Doppia Firma

Doppia Firma is a project that brings together innovative designers and excellent artisans to create a unique collection of original works. Each of the objects carry two signatures – doppia firma, in Italian – as each is the outcome of the collaboration between a designer and a uniquely skilled craftsperson.

Presented by the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship, Doppia Firma is a project by Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’arte with Living Corriere della Sera, that provides a platform for a vibrant dialogue between the craftsperson and designer to develop new artworks that combine the finest métiers d’art expertise and contemporary design culture. It offers craftspeople the chance to explore new realms of expression while giving designers an opportunity to be inspired by new techniques, materials and practices in order to secure both their futures and inspire a cultural movement of excellence.

The 2018 edition of Doppia Firma saw the collaboration between Gianpaolo Fallani and designer Giampiero Bodino for the creation of five silkscreens taken from as many illustrations inspired by Henri Focillon's book In Praise of Hands.

The works were exhibited at Villa Mozart in Milan during the event Doppia Firma and successively in the section of the same name in the first edition of Homo Faber on the Island of San Giorgio in Venice.