For the fifth consecutive year, Mo.1950 renews its ongoing research project The Instant of Change within the showroom on Via Molino delle Armi during the Fuorisalone 2025. Conceived by Luca A. Caizzi as a long-term investigation into the expressive potential of materials, the initiative has progressively crossed the boundaries between design, visual culture, installation, and sensory experimentation.
The 2025 edition, titled The Sound of Matter, introduces sound as a new interpretative layer within this evolving discourse. Curated by Marta Oliva, the project explores the acoustic and emotional qualities of surfaces through a series of mixtapes inspired by the material identities of Ceramiche Caesar, Rexa, and Quadrodesign. Rather than functioning as a soundtrack, sound becomes a perceptual extension of matter itself—an invisible texture capable of shaping atmosphere, rhythm, and spatial perception.
This sonic dimension is translated visually through the work of Gabriele Zagaglia, whose illustrations reinterpret auditory suggestions into layered material landscapes. The installation thus unfolds as a multisensory composition in which image, sound, and surface coexist within a shared experiential field. A live DJ set by Marta Oliva, developed in collaboration with AlphaTheta, further activates the showroom space, temporarily transforming it into an immersive environment suspended between listening session and spatial installation.
Since its inception in 2021, The Instant of Change has continuously redefined its own vocabulary while maintaining a consistent focus on material transformation. The first chapter, developed with Alecio Ferrari and Studio Fludd, examined matter through processes of temporal dilation and visual suspension. In 2022, Alessandro Furchino Capria shifted attention toward production processes and material metamorphosis, while the 2023 edition introduced a tactile and participatory dimension through Tris, the sculptural object conceived by Finemateria.
The 2024 chapter further expanded the project into the realm of taste, as food designer Alessandra Pallotta transformed material palettes into edible installations, later documented through the photographic lens of Ting Tang. Across these successive iterations, The Instant of Change has progressively evolved from a reflection on materiality into a broader inquiry into perception itself.
With The Sound of Matter, the project reaches a new stage in this trajectory, suggesting that materials are not only seen or touched, but also capable of generating emotional and atmospheric frequencies. The showroom becomes a resonant body—an environment where design is experienced through vibration, memory, and sensory immersion.
