OMGF: Florence is a long way from California. How did you get here and were there any stops in between? Sara Amrhein: Yes, Florence is indeed a long way from California! 17 years ago I came on a study abroad program through my university. I’ve...
One of our missions is to create new synergies, open doors for people and inspire and connect people from all over the world to what is happening here. So we are always exploring Florence to know what is new, what is lasting, what is working,...
Before there was internet…. How many times have we heard it, or said it ourselves. But back in the stone ages (it seems now) before there was internet, it was the 70s and there was television. Television was everything for generations, at least for 2 or...
We here at OMG Florence are curious people. We are constantly looking for new ideas and new perspectives, new ways of looking at the world and new ways of putting old things together to make something new. We do live in Florence after all, where...
After receiving gorgeous printed materials in the mailbox, we then pulled some books off of our shelves and dusted them off to contemplate just how much goes into making them: paper weight, grain, color, size, composition, typeface cut, embossing, laser, applications, and so forth. We...
We like to talk about people, places and ideas that are close to our heart, to give support and visibility and, as usual, be inspired by them to hopefully inspire others. Enter HILO SAGRADO Foundation, a Berlin based social business and member of the London-based Ethical...
This week we are exploring our roots and looking West back to our native hemisphere and South America. We are exploring the inspiring world around us and here we come to Cecilia Paredes. When we first saw Paredes work it was her photo performance that caught...
In our search for inspiration around the globe, we visited the Museo del Oro, in Bogota, Colombia. The museum's permanent exhibition features the history and symbolism of goldsmithing and metal work in the pre columbine societies, a topic highly relevant to our new project in...
We are running to catch up this week. We put aside business-as- usual (as we are prone to do) to participate in one of Florence's most surprising events: the symposium/exhibition FROM GALILEO TO MARS - RENAISSANCE OF THE ARTSCIENCES. The event was held between The...
Everything that happened on the 8th and 9th of October at the Tasso Hostel Florence made us fall even more in love with our project. We worked for months to put together these two wonderful OMG Florence days passionately curating after every single moment and...