The New Italian Design 2.0

santralistanbul will hostthe exhibition entitled The New Italian Design 2.0 presented by Triennale Design Museum, in collaboration with the Italian Trade Commission (I.C.E.) and the partnership of Unicredit between 10 December 2010 - 23 January 2011. The exhibition is an overview on contemporary Italian design that explains and describes the transition of the movement and its links with economic, political, technology changes that occurred over the century.

The New Italian Design 2.0 is the updated and expanded version of the namesake exhibition launched for the first time in 2007 at Triennale di Milano, the result of a nationwide survey that served the purpose of focusing on the transition design went through between the XX and the XXI centuries; as such it highlights and bears witness to shift in the role played by designers.

The exhibition is comprised of 282 projects, 165 of which deal with product design issues, 30 are graphic in nature, 54 are focussed on the body and decorative objects such as jewels, bags and accessories, 14 are pure research projects, 14 are on food design while 5 are on interior design.