Trieste Contemporanea Design Contest 2018

The

announces the 13th edition of the

with the aim of showcasing the most original design offerings from the countries of

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The competition is a biennial event that now attracts the interest of designers from 23 European countries, and the ’

’, another biennial event that deals with the topics of cultural promotion and the exchange of curatorial experiences in occasion of the opening of the

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The 2018 edition of the contest will be based on the ongoing two-year project

(

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draws inspiration from the real case history of how to convert and reuse the area of the Porto Vecchio (old port) of Trieste, which has remained unused and in a state of decay for decades.

is an incubator where creative minds of art curators, artists and thinkers from other disciplines re-interpret the usual functions of a port in view of shaping an image of a “new port”, with its interim state between arriving, belonging and leaving, where people freely exchange their own cultures (instead of goods), while assuring their values (a new idea of insurance…) so that new profits (benefits of art and culture) are earned by the many.

The

process is now extended by this call to designers, who, while enrolling to the 2018 contest, will challenge this utopia: a vision beyond geographical and mental borders to create a (near) future shared society.

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