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Mendini puts his heart into it

The architect Alessandro Mendini can truly be said to represent Italian design at its best. Founder of the Alchimia group, he now also holds top commissions from abroad, with clients such as Alessi and Swatch, and enjoys high academic and scientific standing. Mendini belies the prevailing stight-fistedness when it comes to sharing knowledge. He's i...

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Apr 22, 2010 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: alessandro medini, beijing, china, competition, design | Leave A Comment »

Interview with Jannis Kounellis

Magazine -> #9 Coopetition

You've asserted, to use your words, that "a journey, any journey, is essentially an initiation, an affirmative and conscious statement of love for knowledge". Would you say an artist sets out on such a journey alone? Is it necessarily a solitary journey or can it be undertaken with other artists as travel companions? Well, it's difficult to say. ...

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Nov 30, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: america, artist, beautiful, beauty, collaborative, community, competition, creation, cubism, day, diversity, emotion, germany, globalisation, icons | Leave A Comment »

Ducati: a grain of rice cooked to perfection

Magazine -> #7 Chaos

Italian style has one of its peaks of perfection in Ducati. That's also because at Ducati they do things in the inimitable Italian way. It's a sort of organised disorder. The famous marque's CEO, Federico Minoli, and its creative director, David Gross, talk about the Ducati way and style. A huddle of red shirts moves aside finally letting me ge...

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Nov 30, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: bologna, borgo panigale, bugatti, competition, david gross, ducati, federico minoli, ferrari, join, lamborghini, machines, metaphor, motorbike, motorcycle, passion | Leave A Comment »