MINI design tour
Published on 6 May 2020
Each month, MINI and Maison&Objet share their hand-picked selection of three exciting design events. Travelling may currently be impossible, but there are still plenty of projects out there.
This May, Maison&Objet and MINI are inviting you to delve into an assortment of ideas, innovations and initiatives to imagine and build a brighter future. The start-ups from the URBAN-X accelerator are inventing tomorrow’s cities; Maison&Objet and Fashion Snoops chat about the effects today’s unprecedented situation is having on our sector; and lastly The Art Design LAB and director Gary Hustwit help turn good ideas into good deeds.
Innovation
MINI has joined forces with start-up accelerator URBAN-X to back young firms whose projects draw on technology and design to shape the cities of the future. Mobility, food, water, energy, property... on urban-X.com, you can check out projects from over 50 start-ups that have received MINI’s backing, along with interviews and testimonials packed with data and insights on today’s extremely hot topic of the changing face of cities.
urban-x.com
Outlook
What position are we all currently in? What effects is that having on design? What ideas will underpin the products of the future? Philippe Brocart, General Manager of Maison&Objet, Lilly Berelovich, CCO of Fashion Snoops and Jaye Anna Mize, VP of Creative Home Interiors at Fashion Snoops discuss the unprecedented times we’re currently living in. A potpourri of solidarity, comradeship, awareness-raising and reflections.
Maison&Objet x FashionSnoops webinar
Exploration
The time has come to get back to basics. Virtual gallery The Art Design Lab showcases preliminary sketches from designers such as Christian Ghion, François Azambourg and Ionna Vautrin. Discovering their work could even inspire you to do a good deed. Why? Because all proceeds made from the Design for Life sale launched by the gallery’s founder, Karine Scherrer, in conjunction with Sam Baron, will be donated to Parisian hospitals via the Fondation de l’Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris. Filmmaker Gary Hustwit, meanwhile, is releasing one of his films for online streaming every Tuesday. Rams, Objectified, Workplace and Urbanized are all flagship documentaries… and are all available to watch free of charge during this period. Those who wish can nonetheless make a donation to provide aid for New York’s healthcare workers.
The Art Design Lab. Design x Life
Gary Hustwit free
