Exhibition /
space design
INSIEME
Exhibition curated by Sabato De Sarno and presented by Vanity Fair
TIPSTUDIO curated the exhibition space designed for Insieme, a project conceived and curated by Sabato De Sarno produced and presented by Vanity Fair.
The exhibition project begins from the concept of time, understood as a transitional and passing experience that invites visitors to pause and slow down. The proposed experience is immersive and multisensory, aiming to convey the deep perception of what usually remains unseen: process, waiting, concentration, error.
Piscina Cozzi
Milan Design week 2026
Design development, supplier coordination, and on-site installation management


The project interprets these elements as both a material and metaphorical space, a stratification that unfolds as a journey into matter itself and the human labor that shapes it. With an area of 500 square metres, the exhibition is defined by a rigorous spatial structure, articulated through layers of material: suspended, opaline “skins” are counterbalanced by fluid aluminum elements. Together, they evoke the processes of subtraction and accumulation within matter, becoming both threshold and presence, and shaping an intimate, introspective spatial dimension.
The layout is designed to create a path articulated into thematic clusters: Water, Identity, Sign, Surfaces, Territory, and Memory.
The cast aluminum mechanical joints are a defining element of the exhibition design. The system, used in entrance walls, display platforms, and film curtains, reinterprets the construction language of the 1930s swimming pool, turning it into a design feature that recalls the memory of the place and the fluidity of water.
The bases, inspired by workshop sculpture pallets, use rivets as structural joints connecting aluminum crossbars to textured wooden surfaces. Satin, butter-toned printed films layer the space and, connected the bottom with male/female screw rivets that also act as tension weights, filter and partially reveal the works through a soft blur effect.
Materials include textured microcement wooden panels, cast aluminum joints, printed satin films, and 80×80 mm aluminum profiles.























