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2018Photographer Sam Gregg shoots the true face of Naples
2018
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2014Illustration: Checking back in with Italian illustrator Sarah Mazzetti
2014
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2018Leonardo Pellegrino's soft and delicate graphic designs are inspired by his Italian roots
2018
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2021Behind the mascot, the poster and kits: How the 1990 Italian World Cup flagged a new era for football
2021
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2015Michael Bierut creates graphics for USA Expo Milan 2015 pavilion
2015
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2013Studio Lievito design some very handsome kitchen accessories, Italian style
2013
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2017SO-IL builds “breathing” house for MINI in Milan, exploring the future of urban living
2017
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2015Bologna but not as we know it, thanks to designer Francesco Delrosso
2015
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2018Friday Mixtape: Anthony Naples takes us from the party to the after party
2018
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2016The cheery and expressive illustrations of Finnish illustrator Antti Kalevi
2016
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2016Rome-based Andrea Chronopoulos’ illustrations are quirky and a little bit cheeky
2016
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2014Product Design: ECAL students create bizarre smart home objects in Milan
2014
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2016The Italian ideas factory: Fabrica through the eyes of its alumni
2016
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2017Photographer John Laurie explores sports culture in Uzbekistan
2017
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2021Nestled away in the mountains of Italy, Studio Mut’s designs still manage an impressively far reaching impact
2021
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2008Finnish Illustrators
2008
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2016A pick of the events at the 55th Milan Salone
2016
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2014Introducing: Martina Corà from Milan on her fantastic conceptual photography
2014
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1075Center Panel of a Triptych with the Crucifixion and the Entombment
1075
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1084Plaque with God Creating the Animals
1084
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1Gaming Die
1
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Fiat 600 Multipla 1956-69 & Scout Scarab 1936 (Early MPVs-People Carriers from Italy & USA) (17019261322)
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1925Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
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1875Carpet with a Geometricized Medallion Design
1875
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1700Carpet with a Geometricized Saz-Leaf Design
1700
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1700Carpet with a Geometricized Medallion Design
1700
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1875Carpet with Triple Lozenge-Medallion Design
1875
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1875White-Ground Kuba Rug
1875
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1600Rug with an Interlocking Lozenge-Medallion Design
1600
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1700Hanging
1700
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1800Robe
1800
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968Coin
968
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1700Hanging
1700
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1800Hanging
1800
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1891Fragment of Cover
1891
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1309Fragment of a Wall Painting
1309
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1800Ensemble
1800
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1850Boots
1850
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1800Carpet
1800
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1800Hanging
1800
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1700Hanging
1700
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1800Robe
1800
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1801Bridle, Mane piece and Breast collar
1801
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1800Hair Ornament [or Plait Ornament]
1800
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1800Cover
1800
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1600Carpet fragment
1600
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1700Hanging
1700
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1700Textile Fragment
1700
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1825Ornament
1825
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1800Cover
1800
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1800Earring, One of a Pair
1800
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968Coin
968
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1800Hair Ornament [or Plait Ornament]
1800
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1775Kaftan
1775
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1700Textile Fragment
1700
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1800Kaftan
1800
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1700Textile Fragment
1700
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1891Fragment of Cover
1891
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1891Fragment of Cover
1891
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1800Pendant, One of a Pair
1800
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1700Hanging
1700
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1800Ornament, One of a Pair
1800
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1800Ornament, One of a Pair
1800
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1800Robe
1800
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1800Earring, One of a Pair
1800
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1700Textile Fragment
1700
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1800Amulet Case, One of a Pair
1800
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1800Pendant, One of a Pair
1800
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1800Hanging
1800
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1800Head Ornament
1800
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1800Earring, One of a Pair
1800
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1800Earring, One of a Pair
1800
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1875Čartār
1875
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1800Hanging
1800
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1500Textile Fragment
1500
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1800Ensemble
1800
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1475Carved Door Panel
1475
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1800Hair Ornament [or Plait Ornament]
1800
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1800Amulet Case, One of a Pair
1800
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1001Knife Blade
1001
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1800Tent Door Hanging
1800
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1950Qairaq (stone castanets)
1950
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1701Khyber Knife
1701
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1500Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription
1500
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500Ritual Basin
500
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1100Glass Medallion with Molded Decoration
1100
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1950Chang (jaw harp)
1950
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1Plaque with Loving Couple (Mithuna)
1
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1433Coin
1433
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1855Dutār
1855
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1Fragment of an Ivory Comb
1
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1801Shield
1801
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1925Festive Dress of a Hazara Woman
1925
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1000High-Tin Bronze Bowl
1000
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1100Mirror
1100
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1950Sheep bell
1950
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1600Carpet
