DESIGN.VE
DESIGN WALKS THROUGH VENICE
based on an idea by: Francesca Giubilei, Luca Berta
creative direction: AtemporaryStudio – Samantha Punis, Giovanna Felluga / VeniceArtFactory – Francesca Giubilei, Luca Berta
artistic committee: Joris Montens, Ilaria Ruggiero, Francesca Valente, Nannet van der Kleijn, Micaela Zucconi. With the advice of AtemporaryStudio by Samantha Punis and Giovanna Felluga
Organisational direction: VeniceArtFactory – Francesca Giubilei, Luca Berta
graphic design: Daniela Giraldi Studio
photography: Cristina Galliena Bohman
styling: Naanstudio – Sabina Bonfanti
green set up: Studio Vendramin Cooperativa sociale L’Isola
olfactory set up: The Merchant of Venice
exhibition set-up: Weexhibit
press office and media relations: AtemporaryStudio – PR by Giovanna Felluga and Samantha Punis
media partner: venews
special thanks: Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Silvana Steidler
period: 2016
Based on an idea by Francesca Giubilei and Luca Berta, independent curators and founders of Veniceartfactory, Design.Ve brought together a scientific committee composed of Joris Montens, Ilaria Ruggiero, Francesca Valente, Nannet van der Kleijn, and Micaela Zucconi, and invited AtemporaryStudio, led by Samantha Punis and Giovanna Felluga, to collaborate as consultants, communications managers, and creative directors. Thus structured, Design.Ve presented the work of over 80 designers — either independent or representing manufacturing companies — in 12 different locations spread across two main areas, the Accademia/Zattere and Castello districts.
Since the 2018 edition, Design.Ve has changed its name to Venice Design Biennial under the exclusive direction of Francesca Giubilei and Luca Berta.
For a new map of design in Venice.
From 25 May to 26 June 2016 — in parallel with the first month of the International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia — the lagoon city became the stage for the first widespread fringe design festival.
Historic buildings, hidden cloisters, design boutiques, private galleries and unexpected spaces became the cardinal points of Design.Ve design walks through Venice, a new format dedicated to design that aims to offer a broader view of the world of design, alternating proposals from emerging designers with those from established brands, products made in industrial series with unique pieces or limited series, site-specific installations with collectives dedicated to contemporary design or names that have entered the annals of design as true international icons. The points on the Design.Ve map are ideally united by the desire to offer a variety of choices capable of speaking about design in the broadest sense of the term, investigating the cultural, ethical and social references that have driven its development.
At Palazzo Loredan, home to the Veneto Institute of Science, Literature and Arts in the central Campo Santo Stefano and the heart of Design.Ve, two collective exhibitions will tackle the theme of design from two opposing points of view: Wood Obsession, curated by the entire scientific committee, and L’innovazione nel segno della storia (Innovation in the Name of History), curated by Maggiore Design under the direction of Roberta Calarota and Simonetta Vespa.
On display at Wood Obsession:
Ron Arad per Moroso / Francesco Ardini / Antonio Aricò per Editamateria / Mario Botta per Riva 1920 / Andrea Bouquet per Editamateria / Lorenza Bozzoli per Colé / Andrea Branzi per Riva 1920 / CarrerBikes / Antonio Citterio per Riva 1920 / Claesson Koivisto Rune per Smaller Objects / Edoardo Colzani / Simone Crestani / Craft Combine / Cucula / Maarten De Ceulaer per Moroso / Maarten De Ceulaer per Victor Hunt Designart Dealer / Andrea Francesconi con Warm and Wood / Front per Moroso / Giraldi Calenda Design, Lock / Peter Marigold per Dilmos / Naanstudio di Sabina Bonfanti / Daniele Papuli per Dilmos / Paola Paronetto / Paolo Polloniato per Editamateria / Karim Rashid per Riva 1920 / Maria Grazia Rosin / RuralUrban / Siba Sahabi / Tobia Scarpa per Atanor di Merotto Milani / Barbara Schweizer / Roberto Sironi per Editamateria / Pascal Smelik / Tête de bois / Tim van de Weerd / Walter Visentin per Dilmos / Debra Werblud / Zanellato e Bortotto per Moroso.
On display at L’innovazione nel segno della storia (Innovation shaped by history):
Arman / Jessica Carroll / Bertozzi & Casoni / Sandro Chia / Hsiao Chin / Pablo Echaurren / Giosetta Fioroni / Alessandro Mendini / Cleto Munari / Mimmo Paladino / Ettore Sottsass
Starting from Palazzo Loredan, the starting point for the design walks, there are nine design hot spots where brands and designers will showcase the best of their production:
Hervet Manufacturier / Studio Guadagni
Eiretama by Mameluca Studio / Chiostro Don Orione
Under the sand by Michele Burato / Chiostro Don Orione
Bardi’s Bowl Chair by Arper / Caigo da Mar
Architetture d’arte by Marcello Morandini / Marignana Arte
S/vasi by Reggiani Ceramica / Madera
Venetian Monkeys Forest by Seletti e Campa&Campa / Ca’ Maria Adele
Adornment / VeniceinaBottle:
Rosalba Balsamo / Daria Borovkova / Florence Croisier / Clara del Papa / Marion Delarue / Eleonora Ghilardi / Elie Hirsch / Florence Jaquet / Laberintho / Chiara Lucato / Letizia Maggio / Paola Mirai / Ōki Izumi / Nazan Pak / Enrica Prazzoli / Lavinia Rossetti / Federica Sala / Giulia Savino / María Ignacia Walker Guzmán / Caterina Zanca /
In the Mood for Glass / Sant’Anna Project Space 994:
Cini Boeri / Breaking The Mould / Michele Burato / Simone Crestani / Laura De Santillana / Fabio Fornasier / Cleto Munari / Cleto Munari per Mimmo Paladino / Matteo Thun / Richard Meier e Mario Botta / Silvano Rubino / Marina e Susanna Sent
Placenta by Yuki Seli / Sant’Anna Project Space 996
