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As we walk down the street, whether we’re in Florence or Fort Worth, we tend to look straight ahead. Of course we do this because it’s the most comfortable way ...
Travelers from across the world come to Florence with a basic understanding of and appreciation for the city’s historic reputation in the world of art and craftsmanship: Ferragamo, Gucci and ...
Italy may be the land of love, but let’s be real: it’s the food and the fashion that speak straight to our souls. Firenze is home to as many different ...
“What’s it going to be like out today?” I think to myself as I browse through my closet, getting ready for the day ahead. My weather app says it’ll be ...
When first arriving in Florence for a semester abroad, I was overwhelmed by my new surroundings, but one of my most immediate impressions was that Italians seemed to wear black all the ...
After WWII came the emergence of “Made in Italy”. Giovanni Battista Giorgini organized the first internationally recognized Italian fashion runway show in Florence, opening the floodgates to what would change ...
Monday morning, start of the week, and I park the car at the side of a country road. It’s about 9.15 but no school gates slam shut here. My eight ...
BISTECCA , a product design project developed by Pierpaolo Nieri, a student attending the three-year course in Interior Design at IED Firenze. The project was awarded second prize in ...
It’s Monday night, and I’m soberly walking on via San Gallo toward the Duomo for an uneventful hour at The Lion’s Fountain. My friends occupy the entire width of the ...
Reality has to hit eventually. You have spent days wandering Florence in awe of Santa Croce’s frescoes and Ghiberti’s golden gates, snapping pictures of the Vasari Corridor and Botticelli’s Primavera. ...
Moving to a new country is a daunting prospect, even more so when faced with the difficult decision of finding your child a school. The first step of this challenging ...
IED Florence has introduced a master’s course in Alto Artigianato, combining design processes with skills pertaining to high-end Italian craftsmanship.
Small class sizes, experiential education and flexibility of curriculum: Blyth Academy is set to offer a new alternative on Florence’s education scene.
So, you’re looking to do a year abroad. Dream come true, right? A new country, with new people and new experiences. But where to do it? Here are 10 reasons ...
Florence-based fashion institute Polimoda presented the new Talent Development project during Pitti Uomo 90. It is a program conceived to bridge the gap between education and industry, and support the ...
Twenty-five minutes from both Florence and Pisa, Scuola Tessieri offers something new on the Italian cooking school scene: a convivial and easy-going culinary experience for food lovers of every level. ...
The Florentine is publishing this series of interviews on the occasion of Vogue Fashion’s Night Out on September 17, 2015. Yojiro Kake is a young Japanese fashion designer based ...
ph @marcobadiani While Pitti Uomo presented the latest from world-famous fashion designers, Polimoda recently presented the designs of the next generation of talent. At Villa Favard, the design ...
Polimoda, International Institute of Fashion, Design and Marketing, has opened a sleek, contemporary campus in Scandicci. The new centre, situated in via Galileo Galilee near tram stops Resistenza and De André, will offer fashion design, fashion technology and footwear and accessory design in 13 professionally equipped labs
The University of New Haven established its first and only international campus in Prato in autumn 2012. With 35 students a semester, the university offers a changing programme of classes to give every New Haven student, no matter his or her major, the opportunity to spend 15 weeks in Italy.
By now well established in Prato, Monash University’s Italian site, founded in 2001, serves more than 700 students a year, offering a wide range of academic programmes in humanities, law, art, design & architecture and business & economics. The choice of Prato rather than the nearby and better-
