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ACTS

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SURVIVAL

21 26 APRIL
2026 MILAN DESIGN WEEK
1:00 8:00 PM

1 KENGO KUMA
2 MARCIO KOGAN / STUDIO MK27
3 BERNARD KHOURY / DW5
4 CLAUDIO SILVESTRIN
5 UGO CACCIATORI
6 ELIAS AND YOUSEF ANASTAS / AAU ANASTAS
7 FRANCESCO LIBRIZZI + RICCARDO ROBUSTINI
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CASONE

LIGHTING PSLAB

7+1 Acts of Survival brings together seven designers to examine what allows things to endure over time. Survival is understood not as inertia, but as capacity to resist, adapt, and generate meaning across generations, emerging from the tension between human intension and the resilience of matter.

Stone, formed over more than two billion years of geological time, becomes the central reference for thinking persistence in its different forms.

Each work begins from an identical block of African black stone, establishing a shared condition from which distinct responses emerge. Through these variations, the exhibition reflects on how form, material, and time interact, revealing survival as a process that continues to unfold rather than a fixed state.

Curators: Francesco Librizzi and Riccardo Robustini
Main partner and Patron: Casone
Light Design: PSLab
Exhibition Set-Up: Allestimenti Benfenati
Graphic Design: Tomo Tomo