Via Gaudenzio Fantoli 16/3, Milano
Dal 15 al 21 aprile 2024, dalle 10:00 alle 20:00
Zaventen Ateliers, the Brussels-born cluster celebrating the diversity of inspirations, techniques and aesthetics of collectible design, had made its massive debut at Design Week 2022, in the abandoned Necchi facilities in Baranzate.
This year it returns, twice as large, in a new slightly occupied space, this time on the road Linate – the project has won the Van De Velde prize, bringing a recognition of Flemish culture to a multicultural reality, curator Lionel Jadot proudly reminds us. At the end of the courtyard, cars flow by on the highway, and between the two large and not-so-far-away sheds, the spirit of a real off-fair project, of a design project, comes alive again.
The relentless program of events and performances does not overshadow the content, stretching across the research on one-piece resins, on light installations, on metal-woven tapestries, on encounters between industrial techniques, ready-mades and finesse of cultured crafts applied to one-off projects.