Museo del Design Italiano Opens at Triennale Milano

The Museo del Design Italiano, the permanent collection of Italian Design at Triennale Milano, debuts its first permanent display, directed by Joseph Grima.

Release time : 2019-05-29 11:06:25

source : Milan Tourist Bureau

The Museo del Design Italiano, the permanent collection of Italian Design at Triennale Milano, debuts its first permanent display, directed by Joseph Grima. The Museo shows the most iconic and representative pieces of Italian design, selected from the 1,600 items in the Triennale Collection. The creation of the Museo del Design Italiano has been made possible by the support of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.

The creation of this permanent display has been advocated by Stefano Boeri, President of Triennale Milano, and by Triennale Milano’s boards and is the result of the input from an advisory committee that brings together some of the top names in the world of Italian design and architecture: Paola Antonelli, Mario Bellini, Andrea Branzi, Antonio Citterio, Michele De Lucchi, Piero Lissoni, Claudio Luti, Fabio Novembre, and Patricia Urquiola. A dedicated special committee will oversee targeted acquisition policies that will add to the permanent collection in the coming years.

"The opening of the Museum of Italian Design is the first stage of a larger, longterm project, which is supported by Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and other members of Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, and agreed with ADI and Assolombarda, with which Triennale is setting up an association," says Stefano Boeri. “The aim is to expand our collection through targeted acquisition policies and new partnerships with archives, companies, schools, universities, museums, and the expansion of spaces devoted to design in the Triennale, in order to make our institution the leading international center of Italian design."

The expansion project will involve a call for applications for an international design competition in two stages, which will be launched by May 2019. The extension will include new exhibition spaces where the entire collection can be put on display simultaneously, as well as areas for public services and for reorganising the