Shanghai Changning District Shangsheng Xin Institute launched a new exhibition. From February 26 to April 10, 2022, the Italian aesthetic experimental brand Driade held an exhibition of designs that pays tribute to the master in the Sunke Villa of Shangsheng Xinsho , "Invisible Interpretation / Design Describe Driade". The exhibition will bring to the public the classic works of many well-known designers, showing the changes and developments of modern lifestyles over the past half century.
Born in 1968 in Italy, Driade is an aesthetic laboratory that continues to explore the inspiration of living space, and its products are related to modern life, trying to provide every individual in the current period with multiple ways to open up daily life, and gradually becoming one of the brands that set off new trends in concept, function and visual.
"Design Describe Driade" is a concentrated presentation of Driade's relentless pursuit of individual lifestyles and design practices over the past half century. The exhibition includes more than 50 classic works created for Driade by 20 internationally renowned designers such as Fabio Novembre, Bo ek ípek, Kazuyo Sejima and Toyo Ito at different times, including 6 exhibits from the collection that were first displayed in China, from the early design of Driade by Philippe Starck, a designer who collaborated with Driade.
Exhibit works
As a representative urban renewal project of Vanke, Shangsheng Xinsho has been actively practicing the "15-minute community life circle", reopening the originally closed scientific research park to the public after spatial renewal and functional transformation, and continuously introducing high-quality cultural content to improve people's quality of life.
Sunke Villa, where the exhibition is located, was built in 1931 and is a representative work of architectural designer Hudak's residential design. The building was renovated in 2020 and has hosted a number of cultural and artistic exhibitions and Catholic education activities since its opening.
Exhibition site
This time, Driade was introduced in the ancient building of Sunke Villa, which combines Spanish, Italian Renaissance and other styles, integrating the material form of design with the spatial atmosphere, which just provides an entry point for interpreting Driade's complex and multi-faceted design practice - in the eclectic intertext of space and home design, feel how design breaks the invisible boundaries of regional culture and resonates with design interpretation.