Venice Design Biennial: Exhibition Impressions of Between the Ends
Venice Design Biennial: Exhibition Impressions of
Between the Ends
The Venice Design Biennial is one of those rare moments when design stops being just about objects and becomes a space for ideas and for questions that linger. Having just walked through the opening of Extinction / Salvation – Collectible at SPUMA, we’re still absorbing what it means to be part of this conversation.
The project Between the Ends sits among a phenomenal group of designers from around the world – Alberte Tranberg, Around The Studio, Gaspare Como, Giacomo Tomazzi Studio, Helga Lára Halldórsdóttir & Marta Heiðarsdóttir (Gæla / The Pet Project), Marco Guazzini Design, Selma Alihodžić and many more. All of them bring distinct voices, materials, forms. The diversity is inspiring: different scale, different textures, different ways of thinking about what design can do in this precarious time.
SPUMA, located in the former Dreher brewery on Giudecca, felt like the right home for this show. An industrial shell transformed into a creative hub, part studio, part workshop, part exhibition space. It sets up just the kind of tension Between the Ends thrives in: rough edges, patina, flow, light.
Seeing the lamps installed in the entry hall, together, for the first time was a special moment. The concept only really breathes when the pieces hang in constellation: the light passing through, the ends framing, the reflections from the silver glaze, the contrast of structure and erosion. It’s in that shared space between the parts that the work becomes more than its materials.
We are grateful to the Biennial’s curators and organizers, to the team at SPUMA and to all the participating designers who make this edition such an inspiring and thoughtful exhibition. and whose work pushes what design can be. If you’re in Venice between September 5 and November 2, we hope you will take a moment to visit the show. It’s a lot more than lights and ceramics, it’s a space to feel, think, reflect.
VISIT THE EXHIBITION
Venice Design Biennial 2025
Between the Ends — Collectible Section
SPUMA, Giudecca, Venice
September 5 – November 2, 2025