Research and collaborations
Remida aims to keep different worlds such as culture, schools, business and institutions connected by creating projects with universities, libraries, museums, administrations, in public meeting places such as squares, parks, and neighborhoods.
projects
Sound as matter
What kind of matter is sound? How can we describe it? Sound can be thought of as a living being that is constantly evolving through time and space. From January to May 2025, we worked with 4 primary school classes to explore sound within the Remida spaces. The project was not intended to create sound objects, but rather to explore sound through the use of materials. The research was conducted as part of Wide Spread School, a “school outside of school” project organized by the Municipality of Reggio Emilia in collaboration with Officina Educativa, and involved a PhD student from the Milan Conservatory of Music and two PhD students from Unimore.
Regenerations
Selected by Intesa Sanpaolo’s Formula program in collaboration with the Cesvi Foundation, “Rigenerazioni” is a social regeneration project in the Santa Croce neighborhood of Reggio Emilia, ahead of Remida’s move to its new headquarters at the former Caffarri feed mill. The one-year project (2022–2023) involved the design and creation of a mobile, modular neighborhood bulletin board, in collaboration with local primary schools, the library, and the youth center, along with the FlyZone woodworking shop.
Healthy carriers of taste
This project was born on the occasion of Expo 2015, with the intention of promoting the culture of ustainability even at the table. Food, prepared, cooked and offered, is a gesture of wisdom but also a gesture of love. A waste-free kitchen is therefore a kitchen that not only does not waste resources but above all does not waste these gestures. “Healthy Taste Bearers” are containers for leftovers from special kitchens. They are made from textile scraps, are not disposable, and are stylish.In 2022, this project inspired Laura Chiorlin’s Master’s thesis in Design, at Politecnico di Milano, becoming an illustrated album entitled “Space Soup.”
Bikes A Lot
Bikes A Lot is an educational, ecological, urban design project that has seen children and youth, from nursery to university, teachers, and parents collaborate. It began in 2005 as acollection of more than 700 material graphics of unpredictable bicycles, made with traditional graphics and waste materials reinvented and reassembled in the digital environment. In2007 it became a permanent installation along the railway station underpass. Then it became a book published by Reggio Children and a workshop online.
Secrets of paper
Together with three municipal infant-toddler centers and three municipal preschools in Reggio Emilia, Remida took part in this project exploring the materiality of paper. Engaging with paper revealed its diverse and surprising qualities: its structural composition, its malleability, its ability to transform, to interact, and to retain memories. This project led to the exhibition “The Secrets of Paper” at the Loris Malaguzzi International Center in May 2013, where the workshop of the same name is still in operation.
For this project, Remida won the SERR Award in 2014.
Material books
Telling and listening to stories is not just entertainment. It is a form of expression that belongs to everyone and transforms reality.
Can a story exist without words?
Industrial waste materials have their own language, their own grammar. Perhaps a tale is already inherent in the material of the pages. Perhaps there are hidden stories that can be found, recognized, or constructed.
