Venice
Beyond all expectations!
I was so overwhelmed in the best way in Venice. I could walk around aimlessly for hours and hours and never see the same thing twice!
We met at Cadorna train station at 5:30am Thursday morning. From there we all loaded onto a bus and set off on a 4 hour bus ride to Treviso. However, we didnt get to actually check into our hotel until 7:00 that night…
First stop: Fabrica Studio
We got a tour of a really interesting design studio that welcomes young designers with dreams and goals that need a space to make them happen. You have to be younger than 25 to apply for Fabrica and if you make it, you get a full year of studio space, materials, access to their massive library, and many workshops and lectures throughout the year. The Fabrica building is a large seventeenth century villa that has been renovated and added onto in an intriguing Japanese architectural style. I was totally captured by their library collection.
Second stop: Tipoteca
We got to see the evolution from letter presses to typewriters and then to computers. They even let us make a poster on the letter press and it reminded Courtney and I of our freshman year orientation at UT Design.
Third stop: Cimitero Brion
The last stop of the day was a giant tomb with brilliant, geometric architecture. The tomb was surrounded by water and when it rains the levels eb and flow throughout the whole area. It was actually one of my favorite things we saw that day!
