Thinking Factories – Bergamo

Hosted at the Palazzo della Ragione in Bergamo, “Thinking Factories” exhibition was organized on the occasion of Bergamo and Brescia, Italian Capital of Culture 2023 with the aim of enhancing the manufacturing production of these two Italian provinces. The leitmotif of the is the world’s most authoritative design award, the Compasso d’Oro in a narrative that involves the 32 winning products from this area. Among these is included AVE, winner of the Compasso d’Oro in 1979, for the first 45 mm modular switch of the Habitat Series, designed by Andries Van Onck with Hiroko Takeda.

“Thinking Factories” exhibition is an important showcase for AVE, which has always been linked to its territory. AVE is in fact a proudly Brescian company. It’s a historic brand of Italian design applied to the electrical sector that, over the years, that has been chosen with satisfaction for millions of installations in Italy and abroad