Huge success for the INTERNI Creative Connections exhibition at the FuoriSalone 2021. From 4 to 19 September, the event recorded a total of over 180,000 visitors at the three main locations: the quads of the University of Milan, the Orto Botanico di Brera and – until 27 September – the Audi City Lab, for the first time in Via della Spiga 26.

The Mondadori Group magazine, edited by Gilda Bojardi invited leading Italian players from the design world, along with international architects and designers to translate into experimental installations the concepts of care, sustainability and mobility. With the contributions of 2 co-producers (Audi and Eni) and in collaboration with companies and institutions almost thirty site-specific installations, micro-architecture and macro-objects were produced which – along with conferences and talks – created a varied mosaic of styles and visions, as well as moments of exchange that attracted thousands of people. These included a great many Italian and international journalists who gave INTERNI Creative Connections outstanding media coverage – from national newspapers to radio and television, the specialised press, and mass-market publications – as well as ensuring continuous presence on the main social media and web channels.

The Internimagazine.it website saw a +50% increase in unique users compared with the previous period and the reinforcement of the range of social media activities – with the generation of over 650 posts, each with an average of 70,000 profiled followers – led to a doubling of the total reach compared with previous figures.

The INTERNI exhibition was consequently confirmed as the symbolic event of the FuoriSalone – which this year marked its 30th anniversary – created in 1990 on the initiative of Gilda Bojardi, the magazine’s editor. Underlying this success is the high level cultural and design element of the installations, the prestigious Italian and international brands involved, as well as the many smaller players who have equally contributed to the creation of content of value.

The exceptional feedback, both from the public and in terms of media visibility, testifies to INTERNI’s absolute leadership in the professional living segment and design system communication, and, as Gilda Bojardi underlined, “It was also a strong signal for Milan and for a vibrant sector – that of design – which proposes and produces, and which has never given up. Indeed, thanks to the events, presentations, conferences, live and virtual debates, new proposals and collections and the displays in the showrooms, new spaces and museums set up for the occasion, this FuoriSalone was truly a unique and unforgettable occasion.”

Our thanks to all of the companies and partners who took part in the exhibition: Audi/Marcel Wanders studio, Eni/Carlo Ratti Associati, Italo Rota, Alessio Fini; Artemide/MC A – Mario Cucinella Architects; GLO/ Marco Nereo Rotelli; OPPO/Kengo Kuma, London Design Festival, Clare Farrow and Musicity/Midori Komachi; Fondazione Renzo Piano with Lia Piano/Anna Merci with Puricelli; Whirlpool/AMDL Circle and Michele De Lucchi; Sal Cord and Oneeightyone/Italo Rota and Francesca Grassi; EXPO 2020 Dubai – Padiglione Italia; Eurostands and Ledvance/MAD Architects; Corepla e Guzzini/Stroop Design with Jeffrey Beers International; Staininger Group-Six Senses Kitzbühel Alps/Peter Pichler Architecture; Guglielmi/Alessandro Zambelli; Qeeboo/Stefano Giovannoni; NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti/Claudio Larcher and Sara Ricciardi; EWO/NOA* Network of Architecture; LAD onlus/Emilio Randazzo; the Italian Embassy in Madrid, COAM, di_mad, ADI-FAD/Davide Valoppi– Noarc; JCP Universe/CTRLZAK for Homage to Nanda Vigo; Fondazione Bisazza for Homage to Alessandro Mendini; PerDormire/Fabio Novembre Studio; Associazione per il Policlinico Onlus/CastagnaRavelli; APEX-Brasil with Abimóvel/José Roberto Moreira do Valle; Mapei/Cino Zucchi Architetti and Chiara Zucchi; TMK Projekt, Wolf Group, Forbo, Hushoffice, Muraspec/Mac Stopa and Massive Design; Missoni Home/Rosita Missoni; Nardi/Raffaello Galiotto; Magis; Netflix and, finally, Axor-Hansgrohe, Caricami, Danese, Ferrarelle, illy, Kartell.

A record number of visitors for the INTERNI HOUSE IN MOTION exhibition at the 2018 FuoriSalone. From 16 to 28 April, in the courtyards of the Università degli Studi di Milano, at the Orto Botanico di Brera and the Audi City Lab in Corso Venezia 11 (the former Seminario Arcivescovile), where, for the second year in a row, the magazine extended the reach of its urban animation, there was a more than 60% increase in visitors compared with the 2017 edition, reaching close to 400,000 at the three locations.

