EventsThe LOEWE Craft Prize, an international recognition promoted by the LOEWE Foundation to celebrate excellence in modern artistic craftsmanship, reaches its third edition. "Craft is the essence of LOEWE. That is where our modernity lies," says Creative Director Jonathan Anderson, inspired by the company’s beginnings as a craft cooperative in 1846. The areas of interest are those of the applied arts: from ceramics to bookbinding to metal, from leather to paper, wood and jewelry. The Prize for the winning entry is 50,000 euros. The works of the finalists will be included in the LOEWE Craft Prize 2019 exhibition to be held in Japan in 2019.
On the occasion of the 2024 edition of Salone del Mobile, Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte is pleased to present the eighth edition of “Doppia Firma. A dialogue between design and artisanal excellence” a project developed with Living, the interiors, design and lifestyle magazine of Corriere della Sera, under the patronage of the Michelangelo Foundation […]
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Milan hosted the first Made in Italy Festival: the new Eccellenza Artigiana initiative that connects students with the opportunities offered by the Italian economy of “high quality savoir-faire”. Fondazione Cologni has been an institutional partner of the event and presented to the young audience the project of training internships “Una Scuola, un Lavoro. Percorsi di […]
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Nominations for the Starhotels Award, now in its third edition, closed on Friday, March 22, 2024. The chosen theme, “Souvenir of the Grand Tour”, has aroused great interest in the artisan world: many nominations were received from all over Italy, with very different types and often highly original interpretations. After screening by the prestigious Jury […]
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Composer Gustav Mahler said that tradition “is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” An image that seems to fit Naples perfectly: not only because of its relationship with a tradition so famous that it has become iconic, but also because of the vital substratum that pulses beneath the heart of this […]
