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Over the last few days the crowds at Milan Design Week have been queuing patiently to be let into Italdesign's temporary showroom in Via Tortona 31 to admire, alongside many objects designed by the company's industrial design division, the fascinating 4-door DaVinci coupe. With its original stylistic features and electric platform, it celebrates th...

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The Italian National Tourist Board & Air Italy launched the second and much anticipated nonstop flight from California to Milan. After Los Angeles, San Francisco was next. On Wednesday April 10 the inaugural flight took off from San Francisco International after a ribbon cutting ceremony at the presence of the Consul General of Italy in San Francis...

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San Francisco International Airport is once again connected to Italy with nonstop flights after newcomer Air Italy landed on Wednesday afternoon from Milan's Malpensa Airport (MXP). Flights operate four times a week on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays on the carrier's fleet of Airbus A330-200 wide body jets. The 5,947-mile nonstop takes o...

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British sculptor alex chinneck, known for inverting electricity pylons and tying grandfather clocks in knots, has ‘unzipped’ the façade of a building in milan as part of the city’s design week festivities. to create the dramatic effect, chinneck created a totally new elevation in the style of traditional milanese architecture, which appears to open...

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In a new approach to its home collection, Fendi has teamed again with architect and interior designer Cristina Celestino. “We’ve come full circle,” said Fendimen’s and accessories creative director Silvia Venturini Fendi, in an exclusive preview of the collection. “After working for 10 years with emerging designers at Design Miami, we are evolving...

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Preparatory cartoons for Renaissance frescoes — the full-scale drawings that artists used to transfer their designs to the wall — rarely survived the finished commission. Functional and fragile, they weren’t meant for posterity. But thankfully, Raphael’s cartoon for “The School of Athens,” a famous fresco in the Vatican, survived. Commissioned in...

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Italian design in furniture, lighting, objects and more is renowned – but oddly has never received much recognition from Italy itself. That is about to change, because on April 9th the new Museum of Italian Design opens its doors to the public for the first time. Designed by Michele De Lucchi of the famed Memphis group, the showcase of design is lo...

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The goings-on in Milanese storefronts and galleries during Salone are arguably just as exciting as the debuts happening on-site at the show. Here’s your golden ticket: a guide to the who’s who (and what’s where) of Fuorisalone, the seven-day city-wide design festival that includes more than 1,000 events. PRO TIPS. Stick to this simple advice from t...

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Air Italy’s first non-stop flight to Los Angeles was inaugurated today, taking off from Milan Malpensa at 13.00, adding a third direct service to North America following last year’s launch of Milan-New York JFK and Milan-Miami. The new Milan-Los Angeles IG943 service which will operate four times weekly was inaugurated by Air Italy’s Chief Operatin...

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Teatri, musei, gallerie, biblioteche: l'Italia è un immenso giacimento culturale. Misurando la quantità dei siti culturali il portale Holidu ha fatto una classifica delle città perfette da questo punto di vista, quasi un Grand Tour delle 10 città con più cultura d’Italia. Come disse Elio Vittorini “La cultura non è professione per pochi: è una cond...

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