Alchimia a contemporary jewellery school in Florence seeks to teach students to express their creativity through contemporary jewellery, developing high-quality technical and theoretical skills. By adopting the technological developments of our time and the most experimental cultural trends, Alchimia encourages its students to enhance their...
Long ago in 2015 the presidents of Colombia and France decided to establish a year to celebrate the two countries. The first half of the year was dedicated to France in Colombia and the second half dedicated to Colombia in France. All of it is...
OMG Florence intervista Lucia Massei, direttrice della scuola di gioielleria contemporanea Alchimia, fondata a Firenze nel 1998 e situata nel cuore del quartiere di San Frediano. OMG Florence interviews Lucia Massei, director of contemporary jewelry school Alchimia, located in the heart of the San Frediano district. OhMyGodFlorence:...
Francesca è nata ad Arezzo, è architetto professionista e si occupa anche di diritti dei lavoratori autonomi. Prima dell’università ha fatto studi di lettere e musica. Dopo il primo periodo di sperimentazione la gestione, l’amministrazione e la comunicazione sono passate sulle sue spalle. In questo...
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...
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...