MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2025

On the occasion of the 63rd edition of Salone del Mobile, WonderGlass returns to Istituto dei Ciechi with POETICA, an installation featuring new works by Vincent Van Duysen and Ronan Bouroullec, complemented by exquisite wallpaper designs from Calico Wallpaper, and a special contribution by Officine Saffi Lab. This evocative project reimagines glass and paper as vessels for memory and imagination, offering a poetic exploration of materiality and craft.

The title draws from the ancient art of making and storytelling, reflecting the creative forces that shape art, literature, and design. Materials transcend their physical form, becoming bridges between the tangible and the intangible. Their shapes and hues carry emotion, memory, and meaning, evoking craftsmanship as a form of language.

POETICA explores the delicate balance between the ordinary and the abstract, where objects reveal hidden dimensions through their interaction with their surroundings. Each piece unfolds new layers of meaning, in a storytelling that begins in the mind of the designer, evolves through the hands of the craftsman, and finds its full expression in the eyes of the viewer. A poetic cycle is thus co-created – design, craftmanship and perception – resulting in an ever-evolving narrative that extends beyond the object itself.

POETICA culminates in a celebration of collaboration—not just between materials but between visionaries and makers. WonderGlass, with the collaboration of Calico Wallpaper and Officine Saffi Lab, brings together an installation that explores the space between creation and perception, where the familiar is transformed into the extraordinary, and where the art of making becomes poetry itself.

OPENING DATES: 8th April 2024 – 12th April 2024

LOCATION:  Istituto dei Ciechi, Via Vivaio 7, Milan