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Alessandra Bruno, pittrice acquerellista e artista poliedrica, abita e lavora in Porta Venezia, nella zona Liberty di Milano. Quello di Alessandra Bruno è un cammino empatico fra arte e vita sul filo della trasparenza luminosa. Lungo questo equilibrismo appare un misterioso "Paesaggio sonoro", dove lo studio naturalistico di una partitura musicale restituisce emozioni di suono e colore. Luce, quindi, che oscilla fra le note, soffia nel vetro, annega nel mare, rinasce in un seme. La nota acquerellista, diplomata in Inghilterra all'Accademia di Belle Arti, dal 2003 collabora regolarmente con l'Istituto Europeo di Design di Milano come docente di colore per i corsi Modalab. Oltre ad aver esposto in Italia e in Francia, collabora a progetti di insegnamento pittorico e recupero interiore in italiano, inglese francese. Inoltre, realizza acquerelli su commissione per privati e enti pubblici. La sua attività, intrapresa e vissuta con la naturalezza e la serenità di chi sa che è quello che deve fare, è anche filosofia di vita. L’acquerello è appunto una tecnica che si offre sia ad una visione tradizionale, sia ad un utilizzo informale e modernissimo. Dunque strumento perfetto per la ricerca di Alessandra sulla luce che diventa materia. Per lo zen delle cose. Per la bellezza della bellezza. Alessandra Bruno, watercolor painter and multifaceted artist, lives and works in Porta Venezia, the Liberty area of Milan. Alessandra Bruno's is an empathic journey between art and life on the thread of luminous transparency. Along this balancing act a mysterious "Soundscape" appears, where the naturalistic study of a musical score returns emotions of sound and color. Light, therefore, which oscillates between the notes, blows into the glass, drowns in the sea, is reborn in a seed. The well-known watercolorist, graduated in England from the Academy of Fine Arts, has been collaborating regularly with the European Institute of Design in Milan since 2003 as a teacher of color for Modalab courses. In addition to having exhibited in Italy and France, she collaborates in painting teaching and interior recovery projects in Italian, English and French. In addition, she creates watercolors on commission for private and public bodies. Her activity, undertaken and lived with the naturalness and serenity of one who knows that is what he has to do, is also a philosophy of life. Watercolor is precisely a technique that offers itself both to a traditional vision and to an informal and very modern use. Therefore the perfect tool for Alessandra's research on light that becomes matter. For the zen of things. For the beauty of beauty.
Il Palazzo Ducale Sangiovanni è un edificio storico, ubicato nell'antica città di Alessano in provincia di Lecce. Viene erroneamente indicato come “Palazzo Gonzaga”, ma la sua costruzione risale alla fine del Quattrocento, al tempo in cui Alessano era sotto la signoria dei Del Balzo. Il Palazzo, dopo i Del Balzo, ha ospitato i De Capua, i Gonzaga, i Brayda, i Guarini, gli Ayerbo d’Aragona. Ultimo proprietario è stato Antonio Zunica, al quale era stato portato in dote dalla moglie Luisa Riario-Sforza, nipote ex-uxore di Giuseppe Maria Ayerbo d’Aragona, ultimo feudatario di Alessano, morto di colera a Napoli nel 1837. Ai primi anni del 900, il Palazzo fù comprato da Carlo Sangiovanni, Enrico Sangiovanni ne è oggi il proprietario. Oggi il palazzo e' in perfette condizioni, molto ben tenuto dai proprietari, con un bellissimo giardino. Comod come logistica in centro al paese ma nel silenzio del suo giardino protetto dalle mura, si presta alla perfetta organizzazione di ogni evento speciale e ad una ospitalità lussuosa e rilassante.
Luigi de Vecchi is currently the Chairman of Continental Europe for Corporate and Investment Banking in Citi. He has been a Managing Director of Credit Suisse since 2004. Prior to joining Citi, he was Co- Head of Global Investment Banking at Credit Suisse and a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and Kleinwort Benson. Professor of Finance and member of the Advisory Board of the LUISS University in Rome and Board Member of Calarts in LA. He is also a member of the Board of Director of Save the Children Italy. Luigi is a mentor and gives his wide experience also in helping Associations that have a social impact. He is the father of three and a enjoys nature, friends company and sailing.
