Created in Italy — Talk, Tour and Lunch

What does Pasta and Pinocchio have in common?

Find out over a gourmet grazing lunch courtesy of SMEG Australia.

Starting at LCI Melbourne, join the DIA community for an introduction to the Created in Itlay Exhibition by Angelo Gioe, Director of the Italian Institute of Culture Melbourne, followed by a walking tour of Collingwood, visiting ArchitectsEAT and Foolscap Studio and Finesse Shoe Store by Studio Edwards to have look behind the scenes to see their studio spaces, concluding with a gourmet lunch and a brief presentation from SMEG Head of Product, Leon Wolf @ SMEG 153-155 Victoria Parade, Collingwood.

CREATED IN ITALY explores Italian industrial design bringing together numerous individual stories, and offering a broad picture of contemporary Italian enterprise.
The program incorporates a bespoke installation designed by Mario Trimarchi, accompanied by an extensive catalogue and website featuring a series of interviews with contemporary Italian designers and researchers. SMEG is renowned worldwide for the way its products combine technology and style, and generous hospitality.

View the English catalogue here. 

Featuring designs from:

Abet Laminati | Alpi | Brembo | Coex | Crea | Cressi Sub | Dainese | Directa Plus | Eumakers | Falci |Fizik | Fontana Group | Foscarini | GAM (Gonzaga Arredi Montessori) | Gemar | Grivel | K-Array | Kong | Landucci | Limonta | Magis | Nonino | Novamont | Omnicos Group | Pedrali | Petroceramics | Plastitalia | Springa | Terra Dacis | TT Adler | Vibram

Curated by: Odo Fioravanti, Giulio Iacchetti, Francesca Picchi

The Exhibition will run from  1-25 September @ LCI gallery 150 Oxford Street, Collingwood

Event Partner

Image For Italians, the multiplication of pasta shapes is not only a food tradition but one of the foundations of its material culture. Landucci can boast nearly a hundred years of experience in the production of pasta extruders: an experience that evolved in the passage from the completely hand-made to industrialised production processes. Thanks to a constant dialogue with the makers of production lines and pasta makers, Landucci can offer an infinite variety of pasta shapes in a repertoire developed in the course of almost a century. Founded in 1925 by Sestilio Landucci, it is still a family business, now into its fourth generation and operating on a globalised market.

LANDUCCI. Pasta Extruder dies and inserts for traditional and fancy formats; from the more traditional formats to imaginative ones like those dedicated to the tale of Pinocchio; the historic headquarters of the company is situated near the town of Collodi, birthplace of the author of the world’s best-loved Italian story. Photo Max Rommel

This event is in keeping with the DIA's commitment to promoting design as a profession and a core contributor to the quality of business, society and our environment.
This is an official DIA Accredited Designer™ presentation and will accrue 4 CPD points towards DIA Accredited Designer status.