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...
Creative means "marked by the ability or power to create" according to Merriam-Webster and is a word that can be used to describe all of us, to some degree. The fact is that our lives may not induce us to creativity because we tend to...
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...
Polymer clay is a kind of clay based on the polymer PVC that, like mineral clays, can be hardened through heating, although at much lower temperatures, which makes it much more accessible for artists and craftsman alike because it does not require large, expensive kilns. Users...
We live busy lives in a busy world. One of the ways we as humans cope with this is routine. Routine can help us to make sense out of our lives and break it down into manageable parts. Often, however, routine can turn into auto-pilot...
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...