The Piera, Pietro and Giovanni Ferrero Foundation was set up in 1983 as the “Ferrero Social Initiative”; since 1991, it has been recognised by the Ministry of the Interior as a Foundation and falls into the category of socially useful non-profit organisations (ONLUS). Presided over by Maria Franca Ferrero, the Foundation embodies the idea of Pietro's son Cavaliere del Lavoro Michele Ferrero who, in 1946, worked together with his brother Giovanni to found the confectionery company that has become a multinational corporation. The “family” style of the Ferrero company is still a fundamental characteristic easily seen in its production operations. This approach includes a sense of social responsibility at both a global level and in individual employment relations, despite the considerable size that the company has reached. From the very beginning, this sense of "family" has been a widespread sentiment amongst the workers who, with their dedication and in a climate of mutual trust, have contributed to the success of the Ferrero brand. In over sixty years, several generations of people have worked for Ferrero, which can boast experience of long-term employment like few other companies. Alongside Michele Ferrero were people who contributed towards the growth of the company, generously giving material and intellectual resources and demonstrating a support and a team spirit that went well beyond formal working relationships. Michele was keen to ensure these people that when they reached pension age, they would have the opportunity to remain active, valuable and astute regarding their own lives and those of others, in an environmental and emotional framework of security and solidarity. In 1972, the Ferrero family handed out the first company long-service awards to all employees who had worked for the company for 25 consecutive years - the first 25 years of the Ferrero story. They were the first “Ferrero Seniors”, a community of individuals who now find their most useful, gratifying and fulfilling purpose in the Piera, Pietro and Giovanni Ferrero Foundation. The idea of the Foundation and the sense of its work can be found in its motto, Work Create Donate, which is also featured on the Foundation's logo. The three verbs identify three facets of individuals who are fully integrated in social life: people who work with dignity, talent and responsibility to build new situations, not as ends in themselves, but aiming to increase the overall well-being of the community. This responsible participation in communal life can be achieved through willingly and freely gifting skills, experience, time and projects. The Foundation itself is a gift through which the Ferrero Family has given shape to the respect and gratitude it holds for those who have contributed to the growth of the company and shared its values. The Foundation does not validate the past alone:it is also a moral investment in the future of individuals, based on the conviction that they need to remain active and creative in unprecedented and gratifying ways, even at an advanced age. It belies an image of withdrawal and marginalisation associated with old age that still prevails in industrialised societies today. The gift of the Foundation extends outside the Ferrero Seniors Community through its cultural efforts that run parallel and complementary to its social project.
We have to return to the ‘40s to discover the roots of this success. These were the years when Piera and Pietro, Michele’s parents, transformed a pastry shop into a factory. The Ferrero’ Family was the first Italian manufacturer after World War II to open production sites and offices abroad in the confectionary sector, turning the Company into a truly international Group. These first and decisive steps forward were thanks to the products “invented” by Pietro Ferrero and his son Michele, who was then very young. The product was Nutella made of chocolate and hazelnuts, invented because of the lack of chocolate during the war. Another key to success was the effective sales network organized by Giovanni, Pietro’s brother, who died in 1949. Following the success of the company in Italy, Michele Ferrero decided to start producing also abroad. In 1956 a large plant in Germany was inaugurated and a short time later a plant in France. It was the prelude to a rapid expansion of Ferrero in Europe, with the establishment of commercial offices and production centers all over the world.
