Headline & Editorial
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
Can I offer you a cocktail with that painting?
-> Can I offer you a cocktail with that painting?There’s a new trend in Italy that can best be called “museum happy hour”. Already present in the USA in years past, it consists of museums attempting to attract new and returning visitors by proposing evening openings combined with music, food, and drinks. Is this a brilliant concept on the part of art museums, or are they selling out? In ...
continue..The opinion
Magazine -> #21 Senti-mentallyOver the years, I’ve developed the firm belief that there are similarities between the purpose of a company’s life and that of an individual. They both aspire to that kind of happiness which Aristotle called “eudaimonia”, the perfect union between physical and intellectual pleasures. I think that if this idea can apply to all businesses, it...
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..Labour ecology
Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecologyWhat matters is being as light as a swallow, not as a feather. This statement, quoted from Paul Valery, is Domenico De Masi's visiting card, and it's the first thing browsers to his site [www.domenicodemasi.it] come across. The mental flexibility and agility suggested by these words are indeed a hallmark of the man. Domenico De Masi teaches la...
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