art
Architecture – Design
The Pure Gilt of Italian Design
Scuderia Grande Reggia di Venaria Reale
from 24.04.2008 to 31.08.2008
For the XXI edition of the Prize, Torino 2008 World Design Capital intends to present the priceless value of the Compasso d'Oro Historical Collection, recently protected as part of Italy's historical artistic heritage. The Collection, that has grown over the years with the editions of the Prize and its international juries, is an anthology in progress of the excellence of Italian design and products. This is exactly the tale illustrated on the covers of 24 million copies of the Italian yellow pages with which SEAT, in collaboration with the Fondazione ADI per il Design Italiano, has joined Torino in the great cultural challenge of promoting the values, the grand traditions and new challenges of design. The Historical Italian Design Collection and the XXI Compasso d’Oro Prize are not therefore two isolated events, but ones in constant dialogue: the first fuelled by the second, in a process of progressive enrichment.
