Forme mobili: new fashion and design exhibition at Triennale Milano

Triennale Milano has inaugurated a new permanent exhibition path for the Museo del Design Italiano titled 'Forme mobili,' which explores the intersections between fashion and design. The exhibition is built around ten themes that highlight common ground between clothing and furniture design, such as body mechanics, materials, craftsmanship, and contemporary art. It features works by designers including Gianni Pareschi, Liisi Backmann, Nanni Strada, Enzo Mari, Giancarlo Fassina, Ico Parisi, Gianfranco Ferré, Ettore Sottsass, and Ottavio Missoni. A dedicated space, the Design Platform, focuses on designer Monica Bolzoni, known for her anticonformist approach in the 1980s and her store Bianca e blu. The exhibition also previews a retrospective on Elio Fiorucci opening in November. President Stefano Boeri and museum director Marco Sammicheli emphasized the museum's recent acquisitions of archives related to Carla Crosta, Cinzia Ruggeri, and Nanni Strada, filling the gap of a dedicated fashion museum in Milan.