Il castello di Salabue sorge nell'omonimo abitato, attualmente frazione del comune di Ponzano Monferrato. Nato come installazione militare e dimora dei feudatari di Salabue, è stato trasformato nel Seicento in dimora nobiliare ed è divenuto residenza di importanti famiglie ed illustri personaggi della storia e della cultura monferratese. Feudo dei marchesi di Monferrato passò in seguito ai Natta di Casale, poi ai Cozzi e ai Bezzi. Poco resta dell'originario castello di Salabue che è stato trasformato, tra la fine dell'Ottocento e l'inizio del Novecento, in residenza signorile di campagna. Il castello è arroccato in cima a una collina e incorniciato da boschi e vigneti e dalle vallate circostanti, è ora proprietà dei conti Davico di Quittengo. I dintorni sono mete interessanti per gite enogastronomiche. (1) The Salabue Castle is positioned in the homonymous inhabited area, currently part of the municipality of Ponzano Monferrato. Born as a military installation and residence of the feudal lords of Salabue, it was transformed into a noble residence in the seventeenth century and became the residence of important families and illustrious personalities of Monferrato's history and culture. Feud of the Marquises of Monferrato, it later passed to the Natta di Casale, then to the Cozzi and Bezzi families. Little remains of the original Salabue castle which was transformed between the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century into an elegant country residence. The castle is perched on top of a hill and framed by woods and vineyards and the surrounding valleys, it is now owned by the Davico di Quittengo counts. The surroundings are interesting destinations for food and wine tours. (1)
Architetto Elena Matteuzzi, mi occupo prevalentemente di RESTAURO ARCHITETTONICO, MIGLIORAMENTO SISMICO DEL COSTRUITO STORICO e STUDIO/DIVULGAZIONE DELL'ARCHITETTURA STORICA. Gestisco Il Capochiave, un blog di restauro e architettura tradizionale. Ho conseguito un master di II livello in miglioramento sismico del costruisco storico presso l'Università di Ferrara e vinto la prima edizione del premio di restauro "CO.RE." nella sezione delle ricerche post-laurea. Ho pubblicato un libro sugli intonaci decorati del centro storico di Siena e ne ho un secondo in preparazione sull'analisi di vulnerabilità sismica e restauro strutturale di una chiesa rurale del XVI secolo a Città di Castello (Perugia). Collaboro con due riviste: Lavorincasa.it sul mondo della casa e Teknoring.com, il portale delle professioni tecniche. Ho svolto attività di docenza in corsi di aggiornamento professionale. Offro servizi professionali di alto livello a privati, aziende e studi professionali: CONSULENZE SPECIALISTICHE PER AZIENDE, ARCHITETTI E INGEGNERI – Esecuzione di fotopiani e modelli 3D a partire da semplici fotografie. – Rilievo critico comprendente lo studio e datazione delle varie fasi costruttive, il riconoscimento di materiali e tecniche costruttive, l’individuazione delle influenze stilistiche, l’esecuzione di ricostruzioni ipotetiche, eccetera. – Rilievo e analisi dei dissesti e del quadro fessurativo. – Rilievo e analisi del degrado secondo la Norma UNI 11182 (ex Normal). – Valutazione della qualità muraria con l’Indice di Qualità Muraria (IQM) e stima delle sue caratteristiche meccaniche (resistenza a compressione, resistenza a taglio e modulo di elasticità). – Analisi stratigrafica degli elevati. – Datazione di edifici con metodi “stilistici” (mensiocronologia, cioè misurando le dimensioni dei mattoni o dei conci di pietra di una muratura; cronotipologia, cioè sulla base dell’aspetto di elementi costruttivi come portali, archi, scale, architravi, balaustre, capitelli, eccetera). – Ricostruzione ipotetica di facciate e intonaci decorati. – Esecuzione di ricerche storiche anche d’archivio. RESTAURARE CON STILE Ogni edificio storico ha caratteristiche uniche e irripetibili dovute a secoli di modifiche e stratificazioni. Tutti possono avere una casa nuova ma un vecchio muro ha impiegato moltissimo tempo per acquisire un aspetto “vissuto” e possederlo è una cosa per pochi. Ma come ristrutturare una vecchia casa conservando il suo fascino? Basta Restaurare con stile! Una consulenza altamente qualificata che prevede un accurato colloquio iniziale per valutare i tuoi desideri, il