A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Chiara Montanari (Antarctic expedition leader, manager, researcher, coach, consultant in strategic mindset, TEDx speaker and author of “Ice chronicles. 90 days in Antarctica"). * The Antarctic mindset as a metaphor of entrepreneurship (2:05) * The success of an "impresa" in an extreme environment: a balance of rigor and flexibility (4:00) * How to see the unforeseen as not an obstacle but as an opportunity (9:10) * Dynamism, mutability, and the need of self-care (14:50) * The feminine mindset as a seed of innovation (19:24) * Leadership and joy (22:00) Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode of "Italian Innovators". If you did, make sure to leave a comment here below and subscribe to this YouTube channel as a way to enrich this conversation and receive notification of new episodes. Also, don’t forget to visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

In this presentation, Luca Cottini examines four “faces” of the Italian fashion system (Laura Biagiotti, Brunello Cucinelli, Ermenegildo Zegna, and Elsa Schiaparelli), exploring in their singular story and entrepreneurial philosophies the depth, originality, and eclecticism behind the Italian fashion system.

A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD * Across the Gustav Line. How a scholar became a war hero (1943-1945) * A man in between worlds, from his upbringing in Perugia to his travels to his first trip to the US * The long journey to anti-Fascism and republicanism * American in Italy and Italian in America. The creation of the bulletin "The Italian Scene" * The Verrazzano campaign. How the Verrazzano bridge got its name * The Sorbello Foundation. The living legacy of Uguccione Ranieri and his mother Romeyne Robert Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Luigi Crema (associate professor of international law at the University of Milan) * Roman law and the foundation of modern legal systems (0:45) * The post-war making of Italy's constitution and the primacy of labor (7:00) * A comparative analysis. The young Italian constitution and the old American constitution (12:30) * The Italian constitution and the status of contemporary Italian democracy (18:00) * The necessary relationship of law and culture. The American, Italian, and European cases (24:00) * The Italian contribution to human rights (26:53) Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode of "Italian Innovators". If you did, make sure to leave a comment here below and subscribe to this YouTube channel as a way to enrich this conversation and receive notification of new episodes. Also, don’t forget to visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

Una chiacchierata con Luca Cottini. Una libera interpretazione di un'episodio in inglese dedicato a Silvio Gazzaniga https://youtu.be/xKJ-XBUZ7tc * Cos'è la vittoria? Dagli antichi trionfi all'era moderna. Dai successi militari ai trionfi sportivi * La forma della #vittoria. Il concorso #FIFA del 1971 e il disegno della coppa del mondo FIFA * Silvio Gazzaniga, designer e scultore della coppa. L'estetica e il significato del trofeo * L'eccellenza di GDE Bertoni, azienda leader nella produzione di medaglie e trofei Thanks for watching! Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel.

A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD * The 1898 exposition of Turin. The cradle of Italian photography and cinematography * The bicycle workshop of Ceirano, the new trend of "horseless coaches" and the "automobile club" of Caffè Burello * The creation of Italy's first #automobile company (Ceirano GB & Co) in 1898 and the release of Italy's first #car (the "Welleyes") in 1899 * A board of investors acquires Ceirano's patent and business, forming the Turin Factory of Italian Automobiles. The birth of #FIAT on July 11, 1899 * Ceirano's entrepreneurial path and his legacy. The later fame of his former employees: the pilot Felice Nazzaro, the aviation engineer Aristide Faccioli, and car entrepreneur Vincenzo Lancia * How Fiat became Italy's #1 factory of automobiles. The leadership of Giovanni Agnelli Sr. * The road is for those who walk. Entrepreneurship and the audacity to begin. Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

How did Industrial Italy enter the American market? How was the “Italian appeal” formed in the years after WWII? In this presentation Luca Cottini investigates the cultural and commercial strategy of Italian companies in the United States and explores the relationship between Italian product and American imagination. A public presentation sponsored by the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia (March 23, 2022)

