Change theme the 2017 2019 Designcultures United was is thethe theme ofof the 2016 edition, dedicated to creativity. Florence Design Week, aims this year to promote the collective dimension of design and creativity, encouraging 2018 NEW IMAGI-NATIONS 2020 TRANSFORM-NATIONS 2016 DESIGN UNITED exchanges between various cultures. TEMPORARY CULTURAL CENTER The creative process is usually not a INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE CULTURES solitary activity and includes group Florence Design Week is a multi- participation right from the conceptual disciplinary and creative project phase of a project. Even the most designed to communicate the identity s o l i t a r y o f t h e d e s i g n e r s fi n d s of individuals, businesses, cultures, inspiration and reference to the society ans societies to the world. in which he lives and aims his work to Life style, pleasure, art de vivre, one in which he would like to live; good environmental sustainability, a mix of d e s i g n t e n d s t o u n i o n a n d business and network, virtuous c o m m u n i c a t i o n r a t h e r t h a n t o contamination, make Florence again separation. the center of the aesthetic debate to Florence Design Week this year is express visual, functional, ethical dedicated to the most creative cities beauty in the world. that integrate people of different The Festival is therefore a must for cultures through design, to designers industry experts, professionals, who welcome inputs from different entrepreneurs, companies, teachers, disciplines, and to design solutions that students, creative Italians and include a strong ethical and sustainable foreigners. orientation.
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The Festival has obtained in previous editions the patronage of the President of the Republic and the awarding of two medals, the high patronage of the Ministry of Heritage and Culture and the Ministry of Youth, the patronage of Tuscany Region , Province of Florence, 2017 Florence City Council. In 2019 2015 hosted with great success "Design your Innsbuck" in collaboration with the city of Innsbruck and "V4 Young design and spring emotions" in collaboration with Consolato Onorario della Repubblica Ceca per la Toscana e Associazione Culturale Italo-Ungherese della Toscana supported by Visegrad Fund. In 2014 the Festival hosted with great success "Become a Awakener" a competition sponsored by the European Commission in the context of the Generation Awake campaign, designed to promote the principles of upcycling and the reuse of materials among young creatives.
International collaborations: Moscow Design Week, St.Petersburg Design Week, SIDA Shenzen Industrial Design Profession Association (China), London Design Festival, Melbourne Design Week, Brazil, Romania, Spain, Poland, Mexico, Argentina, Turkey, USA, and more!!
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Florence design week encapsulates the best of contemporary interior design. It features world-class Design show in Florence, IT , architectural and design materials exhibition Design Materials and emerging talent showcase Super Futures . With a global appeal and its status as Britain’s most influential contemporary Design show. Bursting at the seams with new launches and events, the 2016 show was the vibrant European hub it promised to be and held its own with its distinct mix of serious design and playful innovation. Attendance
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International collaborations: Moscow Design Week, St.Petersburg Design Week, SIDA Shenzen Industrial Design Profession Association (China), London Design Festival, Melbourne Design Week, Brazil, Romania, Spain, Poland, Mexico, Argentina, Turkey, USA, and more!!
35 events, seminars, conferences, workshops and other activities performed at the Festival, 40 projects of public events, 60 Launch events, shows, exhibitions, showcases and more 100 organizations and partners who have contributed and participated.
Approximately 35,000 visits to the events listed in the program as part of the second edition. Visitors are composed of four main groups: -consumers / citizens / businesses (30%) -design professionals (45%) -design students (13%) foreign visitors (42%) !The more than 15 countries around the world have been recorded in the period of the festival.
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