On Wednesday 26 March Fondazione ICA Milano opens to the public its Spring exhibition program, designed to intersect the city's two major thematic weeks, with three new projects, presented for the first time in Italy.

This year as well ICA Milano presents a project originated by the dialogue between Piero Gandini and Alberto Salvadori, dedicated to an important international designer whose work dialogues with the languages of contemporary art through a site-specific exhibition specifically developed for the institution. The protagonist of 2025 is the renowned designer Jasper Morrison who, through The Lightness of Things provides a unique point of view on the meaning of design.

Curated by Alberto Salvadori, The Lightness of Things celebrates the essential approach to design developed by Jasper Morrison (London, 1959). For ICA Milano, the designer creates an installation that combines twelve floating chairs and twelve photographic wall compositions representing archetypal objects within the exhibition space. The installation is accompanied by a minimalist sound track, created by the composer Anthony Moore, based on fragments of essays written by the designer and soundtracked by non-human voices. For Jasper Morrison, objects should blend into their environment without imposing themselves, as their true value lies in the naturalness with which they fit into everyday life.

The exhibition The Lightness of Things is realized with the support of Piero Gandini.


Jasper Morrison

Known for his “Super Normal” approach to design, Jasper Morrison looks to find the exceptional in the world of the ordinary. He is a firm believer that design should have an almost invisible presence in the end product and that an atmosphere of naturalness in things is more important than a designer’s signature.
Born in London in 1959, Jasper studied design at Kingston Polytechnic, the Royal College of Art and Berlin’s HdK. In 1986 he opened his Office for Design in London, from where he continues to design furniture, lighting, tableware and every day products. He has published several books with Lars Müller Publishers, including A World Without Words, The Good Life, A Book of Things and Super Normal (With Naoto Fukasawa). He has curated and participated in many exhibitions in Japan, the USA and across Europe. His work is represented in New York’s Museum of Modern Art and many other prominent collections around the world. His contribution to design has been recognized with membership of the Royal Designers for Industry, a CBE award in Britain and the Italian Compasso D’Oro award for his career.