Failures — Process Beyond Success

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Failures is about the process beyond success: stories of setbacks, of broken paths that lead to new perspectives. An insight into some hidden sides of designers’ and producers’ daily work, with products, prototypes and unique pieces by design masters as well as contemporary designers.

In a world where any kind of production is evaluated on its short-term success, failures are supposed to be hidden and censored. Everything concerning the process is left behind the scenes. At the same time, interestingly enough, one of the main trends of contemporary art seems to be about putting on the scenes its own making of and its production process, emphasizing its experimental nature. Similarly, the world of makers is generating an increasing interest in prototyping. Contemporary artists and designers often exhibit their process as a substantial and integral part of their work: there are many examples of works in which the production process is the very essence of what is put on show and defines the peculiarity of the work itself.

Through such experimentations, artists and designers attempt to break with the expectations of the public and with the vicious and static cycle of supply and demand, opening up new possibilities for innovation. The exhibition project - curated by Raumplan and ACCC-Associazione Consorzio Cantiere Cuccagna during Fuorisalone 2016 – is meant to interpret this contradictory context through the destructuring theme of failure. The selection of the works on show tell of the daily work of designers and producers, highlighting the intermediary phases, the attempts and trials that structure a project in all its complexity. Exposing failures is a chance to show the real value of research and experimentation: it’s a way to celebrate the process as the driving force of innovation, beyond the imperative of short-term success.

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