From - To
10.09 10.09
Place
Instituto Italiano di Cultura di Bruxelles
LECTURES
Ten Types of Black - Mario Trimarchi - Design Conference
About
This year, the festival welcomes the renowned Italian architect and designer Mario Trimarchi, presenting his first solo exhibition Bruxelles Radical Landscapes.
Through a series of drawings and objects from recently created collections, Trimarchi invites us to explore the poetic tension between the natural and the designed — between what we know and what we are still learning to see.
The exhibition will be held at A.galerie from 11 September to 1 October 2025.
In this context, the Institute is pleased to host Mario Trimarchi, who will reveal different facets of his work. During the event, we will screen the film Ten Types of Black (2024, dir. Emilio Neri Tremolada, V.O. IT, EN subtitles, 35’), a poetic reflection on Trimarchi’s black-and-white drawings, which he describes as a way to “forever capture the presence of things and ensure their peaceful survival.”
Mario Trimarchi is a designer and architect who views design as a way of bringing poetry into the world of everyday objects.
A former director of the Master in Design at the Domus Academy, he was part of the Olivetti Design Studio before founding the brand consultancy Fragile.
Today, through his own practice, Mario Trimarchi Design, he creates objects and furniture for leading international companies.
In 2016, he received the Compasso d’Oro for the Ossidiana coffee maker designed for Alessi. His work often explores the boundaries between drawing and design: in 2019, he held solo exhibitions of his drawings at the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris and at the Design Hub in Barcelona.
In 2020, two pieces from Botanica — a collection of sound-absorbing panels for Caimi — were acquired by the Quirinale Contemporaneo collection.
In 2022, he was invited by the Korea Craft and Design Foundation to design five small altars in Yugi brass, and in the same year received the Targa d’Oro from the Unione Italiana Disegno (UID) for his contribution to drawing culture.
Since 2024, his research at the intersection of art and design has expanded, leading to solo exhibitions in Milan (Galleria Jannone and Paula Seegy Gallery), Como (Galleria Diaz 14), and London (Mint Gallery). He draws day and night.
Access to the event will only be granted upon prior registration and with valid identification. For security reasons, controls will be carried out using metal detectors.
Please note that the event will be filmed and photographed.
For further information, please contact: iicbruxelles@esteri.it / +32 2 533 27 20
Through a series of drawings and objects from recently created collections, Trimarchi invites us to explore the poetic tension between the natural and the designed — between what we know and what we are still learning to see.
The exhibition will be held at A.galerie from 11 September to 1 October 2025.
In this context, the Institute is pleased to host Mario Trimarchi, who will reveal different facets of his work. During the event, we will screen the film Ten Types of Black (2024, dir. Emilio Neri Tremolada, V.O. IT, EN subtitles, 35’), a poetic reflection on Trimarchi’s black-and-white drawings, which he describes as a way to “forever capture the presence of things and ensure their peaceful survival.”
Mario Trimarchi is a designer and architect who views design as a way of bringing poetry into the world of everyday objects.
A former director of the Master in Design at the Domus Academy, he was part of the Olivetti Design Studio before founding the brand consultancy Fragile.
Today, through his own practice, Mario Trimarchi Design, he creates objects and furniture for leading international companies.
In 2016, he received the Compasso d’Oro for the Ossidiana coffee maker designed for Alessi. His work often explores the boundaries between drawing and design: in 2019, he held solo exhibitions of his drawings at the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris and at the Design Hub in Barcelona.
In 2020, two pieces from Botanica — a collection of sound-absorbing panels for Caimi — were acquired by the Quirinale Contemporaneo collection.
In 2022, he was invited by the Korea Craft and Design Foundation to design five small altars in Yugi brass, and in the same year received the Targa d’Oro from the Unione Italiana Disegno (UID) for his contribution to drawing culture.
Since 2024, his research at the intersection of art and design has expanded, leading to solo exhibitions in Milan (Galleria Jannone and Paula Seegy Gallery), Como (Galleria Diaz 14), and London (Mint Gallery). He draws day and night.
Access to the event will only be granted upon prior registration and with valid identification. For security reasons, controls will be carried out using metal detectors.
Please note that the event will be filmed and photographed.
For further information, please contact: iicbruxelles@esteri.it / +32 2 533 27 20