IDW – Design weekend ‘09
Istanbul and design
IDW – design weekend ’09 protagonist in Istanbul from 18th to 21st June 2009. Four days dedicated to the international design with exhibition of product design and installations.
The IDW was born from the collaboration between the Italian company Design Partners – already curator of Zona Tortona Design on the occasion of the Milan Furniture Week – and the Turkish Dream Design Factory, united in emphasizing the culture of Turkish design. To make of Istanbul a centre of interest and business connected to the best of creativity.
Thus, the theme chosen by IDW – design weekend ’09 is “Mediterranean Design between present and future”, featuring two main souls: one dedicated to the city, committed to the best window/installation and to a series of events; the other one rather committed to design projects and to the online international competition of the magazine www.palermodesign.it
Numerous the design, visual design and photo exhibitions selected by the jury of the competition; the exhibition by Richard Ginori curated by Paola Navone (a hit of the Milan Furniture Week), and the Material ConneXion, the biggest research centre and documentation on innovative materials, arrived for the first time to Istanbul available for consultation exclusively for a month.
Not to be missed also the master work by Michelangelo Pistoletto “Between Earth and Sea”, created in collaboration with Alias as personal re-interpretation of the super-light chair by Riccardo Blumer; and the “Contamin[a]zioni” by Federico Delrosso who presents at the IDW a new chair seat - homage to the Ottoman tradition and realized together with the Turkish company Barbodesign.
Design and Mediterranean are also the themes of the congress at IMA – Istanbul Moda Academy, with the speakers Vanni Pasca, the art and design critic Philippe Daverio, the responsible of the Association of Designers of Marocco Soumiya Jalal Mikou and some emeritus design teachers of Turkey, Lebanon and Israel.
To further emphasize the integration between Turkey, design and the rest of the Mediterranean, on Wednesday 17th June it is inaugurated the new centre of the DesignLibrary, the first library entirely dedicated to design. After Milan and Shanghai, Istanbul becomes the third link of an international network focused on the best of the creative innovation. In fact, the centre of the events has been placed in a former hats firm recently renovated and located on the bank of the Golden Horn. It is situated in Piri Pasa Mahallesi, Kumbarahane Caddesi n.22.
Culture, Destinations, Events, Exhibitions And Galleries, Home Decor And Design, Not To Be Missed,
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