Marking the 20^th year of the exhibition, 32 projects were presented, of which 18 installations and 14 design islands, with the contribution of 2 co-producers (Audi and Eni gas e luce), 32 partner companies, 4 institutions (Regione Umbria, Regione Puglia, Apex Brasil, Orticola di Lombardia), and 40 designers (including architectural studios, architects, designer, artists, as well as a specialist school). The installations, along with numerous conferences and talk shows, two concerts and two theatre shows, a workshop and design prize, created a varied mosaic of styles and visions and opportunities for exchange that attracted hundreds of thousands of people.

At the Università degli Studi di Milano attracted some 220,000 visitors, the Orto Botanico di Brera 80,000 and 80,000 also visited the Audi City Lab in Corso Venezia 11, a total of 380,000 people. Among these, over 750 were Italian and foreign journalists who gave to INTERNI HOUSE IN MOTION an exceptional level of media coverage, in national newspapers, and on radio and television, as well as specialist and mass market titles, and guaranteeing a continuous presence on leading social media channels and the web.

As a result, the INTERNI exhibition confirms it position as the  representative event of the FuoriSalone thanks to the high design and cultural level of the installations, the brands involved – all of which recognised at the Italian and international level – and the inclusion of smaller players that likewise demonstrated an remarkable capacity to present content of the highest level.

This extraordinary response, both in terms of audience and media visibility, is a clear demonstration of the absolute leadership of the magazine edited by Gilda Bojardi in the professional living segment and design system communication.

Credits ph: Saverio Lombardi Vallauri

“MATERIAL IMMATERIAL” is the name of the much anticipated exhibition event conceived by the monthly magazine INTERNI, which this year reaches the significant milestone of its twentieth edition.

With the patronage of the City of Milan, “MATERIAL IMMATERIAL” will run as part of the FuoriSalone from today until 15 April in the courtyards of the University of Milan, at the Orto Botanico in Brera and, for the first time, in Corso Venezia 11, where INTERNI has expanded the reach of its urban animation.

In addition to protagonists from Italy, the magazine has involved many designers from around the world, from – Japan, China, Brazil, Russia, Denmark, USA, Great Britain and Poland – in collaboration with companies, start-ups and institutions, it an attempt to create a varied mosaic of styles and vision. The designers include: Ron Arad with Illy, Alessandro and Francesco Mendini with Elegant Living, Shop Architects with NBK and Metalsigma, Simone Micheli with Valsir, Italo Rota with MR, Kat Von D and Another Space with Sephora, Michele De Lucchi with Ferragamo Parfums and Moretti Costruzioni, the studio BIG with Artemide, Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel with Marazzi, Massimo Iosa Ghini with Ceramiche Cerdisa, and many more.

“The theme of our exhibition event, now in its 20th edition, invites visitors to explore the double soul of the design: on the one hand the universe of actual production, which with materials – wood, ceramics, metals, plastics and natural fibres – constitutes the physical essence of design; and, on the other, the immaterial dimension of creation, starting from the thinking of the designer, increasingly supported by digital technologies and upcoming virtual reality, who identifies the areas of research for the near future,” explained Gilda Bojardi, editor of INTERNI. “In creating these experimental and interactive installations, we work with leading companies in the field of innovation and research, with companies representing internationally established brands and small niche producers that support entrepreneurship and creativity,” the magazine’s editor concluded.

Co-producer of the initiative is Audi, the premium brand of the Volkswagen Group, which at the Audi City Lab, in Corso Venezia 11, presents with INTERNI a series of meetings entitled the Future Needs Stories. The spaces of the former Seminario Arcivescovile, the gate to which will be illuminated by an installation created by Ingo Maurer, will host discussions about the relationship between man and artificial intelligence along with the presentation of the  installation Sonic Pendulum by Yuri Suzuki.

Also the music of R101, the official radio of “INTERNI MATERIAL IMMATERIAL”, will enliven the evening of Friday 7 April (from 9 pm) with a exclusive concert by Levante, followed a Vinyl DJ Set curated for by its music designers. The radio station will also have an interactive installation designed by Lorenzo Palmieri that will invite visitors to play the role of a DJ and select and play their own playlists in the Main Courtyard.

The INTERNI system

In April of the INTERNI integrated communication system multiplies: 4 print publications (INTERNI, INTERNI Panorama, the free sheet INTERNI King Size and the FuoriSalone Guide), a big event (“INTERNI MATERIAL IMMATERIAL”) and INTERNI online (website, apps, and social). These tools enable readers and users to be updated in real time on trends, innovations and advances in design and reaffirm the role of INTERNI as a leading information system for the world of design. In fact, the magazine is transformed from a trade into mass market media publication, an authentic guide and handbook for anyone who wants to know about and orient themselves within a unique event like the FuoriSalone.

