First half of V Century – Bologna Museum – The chlamys pinned over the right shoulder, typical military cloak of classic times, was largely used during the V century especially by dignitaries. The lozenge shaped embroidered panel ( tablion ) is a symbol of eminence. The robe worn underneath is …

The semi rigid felt hat (from the piedmontese and Lombard lobia: name of the covered gallery of modest houses) also owes its success to the deputy Cristiano Lobbia (1826-1878) who was wearing it. Cristiano Lobbia was born in Asiago, was a famous patriot, he joined the 1848 insurrections against the …

Il cappello semirigido di feltro (da piemontese e lombardo lobia. nome del ballatoio coperto delle case modeste), che deve la sua fortuna anche al nome del deputato Cristiano Lobbia (1826-1878) che lo portava. Cristiano Lobbia nacque ad Asiago, fu un celebre patriota, si unì ai moti insurrezionali del 1848 contro …

Naomi Klein’s prophetic bestseller while the world is in flames, from Genoa to New York In summer 2001, the thick volume written by the Canadian journalist Naomi Klein (No logo. Global economy and new contestation) became a bestseller also in Italy. It had been published in the United States the …

At the beginning it was the drawing. And the drawing was close to genius. And the drawing was genius. Apart from metaphors, it has to be said, the fundamentally creative role of the drawing will never be fully acknowledged. In the Anglophobic Koine’ of business and technology the word drawing …