CONFERENCE

LIGHT ABOVE ALL

May, 23th 2007
6.00 p.m.
Rotonda della Besana, Milan

A round table organized by Domus Academy with Milan Municipality and Rotonda della Besana.

The evaluation and consideration of light and its infinite gradations must constitute the central axis for disciplines that engage projects of the future.
The ability to comprehend what people want from light, and to offer solutions in which beauty and usefulness join to provide unique performance, is precisely what has made Italian lighting design a protagonist on a global scale and continues to maintain it as such.
The development of original, leading technologies, the comparisons and contrasts with the best designers of yesterday and today, Made in Italy values developed with mastery, light custom-created for mankind: these are the roots of Italian talent. A talent that responds in a timely and flexible fashion to the widest range of needs, adapting to the changing demands of many different peoples in countries all over the planet, contributing light to improve quality of life for countless individuals.
The round table promoted by Domus Academy is designed as an opportunity to reflect and consider light. It is a chance to discuss the talents of Italian creativity, a widespread value that has its roots in history itself.


Partecipants:

Flavio Albanese – Director of Domus magazine
Michele De Lucchi – designer
Chiara Dynys – artist
Liletta Fornasari – Art historian
Giulio Giorello – philosopher
Maurizio Sciaccaluga – curator and contemporary art critic

Moderator: Antonella Dedini – Director of Domus Academy’s Department of Architecture