The Art Side of Kartell

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In 2019, Kartell is celebrating its seventieth anniversary in the form of an exhibition entitled “The art side of Kartell”, curated by Ferruccio Laviani and Rita Selvaggio, and hosted in the prestigious Princes’ halls of the Palazzo Reale in Milan. Open to the public from 10th April until 12th May 2019, the exhibition is promoted and produced by Milan City Council - Culture, the Palazzo Reale and Kartell.
Throughout its history, Kartell, a leading company in the world of “living culture”, has focused its attention on the topic of research, innovation, and the evolutionary processes of technology. Quality, design and industrial products have distinguished its progress over time, starting from functional objects for domestic use which revolutionised the history of post-WWI design, through to the creation of the more sophisticated products which team manufacturing technology with innovative materials. This immersive and vibrant exhibition investigates yesterday’s visions of the “future” in the form of objects, experiences and models of collective wisdom, archive materials and moving pictures, paintings, installations and performances, documents, prototypes and new jobs in a dialectic that associates analytical and formal processes.

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