The third edition of MOSTRO – graphic design camp is dedicated to Europe and the bridges that culture can throw thanks to designers of different generations and backgrounds where politics and economics lag behind for fear and speculation. The festival shows stories and events in which creativity and research are concrete opportunities for collaboration, dialogue and work. The format of MOSTRO continues to insist on exhibitions, talks and workshops in collaboration with the Laboratorio Formentini to tell the figures and crafts of visual communication and graphic arts.  This year the festival also involves two other venues: the Czech Center in via Morgagni and the new Meme gallery in via Crispi, Milan.

Here are the talks that will be held at the Laboratory Formentini:

Saturday 5
Hours 11.00 → 12.00
Formentini Laboratory
Guest → Maria Cristina Didero
Moderator → Marco Sammicheli
Studio Okolo in Prague will hold an exhibition on the visualization of the texts that Maria Cristina Didero has written in her career as a curator. A visual experiment aimed at extending the relationship between curator and designer to that of the visual communicator. The exhibition will be set up at the Formentini Laboratory and during a talk in which the authors will talk to Didero about the themes of the exhibition.

Saturday 5
Hours 18.00 → 19.00
Laboratory Formentini
Pavel Fuksa is an author who uses graphics to solicit political issues. At MOSTRO he will present his collection of football uniforms of a hypothetical World Cup played by the sovereign countries existing in 1918. Fuksa will also hold a public conversation with Simona Calboli, director of the Czech Center in Milan. Pavel will also be present in the group show that will open at the Meme gallery, a new space dedicated to design and applied arts. The exhibition displays a series of stamps created by, among others, Mauro Bubbico and Marco Goran Romano, in collaboration with the Istituto Filatelico di San Marino.

Saturday 5
Hours 19.00 → 20.00
Laboratory Formentini
Salt&Pepper will talk and show about their integrated branding and design work.

Sunday 6
Hours 17.00 → 18.00
Laboratory Formentini
Guest → Benedetta Crippa (Graphic designer, Stockholm)
Moderator → Amanda Prada
The Fikra Biennial, as it was for the Post Design Festival in Copenhagen in the first edition, is twinned with Monster. Smith and Crippa will be in conversation with Amanda Prada, of the Communication Division of the City of Lugano.

Sunday 6
Laboratory Formentini
Hours 18.00 → 19.00
Moderator → Lucia Roscini
The talk will be a reflection on the idea of beauty in relation to current political trends. The students will be coordinated by Lucia Roscini.

Sunday 6
Laboratory Formentini
Hours 19.00 → 20.00
The Mondadori Foundation, owner of the Formentini Laboratory, this year celebrates forty years of activity. MOSTRO is dedicating an exhibition to him, curated by Marco William Fagioli, art director of ZUP and co-founder of the festival, and Paul Robb, Irish graphic designer, owner of the Salt & Pepper studio. Together they will select some of the milestones of Mondadori’s graphics.

No online registration is required for this event. Access is free of charge.
We recommend that you come in advance to secure a seat in the room!