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Bottega Veneta marks its presence on the Las Vegas Strip with a new boutique at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, introducing an immersive retail environment that merges Italian craftsmanship with modernist design sensibilities. The space showcases the house's Pre-Spring 2025 collection against a backdrop of warm wood, terrazzo, and contemporary archit...

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In a workshop in the Milan suburbs, sculptor Giovanni Calderino completes his latest project -- a battered statue from the top of the Italian city's gothic cathedral, and its gleaming white replacement. Depicting a bearded man wearing a tunic, the marble statue has adorned one of the Duomo's 135 spires for two centuries. But decades of harsh weathe...

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The Salone del Mobile was back in Miami again this year. In a city that seems to be in perpetual evolution, where new construction sites bear the signatures of architects such as Tadao Ando and Peter Marino, Art Week 2024 continues to attract art and design insiders from all over the world, as well as a large number of enthusiasts. Confirmation of...

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Milan, celebrated for its fashion, finance, and cultural vibrancy, is a city where tradition meets innovation. Known for its stunning architecture, world-class cuisine, and global influence, Milan continues to captivate with its ability to evolve while honouring its historical roots. As a dynamic hub of creativity and commerce, the city attracts ta...

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Since the Middle Ages, fabrics and yarns have been the main products of the Prato area, thanks to the creativity of those who, over the years, have been able to renew a tradition that has never waned. Today, the industrial district of Prato is one of Europe’s largest and is a production model that has attracted the attention of the most eminent eco...

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The Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition is officially accepting submissions for its 2025 North American edition! Organized by Confindustria Ceramica (the Italian Association of Ceramics) and the Italian Trade Agency, this prestigious, long-running awards program honors North American architects and designers who showcase the technical, aesthetic, an...

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Italy has long been a global hub for artistic innovation, its influence spanning centuries from the grandeur of Renaissance frescoes to the conceptual boldness of Arte Povera, radical Italian art movement from the late 1960s to 1970s whose artists explored a range of unconventionality. Events like the Venice Biennale underscore the country’s role i...

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Antonangelo is 91. Farming and his sheep are his life. His age doesn't stop him from working every day. "If I stop doing this, I'll die. It's my passion, it keeps me alive. Should I sit in an armchair at home, growing old?" he asks. Remaining physically and mentally fit in old age is more the rule than the exception here in the mountain villages of...

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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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An Italian company has acquired Nevada’s largest paper producer, making them the fourth largest tissue paper producer in North America. Sofidel, an Italian-based company, acquired the tissue division of Clearwater Paper in November for $1.06 billion, effectively closing the tissue division for the Spokane-based company. Now, Sofidel has taken over...

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