Canada – Montreal, Conference “Language and creativity: costumes, fashion and design”
Designer Alessandro Guerriero will talk about Italian as the “language of creativity” in a conference organised by the Italian Cultural Institute at the University of Quebec. He will illustrate how language grows out of the vivacity of the multifarious, of everyday life, when every element grows out of contrasting and reciprocal ties or through transformation. […]
Read moreBelgium – Italian Cultural Institute presents the 2nd issue of the Cartaditalia series
The new “CARTADITALIA” edition maintains its original goal: to propose to the international market instruments to guide users through the broad selection of art and culture that Italy offers today, through real “maps” (as in the title). In this second issue, the magazine focuses its cartography on one of the creative activities that has most […]
Read moreUnited States – Chicago, Dressing the Past: Outfits, Dreams and Memories of a 20th Century Italian Writer
The Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago focused on the original connection between fashion and literature in presenting the book Album di vestiti (“Dress Album”), written by Paola Masino at the end of the ‘50s and remained unpublished until 2015. The editor, Marinella Mascia Galateria, from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, will illustrate the memories […]
Read moreConference on “Italian and Creativity: brands and lifestyles, fashion and design”
The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Zurich will present at the Geneva University a lecture by Prof. Lorenzo Coveri, from the University of Genoa, and Ms Federica Fiori, fashion expert and journalist. They will especially focus on the book entitled “L’Italiano e la creatività: marchi e costumi, moda e design“ (“Italian and Creativity: brands and […]
Read morePostcards from the other Italy – Nicola, big event designer in Rio
The 12th episode of “Postcards from the other Italy”, the web series produced by the news agency ‘9colonne’ with the support of the Directorate General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, comes from Rio de Janeiro. The postcard is sent by Nicola, an architect from the […]
Read moreAzerbaijan – The Italian Festival to promote Made in Italy products
The Italian Embassy in Baku, in partnership with the local office of ICE Agency, the Italy- Azerbaijan Association and local partners, will present the Italian Festival of Fashion and Design as one of the events to celebrate the Week of Italian Language in the World. A fashion and jewellery show, an art exhibition, a display […]
Read morePeru – CREATIVITALIA design show at the Italian Cultural Institute
By its very nature, design is the meeting point between Italy’s world of art and industry, which found in creativity the very peak of their expression, as is proven by the recent exhibition held at the 21st Triennale di Milano, the global icon of design. The Italian Cultural Institute in Lima, in celebrating the 16th […]
Read moreBarcelona: Salvatore Ferragamo, between art and fashion
The Italian language week in Barcelona will begin with a tribute paid by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) to the style of Salvatore Ferragamo, a great craftsman and fashion designer and the favourite of some of the world’s most celebrated movie stars. Stefania Ricci, Director of the Ferragamo Foundation Museum, which promotes Made in Italy […]
Read moreGermany – “After year Zero. Italy’s new Design”. A chat with Chiara Alessi a the IIC
In a completely new setting, Chiara Alessi, journalist and essayist, will illustrate the two key events that marked the current success of Italian design, consolidating it within a long historic tradition: emerging businesses, schools, communication spaces and their connection with the contemporary communication space par excellence, namely the Internet. She will also explore the new […]
Read more‘Italian, living language’, the theme is the focus of the second edition of the Joint Action for the Italian Language
“Italian, living language” is the central theme of the second edition of the Joint Action for the Italian language that will be hosted in the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, on 17 and 18 October with the aim of reflecting on the role of Italian creative businesses and productions around the world. The […]
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