Innesco
Innesco is a design collective born in April 2022 with an exhibition project (which gave it its name) in support of the Ukrainian people: a collective benefit show that in less than a month gathered more than 80 works, then donated by the artists to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees arriving in Tuscany. A cultural response to the complexity of the present.
Sparking and activating reflection on contemporary life is the collective’s defining trait: since its very first project it has kept responding to society’s major crises with tools drawn from design, visual arts and collaborative practices.
Innesco aims to bring its audiences closer to an active and aware approach to the city, within the broader and more complex effort of reacting to the present by tracing new paths of gathering and cultural participation.
Between May 2023 and June 2025 the collective carried out 6 projects about the city, a shared research on public space and on the changes affecting Florence’s urban fabric. The results of these projects – built with different practices and tools such as talks, urban treks, workshops and interactive games – were shown at MAP, at Le Murate Idea Park, under the title ‘Crepe. Research between the urban and the collective’.
Innesco
At a glance
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Design as a catalyst
design as a discipline able to set transformative processes in motion, sparking reactions to the present through installations and projects that ignite dialogue and social change.
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Hybrid methodologies
a mix of methods – design, collaborative and performative – to amplify impact and bring together visual arts, participatory design and site-specific responses.
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Open participation
active involvement of diverse audiences through inclusive and accessible practices, valuing different perspectives to generate plural readings, critical debate and the shared construction of meaning.