Design - Finestre sull'Arte

The 150th anniversary of Italian emigration to Brazil with a double coffee review

Italian Design in Brazil: from Oct. 1, 2024 to Feb. 4, 2025 at the Museu do Café in Santos and from Feb. 21, 2025 to May 26, 2025 at the Museu da Imigração do Estado de São Paulo, in São Paulo, Brazil is presented a...
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Milan prepares for Design Week with a new theme for Fuorisalone 2025

Milan is preparing to host Design Week 2025, scheduled for April 8-13, 2025, with a theme that explores attempts to redefine our relationship with the different worlds to which design today refers, amid contaminations and exploration of different lan...
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Stefano Russo's multisensory works, a bridge between the material and the spiritual

"I believe in creating a sense of unity between people and objects." This is how the Sicilian artist and designer Stephen Russo, born in 1969, introduces himself, one of the leading names in Italianeyewear (he has worked for Celine, Prada, Miu Miu, a...
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Jim Carrey sells part of his art and design collection. Here are some of the pieces

Jim Carrey, one of the world's most popular and beloved Canadian actors, as well as an artist and writer, has decided to auction off part of his art and design collection. On July 25, at Bonhams headquarters in Los Angeles, will present a selection o...
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Ettore Sottsass's Ultrafragola mirror, between dream and revolution

It is the most Instagrammed mirror in history, depopulated on social in recent years as a status symbol of celebrities and influencers. On the surface vexatious and boyish, it is actually an emblem of a great revolution and the bearer of strong, nonc...
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Compasso d'Oro 2024, here are all the winners. There's also a museum

The Compasso d'Oro, the most important Italian design award, celebrated its 70th anniversary. Founded by Gio Ponti in 1954, the award has grown to become one of the most prestigious awards in the design world, reflecting and promoting the evolution o...
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"Gio Ponti popularizer of Italian making." Stefania Cretella, curator of the exhibition on the designer in Faenza, Italy, speaks.

Why is Gio Ponti considered the inventor and popularizer of Made in Italy? What innovations did Gio Ponti bring to the production and development of Made in Italy in ceramic manufacturing? And how does the famous designer and intellectual fit into th...
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An exhibition in Milan on Italian design according to Studio Ballo

From June 14 to November 3, 2024, Milan 's Castello Sforzesco presents the exhibition "Ballo&Ballo. Photography and Design in Milan, 1956-2005, " produced by Comune di Milano - Cultura, Castello Sforzesco and Silvana Editoriale; the exhibition is...
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