This site uses technical, analytics and third-party cookies.
By continuing to browse, you accept the use of cookies.

Preferences cookies

Program of the sixth edition of the Italian Design Day in the USA

Italian Design Day in the USA

A rich program of events throughout the United States on Italian design and creativity.

The program in the USA includes events throughout the country. From Chicago, to New York, from Houston to Los Angeles, from Miami to San Francisco and Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.events will focus on

Regeneration, sustainability, ethics and aesthetics, the role of women in the field, trade – and beyond.

Full details are available here

 

The sixth edition of “Italian Design Day” (IDD) kicked off yesterday in the USA. The program is part of a global initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to promote Italian design and creativity, as well as its production system, around the world. In the United States, the Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C. is at the helm of the initiative and, together with the network of Consulates, Italian Cultural Institutes and Trade Offices in the USA, will present over a dozen events throughout the country during the week of March 23, which marks Design Day.

Re-Generation. Design and new technologies for a sustainable future is the theme chosen for this year events. The goal is to emphasize the ability of the Italian design to renew itself and its production processes, and the constant qualitative research on materials in the name of circularity and sustainability, both of which are strategic pillars in Italy’s economic post pandemic revival. IDD also acts as a launching pad to promote the upcoming 60th edition of the Salone del Mobile in Milan (June 7-12), and Rome’s candidacy to host the 2030 Universal Exposition.

Many Italian design spokespersons, architects and experts of international renown will take part in this US event, which highlights Italy-US cooperation in all design-related sectors, including sustainability, art and culture, research, innovation and technology.

Design is among the catalysts of Italy-US investments and of our trade exchange, which last year topped 94 billion dollars, up by almost 20%, compared to 2020.

 

“Although it takes place in the dramatic context of the war triggered by the brutal and unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine, this Italian Design Day offers us the opportunity to enhance the pivotal role that design and creativity plays in relations between Italy and the United States, both in trade and culture as well as in cooperation in the fields of technological innovation and research,” noted the Italian Ambassador, Mariangela Zappia, in her opening remarks. “Design is a field in which Italian excellence is internationally recognized and which makes us world leaders in many productive sectors,” continued the Ambassador.