Design Destinations
By Domitilla DARDI
Curator of Rome’s MAXXI Museum describes a recent Italian phenomenon and the exhibition it inspired
Domitilla Dardi
The Courage and Risk of a Vision: Using past successes to inspire, not overshadow, the present
by Domitilla DARDI
In 1972 Italy: the new domestic landscape, the exhibition curated by Emilio Ambasz, opened at MoMA: it was a momentous event for Italian design, consecrating the industrial production of the glorious decade of the Sixties in the world. The exhibition pointed out the experimental character of Italian design, the courage of a vision of interior design able to fill the industrial and technological gap between Italy and other countries with a stronger training and production background.