19 December 2023

UNDERNEATH THE CHRISTMAS TREE: HISTORY AND STORIES

In her worldwide hit All I Want For Christmas (Is You) , pop singer Mariah Carey immediately mentions him, starting from the third line. Santa Claus? Not…
13 December 2023

ONE MORE SIP

Tommaso Tommaso could not believe it: a vacation, finally! He had to work hard to get it: lots of homework, bad marks turned good in few weeks…not…
10 December 2023

COLOR PALETTE: RED

Fun fact: Santa Claus, who actually inspired this article, hasn’t always been associated with red. His look – deriving first from St. Nicholas of Bari’s iconography, later…
8 November 2023

COLOR PALETTE: PINK

In a popular scene from Reservoir Dogs (1992), the cinematic debut of Quentin Tarantino, the members of a gang squad choose their nicknames relying on colors: one…
2 October 2023

ONE MORE SIP

Episode two In his hands, ice melts in the blink of an eye. Touched by a skin that has been carved by the wind, by rocks, by…
6 September 2023

A SEA OF BOOK: AROUND THE BLUE’S LIBRARY

Mens sana in corpore sano (‘a healthy mind in a healthy body’), as the Latin phrase said. Italian sailor and FILA sponsored athlete Giovanni Soldini couldn’t agree…
31 August 2023

ONE MORE SIP

Metal is a cold material, but not an insensitive one. Whenever I touch the ground, on the hottest days, I feel the earth beating, shivering; I feel…
14 August 2023

LABELS: WE LOVE BEACHWEAR!

According to American author and artist Gideon Bosker, fashion is a language in which swimsuits are similar to telegrams – succinct and able to catch one’s attention…
26 July 2023

BEHIND THE SCENES: A BRIEF HISTORY OF MUSEUM EDUCATION

“A museum is a not-for-profit, permanent institution in the service of society that researches, collects, conserves, interprets and exhibits tangible and intangible heritage. Open to the public,…
6 July 2023

AND THEN A BEAR APPEARED AMONG THE PAGES

EVERY MOVE IS A BEGINNING ‘It’s going to be an adventure, you’ll see! A big city to explore…a school to meet new friends…maybe it won’t be easy…