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…
21 June 2023

A STORY TO WRITE TOGETHER: WHAT MIXED ABILITY IS

Some of the stories told in this Blog are centenary, sometime even millennial. Some other ones, on the other hand, are young, current, perhaps our witness is…