Summer has begun and for many the time for holidays has arrived (or is arriving).
For those planning a trip to Milan, London or near Basel – or why not, live near these cities – here three unmissable exhibitions dedicated to design to visit in the coming months.
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Milan Triennial – Gae Aulenti (1927-2012)
The Milan Triennale hosts a large retrospective dedicated to the famous and multifaceted designer Gae Aulenti (1927-2012): no doubt one of the most representative figures of contemporary architecture and design.
Graduated in architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan (1953), in her sixty-year career Gae Aulenti has touched numerous fields: from urban-scale design to exhibition design, from landscape architecture to interior design, from furniture design to graphics and the theatrical scenography. She signed, among other things, numerous projects and objects that have become iconic over time.
In the exhibition, his figure, his work and his way of drawing and designing are told through an installation made up of different 1:1 scale environmentsbuilt with original materials preserved in the architect’s archive.
- When: until January 12, 2025
- Dove: Triennale Milano, viale Emilio Alemagna 6 – Milan
London Design Museum – Barbie: The Exhibition
Not to be missed if you are planning a trip to London, the exhibition “Barbie: The Exhibition” in calendario al London Design Museum. A broad review that with over 250 objects and through the lens of design it tells the story of the 65 years of the most famous doll in the world and its evolution also in relation to social and cultural changes.
An exhibition that curator Danielle Thom worked on for three years, unearthing both rare pieces and best-sellers that have marked the history of the sectorsuch as the very first doll released by Mattel in 1959 (the so-called Barbie number 1) and the best-selling Barbie of all time, 1992’s Barbie Totally Hair, with over 10 million units purchased worldwide.
And, again, the first dolls designed to reflect today’s multicultural and diverse society, including the first Barbie with Down syndrome and the first with a curvy body, and the many objects of her enormous universe, including houses, vehicles and infinite accessories.
- When: from 5 July to 23 February 2025
- Dove: London Design Museum, 224-238 Kensington High St – Londra
Vitra Design Museum – Transform! Designing the Future of Energy
Common products that use renewable energy, homes that use solar energy and wind farms and more: the exhibition “Transform! Designing the Future of Energy” – on the calendar at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, near Basel – analyzes the great from a design point of view transformation underway in the energy sector.
An opportunity to delve deeper into a topic that is more current than ever and reflect on the role of the design world in change.
- When: until September 1st
- Dove: Vitra Design Museum, Charles-Eames-Strasse 2 – Weil am Rhein
