More than 10 Italian Design Masters Flying In For
Business of Design Week 2007
This December, Business of Design Week (bodw) 2007 is bringing the largest ever group of Italian designers to Hong Kong with this year’s partner country – Italy. Over 10 design greats from Italy will share Italian design’s mastery, craftsmanship, and modern inspiration at bodw forum on 12-14 December 2007.
During the week-long programme, bodw will echo the Italian theme with several extraordinary exhibitions from Italy:
Ø “Maestri. Design Italiano” presents the history of Italian design over the last half-century, focusing on the creativity of 21 designers credited with reinventing design using innovative technologies and new relationships between form and function.
Ø One of Italy’s most prolific architects, Massimiliano Fuksas, will bring to Hong Kong his unconventional design exhibition.
Ø “The Italian way of seating” exhibition featuring 50 years of Italian chair design from the second half of the twentieth century, illustrates the history of a product dominated by Italy’s unrivalled leadership throughout the world.
| | Alberto Meda Meda made his name through extensive work with Kartell and has subsequently developed into one of the world’s rare engineers / designers of today.
| | Michele De Lucchi De Lucchi explores the deep interaction between architectural thinking, industrial design and global communication to promote functionality and clarity in an ever-changing society.
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| | Andrea Ferraresi Combining Italian style, power and technology, Ferraresi creates some of the most powerful motorbikes in the world for Ducati - extreme, untamed and designed to thrill.
| | Massimiliano Fuksas One of the most prolific Italian architects, Fuksas has had a prodigious output across the world of large scale architecture and is an expert on urban problems. |
| | David Wilkie With cutting edge ideas, new shapes, and stylistic solutions, David Wilkie oversees the evolution of unique concepts into iconic sports cars. | | Massimo Iosa Ghini Always in the avant-garde of Italian design, Massimo Iosa Ghini has defined the role of the modern day designer with his pioneering practice.
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| | Ernesto Gismondi Blending modernity and art, Gismondi’s Artemide group creates the world’s most popular and striking lighting, such as the industrial design masterpiece, Tizio desk lamp.
| | Massimo Vignelli "If you can design one thing, you can design everything." Vignelli is true to his word and has shown us how by becoming one of the true polyglot designers of his generation.
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| | Mario Bellini One of the leading lights of Italian architecture, Bellini is responsible for a large no. of museums and cultural quarters all across the world.
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And many more to come
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Business of Design Week 2007
Date: Monday 10th December – Saturday 15th December
Venue: Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
Organiser: Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC)
