We Will Design: Making Kin
BASE Milano presents the fifth edition of “We Will Design: Making Kin”, an experimental lab that, during Design Week, welcomes and promotes projects from designers worldwide. This year, it explores the construction of alliances and kinships, examining new ways of coexisting and collaborating.
From 7 to 13 April 2025, projects from designers, performers, schools, universities, and international institutions will present innovative perspectives on the theme “Making Kin”—a concept inspired by Donna Haraway’s thinking, exploring new forms of kinship beyond speciesist and anthropocentric boundaries.
The 2025 edition of “We Will Design” seeks to go beyond traditional notions of family ties, instead exploring new forms of connection and care among humans, non-humans, and more-than-humans. It invites us to build alliances based on conscious choices, shared affinities, interests, and sensitivities, transforming kinship into an act of creative resistance.
BASE also opens its EXHIBIT area to over 39 artists and designers, showcasing projects that reinterpret the concept of kinship through materials, technology, and performance.
Universities involved
HEAD – Genève, Geneva University of Art and Design, Domus Academy, The Royal College of Art, RUFA (Rome University of Fine Arts), Tecnológico de Monterrey, Technical University of Zvolen, Sys – Systemic Design Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Western University of Timișoara
Artists and Designers: Anas Chao, Mitre and Mondays, Kairos Futura, Adi Friedman & Ceren Sözer, Ahmet Selcuk Dis, Alessio Pinton, Ana Souto Neves, Andreea Tron, Anna Favaretto, Anton Ripon, Carlota Gallo, Carolina Pérez-Moreno, Caterina Viguera & Ramon Landolt, Cristobal Olmedo, Dale Konstanz, Delia Rößer, Domenico Di Paolo & Kieran Feechan, Elena Zaghis, Eleni Vrettakou, Elio Romanazzi, Federico Godino & Natalie Blom, Federico Rizzo & Salicornia Studio, Giovanni Amerio (GGTHH), Giuliano Wai Ging Sammarro, Harvest Salon, Jade Fritsch, Janneke de Lange, Jaxon Pope & Riccardo Centazzo, Jules Pean, Kiah Celeste, Marie Kolářová, Miriam Daxl, Omnicent Japan, Remi Reniers, Riko Tamekuni, Shao-Chun, Studio CoPain, Studio PARADIGM, Studio Sophia Schullan, Suzanne Craviari, Tatiana Efremenko & Eva Monestier, Vincenzo Lapiccirella.
