Source Firenze: Italy’s Free Design Exhibition in Florence Will Feature AmniosyA, .MGX, and Many More 3D Design Artists!
Source Firenze is a free Italian design exhibition coming to Florence (i.e. Firenze) area from September 11, 2014 to September 18, 2014. It takes place at the Limonaia Villa Strozzi of Florence (directions here), managed by the cultural association Officine Creative.
This Florence exhibition features 40 self-made designers, including the 2013 “i.materialise Designer of the Year” award-winner AmniosyA. It also includes activities for children, conferences, speakers and workshops. The event strives to provide attendees with new production techniques, business contacts, funding sources and inspiration.
Participation is free. Read on for details.
Designers from Italy and all over the world are welcome to present 1-3 of their portfolio pieces at Source Firenze. Slots may still be available. Among the confirmed pieces on display are standard-setting masterworks by several established 3D print artists, including the award-winning AmniosyA, veteran designer Xavier Lust, Finland’s very own Janne Kyttanen, and France’s legendary Patrick Jouin.
It has not yet been decided which pieces each designer participating will display, but one famous work from each of these 3D print artists will be on display.
Janne Kyttanen’s Lily.MGX lamp.
Among the pieces that will be on display are some from the .MGX by Materialise collection, a star-studded 3D print collection features 3D printed artwork that has been displayed in the Smithsonian, Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMa), Helsinki DESIGNMUSEO, and other fine art museums.
Pieces that will be on display include:
Patrick Jouin’s One_Shot.MGX stool
AmniosyA is designing this year’s Designer of the Year award for i.materialise, and will be at the Source Firenze exhibition.
is hard at work on a project of their own: the award for the upcoming “2014 Designer of the Year” competition hosted by i.materialise. The competition is starting soon, and time has yet to reveal if Source Firenze will be the place to premiere their bold new design.
Do you know any other designers going to Source Firenze? Let us know in the comments!
Xavier Lust’s Gamete.MGX lamp.
