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I am so hungover when I board the Arlecchino that its myriad charms are, at first, as lost on me as an idiom in translation. We are at Rome Termini, and this train has been chartered to whisk us – several dozen strangers and me – to Perugia in celebration of that city’s grande dame, the legendary Sina Brufani hotel, and its 140th birthday. Already...

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The JA New York Show has joined forces with Piazza Italia on the creation of a new pavilion featuring Italian designers and manufacturers, beginning in March 2025. Italy’s long-standing tradition of excellence in jewelry design and fabrication and Piazza Italia’s dedication to launching Italian brands in the United States ensures that the made-in-I...

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The relationship between Design and Art represents an issue on which it has been famously debated for a long time, but today it takes on new forms and different directions. In fact, Design, traditionally linked to the dimensions of Aesthetics and Technique, increasingly in this our era also intervenes in the field of Semiotics, acting as a catalyst...

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The Mutti Canteen is set in the idyllic Parma countryside within the production grounds of one of the country's most famous food companies, the family-owned tomato empire, Mutti. The restaurant, designed by Italian architect Carlo Ratti (who is also curating by 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale) and titled Quisimangia (translating from Italian as '...

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The Best of Italian Design is a unique event dedicated to celebrating and displaying Italian interior design brands and Made in Italy high-end products. The event is created for those Italian interior design companies interested in meeting with 200+ industry professionals (architects, interior designers, real estate developers) and 1000+ design lov...

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At a time when Park and Fifth Avenues, Sutton Place, and Gracie Square were the ultimate addresses of wealth and power, Italian American architect Rosario Candela designed the neighborhood’s most definitive buildings. Never flashy or ostentatious, these prewar buildings were elegant and discreet, clad in brick or limestone, with setbacks and terrac...

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The Watts Towers are an extraordinary symbol of immigrant resilience and artistic ambition and are, today, one of Los Angeles’ most beloved and unique landmarks. Conceived and built over three decades by Italian immigrant Sabato “Simon” Rodia, the Towers capture the cultural fusion of his Italian roots with the creative and lively world of Los Ange...

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Frascione Gallery, established in Florence, Italy in 1893, will make its Art Miami debut during Miami Art Week, running from December 3-8, 2024, at Booth AM325. Renowned for its deep expertise in Old Master works, Frascione Gallery will showcase a thoughtfully curated blend of Modern and Contemporary art alongside pieces inspired by historical Euro...

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“It all starts with the handprint. In the cave, this early human, she dips her hand in the paint, she makes a mark, and then shows the others how to do it too. That is the first family portrait, and also marks the beginning of design - art - everything.” And so it was with this foundational moment of humanity’s desire to personalise the spaces we i...

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Italian Design spans the centuries, evolves in the spirit of the times and today also translates into innovative forms of cultural design. La Grande Brera is the project to expand Milan's Pinacoteca of the same name by restoring, adapting and fitting out the adjacent Palazzo Citterio as an exhibition space, where modern art collections can be house...

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