Between men and women: jewel as emblem
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
by Andrea Di Betta Browsing through the pages of the Bible, you can find a clear difference between the jewels in male and female world. The Song of Solomon evokes “Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of beads. We will make for you ornaments of gold with beads of silver”. The
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Sharp and sensual: high heels
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
by C.M. “The foot is an erotic organ and the shoe is its sexual covering” (William A. Rossi). The charm of the feminine gait is indisputable: the heel pushes the woman to a particular posture that enhances the rounded shape of her backside resulting in nasty glances from the other sex, and no! How often
White, clean, essential: Christian Piccolo Design
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
by Cinzia Munari “I want design to be like the other arts, I want it to give joy and excitement to people.” Christian Piccolo begins this way, designer from North-East of Italy who loves basic, minimal. It was already clear at the time of University, when he decided to dedicate his thesis to one color:
35 mm of pleasure
Thursday, 02 March 2017
by Lara Ferrari The point is: enjoy eros and the capacity of arousing it in the other, or transcend to a higher level of pleasure, through it? The seventh art doesn’t have scruples, and from the dawn of times prefer to mock the stakes imposed by literary canons, taking advantage of the apparent clarity of
Giorgio Caporaso, ecodesigner
Thursday, 23 February 2017
by Cinzia Munari The cardboard you could define “whatsit”, because in the daily life we see it in every possible way. Its use is manifold, but finding it protagonist in a living or working space, in a showroom or in a living room, replacing the classic role of the furniture, well… I would say that
Magic silver between deserts of grass
Friday, 10 February 2017
by Luana Cenci In Central Asia, at the question about what is the best bride, they answers: “the one that cannot touch her toes for the abundance and the weight of her jewelry”. Descendants of the ancient Oghuz from Mongolia, the Turkmen groups were warmongering nomad opposed to the lords of the oasis, organized in
Musical frontiers by Luigi Magnani
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
by Michela Alessandrini Luigi Magnani, creator of the Fondazione Magnani Rocca in Mamiano Traversetolo (PR), was one of the greatest intellectuals of the twentieth century. The famous collector of works of art, was accompanied throughout the journey of his life by a great passion, music. His mother Eugenia direct him, since childhood, to study piano
My Berlin
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
by La. f. The routine began at 7.45 in the morning. We are in Schöneberg my district for 12 days, and breakfast is called Potemkin Cafe, a bit Russian a bit Kraut little bar, located in Viktoria-Luise-Platz, green romantic corner in the German capital. Potemkin…right. Immediately, no way out from movie sirens. The real itinerary
When industry meets art: Olivetti’s legend in the archives of the CSAC of Parma
Friday, 20 January 2017
Di Rossella Romito Who said that art cannot be a leader of an industrial success? To the more skeptical ones we could tell a story, known to most people, which began in 1932 in Ivrea, near Turin. After his father Camillo, Adriano Olivetti was running the family business – Olivetti effectively – and until 1960
Designer for fun
Friday, 06 January 2017
by Cinzia Munari Meeting for the first time Elena in the waiting-room of a hospital in Milan, both with suitcase containing pieces of recycled materials. We were recruited to be part of the 100 designers for the project “Toyssimi – 100 designers + 100 children = 100 new toys”. Of course, she is a designer,