Design has always been a princely ambassador of Made in Italy. Companies in our country for decades through Design have been transmitting, everywhere in the World, a modern and exciting concept of Italian-ness. Design is also a phenomenon undergoing rapid and profound transformation, which sees at the same time its use spreading and the breadth of...

High-end furniture designer and maker Cassina, part of Haworth Lifestyle Design, has reached an agreement to acquire Zanotta, an historic, high-end Italian furniture designer and maker. Cassina will coordinate Zanotta’s activities and future development plan. Zanotta will join Cassina as part of Haworth Lifestyle Design alongside Cappellini, Ceccot...

Known for inventing the Vertical Forest, a new model of living with trees in high-rise buildings, Milanese architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri discusses the importance of forging an alliance between nature and the city and redefining the relationship between humans and other living species. When did you realize you wanted to be an architect?...

For Northwest residents who are fans of glass art and followers of the incredible artistry of Lino Tagliapietra, good news! On March 4, the Museum of Glass announced it will create a new permanent gallery dedicated to the art and legacy of glass artist Lino Tagliapietra. The space will include the Lino Archives, which have been carefully assembled...

Last March 16 on the occasion of Italian Design Day, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate General of Italy in Miami opened the exhibition "Fashion is Female: Lights on Italian Design as Cultural Legacy." Organized in collaboration with Istituto Marangoni Miami, the exhibition pays tribute to the creativity, artistic sensibility and desi...

March 2023 has been a very busy month in LA for the Italian promotion, in different fields, organized by Italian Trade Agency (ICE) and dedicated to Italian companies and to the excellence of Italian talents. The first event, dedicated to the entertainment industry in collaboration with APA (Association Producers Audiovisual), had the presence of t...

SFERRA, the luxury Italian home lifestyle brand, opens its first dedicated retail location, SFERRA Townhouse, in NYC today. The Townhouse is located in New York City's Flatiron District at 11 East 20th Street. The property and its location hold significant meaning for the brand as SFERRA's founder, Gennaro Sferra , established his NYC home in a sim...

Bare trees and the white snow piled here and there unevenly. Winter is coming to an end and the sun melts the ice. The paths to the Sardinian donkeys are impossible to walk on with city shoes. If the rolling Hudson Valley is naturally uneven on the outside, the art inside is deliberately uneven: Arte Povera, Italian art from the 1960s onward. A vis...

The last few years have seen the United States deeply re-think public sculptures following Black Lives Matter protests, inspiring similar demonstrations and conversations around the globe. And yet, there’s been no such reckoning here in Italy–particularly surprising in a country where such statues are superabundant. Old nations, Nietzsche said, hav...

“With two million Italian Americans, 30% growth in the number of Italians residing here in the past four years, Italian exports of 3.5 billion euros, and 350,000 Italian visitors in 2022, Florida plays an increasingly important role in our relationship with the United States,” commented the Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Mariangela Zappi...