{"id":292,"date":"2017-12-05T20:11:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T20:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/inserra-chair\/?page_id=292"},"modified":"2019-09-06T06:17:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T10:17:03","slug":"critical-made-in-italy-part-1-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/inserra-chair\/events\/2016-17-events\/critical-made-in-italy-part-1-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Made in Italy Part 1: Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThursday October 13, 2016 – 6.30-8.30pm<\/strong>
\nFeliciano School of Business\u00a0Lecture Hall 101
\n<\/strong>For directions, select School of Business from\u00a0campus map<\/a>
\nSee media coverage for this event<\/a>
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\nThis is the first event of the “Critical Made in Italy<\/a>” series, designed by the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies and inspired by a 2016 collection of essays edited by\u00a0Daniele Balicco\u00a0–\u00a0Made in Italy and Culture.<\/em>
\nFocused on Italian design, this panel was developed in line with the Week of the Italian Language, which takes place every October worldwide as part of an Italian government\u2019s initiative (its 2016 edition is entitled \u201cItalian and Creativity: Brands and Practices, Fashion and Design\u201d). The goal of the Oct. 13 panel at Montclair State University is to stress the role of contemporary Italy as a major manufacturing power that is at the forefront of innovation \u2013 technological and otherwise \u2013 in a variety of fields involving design: fashion, furniture, electromechanics, etc. At the same time, the country remains the center of world-renowned artistic and cultural traditions and sites that identify it as the capital of the Dolce Vita. It is in this tension between past, present and future that Italian design offers a unique perspective on objects and environments and the ways in which people interact with them. By blending handmade practices with high-tech processes, and by producing stylish products that incorporate artisanal elements, Italian design has developed, since the pre-WWII period, but especially after the war, a unique aesthetic language that reflects a way of being in the world and a dynamic relationship with history. Provocative and ironic (and even self-ironic), Italian design continues to be a strong point of reference in the design sector, especially for its attention to the broader eco-system of contemporary life. Despite the internationalization of many Italian design companies, the very concept of Italian design still seems to have a distinctive story to tell about beauty, sustainability, and functionality, and this panel will investigate it from different perspectives.<\/p>\n

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