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ARTISANS OF THE WORD ALI FILIPPINI
He graduated in design from Venice’s IUAV University with a thesis on the history of exhibiting from the perspective of goods and culture. He cooperates with trade magazines, combining journalism and publishing with his work as lecturer and curator.
After managing communication for major luxury brands, she left Tokyo and her native Japan to follow her husband, an English photographer, to London, where she is a correspondent for many Japanese media.
GIOVANNA MARCHELLO
EUGENIO MONTI COLLA
Grown up in an international environment, spacing from Japan to Finland and Italy, she is a lover of English literature. She lives in Milan, where she has worked in the fashion business for 20 years, specialising in licensing.
He directs one of the oldest marionette troupes, for which he has written 34 works. A graduate in Theatre History, lecturer and scriptwriter, he is the founder and Chairman of the Grupporiani Association. He tours the world with Colla puppet theatre, wich he oversees and orchestrates.
CESARE DE MICHELIS
ALESSANDRA MELDOLESI
Chairman of Marsilio Editori, he has taught modern and contemporary Italian literature at Padova University. Since 1972 he runs the magazine Studi Novecenteschi and is co-director of Lettere italiane. He published numerous works on history and literary critique, and cooperates with many magazines.
After the university, she experienced the coup de feu and the coup de foudre for high cuisine behind Paris forneaux. She is now a passionate food writer mingling knowledge and flavours, a journalist and specialised translator, with a true knack for avantgarde cuisine.
GUNNAR ALMEVIK
GERARD DESQUAND
He runs the Craft Laboratory of Göteborg University, where he supervises restoration projects and research conducted in Sweden’s most culturally important sites. He is responsible for advanced training in the construction and landscape professions in the University’s Conservation Department.
Chairman of the Institut National des Métiers d’Art, Gérard Desquand was nominated Maître d’Art in 2006. He is an engraver who specialises in heraldic art, a rare and refined profession handed down through family tradition, which he teaches at École Estienne. In 1979 he was nominated Meilleur Ouvrier de France.
CAROLINE ROBERTS
FLAMINIO GUALDONI
She lives in Hong Kong and has extensive experience in the world of luxury, having worked in the Asia-Pacific region for brands such as Louis Vuitton, Giorgio Armani and Dolce & Gabbana. She runs a successful marketing and communication consultancy business and coordinates numerous publishing projects.
ARTS & CRAFTS & DESIGN Half-yearly – Year III – Volume 4 April 2014 Editor in Chief and Publisher: Franz Botré Editor at Large: Franco Cologni Creative Director: Ugo La Pietra Editorial Director: Gianluca Tenti Art Director: Francesca Tedoldi
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Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte Director: Alberto Cavalli Editorial Director: Alessandra de Nitto General Organisation: Susanna Ardigò Contributors to this issue: Texts: Gunnar Almevik, Augusto Bassi, Andrea Bertuzzi, Alessandro Botré, Federica Cavriana, Valentina Ceriani, D&L Servizi editoriali, Cesare De Michelis, Gérard Desquand, Ali Filippini, Flaminio Gualdoni, Giovanna Marchello, Alessandra Meldolesi, Stefania Montani, Eugenio Monti Colla, Akemi Okumura Roy, Caroline Roberts, Francesca Sammartino.
Professor of History of Art and History of Design at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, he has directed the Galleria Civica of Modena, the Musei Civici of Varese, and the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro in Milan. He is editor-in-chief of the magazine La ceramica in Italia e nel mondo and writes a column for Il giornale dell’arte.
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