“The other shape of things”, when DNA becomes a matrix of art
The other shape of things (AAS47692 / Picea abies) is the title, inspired by the DNA code of the Norway spruce (Picea abies), of the exhibition by Emilio Vavarella at Casa Zegna, a new milestone in his artistic journey. Vavarella is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher at Harvard University, where he is doing a PhD […]
TOP: the style of a house organ
Let’s have a look at the Zegna house organ TOP, which documents nearly 15 years of the company’s history and its transition from fabrics only to clothing and accessories as well, between December 1966 and 1980. The world was changing in those years, from protest politics to Reaganesque hedonism, via economic austerity and the “years […]
Women on top
TOP is a magazine for men. It describes their attitudes; it presents the objects that contribute to the construction of their identity: refined clothes, tiny and fundamental accessories, flamboyant cars and large boats; it vents the aesthetic desire through the development of a masculine style that is also refined, varied, aware. Perhaps it is surprising […]
TOP, the house organ you weren’t expecting
When talking of fashion or style, we don’t usually bother much with definitions, which are always rather inadequate. But this time we’ll make an exception and start with the definition of house organ: a “corporate newspaper”, an official source with which a company informs its customers, employees and other stakeholders of initiatives in progress and […]
The Claude Frères collection: timeless samples of creativity
On opening a volume in the Claude Frères sample collection kept in Casa Zegna, you immediately feel immersed in an extraordinary historical… fabric. Though they “only” contain swatches of material and very few words, these volumes tell old and interesting stories. The 169 Claude Frères sample books in the Zegna archives cover the period from […]
Heritage News: the Ermenegildo Zegna Wool Mill was born on May 11th 1910
Reigning Vittorio Emanuele III King of Italy by the grace of God and the will of the Nation In the year one thousand nine hundred and ten on May 11 in Trivero in his own home, in front of me, Sejra Giovanni Battista, notary, and in the presence of Mr Verzoletto Giovanni Battista son of […]
Heritage Day: history in a fabric
The metaphorical expression “weaving the future” has now taken on a very literal sense. On Sunday 17 November, during the 18th Business Culture Week (from 8 to 22 November 2019), Fondazione Zegna is organizing Heritage Day: l’arte di tessere il futuro (The art of weaving the future), an initiative offering a “journey through the fabrics of the samples collections, from inspiration to […]
The Zegna Archives: preserving history
The importance that a well preserved historical archive may have for a territory is simply incalculable. The historical memory of a place often coincides with an archive that conserves shelf-loads of documents, written testimonies to what has gone before, a warning and a lesson to the protagonists of the present. One such historical archive is […]
FAI Autumn Days: events in Oasi Zegna
12 and 13 October 2019 see the return of the FAI Autumn Days. On 13 October, Fondazione Zegna and Oasi Zegna are organizing a calendar of art and culture events for everyone, kids included. From 10.30 to 17.00, the event entitled “Biella sotto i 1000 m” (Biella under 1,000 m) is offering guided visits to […]
Montessori workshops for kids: the expert speaks
Activities for kids organized by the cooperative Tantintenti with support from Fondazione Zegna are characterized by an approach based on the Maria Montessori method, which by stimulating enthusiasm in kids manages to engage entire families. To explain Montessori’s educational approach, Ruggero Poi, the head of the Tantintenti cooperative, starts with their most recent experience, a […]
