A book to celebrate the SaloneSatellite’s 25th anniversary

Containing 752 pages and over 1,200 images, it includes previously unpublished documents and personal accounts. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the SaloneSatellite, the event devoted to young designers founded and curated by Marva Griffin Wilshire has issued a volume in English and Italian entitled “Universo Satellite. 25 anni di / years of SaloneSatellite”. 

Published by Corraini, edited by Beppe Finessi and with the graphic design by studio òbelo, the book is a tribute to a quarter of a century of ideas, encounters and innovations that have made their mark in the panorama of contemporary design. It presents a chronological narrative from 1998 to 2024. With over 1,200 images, previously unpublished documents and personal accounts, it conveys the complexity and richness of a project established to give a voice to young creatives, which over time has become a global landmark for the world of design. The volume does not limit itself to documenting the works on display, but describes the contexts in which they were created, so becoming a “magic box” capable of going beyond mere cataloguing and becoming a Wunderkammer of contemporary design. 

Marva Griffin Wilshire recalls: “In the autumn of 1997, Cosmit asked me to bring the new designers who had wanted to be there for so long ‘inside’ the Salone del Mobile. The request from Manlio Armellini, Cosmit's CEO, a few days after our interview was, ‘Marva, we have the space, see what you can do to bring young people inside the Salone del Mobile.’ So I went back to my studio, I thought about it a lot, I did personal checks by talking to designers and architects, both Italian and foreign. I called colleagues and ex-colleagues from the press, and I realised that something valid and interesting could come out of it. So, three days later, I took my project to Cosmit. We then had a mini-press conference and took it from there...”