Triennale Design Museum

Yesterday, for my Italian Design History Class, we had a field trip to Triennale Design Museum. The Museum was built in 1933 as a 'sanctuary' for design trends. It's meant to showcase the ever-changing world of design. The name 'Triennale' in Italian means 'every three years'. This is appropriate because exhibits in the museum stay for around 3 years and then are replaced by others. This keeps the museum always new and interesting to artists and designers looking for new pieces. Apparently it is a popular meeting place for artists; Massimo said meeting at the Triennale as a designer is like meeting at a coffee shop.
While there, I learned that the designs of a decade can best be showcased by looking at a chair from that time. There were many, many chairs to be seen, and Massimo often shows us chairs in class. By looking at whether the chair is geometric, four-legged, abstractly-shaped, plastic, etc., you can tell the values of the designers in that decade.
The trip was short - we only went through one exhibit - so there are just a dozen or so pictures. You can see some of the pieces exhibited in my album found here.