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January 2026

Young Craft Booster Year Three: the programme continues into the final chapter

Young Craft Booster is moving steadily forward and has now entered its third and final year. As the 2025/2026 edition unfolds, the programme continues to strengthen its educational dimension...

December 2025

“Roma su misura”: the new Craft Shopping Guide dedicated to the Eternal City is unveiled

Rome, Publishing

A guide conceived to tell the story of Rome’s beauty and its disarming grandeur. A greatness born of precious details, like the tiny tesserae of its mosaics, the veining of its marbles and the drapery of its sculptures.

December 2025

“Applied Arts in Lombardy in the Nineteenth Century” at Castello Sforzesco

On the evening of Wednesday 10 December 2025, in the Bertarelli Study Room at Castello Sforzesco in Milan, the volume “Le arti applicate in Lombardia nell’Ottocento. Artisti, collezionisti, esposizioni e musei” was presented.

December 2025

“A regola d’arte”: the Stamperia d’Arte Busato workshop at Museo Poldi Pezzoli

Milano, Print

The artistic lithography workshop led by master printer Giancarlo Busato at Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan was met with great enthusiasm and participation. The event formed part of the “A regola d’arte” programme supported by Fondazione Cologni.

December 2025

Starhotels Award “Il bello dell’utile”: call for entries extended

Milano, Concorso

The deadline for submissions for the La Grande Bellezza by Starhotels Award – “Il bello dell’utile” has been extended to 15 January 2026 at 8:00 pm. The award is open to artisans resident and regularly working in Italy.

November 2025

Pasta Diva: an unprecedented tribute to the quintessential Italian dish

Publishing, enogastronomy

“Pasta Diva” is the new title in the “Mestieri d’Arte” series by Fondazione Cologni with Marsilio Editori: an original tribute to pasta, our national dish par excellence. Written by Andrea Grignaffini, a well-known and highly esteemed author in the world of food and wine, the book becomes even more precious and enters a fantastic dimension thanks to the dreamlike and visionary illustrations of Paolo Rui.

November 2025

The “Archivio delle Mani Maestre” arrives at the Chamber of Deputies

Roma

The “Mani Maestre” were presented at the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday 12 November. The meeting was opened by the Vice-President of the Chamber, Anna Ascani.

November 2025

Starhotels renews its support for the 14th edition of “Una Scuola, un Lavoro”

Once again this year, Starhotels is the hospitality partner of “Una Scuola, un Lavoro” 2026: the talented young participants, who have travelled from all over Italy to attend the Mini Master organised by Fondazione Cologni during November and December 2025

November 2025

Interwoven: a Homo Faber Capsule

SPain, Exhibition, Homofaber

Great success for “Interwoven”, the first edition of the new Homo Faber Capsule exhibition series, open to the public from 22 October to 23 November in Seville, Spain, and organised by the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship.

November 2025

DIT – Design in Town 2026: registration reopens for the summer camp

Design in Town is the most important European summer camp focused on design and creativity for students aged 14 to 19. A unique project, recognised by the ADI Design Index 2016, that comes to life every summer in the magnificent Apulian town Troia, offering two- or three-week residencies to 240 students, supported by 50 university lecturers/professionals and 30 tutors.

July 2025

DIT - Design in Town 2025: Apulia the theatre of creativity

The 2025 edition of DIT – Design in Town, in Troia (Foggia), once again this year confirms itself as Europe’s most important summer camp for orientation in the disciplines of design and creativity, and concludes with the active participation of 180 students

July 2025

The Ducker: high craftsmanship told through the eyes of the Master artisans

Founded in 2015 and edited by Laura Canepa, The Ducker is an editorial system revolving around the world of excellence expressed in all its forms.

July 2025

‘L'Italia nel Cuore’ at the XXXI edition of Artigianato e Palazzo

Starhotels confirms its presence at the thirty-first edition of Artigianato e Palazzo (Florence, 12-14 September 2025) with ‘La Grande Bellezza – The Dream Factory’: the project comes to life with ‘L'Italia nel Cuore’, a special exhibition dedicated to the theme of the heart, dense with symbolism and figurative and cultural references

July 2025

Young Craft Booster: selected duos for the first edition of the programme, shaping a new generation of European craft

The first edition of Young Craft Booster Programme (2024/2025) has brought together master artisans and emerging talents across Italy, Spain and Ireland, transforming workshops into spaces of encounter, transmission and innovation.

April 2025

Doppia Firma 2025: 17,000 times thanks

Milan, Exhibition, Ceramic, Textile, Jewelry

More than 17,000 visitors animated the halls on the ground floor of Villa Mozart during Design Week 2025, appreciating the work of the creative couples of Doppia Firma. A Dialogue between design and artisanal excellence

April 2025

Online the photos of the project “Una Scuola, un Lavoro. Percorsi di Eccellenza”

Milan, Apprenticeships, Ceramic, Restoration

Once again this year, the Fondazione Cologni presents on the unascuolaunlavoro.it portal the stories and images of the twenty-four apprenticeships activated throughout Italy as part of its historic project, now in its 14th edition.

April 2025

12th edition of the Festival dell'Ascensione: perfecta sunt omnia

Milan, Concert, Music

4, 11, 18 and 25 May are the new dates of the 12th edition of the Festival dell'Ascensione, a tribute to the European sacred repertoire, under the artistic direction of Giuditta Comerci.

April 2025

“Legami Preziosi”, Made in Italy: corals and cameos from Torre del Greco meet Madrid

madrid, Exhibition, Coral

On 7 April 2025, on the occasion of National Made in Italy Day, an event dedicated to the world of Italian fashion and jewellery was held. Organised by the Italian Embassy in Madrid, the Italian Foreign Trade Agency and the Italian Association of Coral and Cameo Entrepreneurs

April 2025

Mani e materia: Design inconsueto

genova, Exhibition, Communication

As part of the Genova Design Week, scheduled from 21 to 25 May 2025, the project “Mani e materia: Design inconsueto” (Hands and Matter: Unusual Design) is on the calendar, an initiative created to enhance the dialogue between manufacturing excellence

February 2025

Musica senza suono at the Franco Parenti Theatre

Milan, Publishing, event, Glass

On Sunday 23 February 2025, the Franco Parenti Theatre in Milan hosted the extraordinary tale of the creation of glass and its makers in an event dedicated to beauty and craftsmanship.

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