Formafantasma: The Design of Tomorrow: ethical and purposeful design
Friday 19 January —
15:00
- 15:45
The Talks — Hall 7
Description
Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresi, Formafantasma duo, rethink design in the light of the ecological emergency. Through their many research projects, this inspired duo works with some of the most prestigious companies in the world of design and decoration, including Rubelli, Artek and Tacchini... Join Andrea Trimarchi and Marie Ange Brayer, Head of the Design Department at the Centre Pompidou, for a discussion on the challenges of tomorrow's design and Formanfantasma's contribution to it.
Participants
Andrea TrimarchiCo-founder - Formafantasma
Marie-Ange BrayerCurator, head of the Design and Industrial Prospective collections - Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou
Marie GodfrainJournalist
Andrea Trimarchi
Co-founder - Formafantasma
Formafantasma is a research-based design studio investigating the ecological, historical, political and social forces shaping the discipline of design today. The studio was founded in 2009 by Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin. The aim of the studio is to facilitate a deeper understanding of both our natural and built environments and to propose transformative interventions through design and its material, technical, social, and discursive possibilities.
Marie-Ange Brayer
Curator, head of the Design and Industrial Prospective collections - Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou
Marie-Ange Brayer is curator, head of the Design and Industrial Prospective collections at the Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris. Doctor in History of Art and Architecture (EHESS, Paris), she was scholarship in art history at the Villa Medici in Rome (1994-1996). From 1996 to 2014, she was director of the Frac Centre-Val de Loire in Orléans. At the Centre Pompidou, she was curator of “Printing the World” (2017), “Ross Lovegrove. Convergence” (2017), “La Fabrique du Vivant” (2019) and “Réseaux-mondes” (2022), with Olivier Zeitoun, and “Ettore Sottsass, the magical object” (2021). M-A Brayer defends a transversal approach to creation, questioning the societal and environmental issues of design and architecture today.
Marie Godfrain
Journalist
Marie Godfrain is an independent journalist specializing in design, decor, craft, and architecture. Each week, she writes for M, le magazine and works for IDEAT and Le Quotidien de l'Art. Passionate about design since she was a teenager, Marie conveys this passion through the magazines she works with, as well as at ENSCI, where she teaches courses on design history. She has just published a biography of ceramic artist Frederick Gautier with Actes Sud. Through her work, she shows us that design goes well beyond just furniture-making: it supports and shapes ongoing societal shifts.