enzo mari costellazione: triennale podcasts led by alice rawsthorn share insights, memories

on the occasion of the exhibition, enzo mari curated by hans ulrich obrist with francesca giacomelli, triennale milano presents a series of podcasts, which offers further ideas and insights into the exhibition currently underway at the museum. titled ‘enzo mari costellazione’, the podcast is hosted and curated by author, design critic, and THE DESIGN PRIZE 2018 winner alice rawsthorn, in collaboration with hans ulrich obrist. the conversations and dialogues seek to shed light on enzo mari’s life and work through the voices of some of the people who knew him, and who have been inspired by his work in their own practices. 

alice rawsthorn | image © michael leckie

enzo mari costellazione is a series of six episodes, featuring conversations with hans ulrich obrist, stefano boeri, andrea trimarchi and simone farresin of formafantarana, paola antonelli, martino gamper, and marva griffin wilshire as guests. ‘committed. passionate, brilliant, ingenious, resourceful, elegant and absolutely without compromise, enzo mari is one of the most fascinating designers of our time,’ says rawsthorn on mari. boeri describes him as ‘a constellation’, while antonelli sees him as ‘the conscience of italian design’. gamper recalls mari having ‘insulted me in a way that I’ve never been insulted by another designer’. marva griffin wilshire defines him as ‘an outsider’, while designer duo formafantasma delves into the influence that mari had on their work with respect to the ‘implication of production’ in the design processes.

hans ulrich obrist | image © tyler mitchell

enzo mari costellazione is produced by triennale milano and available to listen to for free (in english) here. read more about the exhibition, enzo mari curated by hans ulrich obrist with francesca giacomelli, on designboom here, and see our in-depth interview with hans ulrich obrist about the show here. meanwhile, discover our vast archive of enzo mari’s work on designboom here.

stefano boeri | image © gianluca di ioia

paola antonelli | image © marton perlaki

marva griffin wilshire

andrea trimarchi and simone farresin of formafantarana | image © simon

martino gamper | image © angus mill

enzo mari, the nature series, n°1: the volcano, with elio mari, screen printing on texilina, danese milano, 1961

project info: 

enzo mari costellazione
host and curator: alice rawsthorn
with: hans ulrich obrist
produced by: triennale milano
format: 6 episodes – 6 interviews – 30/40 minutes each 
recording and sound editing: spiritland productions
guests: hans ulrich obrist, stefano boeri, andrea trimarchi and simone farresin (formafantasma), paola antonelli, martino gamper, marva griffin wilshire