the on-line source of italian design
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As the on-line reference point for the design world (companies, designers, students and design lovers),
design-italia is a company founded in 2000 with a competent and passionate editorial team of over 15 employees and a large number of contributors:
together, they arrange contents and initiatives with the aim of promoting Italian design around the world.
After 5 years, design-italia has been updated with a fresh graphic look and mainly a multi-channel project with a new range of innovative on-line
and off-line activities.
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Valerio Castelli, CEO
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"The portal of Italian design has been updated and its goal is still to promote Italian design
around the world. Established as the only on-line source of news and analysis on the sector, design-italia has confirmed its role
of reference point for the entire cultural, industrial and commercial community of Italian design around the world.
The company can count on a team of contributors and consultants that constantly develop design-italia.it, a website that can offer
the multimedia solutions of the web as well as a solid network of contacts in the design and communications fields. The editorial
team produces high quality contents and authoritative information.
Over the year, design-italia broad range of products has increased. The current new graphic layout has marked the starting point of
a further evolution of the website from virtual to real, as well represented by Design Library."
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Maurizio Ribotti, Managing Director
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design-italia new marketing and communication plan starts with the update of the entire
coordinated image and the graphic restyling of the website.
As Internet and the multimedia publishing sector are currently experiencing a more conscious and strategic phase, the new
partnerships with ADI- Association for Industrial Design, Milan Triennale, Artbook Milano, Zona Tortona and Material ConneXion
Milano confirm the success of the first initiatives that followed the evolution of design-italia.
Looking at the future, design-italia is becoming a multi-channel reality that keeps offering a broad and comprehensive study of
design, establishing a series of international partnerships and acquiring more and more visibility."
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DESIGN-ITALIA PARTY - 1st February 2006
DESIGN-ITALIA - 5 years, 5 cakes, 5 designers
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design-italia celebrated its first 5 years with an event presenting the significant
moments of its journey towards the future through an installation by Diego Grandi at the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro.
"An itinerary divided into five episodes to celebrate the goals and the facts of design-italia": the presentation of the new
www.design-italia.it website, the institutional partners, the online museum, a "waterfall" of Italian design and the preview of
Design Library.
The landscape is enhanced by projected images and sonic suggestions that beat the rhythm of the event and are the setting of the 5
cakes specifically designed for the event by 5 designers: Michele De Lucchi, James Irvine, Piero Lissoni, Alberto Meda and
Alessandro Mendini.
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DESIGN LIBRARY - The first library dedicated
to design, via Savona 11, Milan.
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Books, magazines, annuals, international publications, catalogues, market researches, videos, as
well as all useful information about the design system are offered for consultation. Thanks to significant collaborations
with publishers and corporations, Design Library is the right place for research, analysis and documentation on design,
enterprise and communications.
Design Library is a meeting point and a location for design events, exhibitions, cultural exchanges, presentations of design
products and publications.
Design Library is designed by James Irvine and Maddalena Casadei - a design-italia initiative in collaboration with
Electrolux.
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