What is the Fuorisalone?
From many decades now, one cannot separate the Salone del Mobile. Milano from the series of side events that take place in the same period in some of the not-to-be-missed destinations of the city: the Fuorisalone. As is customary every year, together with the official event held at Rho Fiera, the Fuorisalone energizes the city and its outskirts with a series of fringe events divided into areas described as ‘districts’.
For a week, Milan abounds with themed events, presentations, concerts, DJ sets and special projects related to the world of design, furniture and innovations in living solutions.
The 2021 edition features a rich programme featuring over 500 events among exhibitions, installations and talks.
The ‘Salone del Mobile’ and ‘Fuorisalone’ define Milan’s Design Week, premiering the latest trends for the forthcoming year and heralding a tidal wave of events, exhibitions and presentations. During the Fuorisalone, many locations usually feature longer opening hours. Moreover, during Milan Design Week many important brands located in the design districts introduce their new collections and host special events with live music and entertainment for a totally unmissable extravaganza.
Although the events are usually scattered throughout the city, the Fuorisalone recognises a series of main districts, usually distinguished by the endorsement of Milan’s Municipality.
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Official website www.fuorisalone.it
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Isola Design District 2021
For the 2021 edition of Feuroisalone, more than 100 designers, design studios and companies will showcase their work in locations around the Isola district. The evnts revolve around 3 key locations: the Stecca 3 space in via De Castilla 26, serves as the stage to the “Playful, Young, Design” event, an experience designed especially for young families featuring colourful, multifunctional and modular furniture. Spazio Gamma in via Pastrengo 7, hosts Materialized, a research path through natural raw materials, biomaterials and sustainable design. Lastly, the “Stage Four” at Fabbrica Sassetti, in via Sassetti 31, involves visitors in a dreamlike installation, among natural elements and microcomputers that will allow interaction between the public and the sculptures.
Moreover, almost 700 projects are also available for public viewing on isola.design, featuring the participation of over 50 different countries.
5Vie Design Week 2021
Now on its 8th edition, 5Vie Design Week pays tribute to designer AG Fronzoni and his creations based on the concept of minimalism. Featuring both a physical and digital approach thanks to the 5vie.it digital platform, the 5Vie Design Week involves exhibitions and installations with guests and partners, meetings, talks and entertainment. Revolving around the core cluster of “Action”, as a way to react to challenging times, the events powered by 5Vie presents four site-specific installations-events dedicated to 4 international designers. In via Cesare Correnti 14 the Spanish designer Jorge Penadés introduces the use of textile waste to give life to a new material, while teh Italian designer Sara Ricciardi, proposes an itinerant installation-performance that reinterprets the figure of the street vendor.
In Via S. Marta 18, at SIAM, Francesco Pace with his design studio Tellurico based in Eindhoven, will present the performance Untitled 1B, based on his research on the relationship between time, forms and processes, creating a live collection of wooden objects.
the spaces of SIAM also host the creation by Richard Yasmine, interior architect and product designer connected via streaming to virtually accompany visitors in his design world straddling the physical and digital.
Find additional information at www.5vie.it
Events for all tastes
