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Made in Italy. Storie del design italiano (POK)

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Made in Italy. Storie del design italiano (POK)

Una selezione di opere e progetti. Il corso propone una prima selezione di opere e progetti e sarà progressivamente aggiornato con altre opere e protagonisti. Il corso intende promuovere la conoscenza della storia del design italiano, con particolare riferimento alla seconda metà del XX secolo, quale componente essenziale della storia dell’abitare contemporaneo.

Il corso intende, inoltre, favorire la conoscenza della realtà milanese delle Fondazioni, degli Archivi e dei Musei del Design italiano, quale testimonianza concreta dell’eredità lasciata dalle figure più importanti ed è infatti svolto in partnership con i seguenti soggetti: CASVA, Comune di Milano; Fondazione Franco Albini; Fondazione Achille Castiglioni; Fondazione studio museo Vico Magistretti; Kartell Museo; Triennale Milano, Museo del Design Italiano.
Tutti i diritti di questo MOOC sono riservati, eccetto dove diversamente specificato.

È vivamente consigliata la visita alle Fondazioni Albini Castiglioni Magistretti, al Museo Kartell e al Museo del Design Italiano di Triennale Milano. Se si volesse poi utilizzare il MOOC in preparazione del test d’ingresso alla Scuola del Design del Politecnico di Milano, oppure come supporto della didattica curriculare, si consiglia un ulteriore approfondimento delle tematiche affrontate nel MOOC anche attraverso lo studio dei testi inseriti in bibliografia.
Il corso è organizzato in 4 settimane, così articolate:
Prima settimana: Introduzione al design italiano
Lezione n. 1: Il Museo del Design Italiano di Triennale Milano
Seconda settimana: La leggerezza, la luce e il colore
Lezione n. 2: Gio Ponti. Superleggera: la sedia "esatta"
Lezione n. 3: Luciano Baldessari: l’allestimento come “messa in scena” (parte prima)
Lezione n. 4: Luciano Baldessari: l’allestimento come “messa in scena” (parte seconda)
Lezione n. 5: Paola Albini presenta Franco Albini: lo spazio negli arredi, gli arredi nello spazio
Lezione n. 6: Paola Albini presenta Franco Albini: dalla luce alla leggerezza
Terza settimana: la memoria e l’innovazione
Lezione n. 7: Carlo e Giovanna Castiglioni presentano: riflessioni luminose su Achille Castiglioni
Lezione n. 8: Carlo e Giovanna Castiglioni presentano: creatività, curiosità e Castiglioni
Lezione n. 9: Rosanna Pavoni e Margherita Pellino presentano Vico Magistretti
Lezione n. 10: Vico Magistretti. Carimate: la sedia della Swinging London
Quarta settimana: il trionfo della plastica
Lezione n. 11: Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Kartell e i componibili
Lezione n. 12: Joe Colombo e la sedia Universale
Lezione n. 13: De Pas, D’Urbino e Lomazzi. Blow: sedersi sull’aria (parte prima)
Lezione n. 14: De Pas, D’Urbino e Lomazzi. Blow: sedersi sull’aria (parte seconda)

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