Cats and art: iconography of a household deity (part two)
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Emperor Augustus loved so much his cat that in his De vita sua called it his companion, his equal and equal to gods. Ancient Roman priests so highly regarded cats to allow them to enter into temples, perhaps for fear of offending Diana, who – as told by Hyginus – had the power to transform
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Design in 400 words: Silvia Censi
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
I met Silvia during a cooking course which was held in a friends’ restaurant, not that I’m a cooking-lover woman… not nearly. I do not know how yet, but I created some tortelli, physically making the pasta and the filling, amazing! It’s just like chef Gusteau says in Disney’s “Ratatouille”: “anyone can cook”. Returning to
Whodunit, blue cat? From thesis to book
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
New presentation for the newest Fermoeditore book, Whodunit, blue cat?. This time the location was in Milan, in I.E.D. (European Institute of Design) headquarters. Title of the meeting, “Whodunit, blue cat?: from thesis to book.” The authors were there, once again – Giulia Coppola, Silvia Magnani and Paolo Zadra – and they explained their project
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On the wings of bookcrossing
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Futurists had their loved “words in freedom”. The new century, despite the advent of e-books and e-book readers, finds its form of editorial freedom in bookcrossing. Initiative launched in 2001, which consists essentially in distributing free books identified by a code to follow their path. The distribution takes place through dedicated and unpaid initiatives during
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The bibliophile’s handbook
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
How many book lovers could tell they really know everything about their objects of desire? Are you sure you are not missing out anything, unless you are a printer or an antique expert? In this section you will find a selection of definitions – more or less known – to test your knowledge and discover
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DESIGN IN 400 WORDS: Giorgio Tartaro, who interview us who interview?
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Insiders know Giorgio Tartaro since the beginning of his career, but “next door” design enthusiasts approach his professional career following his Tv shows. The simplicity he uses to bring this discipline in our homes helped everyone turn some corner of their home in a special corner. A thesis on Enzo Mari, why a degree in
A Pixel with mustache
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
It’s like many cats: lazy, messy, unpredictable, but adorable. Yet special, like all felines can be. His name is Pixel, it lives with Cecilia&Fermo for a strange case and one day she decided to turn it into the protagonist of “flash” inspired to cat’s life in its many facets.a Which color, size or sex is
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Cats and art: iconography of a household deity (part one)
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Although the exact date of the beginning of the partnership between man and cat is still vague, recent comparative DNA studies estimated that the first domesticated cats may have been in the area of the Fertile Crescent some 10,000 years ago. Almost a thousand years later, the fascination that the cat had on the man
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The idea and the gesture. Rodin vs. Pollock
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
An impossible comparison: Auguste Rodin and Jackson Pollock. The one a refined sculptor lived in the nineteenth century, the other cursed painter who has forever changed the New York painting scene in the Fifties. No affinity, no point in common, but after having visited the two current exhibitions at Palazzo Reale in Milan on the
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One hundred of these numbers, Rat-Man!
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
It was 1989 when Leo Ortolani created Rat-Man (Deboroh The Rock to his friends) as a parody of overseas superheroes. In 1997, the early stages of success, he had already decided that the saga of his super-nerdy in puppet style would have had a conclusion with the release of comic book no.100. But no: over
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