The V&A run regular World Cities days on Saturdays. I go to most but tm just isn’t going to happen. Usually by some freakish coincidence I have a trip already in the pipeline for their feature cities, but I’m not off to Milan. I managed to pull off NY, Moscow and Berlin just before I visited. The V&A programme experts – historians, designers, urban explorers and more to open the cities up.
So tomorrow’s day is Milano – in their own words: “Discover the home of Armani, Prada, The Memphis Group and furniture fair, Salone del Mobile. Learn how Milan has inspired generations of designers and plan a visit to the city with a design flavour to see iconic and hidden locations, bars, museums and events.”
I love how the glitzy shopping area in Milan is called the Golden Triangle. Lawless, extreme and dangerous….??
14.00 – 14.50 – Made in Milan: Italy’s Design Capital from Post-War to Present
Dr. Catharine Rossi, Design Historian
14.50-15.40 – Milan and the Glamour of Italian Fashion
Sonnet Stanfill V&A Curator, Furniture, Textiles and Fashion Dept
16.10-17.00 – How to Design a Visit to Milan
Andy Mossack Travel Writer, Broadcaster and Creator and Presenter of BBC Radio’s ‘Where in the World is Andy’ series
