As part of the La Grande Bellezza Project, Starhotels announces a biennial award with the aim of enhancing the extraordinary know how of Italian master craftsmen. Italian craftsmen regularly working in the area can present their candidacy, proposing works on the theme "A source of light". The Prize is intended to recognize the talent, competence, design skills and initiative of Italian artisans. A special Jury of experts chaired by Starhotels will conduct the evaluation and selection activities, identifying the 10 finalist works and deciding the winner. The works that enhance the great theme of Italian beauty and highlight the happy association between manual skills and creativity will be evaluated with particular favor, also with a contemporary rethinking of obsolete and complex traditional techniques. Deadline for registration: 25 May 2020. Download here the Competition Regulations Download the registration form here After completing it, send it via Wetransfer to concorsolagrandebellezza@starhotels.it together with the required documents as per the Rules.
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 […]