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Altrove Debuts at Milan Design Week 2023, Bringing Design to Giambellino District

festival-fair · 2026-04-27

A new satellite initiative called Altrove, presented by Tortona Rocks, debuts at the 2023 Milan Design Week (Fuorisalone) by transforming everyday spaces in the Giambellino district into design venues. Collaborating with MilanoSecrets, the project identifies significant local spots that retain their daily identity while hosting objects by young designers. Locations include Gogol & Company, where four Politecnico di Milano students present Cartabianca, an installation exploring prejudice through a site-specific intervention; Trillino Selvaggio Centro d’Arte, featuring Filippo Zambelli's Uroboro, a modular serpentine object; Farmacia Tolstoi, hosting Evelina Sanna's interactive installation Ogni Goccia Conta in collaboration with the Amici del Policlinico Donatori di Sangue association; El Vinatt, displaying Alice Barki's kinetic bottle holder Blossom and Emiliano Colombo's Ygró corkscrew; Tu mi fai girar, a gastronomy shop showing Susanne Schmitt's Alles wird Hut project; LAC Laboratorio di Antropologia del Cibo, hosting Cono Design Studio's Now&Then collection and Studio Biskt's TULUMBA vases; Pastamordolce, with Aslı Özden and Mohamed Gamal Zaky's Mani in Pasta installation; Campagnolo Milanese, featuring Fulcro Design's bags made from recycled sails in collaboration with Bolina Sail; and Tagiura restaurant, with a photographic exhibition by Bernard Iachella documenting the neighborhood.

Key facts

  • Altrove debuts at Milan Design Week 2023 as a satellite project by Tortona Rocks.
  • The initiative focuses on the Giambellino district, transforming everyday spaces into design venues.
  • Collaboration with MilanoSecrets identified significant local spots.
  • Gogol & Company hosts Cartabianca by four Politecnico di Milano students.
  • Trillino Selvaggio Centro d’Arte features Filippo Zambelli's Uroboro.
  • Farmacia Tolstoi presents Evelina Sanna's Ogni Goccia Conta with Amici del Policlinico Donatori di Sangue.
  • El Vinatt displays Alice Barki's Blossom and Emiliano Colombo's Ygró.
  • Tagiura restaurant hosts a photographic exhibition by Bernard Iachella.

Entities

Artists

  • Filippo Zambelli
  • Evelina Sanna
  • Alice Barki
  • Emiliano Colombo
  • Susanne Schmitt
  • Aslı Özden
  • Mohamed Gamal Zaky
  • Bernard Iachella

Institutions

  • Tortona Rocks
  • MilanoSecrets
  • Politecnico di Milano
  • Gogol & Company
  • Trillino Selvaggio Centro d’Arte
  • Farmacia Tolstoi
  • Amici del Policlinico Donatori di Sangue
  • El Vinatt
  • Tu mi fai girar
  • LAC Laboratorio di Antropologia del Cibo
  • Cono Design Studio
  • Dale Italia
  • Studio Biskt
  • Pastamordolce
  • Campagnolo Milanese
  • Fulcro Design
  • Bolina Sail
  • Tagiura
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Milan
  • Italy
  • Giambellino
  • via Savona, 101
  • via Tolstoi, 14/A
  • via Tolstoi, 17
  • via Tolstoi, 49
  • via Vespri Siciliani, 30
  • via Privata Metauro, 4
  • via Privata Metauro, 11
  • via Tagiura, 5
  • Lignano Sabbiadoro

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