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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 …

Wool, silk and knitwear marvels, ties derive a great deal of their value from their fabrics. The creation of special effects of warp and weft is an all Italian art, an expert combination of technique, experience and aesthetics which only the greatest fresco painters of our tradition would be able …

Almost everything that appears on ties is of a geometric nature and informal. It derives from the decorative sensitivity of the human eye. From the endless tribal geometries to the contemporary abstractionism, the history of the image has seen real decorative masterpieces with which the tie has often adorned its …

  A type of wool sweater that is buttoned down the front, named after J.T. Brudenell, the British count of Cardigan (1797-1868). During the Siege of Sebastopol, Brudenell ordered his undermanned cavalry to confront the Russian infantry. The siege ended in massacre for the British forces (October 25, 1854) and …

Thanks to the eyes of the prodigious Galileo, the European scientific community was able to identify the dark spots on the lunar surface as highlands and craters. Great scientific discoveries are frequently achieved thanks to an uncommon attention to “details”. Style is also defined by the details. For a “focal” …