Courmayeur Design Week-end
Resorts: Courmayeur
Thursday 6 February
Courmayeur Library
4 pm vernissage Exhibition “Il mio Monte Bianco”, dedicated to the drawings of Giancarlo Iliprandi
Congress Center Foyer
5:30 pm inauguration of the installation curated by Raffaella Razzini of FABRIC Integrated Architecture and the touch in perfect montagnard style of Catelier during which Giulio Cappellini and Mario Trimarchi introduce the theme of the edition.
Friday 7 February
Congress Centre Foyer
11 am speech by Giulio Iacchetti and Cino Zucchi
Followed by presentation of the exhibition dedicated to total-white design
Skyway Monte Bianco
4:30 pm Alice’s Flowers, special edition Save The Glacier by Tiziano Guardini and Luigi Ciuffreda
6:30 pm Alberto Meda talks about himself during the speech “Talk on Top”
Saturday 8 February
Courmayeur slopes
morning
SkiCAD giant slalom for architects and designers
Congress Centre Foyer
3 pm talk by women with Anna Ferrino, Maria Letizia Mannella, Silvia Nucini and Viviana Vallet.
Late afternoon traditional extended discussion among the designers involved in the 2025 edition
Courmayeur Library
5:30 pm presentation of the book “Il mio Monte Bianco” with Monica Fumagalli Iliprandi together with Giulio Ceppi, who will present his latest book “AAAutoscatti”
Sports Hall of Courmayeur
8 pm Charity Dinner Party
Sunday 9 February
Congress Center Foyer
Traditional conference that looks to the future and involves the audience in almost philosophical speculations on topics ranging from augmented reality to artificial intelligence, designing intriguing future scenarios. Speakers include Emilio Lonardo, DOS Design Open Spaces, with Nanni and Mich from Caffè Design
Abbé Henry square
Installation “Sliding Circle”
Brocherel square
Installation “Di lì e di là” dedicated to welcoming the multitude of arrows designed and decorated for the collective project “Dis Quois”.
Waldensian Church
“Aritmia”, an installation linked to the senses and the perception of space created by the duo Mario Trimarchi and Cristian Catania
Caffé della Posta
“Le Caffettiere dei Maestri” a selection curated by Giulio Iacchetti
CourmaBeach
“Ostriche&Champagne” at CourmaBeach, the beach set up on the snow-covered tennis courts by Giuseppe Tortato Architetti and Lina Obregón and dedicated to outdoor brands. Boule de neige created by the Milanese designer and architect Matteo Ragni
CurlingCAD
Bisiac Curling tournament dedicated to those who do not ski and still want to find a networking opportunity in sport
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Conceived by the architect Paola Silva Coronel the event includes numerous installations that will be at the centre of a widespread exhibition, along the streets and in the exhibition halls of the town, in the ski area and at Skyway Monte Bianco.
There is no shortage of talks, exhibitions, appointments of a busy program that connects the world of design with iconic places and brands of Mont Blanc and Courmayeur.
The theme of this edition is “Unexpected directions” or the awareness, in an era in which everything is predictable, that sometimes something escapes: it takes courage to throw yourself into life like on a slope on a sled, knowing that even losing control could turn out to be unexpectedly positive.
The theme will be explored through installations that combine snow, ice and creativity, as in the case of the sleds that will be decorated by a small select group of archistars and then sold at a charity auction during the Charity Dinner Party at the Sports Hall of Courmayeur.
Many prestigious guests are expected. The main keynote speaker 2025 is Alberto Meda: engineer, industrial designer, winner of awards including 6 Compasso d’Oro, 6 Red Dot and Designer of the Year 1999, as well as curator and protagonist of several exhibitions, from Tokyo to the MoMA in New York to the Triennale in Milan.