Diplomazia Culturale

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3 March 2017

China – Italian Design Day in Beijing

Promoting Italian design as an integral part of the “Italian Way of Life”. Telling the story and uniqueness of Italian Design to enhance China’s taste for Italian creations, a synthesis between tradition and innovation, research and a special attention for quality. These are the goals of the first Italian Design Day in Beijing, organised by the […]

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3 March 2017

Paris, Vico Magistretti narrated by Boeri and Urquiola

To celebrate the first edition of Italian Design Day, the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris will screen for three days running ‘Dimmi di Vico’ – in which Stefano Boeri and Patricia Urquiola tell the story of the studio-museum that belonged Vico Magistretti. The screening consists of two videos by Patrizia Molteni, exceptionally made available by […]

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Interviews

3 March 2017

Alfano: “Teamwork for the Italy of tomorrow” (Il Sole 24 Ore)

The idea of design, of designing the future comes to us from afar, from the workshops of the Renaissance, in which craftsmanship, the search of innovation and the ties with the local territory merged into every product. That is how big talents were born, the Masters of the time as well as the inventions that […]

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2 March 2017

Turkey – “I am Design”

The Consulate General of Italy in Istanbul, the Italian Cultural Institute and ICE (the Italian Trade Agency) will celebrate, within the framework of the integrated promotion of ‘Made in Italy’ and ‘Living Italian Style’, the first edition of the Italian Design Day. The event will be launched on March 4 in Bursa, an industrial city […]

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2 March 2017

Brazil – Sao Paulo celebrates the international Italian Design Day

Sao Paulo celebrates the international Italian Design Day. For the event, the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) has scheduled for 8 March the screening of two videos on the life and 60 year-long professional experience of Vico Magistretti, one of the leading figures of Italian architecture and design in the 20th century. The event is organised […]

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2 March 2017

Brazil – Sao Paulo celebrates the international Italian Design Day

Sao Paulo celebrates the international Italian Design Day. For the event, the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) has scheduled for 8 March the screening of two videos on the life and 60 year-long professional experience of Vico Magistretti, one of the leading figures of Italian architecture and design in the 20th century. The event is organised […]

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2 March 2017

South Korea – Marva Griffin special guest in Seoul for Italian Design Day

Special guest in Seoul for Italian Design Day is Marva Griffin, the founder in 1998 of SaloneSatellite within the framework of the Salone del Mobile of Milan. SaloneSatellite has now become a point of reference, a place to meet and exchange ideas between entrepreneurs and new talents, thus performing the work of a real talent […]

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2 March 2017

Belarus – Italian Design Day in Minsk with Cristina Morozzi, between innovation and tradition

Sharing ideas, points of excellence, projects, uses and innovation of design, exploring cross-fertilisations in design in a continuing dialogue between innovation and tradition spearheaded by the young generation of artists: these are the ingredients of the First Italian Design Day in the city of Minsk, which is one of the 100 capitals around the world […]

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1 March 2017

Vietnam – Design Day, in Vietnam the exhibition “50+! Il grande gioco dell’industria”

Vietnam’s impressive economic growth and the distinctive traits of a cultural identity that has its cradle and its heart in Hanoi, the city spearheads the fashion and artistic trends and the constant tightening of bilateral relations, are the main assets that have included the Vietnamese capital in the list of 100 cities chosen by Italy […]

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Press Releases

1 March 2017

Farnesina: First Italian Design Day in the World. Alfano: “Design is a distinctive sign of Italian excellence, a bridge between cultures and a great flywheel of our economy”

The “First Italian Design Day in the World” will open tomorrow at 4 p.m. at the Farnesina. The event is organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism and the Triennale di Milano, in partnership with the Salone del Mobile, the Association of Industrial […]

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1 March 2017

Japan – The Ainu Today: the Japanese native people in the photographs by Laura Liverani

The Ainu, the indigenous people from north Japan whose origins are still unclear, are mostly known for their ancient picturesque rituals, ranging from sacrificing bears to the tattooed lips of their women. An exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo entitled “The Ainu Today” explores the community through the photographs of Laura Liverani. The […]

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28 February 2017

Malta – Meeting with Giangi Razeto, “Ambassador of Italian Design”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has launched the idea of celebrating the Italian Design Day across the world, on 2 March of every year, through the network of Embassies, Consulates and Italian Cultural Institutes. To this end, the Foreign Ministry has set up at the Farnesina a Scientific Committee composed by the […]

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