Italian Design Exhibition 'Home Life' at Design Canberra Festival
The ninth Design Canberra Festival features the 'Home Life' exhibition, which highlights 20 works from Italian designers, under the curation of Elisabetta Pisu. Notable contributors include Michele De Lucchi, Ludovica+Roberto Palomba, Acme21, Mandalaki Studio, Maio, Sofia Durante, Claudio Larcher, and Deanna Comellini. This exhibition focuses on themes such as sustainability, versatility, technology, and biophilia, with backing from the Italian Embassy in Canberra and the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney. Pisu has led EP studio since 2016 and has worked with numerous museums. Inspired by the 1972 MoMA exhibition 'Italy: The New Domestic Landscape,' key pieces include the Secretello workstation and Eve portable fan heater. The festival features over 200 events, including exhibitions, talks, and symposia.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Home Life' is part of the ninth edition of the Design Canberra Festival.
- Curated by Elisabetta Pisu, featuring 20 Italian design objects.
- Selection criteria: sustainability, versatility, technology, and biophilia.
- Supported by Italian Embassy Canberra and Italian Cultural Institute Sydney.
- Collaboration with Craft + Design Centre and Design Canberra Festival.
- Includes works by Michele De Lucchi, Ludovica+Roberto Palomba, Acme21, Mandalaki Studio, Maio and Sofia Durante, Claudio Larcher, Deanna Comellini.
- Inspired by the 1972 MoMA exhibition 'Italy: The New Domestic Landscape'.
- Design Canberra Festival includes over 200 events.
Entities
Artists
- Elisabetta Pisu
- Michele De Lucchi
- Ludovica+Roberto Palomba
- Acme21
- Mandalaki Studio
- Maio
- Sofia Durante
- Claudio Larcher
- Deanna Comellini
- Erich Fromm
- Edward O. Wilson
- Philippe Starck
Institutions
- Design Canberra Festival
- Italian Embassy Canberra
- Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney
- Craft + Design Centre
- EP studio
- Design Museum Gent
- Cube Design Museum
- Design Museum Holon
- Museum of Craft and Design San Francisco
- MODA Museum of Design Atlanta
- L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art
- COD Center for Openness and Dialogue
- MoMA
- UniFor
- G.T. Design
- Beeing
Locations
- Canberra
- Australia
- Sydney
- Italy
- Gent
- Belgium
- Olanda
- Holon
- Israel
- San Francisco
- USA
- Atlanta
- Albania