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
Di@logo Eco-sustainable design and communication (Conference, Milan Nov 30)
-> Di@logo Eco-sustainable design and communication (Conference, Milan Nov 30)It's our pleasure to communicate the news of this conference to be held tomorrow, November 30 2010, in Milan at the Design Library (a great bookshop/cafe/ cultural space in the Tortona area - via Savona 11). The evening, in Italian, is dedicated to Eco-sustainable design and communication and the programme is as follows: From 19:30, the followin...
continue..What’s on in October 2010 – Milan, Istanbul, Spain
-> What's on in October 2010 - Milan, Istanbul, SpainHere's what's on in the world of illywords for this October in Milan, Istanbul, and Spain. First off, it's the 6th annual Contemporary Art Day (Giornata del Contemporaneo) in Italy on Saturday October 9th, 2010. Participating museums and institutions are opening their doors for free. This initiative is run by AMACI (the association of contemporary ...
continue..Museum Happy Hour Directory
-> Museum Happy Hour DirectoryI wrote about the phenomenon of the "Museum Happy Hour" and I thought it would be useful to create a list, or directory, of the best museum evening events. They're a great way to enjoy an evening with art, or "the arts", as they often combine music, visual arts, performance and of course food and drink. If you're visiting one of the cities liste...
continue..Galleria Lia Rumma Milano: una grande festa
-> Galleria Lia Rumma Milano: una grande festaSabato 15 maggio si é aperta a Milano la nuova Galleria di Lia Rumma in via Stilicone, nella zona Monumentale-Procaccini, a pochi metri da Villa Simonetta. Un cubo bianco alto più di venti metri, mille cinquecento metri quadri illuminati da enormi vetrate con una incredibile terrazza. Abbiamo chiesto ad Anna Adriani, direttore globale relazio...
continue..Tutti a Tavola! Conviviality exhibit in Milan until 09/05/2010
-> Tutti a Tavola! Conviviality exhibit in Milan until 09/05/2010If you go to the Brera gallery these days and sit down in front of Veronese’s huge Feast in the House of Simon, you’ll soon be entranced by a projection of red lines and white lights that highlight the work’s geometry and important figures. I followed the lights for what must have been ten minutes, and I knew that I’d looked at the work mor...
continue..illywords at Bocconi University
-> illywords at Bocconi UniversityMilan, 2.30 p.m., Bocconi University: Communication and Events Management course. I have just come out of the presentation that Carlo Bach, art director of illywords, and I were here to give. We presented the last issue, "Conviviality". There were more than 30 students inside and their coordinator, Lia Zarantonello. I do not know if we have been...
continue..What’s on (April 6)
-> What's on (April 6)"What's on" for the week of Tuesday April 6. On Now Until April 25 2010, Rome: "The Art Circuit: artists, galleries, collectionists" at Museo Pietro Canonica at Villa Borghese. An exhibit of contemporary works by Gianni Asdrubali, Pasquale Basile, Matteo Basilé, Mel Bochner, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Lucilla Catania, Mario Ceroli, Marco Collett...
continue..Fear of not succeeding
-> Fear of not succeedingThe countdown has started towards issue #28... "che emozione!" Cut, add, translate, check, cut again... that doesn’t work… now it is ok! We lack a cover but Pietro (Corraini) is finalizing it and will be good for sure. The feather is growing and at the same time grows the fear of not suceeding. This is the most critical phase w...
continue..What’s on (March 1)
-> What's on (March 1)What's on for the week of March 1 2010 - a weekly listing of exhibits and events from members of the illywords community. RIGHT NOW Milan: Diego Paccagnella, who contributed to the very first issue (#0), has developed an innovative type of showroom for Lago, called Appartamento Lago: not a hotel lobby with design furniture but a real apartm...
continue..Matteo in via Farini
-> Matteo in via FariniNext week there's an interesting collective of young artists in Milan, organised by Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa: OPERA 2009. Matteo de Mayda, who worked on the graphics of various illywords issues, shot the image on the poster. Milan Via Farini DOCVA/Fabbrica del Vapore Opening January 19th 2010-18.30; until Feb 20 2010 For more inf...
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..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..Rigor and creativity: the way to success
Magazine -> #1 Timetables and scoreboardsWE HAVE ASKED MICHEL ROTH, CUISINE DIRECTOR OF THE RITZ HOTEL IN PARIS, HOW IMPORTANT TIME IS IN A KITCHEN WHERE DAILY ROUTINE IS CHARACTERISED BY LITTLE TIME AND HECTIC RHYTHMS. Passion does not take time into account. I do not count the hours I spend at work, but I do count the time it takes to do a job: there are time limits that are dictated b...
continue..Out of the mould
Magazine -> #26 Re-Evaluate The ErrorIn your experience, how have errors affected your professional practice and what’s your attitude towards making mistakes? Errors can critically affect the outcome of any work, but they’re also an opportunity for reviewing consolidated practices and routine ways of doing things. As such, they can be very liberating, obliging us to make new deci...
continue..The opinion
Magazine -> #20 Home MadeWhen it comes to the business world, I am absolutely convinced that the kind of creativity that leads to real innovation can only develop “in house” – in other words the place where all the input from day-to-day relations with clients and products is received and digested. To paraphrase the Chinese saying ”Listen and forget, see and remembe...
continue..Memory: the zest and zip of vintage
Magazine -> #25 InnovageWhen we were children we’d love to stroke mother’s otter fur coat (or perhaps it was beaver or lapin, who can say for sure at this point in time?), moving my hand back and forth in fondling reverie: a light-coloured stripe, a darkcoloured one. How soothing it was to trace figures with one’s hands over that beloved body. Memories are what p...
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