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What began as a joint venture between Confindustria Ceramica and the Italian Trade Agency in 1994 to celebrate the work of North American architects and designers using Italian ceramic tile has evolved into a 30-year survey of the built environment and the creative ways in which tile can be used to achieve a designers’ vision. As the longest-runnin...

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What does beautiful Millennium Park in Abuja, Nigeria have to do with Italy? The Internet can be a mind-numbing rabbit hole but sometimes it yields some genuine nuggets.  It started with an old YouTube clip I saw of the Black conservative Thomas Sowell (still alive at age 90, btw). He mentioned that the Igbo tribe in Nigeria was one of the first to...

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La dolce vita, bella figura, dolce far niente… There are so many idiomatic expressions that many of us know and use, even if we don’t speak Italian. True to our magazine’s name, so many of us “live in Italy”, literally and figuratively. Many of our fashion and design choices are influenced by Italian icons and movements. It seems like everything It...

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“Traditional” doesn’t have to mean “tired.” For business and life partners Susan Spiranovich and Adam Holtzinger of Brooklyn-based Keep, their minimalist aesthetic is informed by eighteenth-century Italian glass heritage. The two met when they were students at the Cleveland Institute of Art—Spiranovich was studying graphic design and Holtzinger tra...

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Everyone knows about the importance of seating at fashion shows and what the coveted front row represents. But not much care has been put into the actual seats. More often than not, the assorted celebrities, editors, and influencers-of-the-month are crammed onto a bench or industrial bleacher. But in September if this year, 83-year-old design maest...

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The third edition of The Best of Italian Design / Food Design Night, on November 11th has been another outstanding event that had a great turnout despite the menace of storm Nicole in South Florida. We had hundreds of guests visiting different showrooms within the Miami Design District and Edgewater area. The first part of the event was a wonderfu...

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A new Kartell Flagship store in Miami will open its doors on November 30th. Located at 490 Biltmore Way, the flagship lives amongst the picturesque, Mediterranean-style streets, situated just a few blocks from Miracle Mile – one of the city’s main shopping areas. Starting at 4:30 pm KTalk, Dan Rubinstein in Conversation with Roberto Palomba. At 6 p...

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Lambretta celebrates its 75th anniversary at Eicma 2022. It presents itself in all its originality, competitive on the international market with a complete and modern range of high quality products, available in different displacements and fashionable colors. Eicma’s premiere is the launch of the new X125. This model joins the existing range, which...

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If you’ve ever been camping, you definitely own one: the ubiquitous foldable chair. You may have one with a full back, or perhaps a simpler, more portable version, the one with legs shaped like an “X” and a seat made with a square of sturdy fabric. In Italy, we often bring them to the beach, too. So, we are all familiar with them, but did you know...

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Big Benches were born in 2010. The architect Chris Bangle built his first creation at Clavesana, the place where he lived for some time, near Cuneo. To him, that was a new point of view from where to contemplate natural surroundings, taking anything for granted. The project was intented as a non-profit one and public financing is not allowed. The f...

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