Polimoda invites you to the installation
“TOTEM: REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF FASHION “
21-24 October, Loggia del Pesce, Florence
The “Creativity Festival” is coming back to Florence with a new formula, Brainstorming, that will involve the entire city.
On nine canvases measuring two metres by four, nine impressive figures represent provocative images of futuristic fashion created by Polimoda’s [...]

The Worldwide history of dress / Patricia Rieff Anawalt. London: Thames & Hudson, c2007. 608 p: ill, fotogr.color.; 29cm – bibl: p. 589-594 – Glossario: p. 595-600. – ISBN 978-0-500-51363-7
Storia Universale del Costume: abiti e accessori dei popoli di tutto il mondo / Patricia Rieff Anawalt. Milano: Mondadori, c2008. – 608p.:ill, fotogr.color:29cm – bibl.:p. 589-594 [...]

BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA VENEZIA
RUSSIAN PAVILLION
“FACTRY RUSSIA” by SPEECH TCHOBAN/KUZNETSOV
The Russian national project, entitled «Factry Russia», is based upon a concept of giving a second life to small towns in the country’s regions by reconstructing and redesigning abandoned factories and industrial buildings into culture sights. Curated by architect Sergei Choban, architecture critic Grigory Revzin, and Deputy Culture [...]

Aki say: Nerd
A recent newspaper article claimed that ‘uncool’ is the new cool. They were referring to the recent success of Glee, the U.S. television series, now in its third season. The show revolves around a U.S. High School Glee Club, which is a singing group that anyone can join. Traditionally considered [...]

LA BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA VENEZIA
LOCATION: ARSENALE: “CLOUDSCAPE”
by Translator & Tetsuo Kondo Architects – The visitors can experience an ephemeral atmosphere on a personal level from below, within and above the “clouds”.
www.labiennale.org/it/architettura
from 29 august till 21 november 2010 – not to miss!!!!

Linda Loppa interview/intervista: Caterina Montagni (Studentessa Polimoda)
1. Dear Caterina, you are from a Nordic country. Can you be more precise about your origins and the inspiration that is present in your work?
My origins and culture to be precise Finland, have always influenced my work as a designer.
I am very attracted by the landscapes of the [...]

CUBE by Michelangelo Pistoletto
Cortile di Palazzo Strozzi – Firenze
1 ottobre 2010-23 gennaio 2011 (1 october 2010-23 january 2011)
Il Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina ha invitato il celebre artista italiano Michelangelo Pistoletto a presentare nel cortile di Palazzo Strozzi la grande installazione Metrocubo d’Infinito in un Cubo Specchiante.
http://www.palazzostrozzi.org/Sezione.jsp?idSezione=432
Metrocubo d’Infinito in un Cubo Specchiante (Square Metre [...]