The "Flexibility: Design in a fast-changing society" exhibition poses questions about bonds between flexibility and design, where flexibility is intended as the ease with which a system or components of it can be modified and adapted for use in different applications or settings to the ones for which they were originally designed.
Registration is open until June 20, 2008 for the debate and two workshops that will be held on June 26-27-28 during the event "Flexibility. Design in a fast-changing society," one of the most important appointments during the
World Design Capital Torino 2008 calendar of events.
As of June 29th, three related events are open to the public and will encourage an international exchange about design, as well as provide an opportunity to learn more about the themes of the exhibit. The events will take place in the captivating surroundings of the former prison Ex Carceri "Le Nuove."
June 28, 2008: an open debate will be chaired by the exhibit's curator, Guta Moura Guedes, and Alice Rawsthorn, a journalist and design critic for the International Herald Tribune. International participants include Ross Lovegrove, Patricia Urquiola, Clemens Weisshar and Matali Crasset.
Workshops will be held in two different sessions on June 26 and 27, and are reserved to design students enrolled in their final year of studies, as well as to young professionals. The key figures of the workshops are Fernando Brizio, Antenna Design (Sigi Moeslinger & Masamichi Udagama), Emiliana (Ana Mir & Emili Padros) and Giulio Iacchetti.
Entrance is free and places are limited.
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