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Materials. A matter of perception

30 April 2015

Cristina Morozzi

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The Belgian design magazine Damn and Mosca Partners have occupied the historic Palazzo Litta on Corso Magenta, bringing together a number of international designers and architects whose creations want to emphasize the influence of materials on inspiration. The courtyard of the palace has been converted into an ‘agora’ intended as a debating place, while the rooms on the upper floors have hosted, among gilt and mirrors, various exhibitions, playing on the contrast between the courtly space and aesthetics both primitive and poor. Emblematic of the exhibition “Aesthetics of misery” by Andrea Branzi and Michele de Lucchi which proposed models of ‘favelas’ and emergency shelters, created in collaboration with students of the Milan Polytechnic and set up in the hall of mirrors.

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WHERE: Palazzo Litta, Corso Magenta, 24 – Milan

The Belgian design magazine Damn and Mosca Partners have occupied the historic Palazzo Litta on Corso Magenta, bringing together a number of international designers and architects whose creations want to emphasize the influence of materials on inspiration. The courtyard of the palace has been converted into an ‘agora’ intended as a debating place, while the rooms on the upper floors have hosted, among gilt and mirrors, various exhibitions, playing on the contrast between the courtly space and aesthetics both primitive and poor. Emblematic of the exhibition “Aesthetics of misery” by Andrea Branzi and Michele de Lucchi which proposed models of ‘favelas’ and emergency shelters, created in collaboration with students of the Milan Polytechnic and set up in the hall of mirrors.
WHERE: Palazzo Litta, Corso Magenta, 24 – Milan

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