Rosabianco has a roadmap to success
By Holly Dutton First-generation Italian-American sales agent Santo Rosabianco is quickly rising in the real estate ranks in New York City — and drawing on his Italian roots to help him get there. Rosabianco was born and raised in the south Brooklyn neighborhood of Bensonhurst, after his parents immigrated to New York City from a...
Première Vision: Tessuti ed accessori in mostra a New York
Inizierà il prossimo 13 gennaio a New York, nella nuova sede Pier 92, l'edizione 2015 di "Première Vision", la più importante manifestazione in calendario negli Stati Uniti dedicata a tessuti ed accessori per l'industria dell'abbigliamento di alto livello. "Première Vision New York" è una fiera di piccole dimensioni, ma di elevato contenut...
Italian star tapped for first New York residential project
Developer Soho Properties has tapped Italian architect and designer Piero Lissoni to design the apartments and amenities at its new 45 Park Place. The luxury condominium development marks Lissoni’s first residential condominium project in New York. “While planning 45 Park Place it became increasingly important to not only conceive of a tow...
Gaetano Pesce unveils a new line of jewelry
by Tim McKeough Gaetano Pesce is no stranger to working with flexible resin. The Italian-born, New York–based architect, who has been producing provocative furniture and buildings for nearly half a century, has molded the material into vases that appear to be melting, off-kilter tabletop pieces, and asymmetrical chairs and tables with a so...
Datebook: Francesca Pasquali at Leila Heller Gallery, New York
Leila Heller Gallery in New York is hosting a solo exhibition displaying works of Italian artist Francesca Pasquali titled "Plastic Resonance" through October 22, 2016. The exhibition is the first US solo exhibition of Pasquali. The artist creates site-specific installations, wall reliefs and folded sculptures that bring to life organic fo...
Zady Partners With Vespa on 'Operation Santa'
Zady, the shopping platform and lifestyle destination for conscious consumers has partnered with Vespa to launch "Operation: Santa" in New York. This holiday season union will offer Zady customers the opportunity to purchase last-minute gifts for Christmas — even on Christmas Eve — with deliveries from couriers dressed as Santa Claus ridin...
Lanza to MTA: Correctly spell Verrazzano on future signs
By Rachel Shapiro Spelling counts. For 52 years, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has been misspelled and there's no reason why that should continue in perpetuity. So argues Staten Island state Sen. Andrew Lanza and his colleague on the other side of the bridge, Sen. Marty Golden. The two Republicans understand the immense cost of replac...
Italy to Promote Southern Houses
As part of a comprehensive effort by Italy's Ministry for Economic Development (MSE) and the Italian Trade Commission (ITA) to give more international exposure to small- and medium-sized companies in the country's south, ITA's publishing taskforce is organizing Voices from the South, an initiative aimed at bringing more attention to the region's pu...
L'italiano che a New York trova casa agli europei
La sua vita sembra il copione di Sliding Doors. Una di quelle vite che ha preso una direzione per una decisione ripensata all'ultimo momento. Decisione rivelatasi, poi, determinante e vincente per il suo futuro. Dietro però c'è il fato, il destino. Quello che i greci chiamavano "tuke" a cui nessuno può sottrarsi, nel bene e nel male. Come non si è...
Brunello Cucinelli: Feeling Bullish About U.S. Business
Brunello Cucinelli's love affair with America is in full swing. He was the guest of honor Wednesday night at a cocktail party and dinner thrown by the Hirshleifer family at their newBrunello Cucinelli boutique at the Americana Manhasset. Before the party, WWD sat down with Cucinelli, and through an interpreter, spoke about his whirlwind five-d...
Italiani all’estero e made in Italy, la Tassoni va in America
È curioso. C'è una webpage che si chiama Chow, dove quasi quattro anni fa, da Washington DC, un anonimo surfer chiedeva aiuto. "Quando sono stato in Italia - scriveva - mi sono innamorato di una bevanda che pare si trovi solo in alcune zone e non dappertutto. Io l'ho scoperta a Roma, ma per esempio a Firenze non l'ho trovata...". Poi ci metteva anc...
Asta Sotheby’s per Telescopio Astrografo RILA 400
Due fra i più importanti pionieri del design a livello mondiale, il guru del design della Apple Sir Jonathan Ive (KBE) e il designer industriale Marc Newson (CBE), hanno collaborato con il musicista e filantropo Bono per organizzare un'Asta (RED) che celebra l'eccellenza nel design e nell'innovazione. Jony e Marc hanno speso l'ultimo anno e mezzo c...