EventsArchitect, artist, designer, theorist and writer, Alessandro Mendini (Milan 1931) is one of the dominant personalities - in full activity - in the history of the aesthetic project of the twentieth and twenty-first century. The book is the most complete work ever published on Mendini and collects the best of his work, offering a cross-reading of his multifaceted activities. By tapping into the personal store, the book includes over 500 illustrations that tell an artistic career spanning more than 50 years through its main masterpieces from the armchair by Proust to Cavallino by Venini, from corkscrews by Alessi to the series of Face Vase to Bovisa Tech.
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 […]
EVENTS
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 […]
EVENTS
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 […]
EVENTS
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 […]
