Categoria: MEMO | Maddy Bee

In the phase of this new lockdown and the rules introduced, the tourism sector has been further paralyzed by the lack of tourists and not only, and is now looking for new strategies. Among the many, some hotels, villas and agritourisms are inventing themselves as an alternative to smart working, giving the possibility to move your workplace out of your home. Various structures, including luxury ones, provide dedicated spaces at discounted prices. Initiatives already active in Tuscany with the aim of combining the possibility of staying in the midst of nature by doing one’s profession in the best possible way.

Young designers are increasingly the creators of projects that draw on the world of craftsmanship to create contemporary design products with complex and ancient processes. All very young designers such as Pellicano and Giammarioli, founders of Millim Studio who have recently presented the Twins enameled coffee tables, born from the idea of ​​giving “architectural and three-dimensional dignity” to clay. A relaunched historical workmanship is also the Palladian, typical of floors and today a source of inspiration for Marble Patterns, a collection created by a duo of thirty-year-olds based in Treviso who also involved Lebanese peers David / Nicholas in the project.

The Castello di Rivoli, from last month until January 2021, celebrates Giulio Paolini’s eightieth birthday with a personal exhibition homage to the long career that began in 1960. The project reinterprets 60 years of artistic production by choosing the retrospective gaze as a guiding criterion. The heart of the exhibition is the work that gives it the title “Le Chef-d’oeuvre inconnu” (2020) donated on the occasion to the Castello di Rivoli.

Da domani ricomincia un nuovo e strano periodo di lockdown anche per la nostra penisola, e sicuramente come nello scorso, molti si dedicheranno maggiormente ai fornelli. E a proposito di cucina, è stato celebrato da poco il World Pasta Day dove è stato analizzato che il rapporto che lega i cittadini italiani alla pasta è “amore”. In quest’anno difficile una persona su quattro ha aumentato il consumo di pasta pare complice sia l’emergenza coronavirus. All’estero però le cose cambiano ad esempio per i francesi «si conserva facilmente»  mentre per i tedeschi  «è buona e mangiare». La pasta, un alimento sano che rispetta benessere ed equilibri alimentari, ma non abusatene in questo periodo, la bilancia potrebbe lamentarsi.

A collectible stamp celebrates Pininfarina’s ninety years, an emblem of made in Italy design with a history of industry and design based on innovation. The car chosen for the stamp, a model made on a Ferrari mechanical basis, is the Modulo concept car born in 1969 and used as a symbol of made in Italy in the Italian pavilion of the Osaka Expo. A still futuristic car with overlapping body shells and an essential interior with two elongated seats and rotating spherical elements to support the controls.

A wood in the city, with free access, the Milanese Food Forest project, which is being born in the North Park. 2000 plants among fruit trees, vegetable crops and shrubs. An idea that takes shape from the desire to raise people’s awareness of a more sustainable and healthy diet. Plant growth that will take place according to the permaculture method, which is a system that allows you to take advantage of the different heights of crops by optimizing the use of resources and their maintenance. An educational path useful to learn about plant species together with the possibility of exploring their history and uses in the kitchen.

The lockdown has helped to initiate a series of reflections on the management of private and domestic spaces, and in many cases it has led to real revolutions, with retractable furniture, screens and functional furnishings such as the redefinition of the spaces of bench-hangers. In the entrances to welcome, to show and hide what is too private to be exposed to external eyes and in some cases, to leave room for the sanitation procedures that we have had to introduce also in our private life.

Torna anche quest’anno Arts & Fashion con stilisti emergenti e nuovi marchi dal mondo della moda, esclusivamente Made in Italy, fotografati da grandi professionisti in locations prestigiose ed uniche nel territorio lombardo. Affiancate alle creazioni  Made in italy strutture storiche con i loro racconti. Un ulteriore veicolo di promozione per la Lombardia sempre più al top a livello turistico e meta ricca di affascinanti strutture storiche.

Arts & Fashion, come sempre, oltre a modelle e volti del territorio, vede diversi partner ed imprenditori delle diverse province.

Il “First Shooting” si è svolto nella giornata di ieri a porte chiuse  nella prestigiosa cornice di Villa Verga Ciceri a San Fermo della Battaglia, che fu costruita nel 1690 dal vescovo di Como il cardinal Ciceri.  Alla sua morte venne ereditata dalla famiglia Ciceri. Nel 1820 venne ereditata dal barone Marcacci; passò successivamente alla famiglia Morettini e poi per eredità alla nobile famiglia Ponzone. Il nobile professore avv. Angelo Verga e la contessa Adalgisa Arborio Mella di Castell’Alfero la comprarono nel 1949 e vi trasferirono la loro residenza , e 1/3 della villa venne ceduto nel 1965 al nobile ingegnere Gianni Verga e dalla nobile Gianna Ruffoni.  Nel 1984 la villa venne ereditata dal nobile avvocato Pierfranco Verga Ruffoni Arborio Mella di Castell’Alfero,  attuale proprietario dove egli dimora attualmente.

Oltre a scatti nelle meravigliose stanze si è potuto usufruire dei giardini e dei colori autunnali affiancati agli abiti fiabeschi. La Villa accoglie nell’arco dell’anno è richiestissima per diverse realtà artistiche tra cui produzioni televisive e cinematografiche.

Arts & Fashion quest’anno andrà in scena fino alla metà di Novembre per poi realizzare anche il formato cartaceo diversificato per la promozione in ogni territorio. Anche quest’anno in vetrina sempre e solo Made in Italy.

Fashion Week has ended and Arts & Fashion is back again this year. Outfits of emerging stylists and new brands from the world of fashion, exclusively Made in Italy, photographed by great professionals in prestigious and unique locations in the Lombardy region. The shooting will start next week to end in November, and as always will also see faces from the area that will become co-protagonists of the days.

Events related to wine find their spaces in the calendar despite the “virus”, and they do so by focusing on digital. Thus began the Milan Wine Week, which, which began on the weekend will last until 11 October in various locations in the city. A series of events, but also workshops, accessible remotely, designed for buyers stuck in their countries. Next important event in November in Verona, the Wine2Wine Exhibition & Forum, all conceived to react to an extraordinary situation by launching a strong signal on the international market for our Italian product.