TESTA E CROCE AT ADI DESIGN MUSEUM
2022 COMMUNICATION
2022 COMMUNICATION
The ADI Design Museum was created to showcase the entire repertoire of projects in the historical collection of the Compasso d’Oro award, created in 1954 by Gio Ponti to promote the quality of Made in Italy design. It is the highest honour in the field of industrial design in Italy.
The museum spaces hosts temporary in-depth exhibitions, cross-cutting initiatives and meetings for the general public and Parco Studio has been worked on the communication of one of the latest Testa e Croce: le convergenze parallele del design/Heads and Tails: parallel convergences of design, an exhibition under the overall curatorship and creative direction of Italo Rota.
The museum spaces hosts temporary in-depth exhibitions, cross-cutting initiatives and meetings for the general public and Parco Studio has been worked on the communication of one of the latest Testa e Croce: le convergenze parallele del design/Heads and Tails: parallel convergences of design, an exhibition under the overall curatorship and creative direction of Italo Rota.
At the heart of the exhibition there is a reproduction of the Cervino as this mountain divides geographically the territory but also allows Switzerland and Italy to communicate. It is chosen as the key image because it alludes to the different perception of design from the two points of view of the landscape, yet from a sustainable point of view the mountains beyond the border become common territory to be safeguarded and protected. The exhibition is completed by two thematic islands, Young Italian designers curated by Erica Petrillo, and Young Swiss designers, curated by Laure Gremion, which illustrate the panorama of contemporary design in the two countries.
To communicate the exhibition Parco has chosen the FormaDJR font as it represents the Italian edition of the famous Swiss Helvetica – Forma is a 1960s Italian neo-grotesque. Somehow this warm, rich sans serif did not make it to the digital era – until now.
The typography is split in two parts: one side/word is coloured to represent the Italian authorship while the other side/word is in neutral black for the timeless neutrality of Swiss everyday design.
The typography is split in two parts: one side/word is coloured to represent the Italian authorship while the other side/word is in neutral black for the timeless neutrality of Swiss everyday design.
Parco Studio has also been working on all graphic materials of the exhibition to be used online and offline, designing the poster layouts, making video at the exhibition entrance, and all captions of the exhibition setup. Also it is chosen to create and design the catalog exhibition.
