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A canteen for workers, designed as early as 1936, located in the basement of the factory, with a self-service system and meal vouchers for payment. Adriano Olivetti’s innovative vision, as an enlightened entrepreneur, was already evident during the Fascist period. But it was after the Liberation, when Olivetti founded the Movimento Comunità (Commun...

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Thursday March 6, 2025. 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM. Collins Cinema; Collins Cafe Dining - 106 Central Street - Wellesley, MA. This talk explores the contribution of the Olivetti typewriter and calculator company to the construction of a national business culture in Italy between the 1930s and the 1960s. Olivetti employed painters, filmmakers, architects, cu...

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Olivetti was a company of extraordinary importance and originality that brought Italian Design to the World. Particularly strong was the link between Adriano Olivetti, his company, his products and the United States. Great stir was caused in 1959 by the acquisition by the Eporediese group of Underwood, a U.S. company with a great tradition in the t...

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The invention of the calculator dates back to ancient times with tools like the abacus. However, the electronic calculator we are familiar with today came to be thanks to an Italian engineer, Pier Giorgio Perotto, and the Italian company Olivetti. The story centers around the creation of the Olivetti Programma 101, one of the first commercial progr...

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In the annals of business history, few companies have left as indelible a mark as Olivetti. Founded in 1908 by Camillo Olivetti in Ivrea, Italy, the company began as a small workshop with a mere 20 workers and a capital of 350,000 lire. Who would have thought that such humble beginnings would develop into a multinational corporation that was to bec...

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There is an extraordinary description of Made in Italy as seen from the perspective of design in the book “Il design e l'invenzione del Made in Italy” (Design and the Invention of Made in Italy) by Professor Elena Dellapiana. It is a theme that intersects with the United States several times, even in the introduction of the "Made in Italy" brand, w...

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"Ivrea Industrial City of the Twentieth Century" is the 54th Italian UNESCO site. The recognition was deliberated during the work of the 42nd World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. An important recognition for a positive idea (the possible "humanization" of industrial and social transformat...

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Mercanteinfiera, the appointment of antiques, historical design and vintage collecting of Fiere di Parma, opens from March 12 to 20 with a look at the '900 and confirms its dates. To inaugurate the spring edition, two collateral exhibitions entitled "Partivano i bastimenti. Home sweet home America" and "Olivetti #StoriadiInnovazione". Different sto...

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Refined and secluded, this small Piemonte town, intimate but full of character, has all the credentials to become the destination of your next trip. Its name is linked to the profitable legacy of Olivetti, thanks to which it is now a UNESCO site of extraordinary value. What to see in Ivrea? Here are a few tips. Why Ivrea is a UNESCO world heritage...

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In 1620, Rachel Olivetti – the daughter of an aristocratic Italian Jewish family – married her fiancé Judah Leone from the famous Montefiore line. Before the couple got married, Olivetti decided to make a gift for her fiance’s family: an ornate, hand-embroidered parochet (Torah ark curtain) made of fine fabrics in dark red and gold. But Olivetti’s...

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