Adrenalina
at Basel Social Club 2026

The Aedo collection collection fits naturally within this context. Created through the collaboration between Adrenalina, the State Tactile Museum Omero in Ancona and the Francesco Cavazza Institute for the Blind in Bologna, it is the result of a co-design journey and a multisensory experience based on touch, listening, perception and human connection.

Rather than a theoretical exercise in accessibility, Aedo emerged from a genuine process of listening and shared design involving Debonademeo Studio and blind and visually impaired participants, where design became the direct outcome of the experience of those who navigate space without the support of sight.

Through workshops, meetings and immersive activities, blind and visually impaired participants were involved in a shared research process within the company.

They experienced Adrenalina’s design through their senses, exploring materials, shapes, temperatures, proportions and spatial perceptions without relying on vision. Moving beyond verbal descriptions and a purely aesthetic approach to design, every concept was brought back to a concrete, immersive and physical experience. The collection’s forms stem from the real needs of its users: comfort, welcoming qualities, tactile legibility, physical interaction with the product and spatial perception all became central elements of the creative process.

The absence of sight opened up new creative possibilities, generating an alternative and deeply human design approach in which design does not merely adapt to the needs of blind and visually impaired people, but is shaped directly by their contribution.

Presented during Milan Design Week 2025 and later at  Triennale di MilanoT through the event Tactile Visions, Aedo is the outcome of a curatorial research journey launched in 2024 as part of the Adrenalina Meets project.

At Basel Social Club, Visible Voices presents a selection of artists, photographers and designers exploring disability through contemporary languages and original perspectives. The works and projects on display tell different stories and identities, highlighting the creative contribution of people with disabilities within the fields of art, culture and design.

Within this framework, Aedo stands as a tangible example of participatory design, where blind and visually impaired people are not merely the recipients of a project but active protagonists in the creative process that generated it.

Aedo at Basel Social Club is part of a cultural platform that brings together contemporary art, design, performance, music, gastronomy and research during Art Basel week. Each edition takes shape within temporarily reactivated urban spaces, transformed into places for encounter and experimentation. In 2026, the project occupies a vacant office building in the centre of Basel, activating its floors through exhibitions, performances, music, gastronomy and informal gatherings. By positioning the office as both subject and scenography, Basel Social Club reflects on the evolving conditions of work, time and production in the age of digitalisation, remote infrastructures and artificial intelligence.