DOPPIA FIRMA 2023 

Notes for editors

The Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship is a non-profit institution based in Geneva which champions contemporary craftspeople worldwide with the aim of promoting a more human, inclusive and sustainable future. The Foundation seeks to highlight the connections between craft and the wider arts and the design world. Its mission is to both celebrate and preserve craftsmanship and its diversity of makers, materials and techniques, by increasing craft’s everyday recognition and its viability as a professional path for the next generations. From engaging educational programmes to its signature digital project the Homo Faber Guide and international exhibition the Homo Faber Event, the Foundation is fostering a cultural movement centred on master artisans and rising stars.

michelangelofoundation.org

homofaber.com

The Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte is a private, non-profit institution, founded in Milan by Franco Cologni in 1995. It promotes cultural, scientific and educational initiatives for the protection and diffusion of artistic crafts. Through the book series “Mestieri d’Arte” (Métiers d’Art) and “Ricerche” (Researches), published by Marsilio Editori, it aims to retrace these highly skilled practices throughout history up to the present day. Fondazione Cologni publishes the magazine “Mestieri d’Arte & Design. Crafts culture”. Through the apprenticeship programme “A School, a Job. Training to Excellence”, Fondazione Cologni supports high-quality training in the crafts for the younger generations. With the well-made.it website it presents a selection of the best Italian artisanal ateliers. Every two years it assigns the title of MAM-Maestro d’Arte e Mestiere to the best Italian Masters. It is an institutional partner of the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship for the international event “Homo Faber: Crafting a more human future”.

www.fondazionecologni.it

Living is Il Corriere della Sera’s magazine of interiors, design and lifestyle. Monthly printed and digital editions, a website and a recognised presence on the main social networks make Living the first vertical marketing system for interior design in Italy. Devoted to new modes of living in the home, the RCS monthly edited by Francesca Taroni starts from the home itself and looks at everything linked to it: food, art, fashion, gardening. The special attention paid to excellent Italian manufacturing, an international outlook and a strong leaning to provide useful information are the cornerstones of Living’s approach, reflected on every page and every project.

www.living.corriere.it

Collaborations:

Alessandra Salaris, an established interior stylist, is responsible for the display design of the exhibition at Palazzo Litta.

Laila Pozzo, a Milanese photographer specialising in portraits and settings related to fine craftsmanship, documents the works.