Reusing Furniture
Exhibition 25 October 2023 — 15 November 2023
local Exploratório Porto Design Biennale, Matosinhos
curador Maria Milano, Eleonora Fedi
Exploratório
During the week of May 1-5, 2023, ESAD held the Reusing Furniture workshop, coordinated by Italian architect and designer Paolo Deganello. The first-year Interior Design students carried out a highly relevant exercise in the context of the current economic and environmental crisis: Some objects at the end of their life cycle were repurposed and requalified with the aim of achieving maximum aesthetic and functional quality, using as few material resources as possible. By restoring classic forms and incorporating contemporary elements, the students managed to transform what was apparently ordinary furniture into works of art capable of reflecting a harmonious fusion of functionality, aesthetics and environmental awareness. The exhibition showcases this work and promotes a new perspective on design, sustainability and the power of human creativity.
Exhibition Opening - 25.10.2023 - 12 pm
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Exploratório Porto Design Biennale
Rua de Brito Capelo 243, 4450-228 Matosinhos
Tuesday to Friday
10:00 — 18:00
Eleonora Fedi is an interior and spatial designer and educator, based in Porto. She has a degree from the Politecnico of Milan (2012) and a master's degree from the College of Art and Design of Matosinhos (2015), where she teaches subjects related to spatial design and the culture of dwelling.
She collaborates with esad—idea as a researcher and designer responsible for exhibition projects, and has been a member of the Porto Design Biennale team since its first edition in 2019.
Her work includes exhibition designs for Galicia – Processes and Forms (2023) curated by David Barro; Erasing the Line (2023); Portugal Pop – Fashion in Portuguese 1970–2020 (2022-2025), curated by Bárbara Coutinho; Sneakers – From the Estado Novo to the Turn of the Millennium (2022), curated by Pedro Carvalho de Almeida.
She co-curated the exhibition Reusing Furniture (2023) together with Maria Milano and has collaborated as an assistant curator on Frontiere – Contemporary Design Expressions, Abitare Itália – Icons of Italian Design, and Riccardo Dalisi – Perfect Imperfection (2019).