Starting September 5th, Italy has been invading the Big Apple—in the best way possible. The famous department store will be hosting an installation called “Italian Design: from Classic to Contemporary.” It will feature Italian furniture, design, and culture, organized by mega-influential design fair Salone del Mobile, which takes place in Milan.
Italian Design at Bloomingdale’s New York
The display will be housed on the store’s sixth floors in the Home/Furnishing department, and was inspired by Italian painter and sculptor Giorgio de Chirico. The show mixes reality and fantasy, and juxtaposes contrasting designs against a backdrop of wooden screens. The displayed objects will be a Who’s Who of Italian design, including Artemide, Foscarini, Kartell, Molteni&C, Scavolini, and Technogym.
Along with the installation, there will be a series of talks entitled “Conversations about Italian Design.” In addition to luminaries from Salone and Bloomingdale’s, presenters will include Ingrid Abramovitch, Executive Editor of Elle Decor, who will moderate a dialogue about Italian design as an international reference. Artist Francesco Simeti and Stefano Giussani, Partner and COO of Lissoni Architecture New York, will discuss “the relationship between contemporary design and classical Italian culture.”
In addition to the above collaboration, Bloomingdale’s will host a two-month-long series of events and sales. This will including complimentary tastings at the De’Longhi Espresso Bar, Kitchen Demo’s on Saturdays, and a redesigning of a space on the 7th floor by Ginori 1735 with its wallpaper and furniture.
Details of the Collaboration
September 5th – 29th, 2024
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Bloomingdale’s
1000 Third Ave @ 59th Street
Level 6
New York, NY
Story by Stephen Treffinger
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