Conceived by architect Massimiliano Dalle Sasse, founder of DLA Design Lab, and curated by Simona Finessi, director of the international magazine Platform architecture and design, the CONTAINER02 event reaches its second edition with an expanded format and a new strategic location.
The ‘CONTAINER’ evokes travel and global connections, finding in Genoa the ideal context to become an unprecedented exhibition space. Born in 2024, the event has demonstrated its ability to create a distinctive platform for interior designers on the one hand, design enthusiasts on the other, enhancing unconventional venues and expanding the exhibition area beyond the district where Genoa Design Week was born six years ago.
The second edition represents a significant turning point: the heart of the exhibition moves from the central Piazza Matteotti to the Darsena, in the areas adjacent to the ‘Galata’ Sea Museum. This new location marks a return to the city’s origins, enhancing the former docks with a scenographic solution immersed in the maritime atmosphere.
The exhibition is based on the decontextualisation of the container, placed inside the inner courtyard of the Galata Museum, accessible through an evocative path facing the sea. During Genoa Design Week, this open-air installation will become not only a collective exhibition, but also a place for reflection, meeting and experimentation.
The initiative invites designers to reinterpret the concept of ‘mobile container’ as an expression of their own design vision, transforming each module into a manifesto of creativity and innovation. Each participating studio was assigned a 20-foot container to translate their idea into a unique and experimental experiential space.
For the ‘CONTAINER 02’ edition, under the curatorship of Simona Finessi, more than 20 designers have been selected who, individually or in groups, will give life to 12 original interpretations, transforming the exhibition area into a fascinating design tale.
Container 1_ CARLA PALÙ + BEATRICE VILLATA
Carla Palù (photo left) is the founder of CùDesign, an architecture studio based in Ormelle (TV) specialising in interior design and renovation, with extensive experience in the retail sector over the years.
Beatrice Villata (photo dx) founded her studio in 2015 and works on a variety of private and public projects (hotels, offices). Her cosmopolitan spirit and roots are expressed in all her interior architecture projects and her masterful ability to manage spaces through balancing light and colour is peculiar to her work.
Container 2_CINZIA ANGUISSOLA d’ALTOÈ
Cinzia Anguissola d’Altoè, not just an architect*. She has been a lecturer for Ied, Isad, PoliDesign; she has edited design publications for British and US publishers; she has carried out assignments for ADI Associazione Design Industriale, including being a member of the Compasso d’Oro Jury in 2016; she has designed on an urban, architectural, interior and design scale; she has led the Scacchetti Associati Architecture Studio.
Container 3_CLARA BONA + LULA FERRARI
Clara Bona has more than 35 years of experience in designing houses, villas and flats, as well as collaborating as a journalist with many architecture and design magazines.
Lula Ferrari combines the renovation of houses and private spaces with the design of restaurants, shops, offices and fittings.
Clara Bona and Lula Ferrari are lifelong friends, but have only recently joined forces, sharing an all-female studio where they develop architecture, retail and interior design projects.
Container 4_MARINA DALLERA + LILIANA BONFORTE
Marina Dallera and Liliana Bonforte founded Studiodallerabonforte together, which became a space of sharing, of friendship, of love for architecture, where they work on interior design, retail and design in Italy and abroad.
Their work is dedication and passion in designing spaces that meet the functional and comfort needs of the people who live in them, creating a sense of belonging to the place they inhabit.
Container 5_ELISA ENRIETTO
Elisa Enrietto expresses her creative vision in the design of small spaces and mini-apartments, offering innovative and high quality design solutions, focusing on tailoring and colour. She designs and builds customised furnishing elements, combining aesthetics and functionality.
www.instagram.com/arch_enrietto/
Container 6_FRANCESCA DIANO + GIULIANA PICCA GARINO
Francesca Diano (photo left) founded FD architect in 2018. She combines her profession with teaching at the Polytechnic of Turin and Milan, cultivating a growing interest in interior design and the history of living. Her research combines architecture and craftsmanship, exploring the world of interior design.
Giuliana Picca Garino has been running her own studio since 2011, dealing with design, renovation and real estate consultancy. Her approach combines pragmatism and experimentation, focusing on the human scale and the sensory perception of space.
Container 7_ LUPETTATELIER
The Atelier, composed of Isabella Franco, Francesca Longoni and Nicole Revelli, is a creative container, a laboratory of ideas that revolves around continuous research.
As it is a workplace open to exchange and communication, Lupettatelier moulds the space to accommodate various creative flows within it, which contribute to the search for beauty, which can be expressed in multiple ways, starting with architecture itself, which is its generator.
Container 8_ ILARIA CARGIOLLI + BARBARA BACIGALUPO
Ministudio Architetti is an architectural practice founded in Genoa by Ilaria Cargiolli and Barbara Bacigalupo with decades of experience in interior, residential and commercial design. It operates in the field of renovation through projects with great attention to detail, paying great attention to the quality of living.
Each project is unique, resulting from a new balance of reworking space and light.
Container 9_ SELINA BERTOLA – NOMADE
Nomade Architettura e Interior Design by Selina Bertola is an architecture studio based in Milan, founded in 2010 and operating in the field of architecture and interior design in Italy and abroad. Nomade is an international all-female team, composed of female designers and interior designers, whose different backgrounds represent the
Container 10_ LAURA DELFINA SARI
Laura Delfina Sari is one of the founders – together with Diego Paccagnella – of Reveria: a design studio specialising in architecture, interior & styling projects. Reveria’s design style is driven by a strong passion for details and a refined, contemporary style.
Container 11_ SILVIA PORRO ARCHITECTS
Silvia Porro Architects’ philosophy is based on the fundamental principle that sees Space as a reflection of the Soul of those who live in it. Silvia’s work is the result of a holistic approach, given by the union of her passions: Architecture and Yoga. Transposing the element of thought into a physical element, she proceeds by simplification and subtraction of the superfluous, setting as the objective of the project the search for and representation of the Essential.
Container 12_ VIRGINIA LORELLO + CHANTAL FORZATTI
Virginia Lorello (photo left) opened her own studio in 2018, becoming an external consultant in the same year for the European Commission. She is still an external consultant for the Research & Innovation Foundation in Cyprus.
Chantal Forzatti (photo right) is an architect and interior designer, in recent years she has opened her own studio with the aim of giving shape to her own design idea, building a young reality in which the designers Arianna Marazzi, Irene Lucca and Marta Messina collaborate.
www.virginialorello.it
www.chantalforzattiarchitetto.com
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