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Simone Cinotto (professor, author, and food scholar at University of gastronomic sciences in Pollenzo, Italy) * Local and global. Italian and American. A clarification of terms and a brief history of culinary culture in Italy (3:10) * A cuisine of exchange, hybridization, and creativity (9:15) * The post-war Americanization of Italian cuisine. New modes of consumption (11:50) * A brief history of the Mediterranean diet. From the Italian problem to the Italian model (16:20) * From Coca-Cola to slow food. American models and Italian recreations (28:15) * The creation of a transatlantic diet. Italian food in the US. American influence in Italy (32:08) * Slow food and the university of gastronomic sciences. Food studies in Pollenzo (43:25) Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode of "Italian Innovators". If you did, make sure to leave a comment here below and subscribe to this YouTube channel as a way to enrich this conversation and receive notification of new episodes. Also, don’t forget to visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

Una chiacchierata con Luca Cottini. Una libera interpretazione di un'episodio in inglese dedicato a Michele Ferrero https://youtu.be/If8mT8Gehec * Il dialogo con il cliente reale come base del successo industriale. Ferrero e "la Valeria" * La nascita di Mon Cheri, Nutella e Kinder Ferrero * Il modello imprenditoriale di Michele Ferrero: condividere valori per creare valore * Il primato dell'iniziativa come responsabilità personale Thanks for watching! Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel.

A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD * The fathers of great Italian innovators and artists (“like father like son” cases; the influence model; accidental gifts) * The gift of a chicco. Pietro Catelli’s gift to his son Enrico and the deeper meaning of “chicco” * How Chicco became the global leader in childcare products * An integrated approach. Building not the parts but the eco-system of a child’s life. * At the intersection of medicine and fashion, pharmaceutics and design, pediatrics and parenting. A model of innovation which “looks inward to look forward” * Catellli’s toy horse museum. A world of meaning in a toy. The gift of imagination. * A special dedication to my father Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

Una presentazione di Luca Cottini (PhD) * Fine anni Quaranta. Come invertire una percezione "negativa" degli italiani? * Ferragamo, le sorelle Fontana, la Cisitalia, la mostra del design italiano * Come è arrivata la Ferrari in America? L''industria automobilistica italiana negli Stati Uniti * Il mercato alimentare, l'ingresso del cibo (e del vino) italiano nella dieta americana * La strategia vincente di Olivetti. L'impatto della tecnologia italiana in America Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Jessica L. Harris (assistant professor of history at Saint John’s University, author, and scholar of African-American history, women’s history and modern Italy). * Italy in the aftermath of WWII. The Marshall Plan as both aid and economic opportunity (1:15) * The emergence of Mrs. Consumer and the Americanization of Italy (4:10) * The American model in Italy. The case of Mondadori and La Rinascente (7:25) * The diffusion of American refrigerators and its impact on food conservation, the birth of grocery stores, and the emancipation of women (14:40) * Hygiene and cosmetics. A new model of American beauty and womanhood (22:15) * Italian women as the target of American consumerism and the terminal of Italy's culture wars (28:00) Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode of "Italian Innovators". If you did, make sure to leave a comment here below and subscribe to this YouTube channel as a way to enrich this conversation and receive notification of new episodes. Also, don’t forget to visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

Una chiacchierata con Luca Cottini. Una libera interpretazione di un'episodio in inglese dedicato a Senatore Borletti https://youtu.be/cs2zWYugtN4 * Il primato italiano nell'orologeria e la fondazione della prima fabbrica di orologi in Italia (1896) * La prima guerra mondiale e la riconversione bellica della produzione. Come nacque la Rinascente * Borletti e D'Annunzio. Dall'impresa di Fiume alla cessione dei diritti di pubblicazione. Come prese il volo la tipografia di Arnoldo Mondadori * Il rapporto con il fascismo (SNIA Viscosa) e l'industria postbellica delle macchine da cucire * Un imprenditore umanista. L'impatto dell'industria sulla politica, l'editoria e la moda italiana Thanks for watching! Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel.

