#4 Passion

2003

Who among us, when commenting a work, has ever said: “clearly, there is passion here”!
This makes us reflect upon the kind of result passion can or cannot bring about, but also upon the meaning of passion. Obviously, it is not something that you can learn and, when it is there, it is not something that can be concealed. As the ancients used to say, it is “a state of excitement of the soul” and as such it shows, it becomes apparent, it makes the difference. Passion is a way of relating with others, with the outside world, a force that gives you the courage to innovate and renew, fearlessly, with no tricks or manipula... Read More

The Olivetti brand is associated with some of the objects that define the history of Italian design; but, furthermore, it is associated with a great social effort that took place in "his Ivrea". At that time, what did it mean to be connected with the territory? Adriano Olivetti's utopia was a complex social, political and industrial project, and ...

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Venini, symbol of creativity and excellence in the Italian glass-making sector, is a cosmopolitan firm, one that is consistent with traditions and innovation. Contrasting features are skilfully blended to continue manufacturing the colourful dreams that make Venini an internationally-renowned trademark. Fire, sand, hands - are these shapes and ...

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London. We met with Axel Meyer, Entertainment & Media design manager for Nokia Design, at the Epoca Café in Saint Martins Lane, one of the first illy bars in the British capital city. Axel arrives, loaded with baggage. But his largest piece of luggage is also the least bulky one: it's his inseparable Nokia 7650, a kind of synthetic memory thro...

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A quick review of the artistic passions, emotional drive, irresistible attractions and unmotivated fury of artists that are capable of making history. Marina Abramovic and her boyfriend Ulay run in great strides towards each other, as if attracted by a magnet. Their bodies slam into each other. They fall, they get up, they do it again and agai...

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Vega, the science and technology park, provides potential national and international investors in Venice with the necessary support, fostering collaboration between economic operators and encouraging innovative firms to set up their main offices in the historic center of Venice and in the nearby mainland. Is research addressed to people or busin...

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A person is what he is because he has both divine and contingent roots; the divine root, the one of the spirit and the soul, yields a sense that is beyond earthly reality, energy and meaningfulness, while the divine root relates to the history and experiences that the person develops and embodies during his lifetime. This, in short, is one of the p...

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