For the German designer, the earth is not merely a material used to build new objects but something fragile and precious, to be taken care of through the projects and research she talked about.
How many types of ceramics are there? When did ceramics and industry first come together?
Valerio Terraroli, curator of the exhibition “Art Déco. Il trionfo della modernità”, and Domitilla Dardi, design critic, tell us all about it in their first “Art Deco walk”.
The symbolic date representing the launch of the great economic and cultural “Made in Italy” phenomenon is certainly 1925, the year of the Paris Expo celebrating the height of the Art Deco movement. This is what happened.
Even before plants, human survival relies on soil, as this is where all life comes from. The urban planning expert who chose to stand “on the side of soil”, as his last book is also entitled, explains why we should protect this incredible (and misunderstood) ecosystem.
Rare earths that are unique, coming from magical places and charged with memory. We talked of this and other things with the artist, who uses ceramics and terracotta to create magical presences, evoking stories to be told.
