Within the events of EXPO 2015, the Sala
del Collezionista at the Poldi Pezzoli museum hosted a special exhibition featuring
original creations designed by the students of the Creative Academy and made by
Italian master artisans selected by Ugo La Pietra.
The Mediterranean diet was inscribed on the
UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Its
raw materials and culture inspired the creations of the young designers of the
Creative Academy: objects, accessories, serving dishes and crockery to set an
ideal Mediterranean table. At the same time, the students gave shape to the
"conviviality" that characterizes Italy’s eating habits. In keeping
with the theme of EXPO 2015, the project - supported and overseen by the
Cologni Foundation – was accompanied by a multimedia presentation illustrating
the stages of its making.
The objects are made in wood, ceramic and
glass and were crafted in both traditional and new generation workshops. The
union of different elements (the international origins of the designers, the
strong local roots of the artisans, the evocative setting of the Poldi Pezzoli and
the vision of Ugo La Pietra) generated an original and significant cultural
cross-fertilisation.
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