sopralluogo sul posto con il rilievo completo, lo studio di alcune soluzioni progettuali e consigli specifici sui materiali, dettagli e lavorazioni. La soluzione ideale per una casa dalle prestazioni avanzate e molte vicende da tramandare! SOS AFFRESCHI In molte zone d’Italia la tradizione delle facciate affrescate è tuttora molto viva e sentita. Gli antichi intonaci decorati valorizzano e donano un fascino unico e irripetibile a qualsiasi edificio: vanno dunque trovati, tramandati e salvati. Abiti in un palazzo con la facciata, il cortile o gli interni affrescati ma bisognosi di restauro e manutenzione? Stai ristrutturando casa ma sospetti che sotto gli intonaci più recenti si nascondano le tracce di antiche decorazioni? SOS Affreschi è il servizio per te! SISMA CHECK-UP L’Italia è un paese sismico e gli ultimi terremoti di Norcia, Amatrice e Ischia lo hanno dimostrato ampiamente. Non possiamo prevedere i terremoti ma la prevenzione risulta fondamentale. Proprio per questo Sisma check-up è la soluzione ideale! Un’analisi veloce e non invasiva della tua casa per individuare: – Eventuali problemi urgenti come crepe o cedimenti – I punti più vulnerabili in caso di terremoto – Alcuni consigli operativi.
Hermès International S.A., or simply Hermès, is a French high fashion luxury goods manufacturer established in 1837 by Thierry Hermès. He created some of the finest wrought harnesses and bridles for the carriage trade, so that later specializes in leather, lifestyle accessories, home furnishings, perfumery, jewelry, watches and ready-to-wear. Its logo, since the 1950s, is of a Duc carriage with horse. Hermès has become an icon all over the world with so many wondrous stories and such an illustrious past, Hermes conjures up a story to it that many other fashion houses can’t even begin to compete alongside. The fact that the stunning bags they create remain so prized is a testament to the fashion house’s design brilliance and luxurious quality.
Ressource est issue d'une longue tradition de fabrication de peinture puisque la marque ... de la Société Provençale du Blanc Fixe Ocres, et Couleurs, créée en 1946 pour exploiter les carrières d'ocres de Roussillon (1984). Ressource peut ainsi se prévaloir d'une très ancienne maîtrise de la couleur et de la peinture. The roots of the company explain its great expertise in mineral pigments as well as its sensitivity to environmental issues, long before modern regulations were implemented. Ressource has been a sustainable company since the 90s. We are a family-run company, which produces and sells its products mainly for the domestic market and as such, we feel highly committed to the environment. Our awareness in this regard has a direct impact on our vision and our development which involves making responsible choices and acting responsibly for the well-being of our staff and customers and ultimately taking care of the planet today for future generatio
Gucci is an Italian luxury brand of fashion and leather goods. Gucci was founded by Guccio Gucci in Florence, in 1921. He started with hand made bags and belts made with beautiful soft Italian style and handcrafted leather. Gucci climbed to 41st position in the magazine's annual 2009 "Top Global 100 Brands" chart created by Interbrand. Gucci is also the highest-selling Italian brand. Gucci operates about 278 directly operated stores worldwide as of September 2009, and it wholesales its products through franchisees and upscale department stores. In the Forbes World's Most Valuable Brands list, Gucci is ranked the 38th most valuable brand. As of January 2015, the creative director is Alessandro Michele.
The Association Vivant believes that the role of Nobility should not be considered exhausted and that today, in the overall crisis of values that involves contemporary society, it can play a specific role that is not easily replaceable, ideally reconnecting to the great industriousness of the past ruling classes. To this end, the Association intends to carry out a double-action, aimed towards the interior of the aristocratic world to re-aggregate it in common values and towards the outside, with the aim of making known the positive role of the Nobility. Fabrizio Antonelli d'Oulx is the president and actively supports many initiatives with passion and a lot of work.
