Design in 400 words: Alessandro Guerriero
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Alessandro Guerriero is the most versatile person in which I came across. His thought is a tireless tourist of the planet of creativity. Guerriero is Design. He is one of the founders of TAM TAM School, which hereinafter tells us, a project of “non-school” design. “TAM TAM School deals with visual activities and is not,
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Four feline books
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Books and cats: I do not speak of books about cats but of books with cats, among whom I have chosen four titles. Cats in an identity crisis. Three stories, two cats and ninety cartouches (Salani) is a collaboration of Serena Vitale – teacher of Russian language and literature, publishing consultant, literary critic, translator, writer
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The perfume becomes a museum, in Venice
Wednesday, 05 June 2013
Perhaps not everyone knows that Italy is among the founders of the perfume tradition in the world; in particular, Venice played a major role in this field during the Renaissance. To rediscover and enhance this important aspect of Made in Italy, Mavive (formerly Vidal) together with the Foundation of the Civic Museums of Venice is
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The Pixel with mustache
Wednesday, 05 June 2013
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. Which color, size or sex is
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Weegee: murder is my business
Wednesday, 05 June 2013
Weegee’s work was the crime: we are not talking about a killer but of an American freelance photojournalist active in the mid-30s. Arthur Fellig (1899-1968), aka Weegee, became famous in the “golden period” of Murder Inc., the Jewish gang which provided paid hitmen to Syndacate, the New York association of mafia boss (for the most
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Mauro Martini Raccasi, the many facets of writing
Wednesday, 05 June 2013
Born in Parma, Mauro Martini Raccasi was the first in Italy to graduate in economics with a thesis about journalism at IFOR institute of Bocconi University in Milan. He made his debut in fiction with a historical saga, the tetralogy “Il Romanzo dei Celti” (The novel of the Celts), moving on to other genres, such
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Who is the most famous cat of them all? Part two
Wednesday, 05 June 2013
Last but not least among the virtual cats, born by chance and become a VIP (or VIC?) between the web, books and gadgets, is the adorable bungler Simon’s Cat. Turning to reality, from Queen Victoria to Pope Leo XII, from Lenin to Rosa Luxembourg, from Lincoln to Churchill, many cats have become famous through their
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Design in 400 words: the Ecocentrics
Wednesday, 05 June 2013
From the meeting between an architect and an artist was born an idea developed in a very short time and reflected in the design scene through an international exhibition, a passage to the TG and a round of specialized press, by a common passion for the eco-sustainability comes to life an exciting collaboration and an
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Artisan beer, from Parma with love
Monday, 03 June 2013
Recent spread of food trend, that of artisan breweries, but many of them have already achieved a certain notoriety and high levels of excellence. Among these are four brands of Parma. From Cantine Ceci, known for their wines, comes the Birra of Parma, three proposals: Gold, Bronze and Camou. Contained in bottles refined, Gold and
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The Pixel with mustache
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
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. Which color, size or sex is
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