Jil Sander Design Talks

During the opening days of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025, Jil Sander hosted an exclusive event at its Venice Flagship in San Marco. Immersed in a bespoke installation, guests explore the design and craft behind the Jil Sander STONE Collection. Created and produced in collaboration with Venetian glass-makers Venini, and Milan and Rotterdam-based design studio Formafantasma, the collection o...

During Milan Design Week 2025, Jil Sander hosted an exclusive event at its Milan Flagship in Via Verri 6. Immersed in a bespoke installation, guests explored the design and craft behind the new Olfactory Series 1 collection of fragrances. The Olfactory Series 1 fuses botany and technology in six minimalist, unisex formulas in which the olfactory marks of aldehydes cut across key natural ingredient...

Moderated by Dan Thawley ft. Adrian Prieto, Chris Dercon, Felix Burrichter and Willo Perron In this fifth and final episode, speakers draw on the 1925 International Decorative and Industrial Modern Arts exhibition in Paris to discuss the significance of temporary architectures and their historical context. The conversation, which references the Wiener Werkstätte, Burrichter’s 2015 show at the Swis...

Moderated by Ido Nahari ft. Christoph Gantenbein, Julia Capp, Francesco Zorzi and Toshiya Hayashi In this fourth episode, speakers explore the intersection of architecture and design with societal issues touching upon the impact of scarcity, the importance of historical continuity, and the role of beauty in design. Contrasting the importance of hierarchy with collective work, the speakers also deb...

Moderated by Anna Carnick ft. Jayden Ali, Meriem Chabani, Rozana Montiel and Sumayya Vally. In this third episode, speakers explore the intersection of architecture and advocacy by sharing their own experience through projects as Counterspace’s Serpentine Pavilion in London, New South’s Mosque Zero in Paris, Rosanna Montiel's Fresnel Playground and Common Unity projects in Mexico as well as JA Pro...

Co-moderated by Dan Thawley and Seb Emina ft. Dima Srouji, Jermaine Gallacher, Dan Thawley and Michela Pelizzari. In this second episode, speakers share their own personal and professional experiences of the home. Starting with a reading of Emanuele Coccia's book "Philosophy of the Home" to explore the tension between ideal and reality, authenticity and flexibility, professional and private as wel...

In the first episode, Matter and Shape curator and editor Dan Thawley sits down with KoozArch founder Federica Zambeletti to discuss the second edition of the MATTER and SHAPE design salon and the Jil Sander Design Talks emphasising the importance of cross-disciplinary conversations and the integration of tradition and innovation in design. +++ MATTER and SHAPE is a design salon that takes place i...