IED Torino Celebrates 30 Years with Exhibition at Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile

In 2019, the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) marks 30 years of presence in Turin with the exhibition 'Over the future – 30 anni di IED a Torino' at the Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile, running from May 29 to September 22. Founded by Francesco Morelli, IED opened its Turin branch in summer 1989, expanding from its original Milan headquarters to 11 locations worldwide, including Italy, Spain, and Brazil, with 10,000 students from 100 nationalities. The exhibition highlights IED's design culture, particularly in Transportation Design, rooted in Turin's automotive heritage. The article also recalls other 1989 art milestones: the inauguration of the Pyramide du Louvre by Ieoh Ming Pei, who died in May 2019 at age 102, and the Velvet Underground's influence on the Velvet Revolution in Prague, which led to the fall of the Czechoslovak communist regime and the friendship between Lou Reed and Václav Havel.