GO! Design Week in Gorizia and Nova Gorica Focuses on Textile as Unifying Theme
GO! Design Week's inaugural edition, organized by MuDeFri, takes place in Gorizia and Nova Gorica as part of the European Capital of Culture 2025 initiative. Curated by Anna Aurora Lombardi, this event highlights textiles, emphasizing the area's historical context. A significant theme is the border established in 1947, which ceased to exist after Slovenia's EU accession in 2004 and Schengen membership in 2007. Various venues host exhibitions, including a collaborative piece by Oloop. A competition for designers under 40 features innovative projects such as Urška Sadar's bioplastic hangers and a portable sewing machine created by Politecnico di Milano students. Fiber art is represented by Eta Sadar Breznik's installation at the Slovenian National Theatre, while the design district showcases brands like Moroso and Calligaris.
Key facts
- First edition of GO! Design Week in Gorizia and Nova Gorica.
- Organized by MuDeFri, the virtual museum of design culture in Friuli Venezia Giulia.
- Curated by Anna Aurora Lombardi.
- Theme: textile, referencing the region's history of sericulture and cotton manufacturing.
- Participatory carpet weaving by Slovenian collective Oloop.
- Competition for designers under 40 with projects including bioplastic hangers, portable sewing machine, and social design.
- Collaboration between ISIS Fermo Solari high school and University of the Third Age of Udine using Enzo Mari's self-design method.
- Eta Sadar Breznik's installation 'Catturare la tempesta' at Slovenian National Theatre in Nova Gorica.
- Border between Gorizia and Nova Gorica drawn in 1947, dissolved after Slovenia joined EU (2004) and Schengen (2007).
- Design district includes Moroso, Snaidero, Gervasoni, Calligaris, Fantoni.
Entities
Artists
- Anna Aurora Lombardi
- Oloop
- Urška Sadar
- Marina Piva
- Eta Sadar Breznik
- Enzo Mari
- Edvard Ravnikar
- Le Corbusier
- Carlo Mollino
- Giorgio Picotti
- Mariateresa Grusovin
Institutions
- MuDeFri
- ISIS Fermo Solari
- University of the Third Age of Udine
- Politecnico di Milano
- Slovenian National Theatre
- Moroso
- Snaidero
- Gervasoni
- Calligaris
- Fantoni
- Artribune
Locations
- Gorizia
- Nova Gorica
- Italy
- Slovenia
- Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Udine
- Tolmezzo
- Lubiana
- Parigi
- Auditorium della Cultura Friulana
- Piazza Transalpina