TOP YOUNG ITALIAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS PRIZE
The Italian Cultural Institute will proudly display designs by the ten winners of the Top Young Italian Industrial Designers Prize. The winners were chosen based on academic achievement, design innovation, and the production functionality of their individual projects. Their visit to New York will bring the winners international visibility, as well as the opportunity to meet and network with industrial design professionals, museum curators, and academics.The prize has been created by Riccardo Viale, director of the Italian Cultural Institute, and curated by architect Massimo Vignelli, president of la Fondazione NY. The exhibition will open on September 6 and will be on view until September 26. It will be held at the Italian Cultural Institute, along with a series of other correlated initiatives, and will display a few of the winners’ most significant works.