The Graphic Days® festival is an event dedicated to Italian and international visual design which, since 2016, has involved artists, professionals and the most relevant studios on the international scene.
The theme
In 2022 the festival changed format and adopted a widespread approach in the city through a program of initiatives structured in 6 main locations and articulated over time. The main theme of all the initiatives is the Kids theme.
From the world of publishing, to the production of games to the development of dedicated programs by cultural institutions, children in fact offer a field of constant experimentation for visual design and social design. The festival will be an opportunity to highlight the point of view of children / teenagers: the use of play as a key to interpreting the world, the imagination and the ability to see beyond (obstacles, appearance or evidence), the importance of attention for the future, through three interpretations:
Design For Kids: examples of visual design applied to the creation of products and services for children.
Design Like Kids: experiences that highlight the power of a design culture based on a playful attitude and an immediate, colorful and fun visual language.
Design With Kids: laboratory activities and initiatives carried out together with children.
They talked about us
La Stampa, La Repubblica, Il Corriere della Sera, Torinosette, Torino Cronaca Qui, Radio Banda Larga.
The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand
September 17-18: opening event at Docks Dora
September 21-October 21: personal exhibition of the artist Lucio Schiavon “La breve storia di quasi tutto” at Spazio Musa
September 23-October 2: main venue of the festival, the Cavallerizza Reale, with a calendar of workshops, talks, video performances alongside an extensive exhibition itinerary.
September 24-25: workshop at the Print Club Torino
Special events
September 15-October 15: Riccardo Ten Colombo’s personal exhibition “Cromoblock” at Casa del Pingone, also home to workshops
October 7-8: workshop for Kids addressed to schools and families at Cumiana15
In the city
September 27 and 29: 41 appointments spread around 11 Turin districts, with a small focus in the municipality of Settimo Torinese.
Collaborations
Beeozanam, XKé? ZeroTredici, festival Scarabocchi in Novara e We Are Müesli in Verbania.
A project by Print Club Torino, Quattrolinee, Plug
With the support of Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Fondazione CRT, Camera di commercio di Torino, Iren
Under the patronage of Ministero della Cultura, Regione Piemonte, Città Metropolitana, Città di Torino, Circoscrizione 3, Politecnico di Torino, Università di Torino
International partners: ITCILO, Ambasciata e Consolato Generale del Regno dei Paesi Bassi
Cultural partners: Accademia Drosselmeier, Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Bologna Fiere, Festival Scarabocchi, Spazio Musa, Paratissima, Xké? Il laboratorio della curiosità, Spazio Zerosei, Beeozam, Cumiana 15, Bloomingteam, Turismo Torino e Provincia, Comieco, FaceThis, PGD – Polish Graphic Design
Media partners: Artrinume, Radio Banda Larga, Marketers
Design and web: Quattrolinee
Main technical sponsors: IGPDecaux, BenQ, Fedrigoni, Printaly
Technical sponsors: Sublitex, Promos Comunicazione, Sticker Mule, ATS service, Rinascente, serienumerica
Set up sponsors: Studio F, Techart
Thanks to Toolbox Coworking
Grow younger! The seventh edition of the Graphic Days® festival, which took place from September 17 to October 2, is dedicated to the Kids theme through three interpretations: Design For Kids, Design Like Kids and Design By Kids.
I numeri
15000 visitors
24 days
6 locations
16 exhibitions
53 workshops
65 guests
Docks Dora
September 17-18
Opening event
Two days of exhibitions, workshops, video projections, performances: a calendar of activities directly curated by Graphic Days® and by the residents within the Docks Dora and a market fair with the works of artisans and artists, live performances and impromptu workshop activities.
Spazio Musa
September 21-October 21
Exhibition “La breve storia di quasi tutto”
A retrospective on the illustrator’s work and a path based on the Kids theme, created specifically for the festival.
Cavallerizza Reale
September 23-October 2
Main venue
The universe of Kids was addressed through the exhibition of the work of artists and designers and with appointments dedicated to illustration and graphics, accompanied by musical and performative moments to animate the courtyard.
Cas Holman, internationally renowned toy designer and selected from the award-winning documentary series “Abstract: The Art of Design” on Netflix, among the guests of the festival: a talk with Luca Boscardin and Raphael Pluvinage, a workshop for the implementation of her approach to the game and an exhibition inside the Cavallerizza Reale.
Print Club Torino
September 25-26
4 practical workshops within the spaces of a creative printing laboratory, led by tutors: Luca Boscardin, Rocío Egío, Zetafonts, Ola Niepsuj.
Casa del Pingone
September 15 – October 15
Special event
On the occasion of its reopening to the public, Casa del Pingone hosted the “Cromoblock” exhibition by the artist Riccardo Ten Colombo and a calendar of workshops and appointments.
Cumiana15
October 7-8
Special event
An event dedicated to Kids, open to schools and families, with 40 workshops that involved 6-11 year olds in visual design activities.
In the city
September 27 and 29
41 appointments in two days, September 27 and 29, and spread around 11 Turin districts, with a small focus in the municipality of Settimo Torinese, realized through the collaboration of more than 80 design studios, artists and partners operating in the area. Go to the selected section.
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