmentally sustainable lifestyle.
Title event: Le Parole sono Ponti
Where: Via Lombardini 22
When: 16 aprile dalle 19 alle 24.
Blue Design Factory (Fantoni e Studio Ragni).
Opening of Blue Design Factory, a Fantoni and Studio Ragni shared space, an experimental place for new ways of working.
Title event: Blue Design Factory
Where: Via Santa Sofia 27
When: 16 aprile ore 22
Knoll: Celebrate Harry Bertoia (P.zza Bertarelli 2).
Knoll celebrates the centenary of the birth of Harry Bertoia showing the figure of the eclectic designer through all forms of art. From the legendary Diamond Chair to “sound sculptures” , the exhibition is designed by Studio OMA.
Title event: Celebrate Harry Bertoia.
Where: Showroom Knoll, Piazza Bertarelli 2, Milano.
When: 14/19 Aprile (h 10/20)
Sacea: Recharging Zone (Ordine Architetti Milano).
For the third year Sacea sets up in the courtyard of the Ordine Architetti di Milano, in the Brera Design District, a landmark for travelers of design.
An oasis of tranquility where to stop, sit down and relax, recharge yourself and your cell phone, drink a glass of water and socialize.
Title event: Sacea: Recharging Zone.
Where: Ordine Architetti Milano, via Solferino 17.
When: 14/19 aprile (h10/20).
