Gillo Dorfles, between Art and Design

On April 16th, 2011, a sunny Saturday morning in Milan, Gillo Dorfles invited the Experimentatv team to record this interview. A long friendship and deep admiration connects Editorial Experimenta and Professor Dorfles, and over the years, Experimenta has interviewed the author and published his articles both in print and online.

 

Gillo Dorfles interviewed by Cristina Morozzi. Second part.

Cristina Morozzi: And are we seeing the same thing in product design?

Gillo Dorfles: Patricia Urquiola, for example. She’s an excellent designer, but why does
she need to add those coloured superstructures? And Philippe Starck? Why has
he even gone so far as designing garden gnomes? It’s just an exaggerated wish
to “épater le bourgeois”.

Gillo Dorfles. Entre arte y diseño

El sábado 16 de abril de 2011, en una soleada mañana milanesa, Gillo Dorfles recibía al equipo de Experimentatv para grabar esta entrevista. Editorial Experimenta, que con el profesor Dorfles ha mantenido una relación de amistad y profunda admiración, cuenta con una entrevista y diversos artículos del autor tanto en papel como online. Gillo Dorfles (Trieste, 1910), laureado en medicina con especialización en psiquiatría, es critico del arte y el diseño, pintor y filósofo.

Gillo Dorfles entrevistado por Cristina Morozzi. Parte primera

Con 100 años cumplidos conserva la capacidad de sorpresa y la curiosidad insaciable de un muchacho por «los modos y las modas» contemporáneos. No hay ámbito de la creatividad que no haya sido investigado por su mirada de visionario, ni hábito que no sea objeto de su estudio apasionado. No hay manía o debilidad que no sea fustigada con su agudeza de criterio. Coquetea con las artes, con cualquiera de ellas.

Gillo Dorfles interviewed by Cristina Morozzi. First part

Not long after the turn of the century, he still has the sense of wonder and the insatiable curiosity of a child for contemporary styles and fashions. No area of creativity is missed by his acute, far-seeing eye; no social phenomenon is not subjected to his passionate investigations; no mania or weakness escapes his wit. He frequents all the arts without distinction. He knows their history, their main directions, and how to make connections, parallels and conjunctions between them. He moves easily from the theoretical to the anecdotal.