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In the bustling heart of New York City’s design district, a new landmark has emerged on the landscape of contemporary design. Kartell, the iconic Italian furniture brand, has opened its flagship store, setting a new benchmark in luxury and innovation in home decor. Since its inception in 1949, Kartell has established itself as a beacon of innovatio...

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The Salone del Mobile.Milano, a global leader in design and furniture exhibitions, is embarking on the second phase of its Road to Salone 2024 with a strategic focus on the United States. Following a successful debut in Miami during the World Art Week, the exhibition is now turning its attention to Dallas and New York City for two pivotal events ai...

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A modernist equine sculpture in New York City has undergone a major restoration. The Nivola Horses, named after their creator, Italian artist Costantino Nivola, is an art installation of 18 concrete modernist horses. The horses were installed in 1964 in the plaza of a public housing project known as the Stephen Wise Towers. Since then, the little h...

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The Italian cultural mindset as an archetype of design thinking. Here is a presentation I gave a few months ago at The College of New Jersey in which I investigate Italy’s art and entrepreneurship as a model of design thinking, and explore the narrative patterns of Italian innovation (vis-à-vis the Anglo-Saxon frameworks). Enjoy! The lecture is ava...

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Paolo Soleri was an Italian architect and designer and a piece of his work lives in Midtown. But talks of moving has concerned some neighbors. Soleri created a chapel within the University of Arizona Cancer Center in honor of his wife who passed away of the disease. It was completed in 1986 and was used as a public chapel. The chapel consists of 10...

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Molto bene! Italian cars won the two Best of Show awards at the Arizona Concours in Scottsdale last weekend, as the big Arizona auction week got underway. The Arizona Concours serves as the launching pad for a week’s worth of classic car auctions in normally sunny Arizona every year, and only a little rain dampened this year’s event. An immaculate...

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Urban Design, that is, the activity of designing urban structures and settlements, is an extraordinarily topical and relevant issue. The scope of the topic appears to be intuitively evident: suffice it to say that, according to the most accredited international studies, by 2050 about 70 % of the world's population will live in cities. The quality o...

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Architect, designer, photographer, writer, sportsman, skier, aerobatic pilot; Carlo Mollino escapes easy definitions. “A dry and petite stature, a hollowed-out face and above all a snappy style, taken from the world of the circus, à la Cocteau, a bit like Charlot” is how Mollino’s assistant at the Politecnico di Torino during the 1960s described hi...

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Keeping in mind the tradition, history, and sheer badassery of Italian manufacturers, it’s hard to name just 10 Italian motorcycles that are every collector’s dream. Some folks pine for bikes with a storied past, and some want esthetics and speed. When you ride these bikes, you have a handle on history and the best of modern engineering.  The Itali...

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Italian fashion house Prada (1913.F) has paid $425 million to buy the building on Fifth Avenue in New York which currently hosts its store, the company said on Wednesday. Prada, which has been leasing its five-storey store at 724 Fifth Avenue since 1997, said it had paid the price in cash using internal resources. "The board believes that the prope...

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