As the co-owner with my wife Alison of Skipjack Nautical Wares & Marine Art Gallery , we are accustomed to working directly with customers & interior designers who are in the process of decorating their coastal/ beach home, and supplying them with the appropriate marine art , nautical furniture , furnishings lamps & lighting , and decorative accessories suitable for a well designed nautical interior and exterior too! A unique design feature will be evident in the J&V Italian Design collection JV5x10, which will consist of 10 graphic designs created by 5 Italian designers (Paola Navone, Italo Lupi, Giulio Iacchetti, Diego Grandi e Matteo Ragni) selected to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Company.
By opening the exhibition with a weaving installation, the curators have created a visual representation of the complex position women have occupied in Italian design—the tension between craft and design, the individual and collaborative creation. We are about to release our first collection of leather wallets for DuduBags , an Italian company specializing in the production of leather accessories. Italian furniture designer, Kristalia , took their customers on a journey Back to the Future” in their recent newsletter. The group is known for incorporating plastic laminate and was characterized by ephemeral design featuring colorful decoration and asymmetrical shapes. One challenge that most of us have is the ability to relate our desires to a designer for them to work with to create that perfect space for you. Women in Italian Design was on view at the Triennale Design Museum The exhibition catalog is available through the Triennale Book Shop.
The activities and products of every participating business establishment will be described on the dedicated website and on all project related promotional materials (such as brochures, posters, flyers, etc.) as well as advertised by our local media partners and through both, Italian Consulate’s and Italian Chamber’s websites and social media outlets.
The Museum of London is one, with a spectacular design for the museum’s new location that features a monumental domed atrium, spiral escalators, and a sunken garden. She is the editor of Writing Design: Words and Objects (Bloomsbury Academic, 2011) and Iconic Designs: 50 Stories about 50 Things (Bloomsbury Academic, 2014), and co-editor of The Design History Reader (Bloomsbury Academic, 2010). In an effort to celebrate the role of Italian influence on design, Italy and the U.S. have teamed up to create Anno Della Cultura Italiana, or The Year of Italian Culture. It is a city car which was produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat between 1957 and 1975.
Cult products of the ‘Made in Italy’ tradition are analysed in order to fully understand ‘aesthetic sensibility’ – one of the main features of the world-renowned Italian style, and showcased at the most important annual event in the international furniture design calendar, the Salone del Mobile Exhibition in Milano, Italy.