This January, Maison & Objet launched its Digital Days spread over fifty-two days as a digital-only platform, the event has a shifting theme for each of the eight weeks
The themes for the next four weeks are ‘Outdoor Living’, ‘Sustainable’ and ‘Premium Design, culminating in the final week’s theme of ‘So French’. Each week’s theme is explored every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday with talks, tours and live chat opportunities.
MOM Digital Day highlights include:
‘From Instituto Campana with love’: On Friday 5 March Humberto Campana, Designer and Co-Founder of the Instituto Campana explains its commitment to ‘maintaining the legacy of the Campana Brothers’ work, to using design as a tool of social transformation via educational programs and to preventing popular Brazilian handicraft techniques from vanishing, including those developed by the brothers together with local NGOs.’
‘One trend, One place: Rossana Orlandi, Milan’: Each week, Vincent Grégoire takes viewers on a ‘voyage of discovery to a concept store’. On Thursday 11 March his focus is on Rossana Orlandi Gallery in Milan. A space that, during Salone, hosts unmissable shows that often champion rugs and textiles.
‘Inspiring Digital Talks: Patricia Urquiola. Creativity across borders’: On Friday 12 March, Patricia Urquiola, a product designer who has produced admirable rug collections for cc-tapis and GAN, will discuss ‘her creative process, how projects are born and developed, the people and connections that give life to them, how architecture, craft and design cohabit the same space.’
Find out about the rug brands exhibiting on Maison & Objet’s digital platform all year round.
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