STILL NOW. The Dinner, 2023
Solo Exhibition
Villa Mirabella, Milan Italy
Curated and Designed by Felicia Ferrone
STILL NOW. The Dinner featured Fferrone Design glassware collections and designed objects within an imaginative interpretation of a dinner where inspirations from Renaissance banquets, still life paintings of the 1600s, and contemporary art references come together to explore themes of memory, emotion, and sustainability.
The exhibition and related events were held at Villa Mirabello Foundation during Milan Design Week 2023. STILL NOW. The Dinner served as a culmination and retrospective of my multidisciplinary research practice to date. It was held as part of Fuorisalone, the set of events distributed in different areas of Milan on the same days as the annual Salone Internazionale del Mobile.
Relationship by Design, June 2012
Group Exhibition
Merchandise Mart, Chicago
Curated and designed by Felicia Ferrone and David Krell
An exhibition featuring the work of 14 internationally known Chicago-based design studios. Emerging technological advances, enhanced research capabilities, new distribution channels, and crowdfunding sources encourage designers of today to produce their own work, bypassing traditional licensing models. Relationship by Design explored the connections formed between designers and manufacturers during self-initiated projects. Innovations in materials, processes and typologies are often the result of designers working closely with manufacturers.
The exhibition was mounted during the Neocon World Trade Fair.
Where is Where, June 11-25, 2011
Group Exhibition
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Curated and designed by Felicia Ferrone
An exhibition of work by students completing their undergraduate and graduate degrees at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
57 Years Vespa, 2003
Boffi Showroom, Los Angeles
Curated and designed by Felicia Ferrone
A comprehensive exhibit dedicated to Vespa showcasing the brand’s contribution to Italian design and its influence on society and culture as illustrated through scooter design, advertising campaigns, and select issues of the magazine, Piaggio. The exhibit included eleven of the most historically significant scooters of Vespa's 57 year history illustrating the company's technical and aesthetic evolution. The exhibit was sponsored by Boffi and Piaggio with support from the Piaggio Museum in Italy.
In her review of the exhibition, Barbara King of the LA Times wrote "...an inspired partnership. It all matched up so very, very well in that exquisitely orchestrated way that's either micro-arranged or divinely serendipitous. This was as European as it gets in LA."
Vision of the Future, 1999
Pitti Immagine Uomo, Florence, Italy
Curated by Philips Design
Designed by Silvana Sermisoni and Andrea Nulli with Felicia Ferrone
An exhibition of innovation prototypes such as digital picture frames, camera phones with MMS, and PDAs with wireless capabilities. These devices, conceived to forecast 10 years into future technologies, were designed by Philips Global. The exhibit highlighted product designs which exemplified the relationship between fashion and design as related to our daily lives.
Pitti Immagine Uomo is a global platform for men’s clothing and accessory collections, and a forum for launching new projects in men’s fashion. It has been held twice yearly since 1972 in Florence,Italy, at the Fortezza da Basso.
Precious Ivories, 1999
Marzotto SpA, Milan, Italy
Presented by Marzotto SpA, Milan, Italy
Designed by Silvana Sermisoni and Andrea Nulli with Felicia Ferrone
Exhibition of a collection of carved Russian ivory and bone dating back to the XVI century. These historic artifacts were on loan from the State Historical Museum in Moscow and on public display for the first time in Europe. The display cases were designed specifically for the individual groupings of artifacts. Exhibition design by Silvana Sermisoni and Andrea Nulli with Felicia Ferrone presented by Marzotto SpA, then owners of Valentino and Hugo Boss AG, Milan.