A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD * A lost harvest and the start of an adventure. From #Turin to the world * 1895. The opening of the #Lavazza store * Importing and treating #coffee. The re-invention of coffee as a transformed good * The innovation & art of #blending and the design of #aroma * Packaging and sustainability. From Luigi Lavazza to the company today Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

#italianinnovators online symposium (December 15, 2021). Who is Machiavelli today? How do we approach his work? Why is his theory of government still crucial to the understanding of contemporary politics, economy, and culture? In this online conversation, scholars of the 16th-century Florentine writer assess the present impact of his philosophical, theatrical, & political ideas. Introductory remarks. Luca Cottini *Machiavelli: A man for all seasons. Stefano U. Baldassarri (director of ISI Florence) - (3:40) *The secretary in charge: Machiavelli on leadership. Christopher Celenza (Johns Hopkins University) - (17:10) *“Having pissed in many a snowdrift” (Mandragola, I.2): Tracking Machiavelli in the Archives. William Connell (Seton Hall University) - (36:35) *The faces we wear: Machiavelli on stage. Katherine M. Robiadek (Hood College) - (1:01:25) *Machiavelli as a graphic novel character? Simone Testa (ISI Florence) & Marco De Luca (Graphic designer) - (1:18:00) Closing remarks. Luca Cottini - (1:32:10) Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Emanuele Cappelli (Creative Director at Cappelli Identity Design and Professor in Brand and Graphic Design at the Rome University of Fine Arts) * The story of Cappelli Identity Design and the creative soil of its founder (1:27) * The complementary paths of #academia and #entrepreneurship in creating value (4:40) * Visual #design as effective communication: the Felliniana & Olivetti Lettera 22 fonts (7:00) * Dynamic #branding as a relational way to create consistent and flexible identities, and achieve perennial livelihood in digital communication (10:05) * What is the difference between recognizing a logo and knowing a #brand? (16:35) * Applying dynamic branding to teaching and the promotion of the #humanities (20:35) Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode of "Italian Innovators". If you did, make sure to leave a comment here below and subscribe to this YouTube channel as a way to enrich this conversation and receive notification of new episodes. Also, don’t forget to visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

Una chiacchierata con Luca Cottini. Una libera interpretazione di un'episodio in inglese dedicato a Corradino D'Ascanio https://youtu.be/Eh41uLZbwV8 * Il disegnatore della Vespa, icona globale dell'italianità, e l'inventore dell'elicottero * Cosa c'entrano gli #aeroplani con gli #scooter. La doppia via di D'Ascanio e Pallavicino * La #Vespa di D'Ascanio per Piaggio (1946) e la #Lambretta di Pallavicino per Innocenti (1947) * D'Ascanio pioniere del volo, disegnatore iconico e professore di ingegneria Thanks for watching! Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel.

A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD * From #radio pioneer Adriano Cavalieri Ducati to the mass production of radio devices, cameras, projectors, and electrical razors. The early years of Ducati (1926-1944) * The WWII bombing and post-war reconstruction. The end of a #business story (1944-1945) * The unexpected success of Cucciolo and the start of the #motorcycling business (1946-1954) * The visionary #engineer Fabio Taglioni and the making of Ducati’s global success (1954-1989) * Every business is a living #story. How a company transcended the vision of its founders and became legend (1989- ) Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Marina Puricelli (Senior professor at SDA Bocconi University, author, and host of the blog "Il meglio del piccolo" - "the best of small") * Small size, entrepreneurial organization, family ownership, vocation to craftsmanship. The Italian recipe for industrial success. (1:32) * The Italian entrepreneur and the Anglo-Saxon manager (6:00) * The relevance of the human factor in a hyper-technological world (10:20) * Innovation from the perspective of the industry and academia (14:30) * The Italian constellation of industrial stories. A case-by-case approach (16:43) * A multi-perspective approach to Italian industrialism (academic research, journalism, storytelling, content-based blogging) (20:47) Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

Una chiacchierata con Luca Cottini. Una libera interpretazione di un'episodio in inglese dedicato a Davide Campari https://youtu.be/PFQ1t8HdnCs * Il primo milanese nato in galleria Vittorio Emanuele II * Da bar intellettuale a museo dinamico. La nascita del Bar Camparino * Un drink-piattaforma. Dall'aperitivo alla grafica pubblicitaria, dal design al cinema e alla fotografia * Il branding del bere. Da Milano al mondo Thanks for watching! Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel.

