MY MIAMINA

MY MIAMINA

Artistic redesign of the fabric of the iconic Miamina chair (Saporiti Italia)

The MA*GA Museum, in collaboration with Saporiti Italia S.p.A. and the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, are promoting the MY MIAMINA project, dedicated to the reworking of the fabric of the iconic Miamina chair.

The project is aimed at students attending the first and second level academic diploma courses of the Visual Arts School of the historic Milanese Academy.
The project aims to enhance the design quality that distinguishes Italian production linked to the world of art and design through the relationship between art, design and education, respectively represented by MA*GA, Saporiti Italia and Accademia di Brera.
The students will be involved in an educational path with moments of introduction to the project, a visit to the collections of the MA*GA Museum and the Saporiti Italia archive to come up with their own personal reinterpretation of the seat fabric, a key formal and structural element of Miamina. 

First presented in the Saporiti Italia showroom in Miami, the city from which it takes its name, the iconic Miamina received an honourable mention at the Compasso d'Oro Award in 1985.
The first edition of the chair was made with a series of fabrics, specially created for this object by Ottavio and Rosita Missoni, amplifying the relationship between art, architecture and design through the use of colour.The selection and evaluation of the projects will be carried out by a commission appointed by the project promoters and will take into account their originality, technical and poetic quality, and adherence to the ultimate aim of enhancing the fabric of the seat as a key formal and structural element of the Miamina.
At the end of the project there will be a selection and evaluation phase for the most interesting projects in terms of originality, degree of innovation and search for new design solutions linked to the identity of the chair. To the first three entries Saporiti Italia will award a one thousand euro scholarship and MA*GA will donate one year of AMICI membership of MA*GA Young. In addition to the three prize-winners, a further selection of ten works will be used by Saporiti Italia to create unique pieces of Miamina, to which a presentation and temporary exhibition will be dedicated in the Museum's spaces in Gallarate next autumn. 

REGISTRATIONS CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING!

TIMING AND MODALITIES

Each participating student may submit only one artistic project involving the realisation of a drawing, graphic, painting or textile intervention measuring 110 x 130 cm, i.e. on a scale of 1:1 with respect to the fabric that makes up the seat.Each interested student is asked to take part in the training phases with a visit to the MAGA Museum and to the Saporiti Italia Archives and to propose a project idea within the time frame defined.
Participation in groups with only one project is permitted. 

Submissions required

• Text-only descriptive sheet briefly describing the project concept with title and technique (max. 2000 characters)

• Photographs of the project (max. 10 MB total)

• Files in digital format in the case of digitally produced graphic projects (accepted formats: jpg, tiff, pdf max 10 MB total)

• Paper or canvas in the case of drawings, paintings or mixed techniques on a scale of 1:1, i.e. measuring 110x130 cm

• Textile support provided by Saporiti Italia in the case of direct intervention on the seat fabric measuring 110x130 cm 

The textile support measuring 110 cm base by 130 cm height will be supplied to the student by Saporiti Italia. CLICK HERE AND CHOOSE THE TYPE OF FABRIC
The preliminary planning phase includes a free and independent visit to the MA*GA Museum and Saporiti Italia headquarters on one of the proposed dates CLICK HERE TO CHOOSE THE DATE OF THE VISIT
The intervention on the textile support may be carried out using any technique and material as long as it respects the personal expression of the creator.
In the case of graphic design, digital or analogue, the project, if selected, will be printed on the textile support by the Saporiti Italia company. 

Evaluation Criteria


The selection and evaluation of the projects will be carried out by a commission appointed by the promoters of the project, Accademia di Brera, Saportiti Italia, MAGA and will take into account their originality, technical and poetic quality, and adherence to the ultimate aim of enhancing the seat fabric as a key formal and structural element of Miamina. 
At the end of the project there will be a selection and evaluation phase for the most interesting projects in terms of originality, degree of innovation and search for new design solutions linked to the identity of the chair.
To the first three entries Saporiti Italia will award a scholarship of € 1000.00 and MA*GA will donate a year's membership AMICI del MA*GA Young.
In addition to the three prize-winners, a further selection of ten works will be used by Saporiti Italia to create unique examples of the Miamina, which will be dedicated to a presentation and temporary exhibition in the Museum's spaces in Gallarate next autumn, on the occasion of the Arcipelago Design exhibition project.