Farnesina Design Collection

IFI is called to be part of the Farnesina Design Collection with the Tonda display case

In 2009, IFI was called to be part of the Farnesina Design Collection with the Tonda display case, together with 17 other Italian companies (Ad Hoc, Artemide, Bernini, Bosa, Cerruti Baleri, Domodinamica, Ducati, Elica, Knoll, Loccioni, Matteo Grassi, Metalco, Progetti, Rondine Motor, Stone, Venini and Voltolina). The collection, started by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and inaugurated on 30 November 2009, was created with the aim of promoting our country’s artistic production in the design sector. As well as being permanently on display in the Sala dei Mappamondi of the Farnesina Palace in Rome, Tonda has toured round various world capitals, becoming an ambassador of successful Italian design at international events:

2009, Rome - Presentation of the Farnesina Design Collection (Ministry for Foreign Affairs)
2010, Vancouver - 2010 Winter Olympics (Italy House)
2010, Pretoria - Football World Cup Finals (Azzurri House)
2010, Istanbul - Istanbul European Capital of Culture 2010 (University of Kadir Has)
2011, Tel Aviv - Holon Museum and Italian Embassy
2011, Rome - Palazzo della Farnesina and its Collections (Ara Pacis museum)
2012, Tunis - Zoubeir Turki National Live Art Centre
2012, Rabat - National School of Architecture
2012, Helsinki - Helsinki World Design Capital 2012 (Musiikkitalo)
2012, Algiers - Arts and Culture Centre of the Rais Palace
2012, London - 2012 Olympics (Italy House - The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre)
2012, Ljubljana - Slovenian Ethnographic Museum
2012, London - Italian Cultural Institute