This Crater of Opacity approaches design as a relational and ceremonial practice.
Curated by einaidea, the exhibition presents a selection of projects developed by students from the Bachelor’s Degree in Design, the Master’s Degree in Spatial Design (MUDE), and the Master’s Degree in Research in Art and Design (MURAD), within the ecosystem of Eina, University Center of Design and Art of Barcelona.
Part of We Will Design 2026: Hello Darkness at BASE Milano, within the framework of Milan Design Week, the exhibition is structured through a totemic display system, co-designed with MUDE students, which acts as both a support and mediator for the projects.
The exhibition is based on an idea by the poet Édouard Glissant: not everything needs to be fully clear or understandable to others. This “right to opacity” is proposed as a necessary condition to foster diversity and creativity.
From this perspective, the exhibition brings together projects by Eina students that function as an assemblage of signals, traces, and ideas, where design shifts from a purely technical vision toward a relational practice that connects people and activates shared experiences, close to ritual.
Practical information
→ This Crater of Opacity
→ April 20–26, 2026
→ BASE Milano (Via Bergognone, 34)
→ Gallery Handout
Curated by einaidea x Manuel Cirauqui in collaboration with Mana Pinto.
Works by Alba Acebes Macià, Yasmina Aammouri El Ouariachi, Àlex Bou, Marta Casas Alonso, Rafael Cribillés Alba, Àfrica Grandes Umbert, Esteban Gutiérrez Silva, Elke Kovacevic del Castillo (with the collaboration of Colectivo Shipibas Muralistas), Berta Ribaudí Compte, Júlia Rodríguez Gil, Alba Travé Cuadros, and Nerea Vázquez Reyes.
Exhibition system co-designed with Paola Carolina Acosta Ospina, Helena Calzado Justribó, Francisco Castillo Muñoz, Alonso Labrin Ladrón De Guevara, Jiangjun Li, Yu-Li Liu, Yue Liu, Valeria Maria Micali Morales, Valeria Orquera Godoy, Sonia Patiño Panesso, Beatriz Piñeiro Snoeck, Juan José Quiroz Franco, Karina Ramos Domínguez, Ariana San Román Pacheco, Marina Segarra Hernández, María Inés Suárez Vadillo, Saideerding Subinuer, Yun Shu, students of the Master’s Degree in Spatial Design (MUDE), coordinated by Dr. Sara Coscarelli.