Salone del Mobile 2024 Events Jeanne Gang in conversation with Johanna Agerman Ross April 19 th 2024 11:00 - 13:00 (CEST) Add to calendar Details Speakers One of the leading voices in architecture, Jeanne Gang is renowned for projects that connect people, their communities, and the natural world. She will be joined by Johanna Agerman Ross, Chief Curator of the Design Museum in London, for a discussion about how we can better recognize the cultural and environmental value of our existing building stock and expand on it in ways that bring new beauty and opportunity to our communities. Reference to Gang’s latest book, The Art of Architectural Grafting, which expands upon her work and research as the founding partner of Studio Gang and a Professor in Practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, will illustrate how the horticultural technique of grafting can inspire a fresh paradigm for sustainable design. Arena “Drafting Futures”, Pavilion 14 Johanna Agerman Ross Johanna Agerman Ross recently joined the Design Museum in London as the Conran Foundation Chief Curator and looks after the museum's exhibition programme. She was previously the curator for 20th-century and contemporary furniture and product design at the V&A. In this role she curated the new permanent gallery Design 1900-Now, and the internationally touring exhibition Plastics: Remaking Our World in collaboration with colleagues at Vitra Design Museum, V&A Dundee and maat Lisbon. Add to bookmarks Moderator Jeanne Gang Jeanne Gang, FAIA, is the founding partner of Studio Gang, an international architecture and urban design practice with offices in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Paris. Known for an inquisitive, forward-looking design approach that unfolds new technical and material possibilities and expands the active role of designers in society, she creates striking places that connect people with each other, their communities, and the environment. Add to bookmarks Speaker
Johanna Agerman Ross Johanna Agerman Ross recently joined the Design Museum in London as the Conran Foundation Chief Curator and looks after the museum's exhibition programme. She was previously the curator for 20th-century and contemporary furniture and product design at the V&A. In this role she curated the new permanent gallery Design 1900-Now, and the internationally touring exhibition Plastics: Remaking Our World in collaboration with colleagues at Vitra Design Museum, V&A Dundee and maat Lisbon. Add to bookmarks Moderator Jeanne Gang Jeanne Gang, FAIA, is the founding partner of Studio Gang, an international architecture and urban design practice with offices in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Paris. Known for an inquisitive, forward-looking design approach that unfolds new technical and material possibilities and expands the active role of designers in society, she creates striking places that connect people with each other, their communities, and the environment. Add to bookmarks Speaker
Johanna Agerman Ross Johanna Agerman Ross recently joined the Design Museum in London as the Conran Foundation Chief Curator and looks after the museum's exhibition programme. She was previously the curator for 20th-century and contemporary furniture and product design at the V&A. In this role she curated the new permanent gallery Design 1900-Now, and the internationally touring exhibition Plastics: Remaking Our World in collaboration with colleagues at Vitra Design Museum, V&A Dundee and maat Lisbon. Add to bookmarks
Jeanne Gang Jeanne Gang, FAIA, is the founding partner of Studio Gang, an international architecture and urban design practice with offices in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Paris. Known for an inquisitive, forward-looking design approach that unfolds new technical and material possibilities and expands the active role of designers in society, she creates striking places that connect people with each other, their communities, and the environment. Add to bookmarks
