WORKSHOP #1 ~ MILAN, FONDERIA BATTAGLIA ~ 15/17 NOVEMBER 2013
WS#1 ~ MILAN, FONDERIA BATTAGLIA ~ 15/17 NOVEMBER 2013 DESIGN WORKSHOP WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN CRAFTSMEN
Resign Academy, in collaboration with the gallery Subalterno1 and the on-line store Autoproduzioni Italiane, presents Manufacto, a series of workshops aimed to investigate the production potential, linked to the design, of some of the most important Italian excellent craftsmanship. The first stage of the project will be held in Milan over the weekend November 15-17, 2013 at the historical Fonderia Artistica Battaglia. GOALS
During the first day, the partecipants will come into contact with the productive possibilities and properties of bronze. Then, the theoretical lecture by Stefano Maffei & Andrea Gianni about selfproduction and Stefano Caggiano about the design languages. The next two days Magnani & Delvecchio and other guests tba, like the Studio Sovrappensiero, will lead each student through practical and creative exercises, shaping their personal concepts. At the end of the 3 days, Subalterno1 will select a project, financing its production and putting it on sale in the on-line store autoproduzioniitaliane.com, giving to the selected student the precious and unique opportunity to follow the production and see the realization of his own idea. TO WHOM IT’S ADDRESSED
The workshop is open to all, but particularly to design, art and comunication students, artists, designers and architects. APPLICATION
Submit your Application Form, that can be downloaded from www.resign.it, including CV and possibly a Portfolio to resignacademy@gmail.com before 10 November ‘13 (included). In the days immediately following will be selected and contacted the 15 people who will take part in workshop. For those selected the cost of registration is € 150,00. But will offer 1 scholarship to be allocated to the first classified in the selections, which can participate for free.
THE PLACE
Fonderia Artistica Battaglia In 1913, in the fifteenth century location of Simonetta, three partners – Ercole Battaglia (ex-director of the foundry Necchi), Giulio Pogliani and Riccardo Frigerio – founded the “Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, Pogliani e Frigerio”. The history of Battaglia is intricately entwined with that of the city of Milan, it “traces the arc of the Italian sculptural tradition in the twentieth century” and looks to its nation through the eyes of the expert craftsmen and artists, who are “citizens by law of the great Republic of the Arts”, from a viewpoint, that of the foundry, in which the constant creative flux renders the space, its workers and its activities immune to the passing of time. MORE INFO > www.fonderiabattaglia.com
THE PROTAGONISTS
Resign Academy Resign is a collective studio founded in 2007 by Andrea Magnani, Giovanni Delvecchio and Elisabetta Amatori. Resign think the design process is not anymore just a tool for production, but becomes a mean for the establishment of meaningful relations: “the sense of an object won’t be observed from an aesthetic perspective, but will be found in its ability to function as a “creator” of dense relations, connotated by a high identity value”.
With the Resign Academy they propose an inovative teaching, founded on the handcrafted “know how” together with a series of direct lessons that will range from “contemporary mithology”, to new symbolism, and to “Design 2.0”. MORE INFO > www.resign.it SUBALTERNO1 SUBALTERNO1 is a young gallery founded by Andrea Gianni and fully dedicated to italian self-production. It’s a place where self-produced designers and their objects are presented, displayed and distributed. It’s a showcase interacting with those traveling through the neighborhood of Lambrate. It’s a self-managed initiative, participated and shared with those involved in the project. MORE INFO > www.subalterno1.com Autoproduzioni Italiane Autoproduzioni italiane is a new brand that will distribute, promote and support selfitalian design. MORE INFO > www.autoproduzioniitaliane.com Stefano Caggiano Graduated in Philosophy and Product Design, he works as a feeelance contributor for “Interni” (Milan) and “Cool Hunting” (New York), specializing in design languages in connection with the socio-anthropological scenario and the meaningful relationships between objects and the cultural framework. He teaches Design Languages, Semiotics of Design and History and Critics of Contemporary Design at NABA in Milan, ISIA of Faenza and IAAD of Turin. He provides advice to companies in researching, defining and telling semantic-based aesthetic strategies for design. MORE INFO > www.designconsultant.it Stefano Maffei Stefano Maffei is an architect and holds a Ph. D. in Industrial Design. He is also a professional designer (www.mapdesignstudio.it). Associate Professor, he teaches Design at the Industrial Design Faculty of Politecnico di Milano. He was involved in academic research activities as the coordinator of the Design Research Agency SDI. He also teaches and is a Faculty member of the Master in Strategic Design, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano and had been teaching in workshops and project works. He is a Faculty member of Design Ph.D.(DIECM), INDACO Department, Politecnico di Milano. Moreover he had coordinated (2001-2007) the design and exhibit activities of OPOS Design Foundation, Milan. His design works were published by several design magazines such as Modo, Domus, Abitare, and Interni, and his writings have been published by Electa, Scheiwiller, Abitare Segesta, Editoriale Sole 24 Ore, Lupetti, Eleuthera, Alinea, Poli.Design Electa. His current research and work interests are: strategic design, service design, theory of innovation, design driven innovation in local productive systems, activity system design, design for local development, ethnographic research methods, action research methods.
Sovrappensiero Sovrappensiero Design Studio was founded in Milan by the creative partnership of two young designers, Lorenzo De Rosa and Ernesto Iadevaia. Their first project “design for blind people� was presented at the Salone Satellite in 2008. They collaborate with several companies, such as Mamoli Robinetteria, Benetton, Corraini, Vibram, Porada, Seletti and Manerba with the research project Office + Retrofit selected for the ADI Design Index. MORE INFO > www.sovrappensiero.com and more tba.
CONTACTS
Andrea Magnani & Giovanni Delvecchio P. (+39) 3393022824 ~ (+39) 3290966687 M. resignacademy@gmail.com
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