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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
Real art in a virtual space: VIP Art Fair
-> Real art in a virtual space: VIP Art FairAlways the big event of a fair is an appointment that for art experts can't be missed. It is marked in good advance on their calendar like a celebration, usually characterised by the city where it takes place: Madrid, Basel, London, Turin, Miami. But for the first VIP Art Fair's edition you don't need to book a ticket, an hotel or to move from h...
continue..Paris and art
-> Paris and artParis pétillante! Paris is a sparkling city as far as contemporary art is concerned these days. Besides, the very cold weather pushes people to enjoy the warmth of the museums. The longest queues in town can be found outside the Musee d'Art Moderne that hosts an amazing retrospective of Basquiat, the talented Puerto Rican/Haitian/American supersta...
continue..Issue 28 is off to a great start at Domus Academy
-> Issue 28 is off to a great start at Domus AcademyWe're off to a great start on Issue 28 at Domus Academy in Milan! The theme of this issue will be conversations, relationships, conviviality... whether inside our homes or beyond. And what is one of the most delightful situations for creating smart conversation? At the table of course... When we eat, preferably over some good food… The ...
continue..God does not throw dices
Magazine -> #7 ChaosTo Greek philosophers the concepts of “world” and “order” were synonymous. To our contemporaries the world is more akin to chaos. Art has sought order in disorder, disorder in order, sometimes managing to find a balance between the two. By Angela Vettese, art reviewer and critic. Albert Einstein’s contention was that God doesn’t thro...
continue..The luxury of transparency
Magazine -> #4 PassionVenini, 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 ...
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..Palais de Tokyo
Magazine -> #2 Creating OpportunitiesPalais de Tokyo, a place for contemporary creativity, was founded following the will to change the traditional institutional "white cube" into a living place. Making art and life, the eternal adagio, actually meet. Making a place for contemporary creation become also a laboratory for emerging cultures, a place for resources and exchanges between ar...
continue..Mantova, a town moving to the rhythm of the festival
Magazine -> #2 Creating OpportunitiesFESTIVALETTERATURA HAS FOR YEARS BEEN THE CULTURAL CELEBRATION OF ITALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL WRITERS, ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS. A TOWN OF ANCIENT TRADITIONS, MANTOVA MAKES ITS STREETS AND SQUARES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT IT CAN MEET AND EXCHANGE VIEWS AND OPINIONS, IN A PEACEFUL AND SIMPLE ATMOSPHERE. CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BERLIN AN...
continue..Creative battles
Magazine -> #0 Experimentation and innovationIn Coppola's Apocalypse Now, when searching the jungle for the maverick commander Kurts, the man sent to hunt him down describes a brilliant mission Kurtz had led, "He just thought it up and did it. They were going to get him framed to the floorboards for that one until the press got hold it and promoted him to Colonel." The spirit of creative b...
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..Week-end in family
Magazine -> #20 Home MadeIn front a cup of coffee. For a company, the past is never just the past. It is an opportunity for growth, driving it to explore new directions. Ducati, one of the most famous motorbike manufacturers in the world, has opened a museum at its premises in Borgo Panigale (BO), to utilise its own “home made” resources. Motorbikes, engines, photog...
continue..Sappi: paper milling the natural way
Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecologyEstablished in South Africa seventy years ago, the Corporation currently employs 17,000 workers and operates out of countries in all five continents, turning out five million tons of paper a year. Thanks to these figures, Sappi [ www.sappi.com ] is the number one paper-milling company in the world. Its claim to leadership, though, has not blinded i...
continue..A starspangled life
Magazine -> #10 Nomadic knowledgeMargherita Hack is virtually a youngster out to discover the world. There’s not an article dealing with her, though, that fails to underscore her chronological age of eightytwo. Probably it’s because the interviewer is amazed to find a person whose curiosity and wit are undimmed and indeed as redoubtable as ever. An astrophysicist of internat...
continue..The world is ruled by chaos
Magazine -> #17 Serendipity“The world is ruled by chaos. The unforeseeable lies forever in ambush” (publisher’s note). It is only after suffering great pain and distress following on an unexpected discovery beneath the blue cover of a notebook or experiencing great fear after a hearty laugh elicited by a scene in a silent movie has faded away that the lives of the lead...
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