The smell of books and the experience of the e-book
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
E-books in Italian publishing are still a subject much debated. It’s probably happened to all of us to discuss with a group of friends how it is now simple to download or find a professional book in English. Some say he never read so much as now, even books of different genres from the usual,
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Who is the most famous cat of them all? Part one
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
It’s not easy to talk about famous cats: they are so many. So I decided to treat the subject for ideas, to be deepened if you want. Let’s begin our journey by the most classic, which do not need any comment: Puss in Boots, the Cat and the Fox of Pinocchio, the ominous Cheshire Cat
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Atelier: Matteo Mezzadri
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
First, observe. Then listen to the sounds of the places and the voices, stories and tales of the people. Finally, travel, explore the far north of the frost and volcanic soils of Iceland, cross Italy from Val d’Aosta to Sicily and face the nature of the vast deserts of Africa and the Americas. These are
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Design in 400 words: Sergio Maria Calatroni, 360 degree artist
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
I personally “know” the designer Calatroni and in fact I got in touch with him to talk about this, but my love for Japan made me change direction, leading me to dwell on his recent photographic work. Sergio Maria Calatroni 360° artist, what is the transition from architecture, industrial design to photography? I would not
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Flowers and photography: Paolo Barbaro talks about UNO
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
The fourth meeting with Fermoeditore in Mondadori bookshop at Euro Torri in Parma had as its protagonist professor Paolo Barbaro, person in charge of the photographic section of the Centro Studi Archivio Comunicazione of Parma. In the spotlight the book UNO, exceptional object of design that shows twenty five years of studies on flowers of
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The Spacegirl, two cats and a missionary
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Africa: land of the ancestral culture, a land of conquest, wars, dictators from vaudeville, but also and above all from the wonderful land of wide open spaces and unspoiled places to dream, places and atmospheres so beautiful to be “sick”, land of conquest… not the conquest meant as described above, however: this time I mean
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Design in 400 words: Karim Rashid, light and colors
Wednesday, 08 May 2013
Internationally renowned designer, Karim Rashid made of pastel colors his brand recognition, everything he creates is solar, it puts you in a good mood. Let’s have a chat with him and hear what he thinks about light… Karim Rashid and the light. Light is so ephemeral. Light is so flexible, light creates mood, light can
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Sensuality is an unchaste flower
Wednesday, 08 May 2013
UNO, that’s it. As if to say, the only one. Simple name for a lavish volume of photography: the author, Giampaolo Ricò, is a well known photographer of Parma who has devoted part of his 25-year career to the study of floral subjects. By the time this artistic exercise became a guide to inner changes:
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A rose is a rose is a rose…
Wednesday, 08 May 2013
The packaging of the book UNO signed by Giampaolo Ricò is yellow, black and red. It refers to the boxes of plates by a famous brand: negative color 4×5”, an image at a time, professional, organized, rich in details and color tones. They are photographs of flowers, objects that appear in the photograph immediately even
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Change – Photography and care
Tuesday, 07 May 2013
“Reality is constantly changing and is always a step ahead of us. What I find hard to change is our way of looking at it, our ability to interpret and act accordingly. Photography, however, can help our gaze to grasp what we normally do not see”. These are the words of the mayor of Reggio
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