join our DAAily talks during milan design week!

dear designboom reader,

During the upcoming Milan Design Week, Designboom is hosting a series of hourly Live TALKS alongside Architonic and Archdaily at our DAAily bar.

Participation to the event is free, but spaces are quickly filling up so please RSVP to DAAilybar@designboom.com, listing all sessions of interest.

The audience will have the chance to hear from international guests from the worlds of design, art and architecture, who will provide insights into current work and developments. You can expect discussions around Architecture for Elephants, Labyrinths, Flowers, Parfum, Design Emergency, Photography For Sustainability, and Time. In addition, Alessia Cappello, Comune di Milano's Councilor for Economic Development and Labor Policies, will honor Boonserm Premthada with the golden madonnina of THE DESIGN PRIZE.

Discover more about the speakers of the conversations moderated by Designboom below.

TUESDAY, June 07

18:00 - DESIGN EMERGENCY BY PAOLA ANTONELLI AND ALICE RAWSTHORN

Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn celebrate the launch of their debut publication DESIGN EMERGENCY with a PHAIDON BOOK SIGNING at the DAAily bar. During their talk, the two will discuss more about how great creative minds are developing new design solutions to the major challenges of our time.

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20:00 - ANNE VITCHEN TALKS FLOWERS

Floral designer Anne Vitchen shares her flowery experience of creating unique installations for clients like DIOR, CHANEL, and the RITZ hotel Paris.

Anne Vitchen is also developing an immersive floral installation merging visual and olfactory sensations, which will be on view at the DAAily bar.

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WEDNESDAY, June 08

18:00 - DOUGLAS MANDRY MEETS BALLY

Human demand for a lot of things has caused natural ecosystems to diminish. Swiss artist Douglas Mandry is experimenting with photographic techniques and self-invented processes to raise questions around this issue. Photography for Sustainability!

Also, don't miss Mandry's nature-inspired Art Curtain– created in collaboration with Bally and Christian Fischbacher – which will cover the walls of the DAAily bar.

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THURSDAY, June 09

18:00 - JULIAN BEDEL OF FUEGUIA 1833 TALKS PARFUM

Julian Bedel, the Argentinian founder of Fueguia 1833, sees perfumery as synonymous to craftsmanship, innovation, and sustainability. The audience will have a chance to smell his most recent seasonal scents, resulting of an exploration and botanical research conducted especially for Designboom.

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20:00 - ARCHITECTURE FOR ELEPHANTS BY BOONSERM PREMTHADA

Boonserm Premthada of Bangkok Project Studio will talk about his Architecture for Elephants, as well as the elephant dung bricks, in which he and his team upcycle animal waste into building material. The Thai architect will also receive the golden madonnina of THE DESIGN PRIZE for SOCIAL IMPACT in a ceremony with Alessia Cappello, Comune di Milano's Councilor for Economic Development and Labor Policies.

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FRIDAY, June 10

18:00 - LAURA CASALIS AND THE MYTH OF LABYRINTHS

With Laura Casalis, the publisher of Franco Maria Ricci‘s FMR magazine, the world’s most beautiful art publication, we’ll investigate about the myth of labyrinths and she will introduce us to FMR’s own labyrinth near Parma, the biggest worldwide.

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20:00 - UNIMATIC'S GIOVANNI MORO TALKS WATCHES IN TIMES OF SMARTPHONES

UNIMATIC co-founder Giovanni Moro talks watches in times of smartphones. The young and brave Milanese UNIMATIC initiative unites new standards with collaboration drops.

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The DAAily bar – our curated space inside the Swiss Corner, in the eastern part of the Brera Design District – is an otherworldly space for relaxation during the busy Milan Design Week. It will be open from Tuesday, June 07 to Friday, June 10, offering a place to meet and network, to watch live conversations and participate in discussions.

Full list of speakers: Alfredo Häberli, Alice Rawsthorn, Alper Derinboğaz, Anne Vitchen, Benjamin Gallegos Gabilondo, Boonserm Premthada, Carlo Ratti CMP Design Studio, Cristian Zuzunaga, Douglas Mandry, Fabio Calvi & Paolo Brambilla, Giovanni Moro, Jakob Lange, Jay Osgerby, Julian Bedel, Laura Casalis, Mario Cucinella, Paola Antonelli, Patricia Urquiola, Sebastian Herkner, Stefan Diez, Stefano Boeri.

Please join us over 4 days, June 07 – 10, 14:00 – 21:00

DAAily bar at Swiss Corner, Piazza Cavour, Via Palestro 2

Participation to the talks is free, but spaces are quickly filling up so please RSVP to DAAilybar@designboom.com, listing all sessions of interest.

Our thanks go to the DAAily bar’s main partner Bally, as well as to our partners Christian Fischbacher, Brunner, Vibia, MAGIS, Andreu World and ames.

We hope to see you there!