Kyiv Polytechnic to host Italian Design Day in Ukraine
Carlo Colonnella, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Kyiv at the Embassy of Italy in Ukraine, along with designer and architect Paolo Coia, the organizer of the Italian Design Day, recently visited the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute to outline plans for staging this event at the university.
This year’s event is outstanding as it is specially devoted to the theme “Design for Reconstruction: Inclusiveness and Innovation.” This theme is also relevant for the university’s vision of creating a space where everyone feels comfortable.
“We chose Kyiv Polytechnic for such a significant event because your university is highly prestigious and breathtakingly beautiful – it feels like entering an ancient castle,” marveled Carlo Colonnella. “Furthermore, our traditional Italian Design Day is not only dedicated to design and architecture, but also to engineering and everything that can be created to rebuild Ukraine after its victory. The event will be very useful for your specialists.”
This large-scale event assumes great importance in expanding cultural cooperation between Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and Italy. Incidentally, a sculpture called “La molecula primordiale del DNA creativo” (Primordial Molecule of Creative DNA) was erected from the design by Paolo Coia on the university’s Knowledge Square in 2022.
