FANZINE, FUNZINE, FANZINE

FANZINE, FUNZINE, FANZINE

The Arts Curating students at Istituto Marangoni Firenze launched a workshop for the Open School: Visions Disclosure. This workshop included creating a fanzine, a DIY magazine everyone could join in to exchange ideas and share their thoughts by creating their own collages. by Isabella Chevasco Champsaur and Camila Heredia Oranday. Photographs by Massimo Romanelli. Art […]

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Street Styles. Winter Looks at Istituto Marangoni Firenze 

Street Styles. Winter Looks at Istituto Marangoni Firenze 

What could style mean to a fashion and art student today? During the first Istituto Marangoni Firenze Open School Day, we got the opportunity to explore what inspires our students’ style and how they are redefining it. Is style only about external appearances or an expression of one’s own personality? By Yasemin Yıldırım and Anabella […]

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Open School: Visions Disclosure 

Open School: Visions Disclosure 

Istituto Marangoni Firenze has opened its doors, beyond class hours, for its wide range of students. Rather unfamiliar to see the school’s enormous open on a Saturday morning. A day for students dedicated to bonding and sharing an insight into everyone’s mind. by Isabella Trew and Giulia Piceni. Cover Image: photo collage by Massimo Romanelli, […]

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Visualising Ideas. Opposing forces: Macarena Arìas Silva Del Pozo

Visualising Ideas. Opposing forces: Macarena Arìas Silva Del Pozo

A new glimpse into the visual research of Istituto Marangoni Firenze students, an Arts Curating student analyses a recent photoshoot by a Fashion Styling student to create rich storytelling between art and fashion, from Giotto to Balenciaga. By Giulia Piceni. Cover image: Macarena Arìas Silva Del Pozo, AZUL, 2022. Creative Direction & Styling: Macarena Arìas Silva […]

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Biennale Sessions: Art and Fashion in our Metamorphic Times

Biennale Sessions: Art and Fashion in our Metamorphic Times

As a part of the Biennale Sessions programme, Istituto Marangoni Firenze students and tutors were invited to exchange views and ideas about the main exhibitions and national pavilions of the 2022 Biennale d’Arte di Venezia.  By Isabella Chevasco Champsaur and Massimo Romanelli. Cover image: Simone Leigh, Brick House, 2019. Installation view at The Milk of […]

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Andy Picci: Meditating in the Metaverse

Andy Picci: Meditating in the Metaverse

The fruitful collaboration between Istituto Marangoni Firenze and the conceptual artist Andy Picci continues under his new Mentorship for this academic year with a project that will bring students from both Multimedia Arts and Arts Curating courses in a Metaverse.  By Jessica García Corral and Giulia Piceni. Cover image courtesy of Andy Picci. The increase of […]

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Alumni. Ink, Fashion and Watercolors: Montserrat Salvat’s world 

Alumni. Ink, Fashion and Watercolors: Montserrat Salvat’s world 

Exciting upcoming projects for Istituto Marangoni Firenze Alumna Montserrat Salvat. After attending a short course in Fashion Illustration at Istituto Marangoni Firenze, many doors opened for her, including the opportunity to realise her dream of becoming an illustrator. After her recent collaboration with established fashion brands, she talked to us about her techniques, her experience at […]

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Educating the Digital. Interview with Francesca Giulia Tavanti

Educating the Digital. Interview with Francesca Giulia Tavanti

Today is a special occasion: I’M Firenze Digest has published its 100th article. To celebrate the event, the Editorial staff invited the new Istituto Marangoni Firenze Director of Education, Francesca Giulia Tavanti to narrate her views on the world of Fashion, Art, and education. The column Educating the Digital aims to connect students and the […]

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Istituto Marangoni talents at Lakmé Fashion Week

Istituto Marangoni talents at Lakmé Fashion Week

On October 16th, two students graduating in Fashion Design from Istituto Marangoni schools in Milan and Florence got the chance to physically showcase their final collections during the Lakmé Fashion Week in Mumbai. A great success for both the two Alumni and for Istituto Marangoni, the fashion show was supported by GFWi and FDCI. A commentary by […]

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Alessandro Benetton: The Preppy Avantgardist

Alessandro Benetton: The Preppy Avantgardist

On October 11th, in the opulent Florentine mansion of Palazzo Pucci, the sumptuous Apollo Room hosted a conference dedicated to the latest publication by Alessandro Benetton, la traiettoria (Mondadori, 2022). It is a mixture of a memoir and a motivational book to summarize the years lived to date. Fashion can tell a lot about a person: […]

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Street Styles. Fall Semester Looks at Istituto Marangoni Firenze

Street Styles. Fall Semester Looks at Istituto Marangoni Firenze

We live in a world where we can no longer predict what people will wear on the streets. New and upcoming styles clash in a symbiotic relationship with many trends from the past. Street style has changed its definition, and we keep seeing that every new Fall at Istituto Marangoni. On September 26th, Istituto Marangoni Firenze […]

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Les Journées Particulières: Upcycling with FENDI & Pardgroup

Les Journées Particulières: Upcycling with FENDI & Pardgroup

On the opening of the new FENDI Factory outside of Florence, during the event of Les Journées Particulières, an interdisciplinary group of alumni and students from different areas of Istituto Marangoni Firenze will showcase the result of Dis-cycling: the seductive allure of creativity in sustainability, a project under the mentorship of artist and I’M Mentor […]

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