Il senso dell’Italia per la Silicon Valley
Quante divisioni ha l'Italia in Silicon Valley? Due. Sono infatti solo due le grandi aziende italiane nel distretto mondiale dell'innovazione. La fotografia assai impietosa si ricava dal primo rapporto "European corporation innovation outposts in Silicon Valley" presentato oggi a San Francisco da Startup Europe Comes to Silicon Valley (SEC2SV) e Mi...
Italian Design: a history of excellence
Let’s start with a definition of “industrial design,” by Argentinian-born, Milan-based, painter, designer and philosopher, Tomás Maldonado: “Industrial design is a creative activity whose aim is to determine the formal qualities of objects produced by industry. These formal qualities are not only the external features but are principally those stru...
Renzo Piano plans mixed-use tower for San Francisco's transbay neighborhood
Renzo Piano is set to add a 36-story tower in san francisco to his north american portfolio. the ground-up development will be located in the city’s transbay neighborhood, an area undergoing major regeneration, which will also host foster + partners’ new oceanwide center. Plans for the mixed-use building include 69 residential units, a 255-room lux...
EasyDial, the startup that makes dialysis patient-friendly
EasyDial with its portable machine Dharma, wants to improve patients quality of life. The company was set up by an Italian engineer in the US but is opening its new facilities in Italy. For people on dialysis, a simple, personalized, home-based program can make life much easier and help manage their condition. EasyDialThat’s the goal of EasyDial an...
Celebrating “Italian Design Day” in Los Angeles
The Consulate General of Italy, has organized a special event at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles to celebrate “Italian Design Day”. Promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with the Triennale di Milano, MISE and MIBACT it will be celebrated simultaneously, throughout the world. The biggest...
Meet The Man Who Brings Cannabis and Palm Trees to The World of High Fashion
“I feel like an outsider in Italy, ‘cause I have more of an American mentality perhaps. But I’m also an outsider in America, because my mentality is more Italian than theirs,” says Moncler Art Director Francesco Ragazzi, who founded high-end streetwear brand Palm Angels in early 2015. The brand – which is based off a coffee table book about LA skat...
Il genetista italiano che disarmò l’Hiv guida la ricerca per il colosso Usa
«Potrebbe sembrare fantascienza, ma ormai è scienza» aveva scritto l'Economist, solo l'anno scorso, citando il lavoro del genetista Luigi Naldini, 57 anni, direttore del Tiget e fondatore, con Pierluigi Paracchi, di Genenta Sciences. Che non fosse fantascienza lo devono avere pensato anche i manager di Amgen, la più grande società indipend...
Italy Is Preeminent at the Intel Business Challenge Europe 2013
di Mauro Battocchi Some very encouraging news just came out of the Intel Business Challenge Europe 2013 (IBCE) with regards to Italy's prominence in the European startup sphere. Of the twenty-three European startups selected as finalists, eight are Italian — a full third of these promising endeavors come from Italy! The IBCE is a pan-Euro...
An Interview with Mary Trigiani, marketing professional
Everybody in the Italian and Italian-American communities in San Francisco knows Mary Trigiani. She is a greatly respected marketing professional, very well connected with the Italian and Tech communities in the city. Over the years, through her own consulting company Spada Inc. and thanks to her invaluable experience and skills, she has h...
The Missoni Clan Is Coming to San Francisco to Become Doctors
Angela Missoni and Margherita Maccapani Missoni are receiving honorary doctorate degrees from the Academy of Art's School of Fashion. The graduation and awards ceremony is on Thursday, May 8, but the designers (plus family matriarch Rosita Missoni) are en route to SF today, straight from last night's Met Ball festivities, to attend tomorro...
Kiton Opening San Francisco Store
Kiton’s retail rollout is continuing. The upscale Italian brand will open a 2,500-square-foot store in San Francisco by the end of the month. The store, at Post Street and Grant Avenue, is located one block away from Union Square and will be housed in the Shreve Building, which was built in 1905 and survived the 1906 earthquake because of its then-...
Ermenegildo Zegna Toasts New Store, Couture Collection
Ermenegildo Zegna, long a mainstay in the Italian luxury fashion world, got a high-wattage boost when it appointed visionary Stefano Pilati earlier this year as creative director of Agnona, the women's collection, and as head of design for Ermenegildo Zegna. Zegna's tradition of tailoring and leadership in fabrics, combined with Pilati's vision, wi...