Memoria e racconto

The directors of the most important design museums in the world will meet in Venice
Memoria e racconto. Per una museologia del design
Università Iuav di Venezia, Facoltà di Design e Arti, 7-8 May 2007
press release

The directors of the most important design museums in the world will meet in Venice for an international conference organized by the Faculty of Arts and Design of the Iuav University of Venice. On May 7-8 2007 the conference entitled Memoria e racconto. Per una museologia del design will be held at the Convento delle Terese (Dorsoduro 2206, Aula A), a unique opportunity to compare experiences and models for the conservation and valorization of the design heritage. Some of the most illustrious protagonists in the world will debate on these issues. Deyan Sudjic (Design Museum, London), Gareth Williams (Victoria and Albert Museum, London), Marie-Laure Jousset (Musée national d’art moderne Centre Pompidou, Paris), Béatrice Salmon (Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris), Paul Warwick Thompson (Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York), Corinna Rösner (Die Neue Sammlung, München), Richard Adler (Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein), will meet the most significant Italian institutions in the field such as the Triennale di Milano, the Mart in Rovereto, the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, the Fondazione ADI Compasso d’oro in Milan, the Archivio Progetti of the Università IUAV di Venezia, as well as the company museums promoted by manufacturers such as the Museo Alessi (Crusinallo di Omegna) and the Kartellmuseo (Noviglio, Milan). The themes of museology and museography for design have become – particularly in Italy and in recent years – the subject of discussion and debate from various perspectives. It seems important and necessary to pragmatically address some of the issues still open in the matter of conservation, classification and communication of the cultural assets of contemporary society. The objective of the conference is to examine the current situation and to advance a series of concrete guidelines for museum operators, archives, foundations, universities and all those who have a design heritage to manage. These professionals will have the opportunity to debate theories and methodologies of design museology, with reference to significant international experiences, and to acquire a pragmatic overview of the most up-to-date approaches to the conservation, classification and communication of objects. The conference will focus on the tools available to the professionals who must deal every day – often with no guidelines to rely on – with the issues of memory (collecting, preserving, ordering, archiving) and narration (arranging, selecting, exhibiting, narrating, communicating) design objects and the materials related to them.

For information contact the
Organization Committee

Olga Barmine
barmine@iuav.it

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