BRUNO MUNARI: THE CHILD WITHIN @ CIMA

The Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) will present Bruno Munari: The Child Within.
The show will focus on Munari’s children’s books and will demonstrate how his publications expressed his wide-ranging ideas about the possibilities art offered to communicate visually. These books bring together Bruno Munari’s ideas regarding art, design, and pedagogy in an accessible form. It was Munari’s goal to develop a purely visual language that fostered new modes of communication, often without needing words. Munari’s show at CIMA will also feature artist books from other cultures, including Russian revolutionary children’s books that played a role in Munari’s own formation and approach to the genre. Furthermore, the presentation will include artworks and design objects by Munari that share themes — as well as visual and formal connections — with his children’s books.

Photo Credits:

2 Bruno Munari, Il venditore di animali (Animals for Sale) - Merrill C. Berman Collection
3 Bruno Munari, Le macchine di Munari (Munari’s Machines) - Merrill C. Berman Collection
5 Bruno Munari, Torido Mazzotti, Servizio da antipasto (Antipasto Service), - The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
6 Bruno Munari, Fontana a ruota (Wheel Fountain) - Private collection, Courtesy Repetto Gallery

NIDORAMO

Nidoramo wooden games tell the story of the "once upon a time" challenge of the game to persist in the current era, in which everything has the flavor of technology, the digital virtuality.
Their wooden games have a different flavor, of times and places "of the past". Concrete, gentle shapes and eco-sustainable materials that combine to develop sociability and imagination, inspired in part by Montessori pedagogy and the Waldorf school.
Look at thi magic that comes to life in a small laboratory where Francesco and Anna live and work.

ROMBO

Rombo are handmade candles produced in a small workshop in Zurich. Each piece is unique in terms of height and colour. Started as an ongoing experiment around the manufacturing process, craftsmanship and form finding, the candles are now available in small editions. Rombo is a project by Studio Porto and Badesaison. We love it!

ARCHITECTMADE

ARCHITECTMADE, established in 2004 in Denmark, creates crafted, elegant, and simple design products that last. The kind of products you never get bored to look at: created using exceptional craftsmanship alongside three rounds of quality control, made to stand the test of time. 

LISA VOISARD

Lisa Voisard is a graphic designer and illustrator, based in Lausanne, Switzerland. She merges beautiful images and nature through her work, since 2016. She creates framed illustrations, writes and illustrates educational books about nature, and collaborates with a dozen swiss shops. She uses soothing colors, and her subjects are very graphic and minimal. We love it!

HYSTERIA

HYSTERIA is a Copenhagen based workshop and design studio founded by architect Pil Whitta who creates and gives form with her own hands, making both sculptural and functional objects. Look at her frank and edgy pieces with visible details and a minimalistic expression, amazing!

XMAS GLASS COLLECTION BY LUCKYBOYSUNDAY

Look at the glass ornaments by Luckyboysunday: they are magic and will keep your tree from sprinkling it’s needles.

PUPPY BY MAGIS GOES CHRISTMAS

Created by Eero Aarnio, master of Scandinavian design culture and innovator on the international scene ever since the sixties, Puppy by Magis is a little dog as imagined by the great designer, whose aim was to see through children’s eyes when they draw puppies. A head, a body and legs: essential, rounded shapes that come to life in a friendly, playful, durable and colourful object. Made of polyethylene, and produced using rotational moulding, Puppy comes now in a special version for Christmas 2022 in white and red. Lovely!

OLDER STUDIO

OLDER is a Danish/Italian design company founded by Letizia Caramia and Morten Thuesen. All their pieces are designed by merging innovation and functionality with a responsible and sustainable production and supply chain. All materials are woven and sourced in Italy, with all pieces being manufactured in Europe.
We love their design language, constantly pushing the boundaries and merging design, architecture, art and conscious thinking.
Look at these kids’ pieces, wow!

BRIN D'OURS

Brin d’ours is committed to provide you with the highest quality solid wood toys. Each toy is made from local untreated wood and the paints we use are of vegetable and mineral origin, designed and manufactured in the same place in France, more precisely in Saverne in the Bas-Rhin. Their manufacturing is artisanal. Last but not least their packaging is fully recyclable.

BIHAN

Let’s discover the bed linen made in France by Bihan. They only uses certified organic cotton, which respects the environment as much as the people who grow it. Bihan is a brand with low carbon impact and high social impact. Wonderful!

POOKA TOYS BY EMILIA ROGINSKA

Look at Pooka Toys by the soft things designer Emilia Rogińska: 100% handmade 100% love!

CLAY TO WEAR BY GEOGRAFICA

Clay to wear collection by Geografica is inspired by earth fragments collected during research and experimentation journeys: a summary of heaps of shells, pebbles, corals, crystals, moss and bark that have become pendants, buttons and other accessories to wear on clothes and to embellish body. So beautiful!

GIBUS

Children are agents of change. Parents build the future of their children.
Gibus cycles will lead future generations towards active, inclusive and respectful mobility.
Let's discover together all their bikes.

MOTHER AND CHILD CABINET BY ADAM & ARTHUR

Mother and Child cabinet is the A&A duo's most ambitious project to date, requiring over 16,000 individual ribbons of straw. As white straw is difficult to achieve through dying, it is never seen traditionally in straw marquetry. Mother and Child cabinet explores curious sculptural forms and their intersection, intentionally blurs the line of art, craftsmanship and design allowing the emergence of something unexpected. Let’s discover it together…

BAVVIC

Bavvic came up with the idea to create a wooden toy out of the windows production waste.
It is designed by an architect in Switzerland and manufactured in Poland. Everything is sourced locally, with very high quality and attention to detail. Bavvic supports the local community, with a big heart we employ war refugees from Ukraine to help them build a new life in Poland.

TINK THINGS

Tink Things’s chairs allow children to move even during sitting activities, which is crucial for real learning and brain development. These chairs are calming, promote emotional regulation and are very, very fun.

MODU

MODU is a Copenhagen-based team of designers, dreamers and doers who create playful & sustainable toys that meet the growing need for motor skills. MODU develops a toy that is always available for spontaneous co-play with all family members involved — and it works across ages, genders and cultures. Let’s discover it.

LA LITERAL BY SELLEX

La literal by Sellex is a folding bunkbed, double or single, fixed to the wall, suitable for Students residences, hospitals, hotels. This programme meets with a solution when the lack of space can be a problem. We totally love it!

MONET-MITCHELL EXHIBITION @ FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON

The exhibition Monet - Mitchell at Fondation Luis Vuitton create an unprecendented "dialogue" between the works of two exceptional artists, Claude Monet (1840-1926) and Joan Mitchell (1925-1992). "The dialogue Claude Monet - Joan Mitchell" will be introduce by the "Joan Mitchell Retrospective", enabling the public in France and Europe to discover her work. The "Monet - Mitchell" exhibitions present each artist’s unique response to a shared landscape, which they illustrate in a particularly immersive and sensual manner. Through some 60 emblematic works by both artists, the exhibition offers the public an enchanting and immersive journey, emphasised by striking visual and thematic parallels.