House and Studio Museums between Art and Design

A cura di: Anna Mazzanti

House and Studio Museums between Art and Design

Research Methods and Design Strategies

House and studio museums of artists, architects, and designers – the spaces of the faber – constitute the core subject of this volume, which examines how these dwellings and workspaces, already configured as museums or envisaged as such after the disappearance of their owners, may be systematically studied, classified, and enhanced through the disciplinary lenses of art history, museology, and design.

Pagine: 150

ISBN: 9788835192015

Edizione:1a ediz 2026

Codice editore: 10319.46

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House and studio museums of artists, architects, and designers – the spaces of the faber – constitute the core subject of this volume, which examines how these dwellings and workspaces, already configured as museums or envisaged as such after the disappearance of their owners, may be systematically studied, classified, and enhanced through the disciplinary lenses of art history, museology, and design. Originating in the D.E.SY research project (Designing Enhancement Strategies and Exhibit Systems for Italian House and Studio Museums), the book advances a typological framework for the spaces of the faber in Lombardy, with particular attention to Milan, and investigates their narrative, experiential, and curatorial potential in relation to contemporary design and curatorial strategies. The contributions address house museums, house ateliers, studios, and studio-archives, engaging with issues such as the aura and genius loci of these places, processes of musealisation and reconstruction, and analog and digital storytelling devices for their valorisation. By integrating historical, museological, and design-based approaches, the volume proposes a polysemous reading of the faber’s spaces as vital microcosms and three-dimensional self-portraits, offering a shared methodological ground and operative tools for researchers, curators, designers, and cultural institutions.

Anna Mazzanti, Polysemous Approach to the Spaces of Faber

Part I. Methods and Theories

Marta E. Cecchi, Giampiero Bosoni, The Architect and Designer’s Laboratory. Methods and Tools for Exhibiting the Places of Design Culture
Alessandra Spagnoli, Towards a Taxonomy of Faber’s Spaces: Milan and the Lombardy Region
Raffaella Trocchianesi, Metadesign Approach and Exhibit Models for Staging Faber’s Atelier: An Experimental Action

Part II. Stories

Rita Capurro, The Artist’s Studio Between Representation and Narration
Giampiero Bosoni, The City’s Network of Crossroads Between Art and Design: the Milanese Case in the 20th century
Barbara Di Prete, Alessandra Spagnoli, The Creative and Artistic Legacy Between Identity and Project: Casa & Atelier Fornasetti and AtelierFORTE

Part III. Practices

Davide Spallazzo, Martina Sciannamè, The Genius Loci of the Faber Place and its Exhibition: Experimentation at the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum
Mauro Ceconello, Design Practices and Enhancement Projects: From Collezione Giovanni Sacchi at the
Triennale di Milano to Fondazione Castiglioni
Chiara Lecce, Virtualisation and Digitalisation as Tools for Re-Reading the Ephemeral: The Case of the Franco Albini Foundation

Authors

Contributi: Giampiero Bosoni, Rita Capurro, Marta Elisa Cecchi, Mauro Ceconello, Barbara Di Prete, Chiara Lecce, Martina Sciannamè, Alessandra Spagnoli, Davide Spallazzo, Raffaella Trocchianesi

Collana: Design International - Open Access

Argomenti: Architettura, design, territorio

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