Visualising Ideas: Asia Niero’s Ghost Town

Visualising Ideas: Asia Niero’s Ghost Town

Every month, a new tool or strategy to visualise ideas used by students at Istituto Marangoni Firenze is selected and commented on by the editorial staff of I’M Firenze Digest.This month we are presenting Non c’è la Carne, a visual essay by Multimedia Arts student Asia Niero, where she depicts absence and its impact on […]

Editorials,
Visualising Ideas: Lorenzo Risani’s Decadence and Surrealism

Visualising Ideas: Lorenzo Risani’s Decadence and Surrealism

A Renaissance garden and a mysterious figure wandering around it. A dark mask conceals its face, and it wears garments from a luxurious era. These are the key elements in Multimedia Arts student Lorenzo Risani’s project Involutus (2023): an investigation of the decadence of excellence through Wes Anderson and Guy Bourdin’s visual codes. ​​By Giulia […]

Editorials,
Visualising Ideas: Survival Aesthetics

Visualising Ideas: Survival Aesthetics

Dissociative disorder and post-apocalyptic fashion have more in common than one could imagine, as this sombre-toned photoshoot by Fashion Styling and Creative Direction student Margherita Mangani showcases while setting up the garments of Fashion Design student Matilde Tasselli.  By Giulia Piceni. Cover image: Margherita Mangani, Sopravvivresti in un costante loop dissociativo?, 2022. Creative Direction & Styling: […]

Editorials,
Six Snapshots from Lo schermo dell’arte 2022

Six Snapshots from Lo schermo dell’arte 2022

Lo schermo dell’arte film festival in Florence keeps proving its worldwide part in gathering new artists and art while exploring new forms of creative expression.The 15th edition of Lo schermo dell’arte took place at Cinema La Compagnia, opening its doors to all students, with free admission to those under 30 supported by Gucci. The following is […]

Articles,
Serial. Undone: a Magical Present

Serial. Undone: a Magical Present

To open the new Serial column, dedicated to carefully selected series and their connection to art and fashion, we will analyse Undone – distributed by Amazon Prime Video – from a precise perspective, keeping our eyes on the spiritual side of the series. Considering technical aspects such as the use of a rotoscope and the more intellectual side of the psychological drama, the […]

Articles,
A Feminine Lexicon: Lebohang Kganye In Her Own Words

A Feminine Lexicon: Lebohang Kganye In Her Own Words

The new digital project “A Feminine Lexicon” by Arts Curating students Pia Diamandis and Elena Tortelli opened in May at museo.ferragamo.com.Their project took inspiration from Museo Salvatore Ferragamo’s “Women in Balance”, an exhibition curated by Stefania Ricci and Elvira Valleri that celebrates the history of Italian women during the economic boom and the rapid changes […]

Interviews,
Visualising Ideas. Daydreaming of Rebirth: Martina Lucchesi

Visualising Ideas. Daydreaming of Rebirth: Martina Lucchesi

Some people can daydream. People can believe so much in some of their hopes that they turn them into ambitions. Every month, a new tool or strategy to visualise ideas used by students at Istituto Marangoni Firenze is selected and commented on by the editorial staff of I’M Firenze Digest.This month, we are presenting the Rebirth […]

Editorials,
Video of the Month. Amira Rossi and Miguel Gasparini homage to Virgil Abloh

Video of the Month. Amira Rossi and Miguel Gasparini homage to Virgil Abloh

Every month, a new video is selected and commented on by the Editorial staff of I’M Firenze Digest to showcase new visual languages and moving image applications for artists, designers, and stylists.This month, we are excited to present the video created with Fashion Styling and Creative Direction student Amira Rossi and Shoes & Accessories Design […]

Editorials,
A Feminine Lexicon: Haruka Sakaguchi In Her Own Words

A Feminine Lexicon: Haruka Sakaguchi In Her Own Words

The new digital project “A Feminine Lexicon” by Arts Curating students Pia Diamandis and Elena Tortelli opened in May at museo.ferragamo.com. Their project took inspiration from Museo Salvatore Ferragamo’s “Women in Balance”, an exhibition curated by Stefania Ricci and Elvira Valleri that celebrates the history of Italian women during the economic boom and the rapid […]

Interviews,
Cinema. Sweet ’n’ Sour: Licorice Pizza

Cinema. Sweet ’n’ Sour: Licorice Pizza

The I’M Digest presents a new column about the cinematic world as a mirror of society’s current aesthetics, full of fashion and artistic influences as portrayed in contemporary moving images and films. For its first review, Multimedia Arts student Jessica García shared and illustrated her experience at a recent screening in Florence of the Oscar-nominated […]

Reviews,
Rubble Dynamism: A New Digital Project is Online

Rubble Dynamism: A New Digital Project is Online

Along with its student Journal and Portfolio archive, the I’M Firenze Digest’s Exhibition space hosts special digital projects produced in different areas of the School of Fashion & Art, to celebrate the students’ creativity and ability to curate their work successfully.  Following its first digital exhibition,The Playground, I’M Firenze Digest is excited to present its […]

News,
Michele Gabriele: The Vernal Age of Miry Mirrors at Manifattura Tabacchi

Michele Gabriele: The Vernal Age of Miry Mirrors at Manifattura Tabacchi

In the dim location of Manifattura Tabacchi, a diverse variety of imaginary beings are looking at pale images projected onto wide screens as the public silently walks by. These alien beholders repeat the practice mentioned by John Berger in his The Ways of Seeing: the creatures watch themselves being looked at. At the opening of the […]

Interviews,