Italian Design Act

A four day long, fully immersing design experience at the Moravian Gallery featuring workshops, an exhibition, a pop-up shop and lectures of a new generation of active Italian designers.

The event will offer an overview of multiple design practices of Product and Furniture Design, Fashion, Illustration, as well as new fields such as Interaction Design and Social Media.

The central theme of the event is the role of designers in today's society and the concept of  'locality' in the way they connect with other designers, producers, entrepreneurs, artists, activists, educators, and leaders in their city/country to bring local solutions to global challenges.

The event will highlight the nature of designers and their state of constant transformation and adaptation to the needs of the environment they are part of, creating new roles within their community.

By using, challenging and redefining culture, traditions and local stories through their work, designers can be an incredibly powerful source that paves the paths to new perspectives, so let's see 'what design can do'.

4 DESIGN WORKSHOPS 

Illustration Workshop by Anna Parini: 03.03.17 od 10:00am
'Předstírejte, že máte deadline' / 'Pretend you're under deadline'

Furniture Design Workshop by Ciszak Dalmas: 03.03.17 od 10:00am
'Manifest nábytku' / 'Manifesto Furniture'

Social Media & Personal Branding Workshop by Aurora Rapalino: 03.03.17 od 10:00 am
'Jak digitální jsi? Vytvoř si svou personální značku' / 'Build your personal brand'

Fashion Design Workshop by RitaRita: 04.03.17 od 13:00
'Látkové příběhy' / 'Fabric Tales'

All classes will be in English. The price for each workshop is of 220,- CZK. For registration and more information write or call us here: office@kogaa.eu / +420 736 743 991
All workshops will take place at the Applied Art Museum, Moravian Gallery, Husova 14.

6 DESIGN LECTURES 
03.03.17 from 16:00 - 19:00

A series of lectures by the invited designers will take place. They will talk about their work and process of designing. Also, a presentation of the works made by students and designers during the workshops will be on show. 
The entrance is free of charge and no need for registration. Please come in advance since in order to take your seat. All lectures will take place at the Applied Art Museum, Moravian Gallery, Husova 14.

Speakers Line-up:
VITTORIO VENEZIA (Product Design)
ANNA PARINI (Illustration)
ALBERTO NESPOLI - EligoStudio (Product&Interior Design)
MARGHERITA MAZZA - RitaRita (Fashion Design)
ANDREA CARUSO & ALBERTO GOBBINO - Ciszak Dalmas (Product Design)
AURORA RAPALINO (Interaction & Social Media)
All lectures will be in English.

The event is organized by the Italian Embassy in Prague, in collaboration with Brno based architecture studio KOGAA and Moravian Gallery in Brno, in partnership with the City of Brno, the South Moravian Region, Tourist Information Center and Nová Mosilana, a.s.