A Tradition of the New

Triennale Milano's Museo del Design Italiano recounts the history of Italian design and its process of discovery

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La tradizione del nuovo (2022)Triennale Milano

Is the fate of knowledge to wrest terrain from the darkness of the unknown? Or is knowledge unknown matter whose boundaries are always expanding? Boundaries vanish and are challenged through tireless research. 

La tradizione del nuovo (2022)Triennale Milano

The Museo del Design Italiano gets a new look with La tradizione del nuovo, collecting works, installations and documents of Italian design between 1964 and 1996.

La tradizione del nuovo (2022)Triennale Milano

It follows a chronological progression and draws on Triennale's archives to review International Exhibitions and shows conceived for the event that have shaken, changed and evolved many dimensions of living and dwelling.

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La tradizione del nuovo (2022)Triennale Milano

The timeline runs from the 13th Triennale Leisure to the 19th Triennale Identity and Difference, with designers like Liisi Beckmann, Roberto Sambonet, Exhibition Design Group, Fiorucci Dxing, Alberto Meda, Clino Trini Castelli.

La tradizione del nuovo (2022)Triennale Milano

The exhibition design, conceived by Zaven, showcases materials, methods of design and project culture by tracing new formal and creative paths to renew the process of experimentation and discovery inherent in applied research in Italian design.

La tradizione del nuovo (2022)Triennale Milano

The exhibition constitutes a gallery of desires, programs, manipulations, errors, and curious perceptual distortions, including cross-contaminations from literature, art, the media, and music.

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La tradizione del nuovo (2022)Triennale Milano

Design is one of the disciplines of creativity that not only shapes an imagination but also populates it with changing objects that define ever-evolving spaces.

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La tradizione del nuovo is part of the 23rd Triennale Milano International Exhibition Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries
Curated by: Marco Sammicheli, Director of Museo del Design Italiano di Triennale Milano
Exhibition Design: Zaven


Photos by DSL Studio, © Triennale Milano

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