RESEARCH METHODS

Following the Triennale’s curatorial choice MuDeFri has only selected women in industrial/craft design. Women architects, graphic designers, artists working in Friuli Venezia Giulia have not been object of the researche.

 

Initially, we focused on researching professional women in the field of design in all FVG provinces, widening the previous research made by the organizers of the exposition ‘Women in Italian design’. At this stage curators have been: Sara Florian for Pordenone, Diego Kuzmin for Gorizia, Lorenzo Michielli and Valentina Grego for Trieste, Anna A. Lombardi for Udine. 

 

It is our intention to progressively update this list with further descriptions and external links. We will try to enter the same number of women designers for each province.

UDINE


Lella Vignelli 
Gae Aulenti 
Anna Aurora Lombardi 
Gertrudi Muller Patriarca 

 

Udine Design Week 2018 was an opportunity to deepen the theme in the province of Udine. Two exhibitions and a photomapping at the Tina Modotti Gallery. brought us to know these women designers:
Olimpia Aveta
Veronica Balutto
Maria Grazia Borgnolo 
Micol Brezigar

Maria Jennifer Carew 

Laura Carraro
Lara Carrer
Cautero Creazioni
Cinzia Cumini
Laura Ellero
Concetta Giannangeli
Mara Picco
Beatrice Macor
Karmelina Martina 
Simona Martino
Chiara Moro
Federica Novelli
Antonella Oliana
Sonia Passone
Doriana Pelizzo
Francesca Petricich
Laura Piani 

Antonella Pizzolongo
Carola Rodolfi Kuball
Daniela Sacher
Mara Squalizza

PORDENONE

 

Cristina Celestino 
Monica Graffeo 

Elisa Gargan Giovannoni 
Paola Paronetto 

 

We also know:
Luisa Finos

Letizia Maggio 
Francesca Verardo

GORIZIA

 

None of the following women designers were included in “Women in Italian Design”:

 

 

Luisa Morassi Bernardis 

Valentina Brunello

Tina Carletti
Luisa Codelia
Laura Colussi 

Anna Devecchi 

Barbara Fornasir
Maria Teresa Grusovin 
Elisa Trani
Lucia Venturini

TRIESTE

 

Neera Gatti 

 

Design professionals in Trieste are also:

Serena Bellini
Marina Cons

Ines Paola Fontana e Roberta Debernardi
Lodovica Fusco 
Chiara Lamonarca

Emanuela Marassi 
Silvia Rossi

Thanks to this research, one of the comments we are able to make is that women designers’ activity in Friuli Venezia Giulia often reflects ancient local traditions such as pottery, textile, jewels, mosaic and furniture design. Another comment concerns the fact that craftmenship seem the professional world most woman designers are keen to be involved in. A number are architects working as interior designers. Few are those employed in companies’ technical departments. Finally, freelance professional designers are a minority.