Oggetto Libro / Book Object is the fifth international biennale dedicated to book design and artists’ book.
Since 2016 he has been comparing the world of art and the world of design through the common denominator of creativity.
Participation in the 5th Edition includes:
in the sections Book Design, Artist’s book, Hybrid book plus a merit award for the best video in augmented reality;
in augmented reality at the ADI Design Museum in October 2023;
in augmented reality.
Book Object received the Honorable Mention of the Compasso d’Oro 2018, the prestigious recognition of ADI Italian Industrial Design Association, in June 2018.
In 2017 also received the Lombardy Region Award dedicated to Lombard excellence.
Book Object is an international festival at its fourth edition dedicated to artist’s book and book design.
Conceived in 2016 by Susanna Vallebona on the occasion of the 21st Milan Triennale, it compares the world of art and the world of design through the common denominator of creativity.
The event, which received the Honorable Mention at the XXV Compasso d’Oro ADI, is promoted by SBLU_spazioalbello, National Braidense Library, Pinacoteca di Brera, nd AIAP (Italian Association of visual communication design), under the patronage of ADI (industrial design association italy)
The fourth edition took place in two locations: from 14 to 26 September 2021 at the ADI Design Museum and from 1 December 2021 to 12 January 2022 at the Braidense National Library.
Book Object offers visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in a unique experience.
Through the ARIA THE AR PLATFORM application created by the Milanese motion design studio Alkanoids, reality and the digital world become one.
The selected books can be explored in augmented reality, and are also present in the catalog in augmented reality, printed by Fontegrafica, a leading company in the graphic arts sector.
Download the ARIA THE AR PLATFORM application on your smartphone and enjoy the AR video!.
SBLU_spazioalbello is a non-profit association founded with the aim of spreading visual culture, provoking doubts and moving questions in the search for beauty. It want to be a center of constructive provocation and a meeting point for creative people and enthusiasts, in a context now accustomed to any visual stimulus.
To achieve this goal, it proposes initiatives and exhibitions that involve the general public.