Items magazine together with Connecting the Dots join forces in two debates with leading figures from the scene. Organised in collaobration with the Embassy & Consulate General of the Netherlands. Entrance by invitation only.

Location
PROOFF & UNStudio presentation
Via Tortona 31, Milan
(left end of business park)

Wednesday 10th April
To Curate, or not to Curate
How does design find its way to the market? What design belongs in a museum? And how can a country best promote its designers on an international podium such as the Milan Design Week? With:

• Domitilla Dardi – curator design at the MAXXI Museum (Rome)
• Ingeborg De Roode – curator industrial design at the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam)
• Jurgen Bey – designer at Studio Makkink & Bey

Host: David Heldt, Editor in Chief at Connecting the Dots.
Entrance 17.30. Debate 17.45 – 18.30. Cocktail till 21.00

Thursday 11th April
Fluid Collaborations
Dutch designers, from starters to stars, team up in ever changing combinations, producing an ever-expanding array of projects. Collaborative design seems to be the new unique selling point of Dutch design. We invite a panel of seasoned and fresh Dutch Designers to discuss the phenomenon. With:

• Caroline Bos – UNStudio
• Wendy Plomp – Dutch Invertuals
• Jan Boelen – Art Museum Z33 / head MA Social Design at Design Academy Eindhoven

Host: Max Bruinsma, Editor in Chief at Items magazine.
Entrance 17.30. Debate 17.45 – 18.30. Cocktail till 21.00

Partners
Items magazine: Dutch platform for design. Based in Amsterdam, Items looks at the international culture of design from a Dutch perspective and has been doing so for the past 30 years.
Supported and organised in collaboration with the Dutch Embassy in Rome and the Dutch Consulate General in Milan.