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Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
Form meets substance: the green innovation in fashion
-> Form meets substance: the green innovation in fashionIn today´s moment of crisis and economical downturn, as the media call it today, there's a sector that knows no decline: sustainable fashion. Such a moment of widespread concern seems actually to be the perfect boost supported by unprecedented approval. Being sustainable today is cool! This is the clear impression that I got strolling around th...
continue..Fashion spirit in London…
-> Fashion spirit in London...Fashion air in the London winter. In the first months of 2011 some of the most important museums of the city have given space to innovation in the fashion field, involving of course design, art and history. One of the “not to be missed” events, that I warmly suggest and that gained so far an overwhelming public success is Future Beauty: 30 Year...
continue..Zegna, the new “polo” of fashion
Magazine -> #12 Waiting for ChinaWith a population of one billion three hundred million inhabitants, a gross domestic product that's continually risen over recent years, and demand growing at an annual rate of nine per cent, it is no wonder that China has drawn the attention of large and small entrepreneurs and business persons from all over the world. Judging from the enthusiasti...
continue..Sorpresa!
-> Sorpresa!Mi sarebbe piaciuto produrre un numero di illywords intitolato “LA SORPRESA!”. Possiamo però riflettere e scambiare opinioni sul tema attraverso il web. Chissà che non si riesca un domani a realizzarlo fisicamente :-) Oggi c'è una spasmodica voglia di sorprendere il pubblico, attraverso la pubblicità, attraverso le azioni e le relazioni:...
continue..The Polytechnic University
Magazine -> #19 AequòpolisMilan’s Polytechnic was chosen in 1993 as the location for Italy's first-ever degree course in Industrial Design. The history of the Industrial Design degree (at the Faculty of Design since June 2000) has been marked by a sustained interest in trying out new and innovative course structures, as a response to the real needs of the contemporary mar...
continue..Pure beauty
Magazine -> #25 InnovageBefore being a label, Pucci is first and foremost the name of a family, and what a family! We’re talking about history – almost a thousand years of it – and about a cutting-edge business enterprise based in the family’s historical mansion. Emilio Pucci’s inspired and visionary drawings are simply spellbinding, as acknowledged worldwide. N...
continue..School of Graphic Design at the London College of Communication
Magazine -> #25 InnovageThe School of Graphic Design at the London College of Communication is a part of the University of the Arts, London, Europe’s largest university for art, design, fashion, communication and the performing arts. It is a collegiate university comprising the six London Art Colleges; Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins College of Art and...
continue..Haim Steinbach
Magazine -> #3 Weaving relationsWE MET HAIM STEINBACK IN PARIS AT THE PALAIS DE TOKIO, DURING THE CELEBRATIONS FOR THE TENTH ILLY COLLECTION PRODUCTION ANNIVERSARY. THROUGH THIS INTERVIEW, FAMOUS ART CRITIC ANGELA VETTESE HELPS US TO BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE ARTIST AND THE MAN. It is with slight consternation that one enters Haim Steinbach's studio. On the identical baby ...
continue..Milan, Thursday 10:00 a.m.
Magazine -> #3 Weaving relationsMilan, the world capital of fashion and design. This link between fashion and design seems to merge the two disciplines, blending their environments and dynamics. There is one person, however, who wants to keep them well separated, critiquing his own circle of designers: Enzo Mari. First and foremost an artist, and then a designer at international ...
continue..Authentic Cisneros
Magazine -> #14 RefreshSandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 in a family of Mexican extraction. She's currently one of the most complex literary voices of the United States. Legend and history, poetry and prose, the radio and music, English and Spanish are interwoven in her writings like the threads that go to make up the warp and weft of a caramel coloured rebo...
continue..Interview with Claudio Silvestrin
Magazine -> #5 The Dictatorship of the ConsumptionDoes the architect respond to the client or to himself? Every architect necessarily responds to himself. The architecture he expresses is the fruit of his values and sensitivity, the fruit of a personal quest, therefore. In a way, it is the transposition of his way of being. It is not a matter of following fashions or styles. It means translating...
continue..The fashion of doing well
Magazine -> #16 Beautiful and well madeSince 1951, when it was established by Achille Maramotti, the House has practically accompanied the unfolding of women’s fashion over the years, acclaimed from the start for the refined style of its apparel and the quality of its textiles. The Group is now present on the market with thirty lines, different in terms of looks and consumer target. T...
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