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march 15, 2019 - Ventura Project

Introducing the Ventura Future 2019 Exhibitors: Part I

It’s time to get a better look at the upcoming second edition of Ventura #future (9 - 14 April, 2019). Ventura #future – partnering with the cultural project BASE Milano – is the place to discover the latest explorations of unusual materials. It’s also the playground where sustainable product development starts and where designers bypass the obvious and present us with a hint of absurdity to evoke meaningful conversations. And it serves as the perfect platform for institutions representing the best designers from their country or region, from Slovenia to the East of France, from Thailand to Turin – promoting their cultures and enhancingtrade opportunities.

While the visitor is presented with the latest developments in many material innovations such as hydro-formed steel (Eddyboy) and 3D ceramic printing (Fabrique Publique), Ventura #future showcases a wealth of research on natural and traditional materials, such as Studio Ludovico (Finland) whose founder Alves Ludovico, being a diabetic, takes his relationship to sugar as an inspiration for building a new material. The result is a technique that uses a laser to sinter a sweet mixture, creating a sugar-based bioplastic that he calls supersweetpolymer. Several objects will be on display including the Sugar O’Clock, a reference to how diabetes dictates one’s timetable and activities.

Making Of: Basel Edition is showing hybrid approaches to diverse creation processes within #design discipline at the Institute of Industrial #design at the FHNW Academy of Art and #design in Basel (Switzerland). The presented projects reflect upon contemporary material culture, such as Benjamin Bichsel’s bags made of wild boar leather, using skin that is normally discarded; or Kathrin Blikisdorf’s 3D knitted shoes made from recycled yarns; and Samuel Lodetti’s kiss-inspired glasses that hold curved rims to create unique drinking sensations. 

Toyo Aluminium K.K. (Italy, Japan) explores the ways that aluminium can be used for coating, painting, printing and moulding. The company does this by honouring the great Leonardo da Vinci, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his death in 2019. His famous horse, Il Gran Cavallo, serves as a canvas for investigating the use of aluminium-based pigments. 

The Object Makers are more than 100 students from the #design academy Krabbesholm Højskole(Denmark) who worked together in a shared work process and with a profane common material: 10 mm Twin-Wall polycarbonate. The college was transformed into a large joint workshop for a week in autumn 2018, with the study aiming to break down the boundaries between the collective and the individual. Resulting from this extensive study of using one single material, 11 objects have been selected for display at Ventura #future.

Returning Ventura #future exhibitor Nick Boers (The Netherlands) is opening the sustainability debate by showing sponges that are organic in shape but bear the globally known colours of a Scotch Brite cleaning sponge, commenting on human’s desire to manufacture nature. With his fictional materials he poses the question: "What would the world look like if the earth stopped fighting back and just started to give in to our bullshit?" 

With a similar concern about the human effects on our planet, MIT Integrated #design and Management (USA) tackles the issue of packaging. Jiani Zeng's project DUAL is a concept of liquid hand wash using solid soap as packaging. After using up the liquid soap, the user can remove the paper wrapping and use the solid soap as hand wash. Comparable worries about consumer waste triggered Enis Akiev (Germany) to transform plastiglomerate into natural rock-like ‘plastic stone tiles’. Here she addresses the subjectivity of the concept of waste and questions the end of a product’s life.

Teaching about today’s consumerism and materialism should start at a young age, thinks Lisa Tellekamp (The Netherlands). That’s is why she designed Makeco Play, an educative toy kit that, by making use of bioplastic and 3D printing, teaches children about the cycle of life. Also with the #future on its mind, Moon Gallery (The Netherlands) collects ideas worth sending to the moon. The gallery actively engages the public to investigate space exploration in art and #design workshops. At Ventura #future they will exhibit the ambitious plans to launch 100 artefacts to the Moon within the compact format of the 10x10x1cm plate on a lunar lander as early as 2022. In this Petri dish-like gallery, they are developing a culture for #future interplanetary society.

Centre for Creativity / MAO (Slovenia) is showcasing the best Slovenian contemporary designers, manufacturers and brands at the exhibition We Are Open! The presentation ranges from folklore and handicraft objects such as hand-woven kilim, wooden kitchen utensils and pet furniture to 3D-printed wood & plastic composite lamps, chairs made from recycled compressed felt and illuminated clouds made from repurposed airbags. All made of 100% local Slovenian materials. Another national presentation being showcased at Ventura #future is organised by the Department Of International Trade Promotion in Thailand. A new selection of Thailand’s best contemporary designers returns to a Ventura Projects #event, following its presentation at Ventura Lambrate in 2016. On view are the works of 38 designers that give the visitor a broad insight into the rich and eclectic #design culture of Thailand.

Three art and #design schools from France’s "Grand Est" (Eastern) region (ENSAD Nancy, ESAD Reims and HEAR Strasbourg-Mulhouse) have joined forces to present the Estorama exhibition, with the support of the "Grand Est" Regional Council. The collaboration brings higher education and research institutions in the region closer together with manufacturers and craftspeople. The results range from the application of local hemp in textile #design, relic Alsatian pottery production and interactive #design practice realised together with people who suffer from Huntington’s disease. MARCA (Italy) has identical goals for the Turin #design industry. It promotes the excellence of the Turin territory by initiating fruitful collaborations among institutions, designers and companies. The works on show include unique hand-painted and embroidered wool rugs by Maria De Ambrogio and Stella Tosco for serie°numerica, laser-cut curtains by LAM and Tessitura Rivese featuring patterns obtained by a logarithm and the lamps made of fine metal sheets by NUCLEO and Caino Design.

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