Officine Farneto, two days of meetings dedicated to the professionals and the general public to present and make tangible the excellence in the contemporary kitchen world, with exclusive partners: Alessi, Pilkington, Ottagono, LivingRoome.

Avec le souhait que, en écoutant sa raison, son cœur et sa conscience, l'homme atteigne le plus vite possible un équilibre entre la satisfaction de ses propres besoins et la protection de l'environnement, et cela pour son bien-être et au profit des générations futures.

Tree O'Clock is past! Tens of thousands of new trees are in the ground and we took part. More info at Tree o'clock. More photos on flickr.

“Nobel prize winner Richard S. Odingo’s recipe to cure the Earth’s fever and make a new start towards healthy and durable sustainable development based on a new ecological deal”. This is the name of the meeting that will take place in Pordenone on Thursday, 19th November 2009 at 6.30 p.m. in the Board Room of the Town Hall (in Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, n. 64) to which Richard S. Odingo will participate in the capacity of senior member of African climatologists, former Vice Chairman of the Inter-governamental Panel on climate change of the United Nations (IPCC), Nobel prize winner for peace and for the environment in 2007 will participate.

During the meeting, the new long-term reafforestation Project for Africa called the “GOT OWAGA Operation” that is about to take off in the Nyando Valley, Nyanza (Kenya) and is financed by BIOFOREST and coordinated and directed by Mr. Odingo himself, will be presented with the help of images.

The following will participate:

Richard S. Odi...

On 22nd October Valcucine will be presenting a made-over space at Viale Piave, 27 in Milan which, for “Design in the city”, will host a showroom dedicated to the topic of dreams.

The showroom designed by Studiopepe Milano will lead you into a dream world full of sensorial suggestions starring the new version of Artematica called “Noce Tattile”.  

Enjoy the luminous installations by Davide Groppi, an artist of pure light, the surprise reading performances of in-theme stories and, last but not least, the ironic and visionary food designers “Arabeschi di Latte” (Milk Arabesques) who will prepare surprising gastronomic creations in the showroom kitchen to tickle your taste buds.

Next to the Habitat VALCUCINE showroom, the historical Spotti shop of Milan will present its new indoor proposals selected from the best brands of the sector in a renovated space that reinterprets contemporary living.