The Shapes of Water

The Exhibition is a survey on social design and product design projects related to different uses of water and displayed according to their function. The idea for The Shapes of Water exhibition was born from a wish to go back to the distinctively social and civilian nature of design culture, by calling designers from the Mediterranean regions and the Gulf countries to design items that have to do with different uses of water, with the needs it fulfils, the longings it arouses. The exhibition is split into two sections. The first section provides an overview of items related to different uses of water, designed and made by international designers. Pride of place has been given to designs that offer innovative solutions to the problem of water scarcity. The second section of The Shapes of Water showcases, instead, some specially made items that provide food for thought about what it means to quench one’s thirst.