Date

14 May 2025

Time

18:00 PM - 19:00 PM

Where

Design Institue, 82 Dimitri Uznadze Street, Tbilisi, Georgia, Tbilisi - Georgia

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Fruition

In-person event

IED awaits you in Tbilisi for a day of inspiration and creativity.

How do we relate to material culture today? What does it mean to be a designer in marginalized territories?

Since 2016, Marginal Studio has been operating in Palermo, a complex and challenging place, where they work with local artisans and migrants.  

In their projects, they explore design's role beyond industrial production

Through the process of establishing and developing a Social Design studio, a trajectory is traced that sees Design questioning itself to find new and old social functions.  

The founding of a collective-making practice and the self-construction of spaces leads to questioning the foundations of design through engagement with contemporary issues. Public space and migration as a social and political theme are the focus of reflections on the future of the discipline and European culture. 

Tbilisi

Date: May 14th, 2025

Time: 6pm 

Place: Design Institue, 82 Dimitri Uznadze Street, Tbilisi, Georgia 

Event Highlights: 

  • Creative lecture by Zeno Franchini, Social Designer & IED Turin Professor  

  • Presentation of the IED Group 

  • Success stories from IED graduates from Georgia 

  • Q&A on educational offerings, application processes, scholarships, and portfolio requirements for Undergraduate, Master, and Study Abroad courses. 

Languages: Georgian / English 

 

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