Design Academy Eindhoven Brings Tactile Experience to Salone del Mobile with Touch Base
During Milan Design Week, Design Academy Eindhoven presents Touch Base at Ventura Lambrate, transforming its Fuori Salone presence into a hub for sensory exploration. The Dutch design school emphasizes touch as a regenerative experience countering digital interfaces. Exhibits include a teaching farm inviting visitors to touch animals, a rug for foot well-being (Pas Perdu by Charlotte Jonckheer), and projects rethinking natural materials like hair, pine needles, bark, and milk for sustainable objects. Notably, Michèle Degen's Vulva Versa offers a mirror to observe and touch female genitalia, challenging commodified media representations. The installation runs until April 17, 2016, at Via Privata Oslavia, Milan.
Key facts
- Design Academy Eindhoven presents Touch Base at Ventura Lambrate during Milan Design Week.
- The exhibition focuses on touch as a regenerative sensory experience.
- Includes a teaching farm where visitors can touch animals.
- Charlotte Jonckheer's Pas Perdu is a rug designed for foot well-being.
- Many projects use natural materials like hair, pine needles, bark, and milk.
- Michèle Degen's Vulva Versa is a mirror for observing and touching female genitalia.
- The installation runs until April 17, 2016.
- Location: Via Privata Oslavia, Ventura Lambrate, Milan.
Entities
Artists
- Charlotte Jonckheer
- Michèle Degen
Institutions
- Design Academy Eindhoven
- Artribune
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Ventura Lambrate
- Via Privata Oslavia