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * The drama of losing a son to war. Italian colonialism and the defeat of Adwa * The extraordinary ascent of a self-made man. From street vending to large-scale retail * The growing economic and political influence of Magazzini Bocconi * The death of Ferdinando’s firstborn Luigi and the idea of a university in his honor * A commercial university. Economy and languages as the focus of a new model of knowledge * Bocconi university as the laboratory of the Italian economic elite in the 20th century Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Patrizio Cionfoli (Director of Design and Interaction at Studio Volpi) * What is the philosophy of Studio Volpi? (1:20) * Disegno and progetto. Italian design as an operative fusion of aesthetics and functionality (2:20) * The integrated design of experience. What's behind an interface? (6:12) * The culture and value of virtual reality #VR (11:35) * The Internet of Things (#IoT) and the value of storytelling (17:10) * The rebranding of a #heritage. Design as a synthesis of user experience and innovation (22:15) * The unique value that an Italian #design company brings to the American market (27:00) Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

Una chiacchierata con Luca Cottini. Una libera interpretazione di un'episodio in inglese dedicato a Leopoldo e Vittorio Alinari https://youtu.be/ngqX0R4AO2Q * Firenze capitale d'Italia (1865-1870). Firenze capitale della fotografia * Dalla scienza all'artigianato. La nascita della fotografia e la fondazione dello studio Alinari * Una nuova conoscenza visuale. La fotografia e l'arte, la scienza, l'antropologia e la storia * L'industria fotografica e la cultura della fotografia: Kodak n.1 e la nascita della fotografia portatile (1888); la creazione della Società fotografica italiana (1889) * Vittorio Alinari imprenditore e fotografo. La fotografia come "arte industriale" Thanks for watching! Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel.

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * Oasi Zegna as a forward-looking #sustainability project and value creator * At the roots of Zegna's success. The Biella valley as the cradle of the Italian wool industry * From sheep to shop. From fabric to style. Zegna's business model from the founder to today * The aesthetic and natural relationship between #fashion, #entrepreneurship & the #environment * Ethical philosophy, social #responsibility, and community. The activities of fondazione Zegna Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

@italyinphilly lecture by Luca Cottini, PhD (October 6, 2021) * The unexpected birth of sound recording. From Edison's phonograph to Berliner's Gramophone * Caruso's 1902 recording in Milan. The launch of the record industry * The global reach of Italian opera and the crisis of operatic performance * The development of lithography and chromolithography in the promotion of operas * Giulio Ricordi. From score publisher to a graphic designer, from opera patron to pioneering advertiser * The evolution of opera post ads into a melodramatic advertising language * The legitimizing of recorded performance through Ricordi's gramophone ads Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, I invite you to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes and visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Giovanna Bonomo-Blescia (international editor for Canada’s luxury magazine Preferred, and author of “Lost and found in Italy”) * Italian Studies as a resource in professional development * Italy as a luxury destination. The pursuit of a unique value * In search of Italy. The Italian journey as a form of self-discovery * The market of Italian travel. From organized tours to virtual reality * A perspective shift. Learning languages as a tool of professional and human flourishing Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

Una chiacchierata con Luca Cottini. Una libera interpretazione di un'episodio in inglese dedicato a Guglielmo Marconi https://youtu.be/Z55xHBT93i4 * Una freccia verso l'orizzonte. L'impresa di Marconi a Cope Cod il 19 gennaio 1903: il primo messaggio radio attraverso l'Atlantico. Quello che resta oggi a Marconi Beach * La rivoluzione della telegrafia senza fili. Dal telegrafo al telefono. Dal cavo transoceanico alla comunicazione radio * I primi esperimenti di Marconi e lo sviluppo del suo business. L'applicazione marittima della radio (dalla marina inglese al Titanic) e il monopolio di Marconi * La radio e la politica. Dal primo messaggio radiofonico di D'Annunzio a Fiume alle adunate radiofoniche di Mussolini * La radio e l'intrattenimento. La radio e l'immaginazione senza fili Thanks for watching! Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel.

