January 2014

Romantic and handmade gift ideas It is almost the most romantic day of the year and where else if you do not celebrate in the city of poets and characteristic views? Florence is the perfect setting to host couples from around the world and cuddle them up with Valentine's Day gift ideas based on sweetness and quality craftsmanship. In the maze of narrow streets of Borgo Ognissanti, arm in arm with soul mate, you can fill your eyes with the soft colors

La tradizione del legno e la storia del mobile nel Casentino Se pensiamo che la Toscana è per metà ricoperta da boschi, non sarà difficile intuire il ruolo che ha rivestito questa risorsa “green” sull'intero territorio regionale. Rifugio di animali selvatici, mistici eremiti e avventurosi viaggiatori, il bosco rappresenta da secoli la fonte da cui hanno attinto generazioni di locali per ricavare costruzioni, mobili e utensili di diversa tipologia. Non c'è una provincia che manchi all'appello: ciascuna ha qualcosa da raccontare

Inventing and reinventing itself: when the craft becomes a means to take flight into the world of post-graduate work What is lacking or disappeared can be created or rebuilt. This is the motto of all those young people that after graduation embarked on an unusual journey and not directly connected to the academic path. It is the journey to discover hidden resources that give life to amazing projects thanks to a good dose of imagination, resourcefulness, courage, intelligence. Elisa Di Battista, journalist

1st and 2nd February 2014: on stage the first international convention in Italy on the colorful world of body art The art is born from the limbs: a word game? No, the simple truth: all forms of art arise from body through gestures that punctuate centuries of study, technique and creativity. But for some artists, the body is not just a tool, it is both the item to work on in an artistic way, a blank canvas to fill, and both