Sara Ferrara Carello spent most of her childhood in Turin. Very young, she married Massimo Carello and moved to London's Chelsea. She is mother of three successful boys and has always been very active with important charities and patronages. She especially sustains woman all around the world leaving in countries dealing with wars. Also made a difference in the prevention of breast cancer in the UK guiding to introduce a law to receive free tests. As a very successful Italian woman both in the UK and in Italy, she received the honour of becoming Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana.
Santino and his brother Giuliano are sons of art, their father a master of lime and construction work in the surroundings of Rome. Today their company Sa.Gi. performs renovations in the center of Rome and in the surrounding countryside on historic buildings. The care and passion of their interventions and the installers they use, denote a rare precision and attention in achieving the design results. The results are long-lasting and aesthetically of the highest quality.
Reviglio was born in Turin. He was also educated in Turin. His undergraduate thesis was about improving efficiency in state-owned companies. Reviglio worked as a professor of public finance at the University of Turin. He was a member of the Socialist Party and served as the minister of finance and of balance for many years with different prime ministers. After working at the University of Turin for two more years he left his job in 1983 and became the president of the Italian energy firm Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi, which is commonly known as ENI. He was appointed to the post in order to reorganize and improve the firm. He achieved goals in large degree. He dedicated his life and his skills to the common good of his country and of Europe. He worked also for the MF and as a senior advisor at Lehmann Brothers. After leaving office and politics, he is the emeritus professor at the University of Turin, grandfather and finally enjoying his country house.
At the fourteenth-century castle with crenelated males stands the splendid hunting lodge, which repeatedly hosted Vittorio Emanuele II and, in June 1940, Vittorio Emanuele III. Marquis Giuseppe Alessandro Thaon di Revel and Saint’Andrè, founder in 1814 of the Carabinieri Corps, rests in the small burial ground of the church. A few tens of meters from the castle of Ternavasso stands the eighteenth-century hunting lodge that was home to the Roero Blancardi and Thaon families. It is surrounded by a large park with an artificial lake existing since the seventeenth century. The villa has an elegant facade and an imposing entrance hall decorated with the alliance weapons of the Blancards and the Saint Andrés.
Benedetto Camerana, architect, landscape painter, Ph.D. in History of Architecture and Urbanism, after his studies he continued his theoretical research working on the integration between architecture and landscape, in the direction of a clear-cut “green architecture” environmental, both as Director of the magazines “Eden. The design research is directed to technical and formal innovation through the constant implementation of a concrete environmental commitment, with the experimental use of innovative technologies and natural energy-saving systems, and the integration of them and the natural element in the project.
Moglie, madre, nonna, Paola Thaon di Revel ama i fiori e la natura. L'eredità è il suo background. È cresciuta in una famiglia dove la disciplina militare era un dato di fatto, così come la voglia di divertirsi. Sei sorelle e un fratello, in una grande villa chiamata “Cimena”, dove molti sono venuti in visita: da Umberto I, agli americani colti, ai vicini Bruni Tedeschi sulla stessa collina. Una vita dedicata al marito, Franco Reviglio e ai tre figli con tanti spostamenti e viaggi, in tutto il mondo. Oggi, i sette nipoti e la casa di campagna, regalano giornate intensamente soddisfacenti. Wife, mother, grandmother, Paola Thaon di Revel loves flowers and nature. Heritage is her background. She grew up in a family where military discipline was a given, as well as the desire to have fun. Six sisters and one brother, in a large villa called “Cimena”, and everyone came to visit: from Umberto I, to educated Americans, to the Bruni Tedeschi neighbours on the same hill. A life dedicated to her husband, Franco Reviglio and the three children with many moves and travels, all over the world. Today, the seven grandchildren and country house, make for intensely satisfying days.
Each forcola I create is like a journey. I start by studying the walnut wood trunk, as though I were in a foreign land which will slowly become friendlier. I outline the “forcola” with care respecting the grains of the wood, and then embark on the task, sweating and taking delight in the hard work. Every now and then I observe it as a traveler would when he gazes back to see how far he has come and stops for a moment to contemplate the scenery. I work slowly at times, and at others with a sense of urge, vigor and tenderness until I begin to see the curves and the lines I wanted emerging from the wood. Completing a forcola is a bit like crossing a finish line. I savor the moment as it will stay forever. Something has been created. And I must wait a little longer before embarking on another journey.
