Italy’s Bonfiglioli to Expand in Kentucky
Bonfiglioli, USA, announced earlier this week that it will expanding its Hebron, KY operations in Q4 2014. The company, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bonfiglioli Riduttori S.p.A. based in Bologna, Italy, manufactures power transmission for mobile and self-propelled machines. The expansion will include the progressive addition of n...
Billy Joel Sells Miami Mansion To Italian Billionaire Diego Della Valle
The 'Piano Man' is 'Movin Out!' Singer Billy Joel has sold his nearly 9,000 square foot Mediterranean Revival style mansion on Miami Beach's swanky La Gorce Island for just under $14,000,000. Property records show the buyer is the deep-pocketed Italian billionaire shoe and handbag mogul Diego Della Valle, who founded and still owns a controlling in...
Helmut Lang, Theory and Natuzzi Italia headed for Miami’s Design District
Two more tony fashion brands are coming to Miami's Design District — the first Helmut Lang store in South Florida and a Theory store — as well as Italian furnishings retailer Natuzzi Italia. Metro 1 said Wednesday that it has brokered two retail lease agreements for the stores, totaling more than 10,000 square feet. Read more &nb...
Vhernier opens second U.S. location in Design District
Vhernier, the Italian jewelry brand, has chosen Miami's Design District to open its second location in the United States. The new store, at 140 Northeast 39th Street, in the Palm Court Plaza, opens Tuesday. Vhernier is leasing its 600-square-foot space from Craig Robin's Dacra, the development firm that is spearheading the transformation o...
Miami: innovazione e tecnologia per far crescere il Made in Lazio in America
"La Florida può rappresentare un'incredibile volano di crescita per la comunità scientifica italiana e per le PMI del Lazio ad alto tasso di innovazione. Consolidare la nostra presenza in questo territorio, significa presidiare in modo stabile la porta d'ingresso per i mercati del Centro Sud America, incrementando così la competitività dell'intero...
Renzo Piano tra terra, cielo e mare
Espressione di un'ideale tensione tra terra e cielo, l'Eighty Seven Park è il primo edificio residenziale ideato da Renzo Piano negli Stati Uniti, collocato al limite di Miami Beach, a nord del parcoNorth Shore Open Space su Collins Avenue. Contraddistinto da un design fluido che unisce in modo equilibrato architettura, design e paesa...
Ciao, Bella!
By Alison A. Nieder Those with a love of Italian fashion and warm winters should head to Florida in February for the opening of the "Bellissima: Italy and High Fashion 1945 – 1968" exhibition at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. The exhibition will examine the post-war period that led to Italy's "Alta Moda" (high fashion), which inc...
Art Takes Different Shapes At Art Basel
Whether you look up or look down, art is all around. Not only in the fairs and museums. It's everywhere. Some free to see while others not so much. At the Casina showroom In the Miami Design District, it's pricey art you can sit on. Limited edition CP chaise lounges are a collaboration between Casina, the Italian furniture line and the unmista...
Used Sanlorenzo SL104 to launch at Miami Boat Show 2014
A beautiful, used Sanlorenzo SL104 will be on display for the first time at the upcoming Miami Boat Show (February 13th - 17th 2014). This 104ft (31.7m) superyacht is hull number SL104-592, and has been specifically built for the most discerning yacht owners seeking the most haute craftsmanship and Made-in-Italy motor yacht that is availab...
Bentley Elements to Debut at Design Miami
by Michelle Tay Bentley is lighting up its debut at Design Miami 2014 with some neon tubing in an installation by Italian conceptual artist Massimo Uberti. Inspired by Bentley's vehicle audit bays (those neon-lit inspection areas where all cars are carefully inspected prior to delivery), the Brescia-born and Milan-based Uberti, wh...
Snaidero Usa chosen as sole kitchen cabinetry provider for Sunny Isles' Ultra-Lu
Snaidero USA, the leader in North American imports of European kitchen cabinets, has been chosen as the exclusive kitchen cabinetry provider for the Château Beach project in Sunny Isles Beach. The 33-story, 81-unit beachfront residences are a product of Argentine's leading developer Château Group. Château Beach is the most recent luxurious property...
Italian designer Emilio Pucci's work returns to Athens with Georgia Museum of Art exhibit
Little-known fact: Italian aristocrat and fashion designer Emilio Pucci, famous for his kaleidoscopic patterns, studied agriculture at the University of Georgia in 1935. This month, a costume exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art, Emilio Pucci in America, brings his work back to Athens. According to curator Mary Koon, Pucci long maintain...