La fabbrica dell'ombra
Come discover Fim Umbrellas, where shade is crafted
La fabbrica dell’ombra.
Fim Umbrellas at Biblioteca Umanistica dell’Incoronata
On the occasion of Milano Design Week 2026, Fim Umbrellas transforms the Biblioteca Umanistica dell’Incoronata into a temporary manufactory. With La fabbrica dell’ombra, an installation designed by 967arch, Fim brings its identity to the forefront: work, material, and the technical gesture that for over 50 years has defined its approach to outdoor design.
The project interweaves product, process, and production identity, placing Fim’s industrial dimension in dialogue with its artisanal roots. This hybridisation represents one of the most distinctive traits of Made in Italy: the ability to combine production scale and craftsmanship culture, technology and manual skill, technical precision and material sensitivity.
“La fabbrica dell’ombra narrates the paradox of producing an immaterial, intangible, and at times poetic good. Designing shade, in fact, means intervening in light, transforming it into absence through a physical device. Shade thus becomes function, aesthetics, and environmental comfort: an element capable of combining technique and sensitivity, performance and perception. It is the symbolic narrative of a production deeply rooted in the material culture of our territory, grounded in craftsmanship and evolving into contemporary serial production, without losing its connection to constructive knowledge and to the identity of places.” 967arch
La fabbrica dell’ombra.
Fim Umbrellas alla Biblioteca Umanistica dell’Incoronata
Biblioteca Umanistica dell’Incoronata
Corso Garibaldi 116 - Brera Design District
21-26 April 2026
21 - 24 April: 9 AM - 7:30 PM, admission upon registration on site or on www.fim-umbrellas.com/en
25 - 26 April: 9 AM - 7:30 PM, free admission
Monday 20 April, Press Preview - 12 PM - 7 PM
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h. 09:00—19:30
h. 09:00—19:30
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Fim Umbrellas
Fim is a Italy-based company that manufactures high-quality systems for sheltering and protecting against sun and heat. It operates internationally in the contract and residential sectors, collaborating with authoritative design studios and counting among its clients, hotels of great prestige.
967 Arch
Parisotto + Formenton Architetti
Parisotto+Formenton Architetti, founded by Aldo Parisotto and Massimo Formenton, has a 30-year international experience in many different fields. The agency's core business is retail design for fashion, luxury and food brands.
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