IED x TRIENNALE MILANO VISIONI DAL FUTURO
A century of posters from the Triennale Milano Archives, animated and reinterpreted by young graphic designers and sound designers. Audiovisual installation within the framework of the project
Audiovisual installation within the framework of the project
Graphic signs and static illustrations become living, moving matter: deconstructed, animated and sonified, they are reconfigured into a continuous flow in which sound and image interact.
This is the essence of Visions from the Future, an audiovisual installation that engages with a vast and invaluable portion of Italy’s design heritage: the graphic and communication materials from the Triennale Milano Archives—the posters of the twenty-four International Exhibitions held between 1923 and 2025—developed and reinterpreted by students of the Sound Design and Graphic Design programmes at IED Milano, with the support of faculty members and tutors.
The installation unfolds as a chronological audiovisual flow in which each poster breaks down into graphic elements, comes to life, and transforms into the next. Music and sound design enter dialogue with colours, movements and visual signs, interpreting and influencing them to generate an ever-changing sequence of synchronies. The result is a kaleidoscopic experience: a varied and dynamic choreography.
The event in Bilbao
Following a reduced-format preview held last January at the Conservatorio di Trento (lead partner of the SISS project), the installation arrives in Bilbao, at IED Kunsthall, from 19 to 26 February 2026. The opening will feature an interactive live performance that reworks the visual and sonic materials of the installation in real time, offering a dynamic, spontaneous and ever-evolving interpretation.
At the heart of the installation, in the Agorà of the Basque city’s avant-garde school, stands a monumental video wall, from which the moving visual and sonic materials expand into the space. Alongside it, a large-scale print composed of static, collective and modular reinterpretations of the same graphic elements—created by the students throughout the project—complements the installation.
Ultimately, the installation offers a view from the future—that of younger generations of creatives—looking back at a past that shaped the history of Design. The series of the International Exhibitions posters progressively reflects the cultural and aesthetic transformations of a century marked by profound change, generating new perspectives.
After Bilbao, the installation will arrive in Lecce on March 1, with a performance at the Tito Schipa Conservatory.
CREDITS
Musica e Sound Design: Rocco Amati e Maria Chiara Delli Santi (autori della performance live), Francesco Eugenio Pellegrino, Hamza Soummade, Jacopo Macrelli e.
Video, immagini e animazioni: Paolo Ferrari, Alessia Calianno, Giada Salvo, Silvia Agostoni, Caterina Deodato, Martina Crippa, Alessia Formis e Noemi Sofio.
Docenti: Alberto Ricca (Sound Design) Filippo Rossi (Video Design),
Tutor: Giacomo Fornasier, Ilaria Braccialini
Set Design: Solian Clerici
Curatela artistica: Painè Cuadrelli.
Assistente di produzione: Beatrice Sacchi.
In collaborazione con: Triennale Milano