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * Business as a network of transactions and a world of meaning * Industry as a shared venture. On virtue and #entrepreneurship * From Istria to Abruzzo. From Abruzzo to Canada. Story of an exile immigrant * The impact of philosophical studies on Marchionne's leadership style * The biggest turnaround in the automotive industry. The rescue of Fiat and Chrysler * Cultural imagination as an added (and essential) value for the #manager Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

@italyinphilly lecture by Luca Cottini, PhD (September 9, 2021) * The Seicento (17th century) as an experimental laboratory negotiating momentous changes in cultural, political, and social history * The Baroque as a multi-media platform and an overarching aesthetics * The common concepts behind the works of Galileo, Caravaggio, Bernini, and Monteverdi * The Baroque as space. The reconfiguration of Rome as a universal capital (Bernini and Borromini) Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, I invite you to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes and visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Luca Vullo (actor, director, performer, author, speaker, and communication coach) * From Sicily to the world. Discovering a professional path (1:57) * Gestures as a key feature of the Italian flair and entrepreneurial success (7:20) * The grammar of the body. Non-verbal communication and team building (11:42) * From theatre to social media. The applications of emotional intelligence (19:38) * From theatre to film. The visual language of a documentary (25:23) * The creative gesture. Where does creativity spring from? (28:05) Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

Una chiacchierata con Luca Cottini. Una libera interpretazione di un'episodio in inglese dedicato a Camillo e Adriano Olivetti https://youtu.be/RbjMSBETyGY * Imparare le lingue è un viaggio a ovest, verso una nuova frontiera. * Ogni frontiera è l'avanguardia di un nuovo orizzonte culturale e imprenditoriale * La storia di innovazione di Olivetti. Le macchine da scrivere come luogo dove la tecnologia si fa estetica Thanks for watching! Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel.

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * March 15, 1909. In Rome, W. Wright completes the first ever engine-operated #flight above Italian soil * The birth of Italian #aviation (1909). The Montichiari circuit and the Italian aviation society * The path of an outsider, Gianni Caproni. From Munich & Liege to Milan * From Taliedo to Cascina Malpensa. The birth of military aviation * Blazing a trail in the sky. The humble audacity of flight pioneers. The value of experimentation and failure * Flying is a splendid dream. #Airplanes and cultural imagination (literature, painting, cinema) Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

Of Italy's heritage as a source of creative depth and endless imagination. Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Filippo Poletti (Top Voice LinkedIn influencer, Digital Product Communications Manager at Fiera Milano, journalist, author, host of the "New Normal" live show on LinkedIn). * From music to journalism. The humanities as a key factor in the industry (1:20) * Fiera Milano as a key site of Italian industrialism (6:00) * Internal communication. From the human factor to the human factory (8:55) * LinkedIn as a human and professional network. "In the knowledge-based economy, sharing counts as much as ownership” (12:55) * The protagonist of the digital revolution is the entrepreneur. Italy & Innovation (16:15) * From the Internet of Things (IoT) to the Intranet of People (IoP). How to create one's own voice or brand on the web (20:25) * The adventure of entrepreneurship. On branding, design, and teaching (27:00) Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

About Italian diversity as a source of excellence, competition and distinction. Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * The story of #heels. A masculine item turned into a feminine icon * From heels to #stilettos. The "Ferragamo" and the "steel" factor * The story of Casadei. From Romagna and #Rimini to #Hollywood * The architecture and aesthetics of a #stiletto #shoe * Every entrepreneur walks on heels. On stilettos and #entrepreneurship Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

