Italian Design Day will be held on Monday, February 26 at 6 p.m. in S.R. Crown Hall, Lower Core.
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The Consulate General of Italy in Chicago The Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago, and IIT College of Architecture present Italian Design Day 2018, a global initiative to engage architecture and design professionals from across the industry in a dialogue surrounding the relationship between design and sustainability.
In thematic correspondence with the 22nd Triennale International Exhibition, Italian Design Day will bring together one hundred ambassadors of Italian culture including architects, critics, and educators, in over one hundred cities on a single day for round table discussions on sustainability as it relates to issues associated with design, customs, and production processes.
PROGRAM
OPENING REMARKS
Michelangelo Sabatino, Dean of College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology
Giuseppe Finocchiaro, Consul General of Italy in Chicago
Alberta Lai, Director, Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago
LECTURE
Rodrigo Rodriquez, Board Member of the “Fondazione Triennale di Milano”, entrepreneur, recipient of the ADI Compasso d'Oro in 2016
CLOSING REMARKS
Marco Saladini, Italian Trade Commissioner, ITA
RECEPTION