Aspesi X Vetsak ‘Tranformation’
The Italian heritage fashion brand, Aspesi, and German next-gen furniture design brand, Vetsak, created a distinct capsule collection in a true fusion of fashion and furnishing. Transformation leaned into the brands’ shared values of innovation, heritage, and craftsmanship, with the duo remaking deadstock Aspesi nylon garments into sofas.
The capsule consists of three sofas, each completed by an accompanying blanket, small and larger-than-life toys and pillow sets. Vetsak’s modular sofa and Aspesi’s celebrated nylon parachute puffers fused into three distinct colour worlds.
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Courtesy of Aspesi
Prada Frames ‘Being Home’
For their annual symposium curated by the design and research studio Formafantasma, Prada Frames took place inside the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum. This year's overarching theme of 'Being Home' examined the living environment as a framework to address contemporary challenges. The symposium included contributions from numerous scholars and professionals from diverse research areas, including Paola Antonelli, Brigitte Baptiste, Jack Halberstam, Office KGDVS, Alice Rawsthorn and Isabella Rossellini. A series of intimate conversations and thematic lectures occurred simultaneously within the museum’s various spaces – the living room, bedroom, dining room, bathroom, and library. If you’re curious to hear more, podcast recordings of all conversations are available now via KoozArch.
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Miu Miu Literary Club ‘Writing Life’
At Circolo Filologico, Miu Miu hosted its inaugural Literary Club, ‘Writing Life’, curated by writer and researcher Olga Campofreda. The event brought back into focus the work of writers Alba De Céspedes and Sibilla Aleramo, alongside conversations, live performances and entertainment. The two-day event was an animated reflection on the lives of women. past and present. expressed through the written word.
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'For the first iteration of the Miu Miu Literary Club, we chose to highlight the work of Sibilla Aleramo and Alba De Céspedes: they both are a cultural and educational reference, and we feel it is very important to make their work available to a large audience, including schools. Their masterpieces, ‘Una Donna’ (A Woman) and ‘Quaderno Proibito’ (Forbidden Notebook) focus on topics that still today are at the centre of a continuously expanding social debate. They came from different backgrounds and lived in slightly different times, but both their life experiences as women and writers can be a unique source of learning for women – and not only – everywhere. In a way, their work is even more contemporary now than ever.'
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