
More than 70 exhibitors from Italy (Sicily, Puglia, Marche, Veneto, Emilia Romagna and Piedmont) but also all of Europe plus more than 18,000 visitors, expert and non-, confirmed its growing success year-on-year. Perhaps it is the current situation that is causing design to increasingly accept and question itself on its responsibilities as part of a nationwide entrepreneurial fabric that is in crisis, or it may simply be a love of the product that prompts many young people to try and try again, believe and eventually succeed every year.
On the other hand, Operae’s positive results may stem primarily from its team’s excellent organisation and a packed calendar of events, workshops and guests, including the designer Michele De Lucchi, the economist Stefano Micelli and the founder of the Droog Design collective Gijs Bakker. For the first time, Operae is also hosting Micro, an independent-publishing fair, OperaeGreen, exhibiting objects and projects for the creation and care of green spaces, and OperaeKids, a section given over entirely to children.





