Milan Triennial XI
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| caption = Yanagi Butterfly stool at the triennial
| year = 1957
| name = Milan Triennial XI
| motto = Improving the Quality of Expression in Today’s Civilisation
| building = Triennale
| area = Parco Sempione
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| city = Milan
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| award = 15 May 1956
| open = 27 July 1957
| close = 4 November 1957
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| prevcity = Milan
| nextexpo = Milan Triennial XII
| nextcity = Milan
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The Milan Triennial XI was the Triennial in Milan of 1957 sanctioned by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE).{{cite web|url=https://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/1957-triennale-di-milano|accessdate=8 December 2018|title=Triennale di Milano 1957}} Its theme was Improving the Quality of Expression in Today’s Civilisation.
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There was a survey of sculpture of the previous 50 years, showing works by Umberto Boccioni, Constantin Brâncuși, Alexander Calder, Arturo Martini, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Auguste Rodin.
Gillo Dorfles, Leonardo Ricci, Luigi Rosselli and Marco Zanuso organised an industrial product exhibition. And {{interlanguage link|Agnoldomenico Pica|it}} an architecture section.
Timo Sarpaneva won 2 Grand Prix, Kaj Franck, Dora Jung and Kyllikki Salmenhaara{{cite book |title=Kuka Kukin On (Who's Who) |date=1978 |publisher=Otava |location=Helsinki |page=848 |url=https://runeberg.org/kuka/1978/0848.html |access-date=12 August 2023 |language=fi}} one each.
Antti Nurmesniemi, Yki Nummi, Ilmari Tapiovaara, Vuokko Eskolin, Bertel Gardberg{{cite web|url=https://jonasforth.com/the-golden-age-of-finnish-design-at-the-triennales/|accessdate=18 December 2018|title=The golden age of Finnish design at the Triennales - Forthzine - Jonas Forth .}}
and Sori Yanagi won gold medals, Yanagi's for his butterfly stool.
{{cite web|url=http://www.spoon-tamago.com/japanese-designers-101/|accessdate=8 December 2018|title=Japanese Designers 101 | Spoon & Tamago}}
Saara Hopea won a silver medal for her flamingo liqueur glasswork.
The USA pavilion was designed by Walter Dorwin Teague and Paul McCobb.{{cite web|url=https://www.inexhibit.com/case-studies/the-international-exhibitions-of-the-triennale-di-milano/|accessdate=8 December 2018|title=The international Exhibitions of the Triennale di Milano}}
References
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