Open factories and special products to celebrate Made in Italy Day
From ateliers in Venice to historical textile companies in the Biella area, and with conferences and exhibitions, initiatives throughout Italy to raise awareness of Italian know-how and creativity
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Ateliers and manufactures exceptionally open, conferences, exhibitions: on the occasion of the second Made in Italy Day, on 15 April next, events will be organised all over Italy to allow people to get to know production, culture and creativity of the made in Italy at close quarters. Here is a selection of the events, taken from the programme that can be consulted in the search engine provided on the Mimit website.
The textile world
On 11 April, the Maglificio Maggia knitting mill in Occhieppo Superiore, in the Biella area, opens the doors of the factory (dating back to 1780 and recently renovated) to the public, with the possibility of visiting the production departments and its historical archive, recently reorganised to make it accessible to the public. On 13 April, not to be missed is a visit to the Atelier Giuditta Brozzetti in Perugia, a treasure trove of textile art, history and culture: with the extraordinary opening of the museum, visitors will be able to admire 19th and 18th century machinery in operation.
On 15 April, the historicTessitura la Colombina in Morgano, in the province of Treviso, founded in 1895 as a silk spinning mill, opens its premises, with hand looms from the 1800s in working order. Also On 15 April Colombo Industrie Tessili of Como opens the exhibition with which it tells the story of the twinning between Como and the Japanese city of Tökamachi, celebrating 50 years, celebrated with the jacquard reproduction of some works that tell of the link between the two cities, silk, with images provided by the Mazzocchi Museum of Oriental Art in collaboration with the Mnemosyne association and the Italgeo association of the De Agostini Family.
On 18 April, the Llanificio Piacenza in Pollone, near Biella, opens the initiative 'National Wools International Fashion', with a visit to the factory and production departments analysing through archive material the production of textiles since the 1930s with indigenous wools.
Opening Doors for Manufactures, Ateliers, Stores
On 15 April Buccellati will present 16 jewellery creations at the Piano Nobile of the Milan Montenapoleone boutique, from creations of the 1920s and 1930s to the present day. Each creation will be accompanied by a previously unseen selection of documents from the Buccellati Historical Archive, including Mario Buccellati's autograph sales ledgers, letters from Gabriele d'Annunzio and drawings by the Buccellati family's creative directors. At the end of the itinerary, a live demonstration by two Master Engravers from the maison who will illustrate the process of creating the iconic 'rigato' engraving technique on Macri bracelets.
