The Design Issue
Abstract
The new cycle of ARCHIVIO continues: four thematic issues, each edited by a Guest Editor specialized in the field in order to have an expert eye to open the doors of the archives and show you where to look in these vast worlds.
Following The Fashion Issue, ARCHIVIO N°10 is dedicated to Design and edited by Jasper Morrison—an internationally renowned British designer, and Marco Sammicheli—director of the Museo del Design Italiano at Triennale Milano. Editorial direction is by Daniela Hamaui, while the art direction is by Alessandro Gori.
For our cover and first pages, Morrison assembled an imaginary archive of everyday objects from different places, made at different times, related by character or a shared understanding of what it is to be an object.
ARCHIVIO N°10, offers a mapping of the design archives international landscape at this moment in time and a privileged look at the many international design archives, allowing us to admire their eclecticism and heterogeneity, and dividing them into three sections, “Organizations”, “Brands”, and “Designers & Creatives”.
It also includes a special poster: an (in)complete mapping of the many design archives in Italy. A research by Promemoria Group, ARCHIVIO’s publisher, visually processed by Accurat. The result is a map that is also a small work of art.
Jasper Morrison,“Forget about Time, forget about Place, forget about Type, Material, Value, Quality or Condition, an archive can be anything you want it to be, there are no rules.”
Guest Editor
Glimpse of the Month
Fredericia — Nanna Ditzel: Bravery and Discipline
By Thomas Graversen
Nanna Ditzel took an unpretentious approach to design tasks. She was never afraid to say, “Let’s do it again,” if her idea for a new design couldn’t be realized visually or technically. As a manufacturer and partner, this was incredibly liberating, as it allowed us to think outside the box and be creative on a higher level than usual.
Nanna had an open and relaxed relationship with new technology, which she always sought to channel into inspiration for new creativity.
In other words, sometimes, the new technology sparked the latest idea on the blank page rather than just another iteration of an existing typology. Nanna’s comfort with discarding a design attempt that didn’t quite work, combined with her knowledge and interest in new technologies, helped boost confidence and creativity in product development at Fredericia.
Credits:
- All images courtesy Fredericia
