Life + Style

The International Highrise Award (IHP) is an international award in architectural design, founded in 2003 by the City of Frankfurt, the German Architecture Museum (Deutsches Architekturmuseum), and DekaBank.   Every two years the award is assigned to a building or …

Piergiorgio is not your average Gio. Nor is his life. Expert winemaker, surfer, and actor. Not the usual list of job titles seen on one’s resume  But that is what makes Piergiorgio Castellani’s life so gloriously unique. Born in Montecalvoli, …

Singing, dancing and even walking in the rain just got a little easier thanks to the creation of RainUP, an innovative way to keep your shoes, even those three inch stilettos, dry throughout the rainy season. The RainUP “copriscarpe,” as …

One hundred years ago, the whole world was fighting over territory and power. Unresolved political, territorial, and economic conflicts among the major European nations, where imperialism and nationalism had been constantly growing since the 19th century, fuelled military rivalries and …

One of the objects of this column is to explore the Italian ethnicity of actors and filmmakers when their heritage doesn’t appear obvious at a first glance. An Italian last name is always a giveaway but there are often cases …

De Niro.  He is recognized as one of the most successful Italian Americans in the world today, with a set of unmistakably dark inky eyes, which convey everything from calm murderous rage to pure tenderness.     The actor, who …

Arcangela Aiello’s first fell in love with fashion when she was just a little girl. Whenever she could, she loved to visit a local dressmaker’s studio near her home in Sicily. While most little girls would be bored and want …

At the beginning of Enrico Franceschini’s book, “Voglio l’America,” there is a quote. Not just any quote. But a quote that signifies the essence of the American dream.  “If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere.” * …

In Turin, the chocolate is at home. Piedmont chocolatiers got their first license to sell chocolate in 1678, almost 200 years before the first gianduia bar entered the chocolate scene in Turin. But when “CioccolaTò Festival” takes place, as during …

Screenwriter Giuseppe Cossentino and entertainment presenter Giuseppe Nappa have much more than their first names in common. They also represent Napoli’s newest generation of young, hot talent who are bringing to the public a series of innovative projects, and work …