Italy's White Flag installation at London Design Biennale

Italy's contribution to the London Design Biennale, curated by Silvana Annicchiarico and Giorgio Camuffo for Triennale Design Museum, is the installation 'White Flag' at Somerset House. The piece features twenty white flags planted on a world map, each designed by a young Italian talent. Daily, one flag disappears and is replaced by an object chosen by its designer, transforming the landscape from flags to objects. The white flag symbolizes surrender, responding to the biennale's theme 'Utopia by Design' by advocating for dialogue over conflict among competing utopian visions. The flags evolve into various forms: Matteo Cibic's 'Fast flag' displays QR codes linking to controversial articles; Alessandro Gnocchi's 'A0 Flag' becomes a blank A4 sheet; Studio Gionata Gatto's 'Asylum Sea(K)' folds into a paper boat referencing migrant routes; Rio Grande's 'S’aggiudu Torrau' combines EU symbolism with Sardinian tradition; CTRLZAK Studio's 'Extincto' highlights human-caused species extinction. The biennale runs until September 27.