Events10/04/2022 - 01/05/2022
Venice is a city built on craftsmanship, and its charm also lies in the workshops and small businesses of savoir faire hidden in the city's alleys. With this edition of the Homo Faber Event, visitors can experience the lagoon city in a different way with Homo Faber in the City, an immersion into all of Venice in addition to the main exhibition on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore. Using Wellmade's website and app, you can take a self-guided custom tour based on your personal interests; experience daily life in a workshop, watch artisans demonstrate their skills, try out the crafts of yesteryear, visit an exhibition, and purchase custom-made gifts right before your eyes. Many artisans present on Wellmade, the platform of the beautiful and well-made of Fondazione Cologni, open the doors of their ateliers for the most curious visitors who wish to dive into a world made of dreams, passion and craftsmanship. Discover all the Homo Faber artisans in town: www.homofaber.com/it/incitta
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 […]
