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www.well-made.it is the new platform which has been online since October 2016 and allows you to learn about the best Italian artisans, express an opinion on their work and write a review of their product quality and customized services. In a world where everything can be delivered directly to your doorstep (food, clothing, furniture), Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d'Arte and Whomade have felt the need to create a tool that goes against the current trend by encouraging people to visit artistic craft shops and meet face-to-face with master artisans. Four subjects are actively involved in the platform: artisans, users, ambassadors and circuits. The artisans appearing on the website are selected according to standards of excellence in their field and to the quality of products and services offered. Wellmade is also on Facebook and Instagram.
An exhibition celebrating the prestigious milestone reached by the Murano glassworks Nason Moretti, which was started in 1923, is underway at the Murano Glass Museum. Since its inception, the furnace turned special attention to glass for the table, characterized by intense colors. Glassware, which became icons of 20th-century glass art, is presented, such as the […]
18/05/2023 - 06/01/2024
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The Ginori Museum, which as of 2019 is part of the “Fondazione Museo Archivio Richard Ginori della Manifattura di Doccia,” is still closed to the public, but can be seen online, (museoginori.org), because it “already has so many stories to tell,” not only as a place that preserves a vast artistic and archival heritage, but […]
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The rose window, the upper part of the large four-light window in the Chapel of Santa Croce, in the Bolognese basilica was made between 1464 and 1466. The preparatory cartoons were made by the painter Michele di Matteo and the stained-glass window executed by the master glassmaker and German Dominican friar Jacob Griesigner, later to […]
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“La Grande Bellezza – The Dream Factory”, progetto di mecenatismo contemporaneo per l’alto artigianato artistico, promosso da Starhotels in collaborazione con Fondazione Cologni, OMA-Osservatorio dei Mestieri d’Arte e Gruppo Editoriale, dopo il grande successo di pubblico ottenuto al Fuorisalone milanese 2023 sarà in mostra al Giardino Corsini (15/17 settembre, Firenze) con un allestimento inedito: il […]