Creativity & imagination Creativity & limit Creativity & Entrepreneurship Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Gabriele Caprotti (global sales director at Zanotta) * The Italian leadership in design furniture * Aurelio Zanotta and the making of a legendary company * Heritage and Innovation. Art museums, experimentation, and the contemporary market * What's in a chair? The obsession of Italian designers Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

To make well. To live Well. About knowledge as inherited craft and inherent enjoyment. Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * The encounter of Carlo Bugatti and Giovanni Segantini at the art academy of Brera * Milan's scapigliati ("disheveled") and the attempt at a new modern Italian art * Bugatti's mastery in #furniture design. The triumph of 1902 in Turin. * Turning objects into art pieces: the impact of a father on his sons Rembrandt and Ettore * From furniture to automobiles. The extraordinary path of Ettore Bugatti * Heritage & Innovation. From liberty style to luxury cars Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

@italyinphilly lecture by Luca Cottini, PhD (June 8, 2021) * The decorated surface. Objects and matter as narrative supports from Roman antiquity to modern pre-industrial aesthetics (eg. wood, glass, tapestries, plates) * The object is the story. The industrial construction of the object’s interior personality * Storytelling techniques in scriptwriting and object design * From the icons of Italian design to Italy’s industrial aesthetics. A philosophy of style Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, I invite you to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes and visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

* The Birth and Masters of Italian Advertising * The Italian Culture of Design. The Italian Art of Objects * Shaping the Modern Italian Space. Contemporary Architecture Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Paolo Taticchi (Professor of Strategy & Sustainability and Deputy Director of MBA and Global Engagement at University College of London - School of Management, Intrapreneur, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Speaker) * From father to son. The craft of scholarship & teaching * Italians as trend-setters. What is the Italian influence? * Innovative approaches to sustainability in the Italian industry * The sustainability of education. The future of universities * From the ideal city to the smart city. The Italian model of urban development * On humanities and entrepreneurship. The Italian way to humanistic management Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

* A prolonged state of political crisis (1980-2020). The 5-five majority (pentapartito); the bribe scandal (tangentopoli); the Fall of the USSR and the emigration from Albania; the Mafia attack to the state; the second republic; berlusconismo; emigration from Africa; the 6-cabinet decade (2010s); Mario Draghi * A restless democracy and an ongoing history of success and innovation (architecture, cuisine, art, industry) * The success recipe of Italian modernity Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * The opening of the Suez Canal at the origin of Italian colonialism & the Southern question * The ascent of #Sicily in the 1880s and the Florio #business (tuna, sulfur, navigation, etc) * Ignazio Florio, the national exposition of Palermo (1891-1892), and Sicilian Liberty * Franca Florio. A master of style, fashion, elegance, and influence * The end of the Florio dynasty. Businesses end. True value remains * The necessity of myth making in any entrepreneurial journey Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

@italyinphilly lecture by Luca Cottini, PhD (May 6, 2021). Introductory remarks by Pier Forlano (Consul General of Italy in Philaldephia) Outline of the lecture * Calvino’s short story “Autobiography of a spectator”: an exercise of memory and a critical mirror * The common adolescence of Calvino and Fellini: the riviera, Fascist repression, and cinema * From the cinema of “distance” to meta-cinema in the post-war years * A parallel aesthetics: the present indicative gaze and the reversed vision. From cinema to literature Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, I invite you to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes and visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

* Automation of Printing. Gutenberg and the typographic revolution * The design of letters. Manuzio, Griffo, Bodoni * The automation of Writing. Industrial typewriters * Automated writing in Futurist art (Bragaglia, Pratella, Marinetti) * The typewriter as a laboratory of design and computing (Olivetti) Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Ale Gambini (chef and food ambassador in Los Angeles, writer, award-winning host in online food programs, recipe developer, blogger, and cook instructor) * From Milan to Los Angeles. From music to cooking * Innovating tradition. How to "develop" the Italian repertoire * Italian food and the question of authenticity * The variety of Italian culinary traditions in dialogue with the American landscape * On writing and cooking. Where does creativity originate? Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!