Events24/05/2022 - 04/09/2022
The exhibition Dear Joe Colombo, you taught us about the future under way in Milan at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna Gam, illustrates the creative journey of the designer (1930-1971) through objects, which even today, so many years later, are surprising for their modernity, inventiveness but also for their respect for the skill of artisans able to mold materials, traditional or obsolete, into innovative forms. These include the Elda armchair (1963), in fiberglass, the Acrilica lamp and the Smoke tumbler, with its solid line, asymmetrical and essential base, conceived in 1964 in agreement with the master glassmakers of Cristalleria Arnolfo di Cambio in Colle Val d'Elsa (Siena), and still in production. The functional structure of that glass is in tune with hand agility and ergonomic principles, as the thumb supports the receptacle while leaving the other fingers free for the cigarette, in a pair of convivial customs that was proper to the 1960s and that, today, is adapted to support other iconic instruments or facilitate quick finger foods. GAM Gallery of Modern Art Via Paletro, 16, Milan c.gam@comune.milano.it
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 […]
