EventsFrom leather to feathers, from scagliola to bronze, continuing with ceramics, wood, jewelry, marquetry, wrought iron and alabaster. The craftsmanship of the Florentine and Tuscan tradition are the protagonists of Nephilìm, the exhibition inaugurated at the Marino Marini Museum in Florence, where it will run until 30 December 2019. The craftsmen selected by OMA together with Artex, are working with the artist Yuval Avital to create a multitude of sonic masks, a veritable choir created by the mind of the artist and realized by the hands of 24 Tuscan artisans.
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 […]
