On the evening of March 18, as part of the celebrations for the 2024 Italian Design Day promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Ambassador to the US, Mariangela Zappia, together with the Vice President of the Industrial Design Association and Design Ambassador, Antonella Andriani, inaugurated the exhibition “Compasso d’Oro alla Carriera”.

The exhibition will be open to visitors of the Embassy in Washington until the end of April. Ambassador Mariangela Zappia opened the event by recalling this year’s Design Day theme, “Manufacturing value – inclusivity, innovation, and sustainability,” which emphasizes the aesthetic value of industrial design objects and the quality of materials used, combining tradition, technology, and sustainability.