October 14, 2019 – Already winner of a “Grand Prix du Design” in Montreal in 2018, “The Journey of the Word” was judged by the ADI Design Index as one of the best Italian design products of the year and was included among the 227 projects (selected from 900) that can now compete, in the category “Design for Social Impact” for the most prestigious design award, the Compasso d’Oro.
Since the end of the Universal Exposition, the message of the Church continues to live through “The Journey of the Word,” a restoration and worldwide relocation project of the 25 sacred inscriptions originally from the Holy See pavilion at EXPO MILANO 2015.
At the Milan presentation, hosted by Giorgio Tartaro, participants included the museum director Fiorenzo Galli and ADI president Luciano Galimberti, as well as Lara Magoni (Regional Councillor for Tourism, Territorial Marketing, and Fashion of Lombardy), Renato Galliano (Director of Urban Economy and Work, Municipality of Milan), Francesco Zurlo (Politecnico di Milano, Scientific Committee of the Permanent ADI Design Observatory), while Gabriella Bottini (neuropsychologist, University of Pavia) illustrated the perceptual and cognitive bases that connect objects to everyday life.
The exhibition
An exhibition, open in Milan until October 20 and in Rome from November 23 to 26, presents a significant part of the selected products, accompanied by videos and information illustrating their qualities. The exhibition design is by Cortesi Design (Angelo Cortesi, Mauro Borella, Alessio Puleo, Carlo Ronchi) with Francesco Schianchi.
ADI
The ADI Design Index is the annual publication of ADI, the Association for Industrial Design, which collects the best Italian design put into production, selected by the ADI Permanent Design Observatory. The selection includes products or product systems of every category, theoretical-critical research, process or business research applied to design. Two key aspects stand out. The first is the variety of proposals: products arise from the full range of expertise across Italian regions, each of which – linked by the common thread of Made in Italy – has its own economy, its own approach to design, and its own way of responding to user demand. The second characteristic is the growing attention to sustainability: a value now firmly established in Italian design culture, reflected in many of the selected products.
Curators: Ginette Caron (coordination and artistic direction)
Marco Imperadori (Politecnico di Milano), Alessio Pesenti (NordZinc)
Promoters: Pontificium Consilium de Cultura and Caritas Ambrosiana.
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