Close your eyes and imagine a red, sport car, running by the curves of a hill. It seems to be taken out of a futuristic painting: it is a convertible car with the driver behind the wheel wearing the typical pilot’s cap, a scarf around his neck and sunglasses to protect him from the wind. [...]

Wherever you look in the mirror see the same formal and boring image reflected? Would you like to renew your wardrobe but you do not have enough money? Stop! Over the time, the fittings and accessories have become an indispensable element in the fashion world. Whether you want to project a modern, casual or glamorous [...]

It’s that time of year again. Milan Fashion Week is just around the corner, and it’s a time when all the beautiful people will descend onto the city. Hotels and apartments in Milan will be full to bursting with models, agents, designers and the fashion elite, and if you want to indulge in some people-spotting [...]

Today I’ll speak about dots. And talking about spots, we should mention the obsession of the Japanese Yayoi Kusama for these spots. She loves the dots, especially the red and white ones, and also the mirrors. Her art is her connection to the infinite. Mistreated by her mother, she suffered from hallucinations since she was a [...]

It is known that to improve our daily lives is very important the environment in which we live in. In this sense, there is no denying that architecture and public spaces should play an important role to create a more sustainable urban environment. This is precisely the issue of the Green Life-Costruire Città sustainability (Building [...]

The tenth edition of the Italian Milan Textile Show is finally here: discover it the 16th, 17th and 18th February. Here they meet the most successful fashion fairs of the Italian and European market over the past 25 years, as Ideabiella (prestigious fabrics for men and women), Ideacomo (collections for women), Moda In (cutting-edge materials [...]

After the crushing phenomenon of James Cameron’s “Avatar”, the most successful box office to the date, the enthusiasm for three-dimensional films is growing and growing everyday as more curious and surprising projects are being announced. Projects such as the one Italian film-maker Tinto Brass, director of erotic films such as “Salon Kitty” (1975) or “Caligula” (1979), [...]

We all seem to have a number that follows us around, don’t we? First, we don’t pay much attention to it then after seeing it everywhere we try to attach some importance to it and find some meaning to it. Why do I often see the same number everywhere I look? Maybe the numerology, (one [...]

It is in Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan where one of the most enigmatic paintings in the history of art is on display: The Last Supper (1495-1498) by Italian Renaissance genius, Leonardo da Vinci. Despite being a biblical theme, it intrigues us more than La Gioconda, as it is a work that inspires fiction, [...]

Social Network services, could you imagine your life without them? Whether it’s Twitter, Facebook, Hi5, MySpace, Hyves or LinkedIn, we are addicted to them. It’s a great way of keeping in touch with family and friends; we post sweet messages on their walls and proudly upload our holiday pictures so others can comment on them. [...]