L'azienda agricola Gianfranco Boeri Vini, presente da ben tre generazioni, come agricoltori e produttori di vino, ha sede a Costigliole d'Asti, nel cuore delle verdi colline del Monferrato. Attingendo alla propria esperienza nel settore, si è specializzata nella produzione di numerosi vini di qualità. Con l'attenta cura che accompagna l'intero processo produttivo, dalla vite alla tavola del consumatore, garantiamo un prodotto buono, genuino e di qualità. L'azienda propone un'ampia gamma di vini per soddisfare le esigenze di tutta la clientela. La storia di Gianfranco Boeri Vini comincia negli ultimi anni dell’800, quando Boeris Edoardo fondò una cascina sul Bricco dei Quaglia, in frazione Bionzo di Costigliole d’Asti, il nucleo originario della loro azienda. L'azienda, all'epoca, era agricola nel senso stretto del termine: si coltivavano campi di grano, granoturco, vigneti e si manteneva una piccola stalla di bestiame. I prodotti del territorio, ottenuti con sistemi di lavorazione tradizionali, erano pochi e destinati quasi esclusivamente all'autoconsumo. Nel 1937, l'unico figlio maschio di Edoardo, Pierino Boeri (la -s del cognome fu fatta togliere per alcuni errori burocratici) sposò Rosso Orsola. Continuarono a lavorare la terra come il loro predecessore, mantenendo la natura mista dell'azienda. In questo periodo l'innovazione tecnologica si affacciò al mondo agricolo: negli anni '40 acquistarono il primo trattore, un Landini Testacalda. Negli anni '50 del Novecento, l'azienda divenne di proprietà di Boeri Edoardo, figlio di Pierino. Con lui l'azienda, pur mantenendo l'antica vocazione, divenne via via più simile a quella che conosciamo noi oggi: venne drasticamente ridotto il numero di capi di bestiame e di campi coltivati, a favore di una netta specializzazione verso la coltivazione di mele (vendute ai mercati generali di Genova) e la produzione del vino. Il vino divenne un prodotto per il commercio: le prime consegne ai clienti di Torino sono datate 1972. Negli anni '80, l'azienda passò ai figli di Edoardo ed infine, nel 1994, con Boeri Gianfranco, tutta la produzione fu convertita: i frutteti, i prati ed i campi divennero vigneti. Vennero acquistate nuove macchine e adottate nuove tecnologie per confezionare un vino genuino, rispettoso della tradizione e dell'ambiente. Nel 1999 nacque uno dei prodotti di punta dell'azienda. Fin dall'inizio ed ancora oggi, Gianfranco Boeri Vini lavorano per portare sempre sulle tavole dei loro clienti un prodotto di eccellenza, che parli della loro storia, della loro terra. La loro produzione oggi comprende gran parte dei migliori vini del Monferrato Astigiano, Barbera, Dolcetto, Grignolino, Bonarda, Moscato d'Asti, Chardonnay, Cortese e spumante. "Our wine is the reflection of our values. When you pour some of it into a glass, stop to observe the purple waterfall that slips into the shining crystal, feel the scent that emanates, raise the glass and, moving it under the light, appreciate its ruby highlights. Bring the wine to your lips and savor. The sun, the earth, the wind between the vine leaves, the bunches, the ancient tradition, the hills ... THE WINE, that since 1896 our family produces".
Ilaria Boeri becomes architect with a Master's Degree Thesis in Architecture, for the Sustainable Project at the Polytechnic of Turin, for a proposal of natural ancient paths on the layout of the medieval roads still existing on the territory of Costigliole d’Asti. Passionate about her territory, she specializes in Bio architecture, collaborates with various entities and develops a deep experience and knowledge in the field and of natural construction sites. Her passion is the Langhe and its historical buildings with special sensitivity to the Unesco landscape and its natural and oenological resources.
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