30 May 2014

Posted at 00:00h in Events

Italian design products are globally known to be of superior quality. This has made Italy a leader in the design sector. Be it in interior, automobile, industrial or fashion design, Italian products have managed to cut a niche above many other countries.

For this reason, a vast majority of designs are either bought from Italy or emulated from Italy and it is quite common to see products bearing the tag “Made in Italy” showing that it is made by Italian designers.

27 May 2014

Posted at 00:00h in Italian itineraries

Survival kit for communicating with Italians even without speaking

Maybe it’s a legacy from our theatrical heritage, for example the “commedia dell'arte”, or perhaps simply because we are too passionate a people to be able to coop up all this energy inside our bodies. The fact is that we Italians are the world champions of “non-verbal communication”: it seems that there are no less than 250 different types of gestures that we Italians use daily in our conversations.

16 May 2014

Posted at 00:00h in Food and wine

For our readers, lovers of the Italian cuisine, today we have a rather challenging proposal: are you ready to prepare the authentic Italian Lasagne alla Bolognese?

Our food blogger of the month will explain how it’s done. Serena Crivelli is the author of the blog Dolci Pensieri (Sweet Thoughts) and lives in the Como province with her husband and her baby Matteo. She learned to cook watching her mother, and years later, her father-in-law, also a skillful cook. In fact, Serena’s cuisine is simple, genuine and of the classic, home-cooked variety.

Preparing food as it used to be done, in other words dedicating the right amount of time, a pinch of passion and much love.

13 May 2014

Posted at 00:00h in Events, Italian itineraries

When it comes to men’s fashion, Italian fashion is often the yard stick of chic worldwide.

Italian fashion has evolved over centuries to be a global authority in the fashion industry. This success story is not as easy as it sounds. In fact Italy just like many other countries used to look to the west for the latest fashion. Men used to get their fashion designs from Paris and London.

However, after World War II, the Italian government began to seek for ways to ensure that the country does recover from the effects of the war by re building the economy. The craft products such as men Italian shoes and leather products that were aimed for the USA market were developed.