The reservation for VDW 2021 guided tours is mandatory. You can book your visit by clicking on “Book here”, by mail eventi@venicedesignweek.it or by telephone +39 328 1765744.
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Perleri and Mascareri’s Professions
Pearls are details of elegance and personalization of clothing that were also used as coins of exchange.
The art of Mascareri is one of the oldest professions in Venice, dating back to 1271. The use of the mask in the city was frequent, but only in the fifteenth century became a symbol of the Venetian Carnival.
Saturday 9th at 4.30 p.m.
Ticket: €10
Language: Italian and English
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It is part of the Tactile Itinerary VDW 2021 is proposing in 2021.
Arts and Professions in Venice: Oresi, Calegheri, Laneri
There were many schools in Venice and Marin Sanudo counted over two hundred of them in 1501. The oldest and most important schools, those of San Marco and the Misericordia, had been founded three centuries earlier also with the help of the Dominican and Franciscan friars. However, it seems that a school dedicated to the Casselleri (carpenters specialised in the construction of chests and trunks) already existed in the 10th century. It can be said that in Venice every person who practised an art or a trade was also proudly part of his own school, which had a more or less imposing and rich seat. Each person could receive the protection of his brothers, who belonged to the same art and were united in terms of mutual assistance in compliance with the statute, the Mariegola.
We will pass through Campo San Tomà where the Pixel City Itinerary of Augmented Reality crosses and it will be natural to connect the “calegheri” of the past with the young designers of today by experimenting virtual reality with Instagram.
Friday 15th at 5 p.m.
Ticket: €10
Language: Italian and English
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VDW 2021 Jewelry Selection Exhibition
“DAZZLE ME! “ is the theme of VDW Jewelry Selection 2021, the jewelry selection scheduled for the eleventh edition of Venice Design Week. The exhibition is located on the second floor of the charming Ca’ Pisani Design Hotel in Venice and displays the results of the eighth edition of the international competition. The theme is a clear exhortation, marked by the exclamation point, to create a piece of jewelry that can attract the attention and surprise the viewer. The theme challenges the designers to play with light, colors, reflections of a mirror and everything that can surprise the observer.
Sunday 10th at 2 p.m.
Friday 15th at 3 p.m.
Free admission
Language: Italian and English
Green pass or equivalent document
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The Glass Ark – The Glass Rooms
The exhibition includes international artists who use glass as an original mean of expression and personal poetic. The aim is to show the infinite potential of this material and bring glass back to the centre of the international art scene.
Sunday 10th at 12 p.m.
Free admission
Language: English
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Venice Pixel City. Discover Augmented Reality in the City
During the Design Week, QR codes will be scattered around the city of Venice, allowing special projects by both national and international designers to be displayed using an Instagram filter. The application scenario is the city, in a world where social life is no longer only physical but also virtual, the digital element is the engine of progress, also from an urban point of view, and can represent a tool to explore new ways of creating public spaces. This is a unique, both physical and digital exhibition.
Monday 11th at 11 a.m.
Free admission
Language: Italian and English
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The “foresti” in Venice
After the capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks, Venice became a free port, a place where artisans, merchants and knights converged. Venice welcomed them and allowed them to reside there, to build places of workship, schools of devotion and to develop flourishing activities. Evidence of these overseas ‘foreigners’ are still visible in the city: Albanians, Armenians, Dalmatians/Slavonians and Maltese knights.
We will pass by Fondamenta dei Furlani where the Pixel City Itinerary of Augmented Reality crosses and the connection between the “furlani” of the past and the virtual architecture that can be activated with Instagram will be natural.
Tuesday 12th at 3.30 a.m.
Ticket: €10
Language: Italian and English
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Rubelli’s Historical Archive
Rubelli is a Venetian family business founded in 1889 that creates, produces and markets high quality furniture products, in particular fabrics for residential and contract use, as well as wall coverings and furniture collections.
The Historical Collection and the Rubelli Archive collect over 6000 textile documents dating from the late 15th to the first half of the 20th century. Over the course of the years, the collection has been considerably enriched, now including not only European fabrics, but also documents from the East, Africa and the Americas.
Tuesday 12th at 10 a.m.
Language: English
Free admission
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This guided tour is particularly advised for interior designers and designers.
It is part of the Tactile Itinerary VDW is proposing in 2021.
Matter for the Senses
Guided tour to the exhibition “Matter for the Senses” at S. Eufemia Gallery, in Giudecca (waterbus stop Palanca).
Monday 11th at 7 p.m. Meet the designers
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Wednesday 13th at 3 p.m.
Saturday 16th at 3.30 p.m.
Free admission
Language: Italian and English
Green pass or equivalent document
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Murano – Glass for the Interior Design
The visit to the furnace is part of the Tactile Itinerary proposed in VDW2021. The participants can dialogue about glass with master glassmakers.
Thursday 14th at 2 p.m.
Free admission
Language: Italian and English
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This guided tour is particularly advised for Interior designers and designers.
Insula_dei Luminari Ca’ D’Oro Guided Tour
From the constant condition of impartiality between space and time, from the Brodsky’s memory thought in Fondamenta degli Incurabili, the installation Insula_dei Luminari was created for Ca’ d’Oro in Venice, with the intention of experimenting how much of this pre-established supremacy can be questioned through the installation of luminous sculptures of light and shadow, sound and words. Thus, a metaphorical space is delimited, inhabited by illuminating objects – the Luminari – which places before the spectator a multiplicity of readings, seeking to build unexpected, poetic and affective relationships with the physical and interior space.
Saturday 9th at 11.30 Meet the Studio di_archon Designers
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Friday 15 th at 9.30 a.m.
Ticket: €8 free guided tour included
Language: Italian and English
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Venice and the Silk Roads
The Testori de pani de seda, also called ‘samiteri’ (from samis: the precious Byzantine fabrics) in the city, were the craftsmen who produced silk and gold fabrics and constituted one of the most prestigious Arts in the city. Marco Polo was among the first western travellers to import precious fabrics from the East, contributing to the wealth of the Venetian merchants. Weavers from Lucca, who arrived in large numbers into the lagoon at the beginning of the 14th century, also gave a substantial contribution to the development of Venetian silk art.
Monday 11th at 3 p.m.
Ticket: €10
Language: Italian and English
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Showroom Fortuny Guided Tour
Fortuny is a luxury textile manufacturer founded in Venice in 1908 by Mariano Fortuny, based on the island of Giudecca. What began in a small home studio has grown into a global brand based on the island of Giudecca. Today, artisans continue to produce Fortuny’s designs using the same machinery in the same factory opened in 1922. Fortuny’s showroom has just been renovated.
Wednesday 13th at 4 p.m.
Free admission
Language: Italian and English
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It is part of the Tactile Itinerary VDW is proposing in 2021.
Guided tour in Giudecca: from the Industrial Area to the Contemporary Soho
Saturday 16th at 2 p.m.
Ticket: €10
Language: Italian and English
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For outdoor visits it is recommended to keep the safe distance. Green pass certificate or equivalent document is required for indoor visits.
In some places the temperature will be measured at the entrance.
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