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Contributors
ARTISANS OF THE WORD ALBERTO BASSI
GIOVANNA MARCHELLO
Critic and historian of industrial desing and professor at Venice’s IUAV university. He has written numerous books and essays, and has worked with specialised magazines such as “Casabella”, “Auto & Design”, the “Sunday magazine” for “Il Sole 24 Ore” and “Il fatto”.
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.
AKEMI OKUMURA ROY
STEFANIA MONTANI
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.
A journalist, she has published two guides to Milan’s and Turin’s artisan workshops. She was awarded the Gabriele Lanfredini prize by Milan’s Chamber of Commerce for her contribution to raising awareness on culture and craftsmanship.
GUY SALTER
PAOLO DALLA SEGA
Luxury expert Guy Salter has held senior management roles in organisations including the Prince of Wales’ office, Laurent-Perrier, the Asprey & Garrard Group and Nyetimber. He chairs Walpole British Luxury’s thought leadership work, and founded Walpole Crafted, a mentorship programme for craftmakers.
Born in Trentino, he lives and works in Milan. He is the curator of many social and cultural events. He established the post-graduate course in Planning of cultural events at Università Cattolica, where he lectures on Urban valorisation.
ALESSANDRA MELDOLESI
SIMONA CESANA
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.
A graduate in design from Milan Polytechnic, she has always been interested in the applied arts and artistic design. She set up an association in Monza with a group of artists and professionals; the association organises cultural events and educational activities on the subjects of literature, music and theatre.
VALENTINA CERIANI
GERARD DESQUAND
At a very young age she started to breathe the air of the newspaper trade. She hit the world of women’s magazines and went on to work with tourism publications, before ending up with a definitive role in the men’s magazine, Monsieur.
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.
Editor at Large: Gianluca Tenti Art Director: Francesca Tedoldi Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte Director Alberto Cavalli Editorial Director: Alessandra de Nitto General Organisation: Susanna Ardigò
ARTS & CRAFTS & DESIGN Half-yearly – Year II – Volume 3 December 2013 Editor in Chief and Publisher: Franz Botré Editorial Director: Franco Cologni Creative Director: Ugo La Pietra
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Contributors to this issue: Texts: Alberto Bassi, Augusto Bassi, Andrea Bertuzzi, Federica Cavriana, Valentina Ceriani, Simona Cesana, Paolo Dalla Sega, Gérard Desquand, Vassili Dragomirov, Alessandra Meldolesi, Giovanna Marchello, Stefania Montani, Akemi Okumura Roy, Guy Salter, Francesca Sammartino.
Translations: Traduko Revision and text adaptation: Giovanna Marchello Images: Enrico Cano, Lorenzo Cotrozzi, Achim Hatzius, Alexis Lecomte, Kiminasa Naito, Bob Noto, Marco Pagani, Emanuele Zamponi.
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