Quino, Mafalda’s father died: he was 88 years old

Quino, Mafalda’s father died: he was 88 years old

Farewell to Quino (Joaqun Salvador Lavado Tejn), the father of Mafalda he was 88 years old. All good people in the country and in the world will mourn him, his editor tweeted, Daniel Divinsky. The son of Spanish emigrants, Joaquin Salvador Lavado, this is the designer’s real name, was born in Mendoza on July 17, … Read more

Cini Boeri died, goodbye to the architect and designer: she was 96 years old

Cini Boeri died, goodbye to the architect and designer: he was 96 years old

She left on the day of the awarding of the Compasso d’oro, which she had won in 1979 for the sofa Strips, designed in 1968 for Arflex and exhibited in the permanent collection of the Milan Triennale. With Maria Cristina Mariani Dameno, married Boeri (born in Milan on 19 June 1924), universally known as Cini … Read more

Beppe Severgnini’s challenge: fifty reasons for the neo-Italians

Beppe Severgnini’s challenge: fifty reasons for the neo-Italians

We came out of the storm several. Worse or better? I would say: we have not gone back. In our own way, we have moved on. The pandemic has forced us to find within ourselves – in our cities, in our families, in our heads, in our hearts – resources we didn’t know we had. … Read more