Designers including Formafantasma, Marlene Hussaud and Objects of Common Interest donate products to go under the hammer on 12 May, in a project between auction house Cambi and creative agency Mr Lawrence, raising funds for Ospedale Luigi Sacco in MilanGallery, 2020. Right, Acquedotto Set, Delta, by Formafantasma, 2016
‘At the beginning of the Milanese lockdown, we received several calls from friends and fellow designers around the world,’ say Annalisa Rosso and Francesco Mainardi, co-founders of Mr Lawrence. ‘They were not just calling to see how we were doing and to show affection from a distance; the recurring theme of the calls was always: “Let us know what we can do for Milan.”’postponed until 2021 , Rosso and Mainardi realised that this affected not only the industry and business, but the people in it.