The numbers of the INTERNI system

With this event, that gives Milan unique and exceptional visibility, INTERNI confirms its absolute leadership in the professional living segment but also in the design communication system. Further evidence can be seen from the data of the entire INTERNI ecosystem: 55,000 copies of INTERNI, 200,000 copies of INTERNI/Panorama, 120,000 copies of INTERNI King Size, 250,000 copies of the FuoriSalone Guide, a total print run of over 620,000 copies, 4,000,000 readers and 1,200 pages.

The strength of the brand is also clearly visible outdoors: in fact, for “MATERIAL IMMATERIAL” an important campaign of street advertising has been planned including banners in 15 locations in central Milan, 1,000 flags for around 500 events, 10 shuttle bus backs, as well as totems, decorated newsstands, floor-graphics, station domination (Rho and Cadorna), window display and/or LED walls (Megastore Mondadori in Piazza del Duomo and the Rizzoli Store in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele).

To find your way around the increasingly rich  landscape of events during the Milan Design Week, we could not forget the FuoriSalone® Guide – also available as a free app for iPad, iPhone and Android operating systems (tablets and smartphones) – which offers a detailed summary of over 400 events and a day by day calendar of events involving the companies, designers and architects participating in the FuoriSalone, Milano and the Zee Guide Milan (in digital form only and included with the app) with a selection of new itineraries and fashionable spaces in the city: from design to shopping, department stores to restaurants and hotels.

Download the press pack here: http://www.internimagazine.it/press/leaflet.pdf

During the 2017 Fuorisalone, the ideal home proposed by CasaFacile, during the celebrations for the twentieth anniversary of the magazine, comes to life in Via Solferino 14 in the heart of the Brera Design District.

This will be the launch of the CasaFacile Design Lab, a space designed by the Mondadori Group brand, in collaboration with designers of Studiopepe, and made up of a living area, a cosy kitchen and two outdoor spaces in perfect CF style.

“For twenty years we have been coming into your homes every month with the magazine’s ideas and suggestions and together (readers and editorial staff) we have reshaped the geography of living. Now we are inviting you to really get into ‘our’ ideal home, nice to see and easy to live in, to meet us in person and create new things together during the workshops … because CasaFacile is always in action!” announced Giusi Silighini, editor of CasaFacile.

The CasaFacile Design Lab will host all the magazine’s activities and will be open from Tuesday 4 to Saturday 8 April, from 10 am until 9 pm, and on Sunday 9 April ​​until at 5 pm. Trends and styles to enjoy the home of your dreams, labs and workshops organised by Scavolini and Whirlpool, with MT masking tape, with Fujifilm Instax and Sistem Air, just some of the proposals that will animate the events at the CasaFacile Design Lab. There will also opportunities to meet and share the passion that unites both the editorial team and readers. On Friday 7 April  from 10 am to 11:30 am, there will be a community breakfast, a special breakfast with the editor Giusi Silighini (for information on how to participate go to www.casafacile.it).

Every day, from 6 to 9 pm, the evenings at the CasaFacile Design Lab will continue with a number of initiatives organised by GialloZafferano. The first will be on Tuesday 14 April 4 at 6 pm with the chef Andrea Berton who will be interviewed by the editor of the magazine Laura Maragliano. Every evening there will also be show cooking events with food bloggers offering both classic and international recipes. On Saturday 8 April 8 at 7 pm, there will be a performance by the barlady Carmen Clemente.

The CasaFacile Design Lab has also been chosen as the location for the presentation of the first gift box set dedicated to the house created by CasaFacile with Mondadori Store. By buying  Facciamo casa, la professionalità al tuo servizio, you will be able to choose between the architectural service at home, a shopping assistant or a mini course in interior design.

CasaFacile is now much more than a magazine. After seven active years in the web, the title now has a team of 24 creative bloggers who share the style and participate actively in the magazine’s events and initiatives, but mainly cultivate a dynamic and passionate community which includes 257,000 fans on Facebook and 82,200 followers on Instagram, who meet every day online to exchange tips, little discoveries and big projects.

CasaFacile has also confirmed its role as a strategic brand for advertisers, not just in the furniture sector: in fact, after closing 2016 with an increase of +6% in advertising revenues, the positive trend continues and has led CasaFacile leads to a +19% increase in terms of value in the first four months of 2017, an increase that reaches +40% if we include the additional revenues generated by the event.

A complete programme of the Design Lab CasaFacile is available at www.casafacile.it, on the magazine’s Facebook page and the Brera Design District circuit.

The co-producers of the initiative are Scavolini and Whirpool. Sponsors: Agridè, Arquati, Barilla, Cavit, Ortoromi, Fuji Instax, MT Masking Tape, Nardi, O bag, Saba, Sistem Air, Gruppo Gabel with the Vallesusa brand, Caffè Vergnano, Wilson & Morris. Partner: R101.