1600
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1950Chang (jaw harp)
1950
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1400Bowl
1400
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1701Dagger (Pesh-kabz) with Sheath
1701
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1550Carpet
1550
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1701Knife (Khyber) with Sheath
1701
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1400Ewer with Lid
1400
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1800Carpet Fragment
1800
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1800Carpet
1800
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1875Kufesque-Border Lattice Shirvan Rug
1875
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1800Carpet
1800
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1600Dragon Carpet
1600
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1808"Marasali" Shirvan Prayer Rug
1808
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1800So-called "Chila"
1800
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1800Tār
1800
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1880Tar
1880
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1801Zurna
1801
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1880Tar
1880
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-300Snaffle Bit
-300
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1801Dagger with Sheath
1801
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1938Empire
1938
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Välskärinkatu 9, Sandelsinkatu 10, Helsinki
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Välskärinkatu 3, Helsinki
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Välskärinkatu 5, Helsinki
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Välskärinkatu 1b, Helsinki
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Välskärinkatu 7, Helsinki
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Sandelsinkatu 4, Helsinki
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1972Sandal
1972
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1983Gracieux Accueil (Gracious Reception)
1983
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800Coin
800
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775Coin
775
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914Coin
914
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984Coin
984
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957Coin
957
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884Coin
884
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984Coin
984
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996Coin
996
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987Coin
987
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968Coin
968
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983Coin
983
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983Coin
983
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983Coin
983
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984Coin
984
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982Coin
982
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965Coin
965
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948Coin
948
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950Coin
950
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984Coin
984
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984Coin
984
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964Coin
964
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948Coin
948
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952Coin
952
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1100Box with Lid
1100
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973Coin
973
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654Coin
654
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900Coin
900
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1155Ewer
1155
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814Coin
814
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1027Dinar of Mahmud
1027
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400Textile with Processions of Rams
400
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1800Bedding Bag
1800
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1800Carpet
1800
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1625Cope
1625
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1800Tent Band
1800
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900Bowl
900
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1700Carpet
1700
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800Bowl
800
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1825Face of Half a Double Saddle Bag (Khorjin)
1825
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1800Face of Half a Double Saddle Bag (Khorjin)
1800
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1825Face of Half a Double Saddle Bag (Khorjin)
1825
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1825Face of half a Double Saddle Bag (Khorjin)
1825
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1850Face of Half a Double Saddle Bag (Khorjin)
1850
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1775Double Saddle Bag (Khorjin)
1775
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1800Face of Half a Double Saddle Bag (Khorjin)
1800
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1700Citron
1700
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1325Inscribed Pen Box
1325
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600Textile with Boar's Head Roundels
600
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2007Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
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2007Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
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2007Soviet pocket watch
2007
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2014Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
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2011The Milan Review (of Ghosts)
2011
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2015Bright, bold designs for an arts festival from Italian agency Studio Mut
2015
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2015John Radcliffe Studio photographs Italy's migrant crisis quietly and sincerely
2015
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
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2015The beautiful faces and spaces of Italy’s wild and radical late 60s discos
2015
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2012Heineken's designed-from-scratch club opens in Milan
2012
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
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2015Jacopo Benassi revisits the Italian transvestites of Lisetta Carmi's work
2015
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2017Italian photographer Luca Grottoli talks through his up and down relationship with the medium
2017
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2020Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek photographs a holiday resort, seemingly only open to Afghan Hounds
2020
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2018Crystal Zapata's work joins the dots between radical Italian design and Chicago house
2018
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2014More great new work from talented Finnish illustrator Toni Halonen
2014
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2014Event: The House of Peroni promises 1960s inspired Italian art and design
2014
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2013Jeremy Deller's British Pavilion in Venice challenges and provokes our self-image
2013
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2016Typography, Tom of Finland and the technological sublime in the British Art Show 8
2016
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2012Liv Siddall looks back on Helsinki's time in the design spotlight
2012
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2013Product Design: Darkroom launch collection inspired by Italian designer Ettore Sottsass
2013
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2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
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2015Rolf Sachs energetically captures the Swiss-Italian Alps from moving train
2015
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2019How do you advertise a Swedish bank? With Snoop Dogg and Afghan hounds
2019
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2012Well-designed furniture plus rust makes Lex Pott one to watch in Milan
2012
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2024Finnish design studio TSTO is pushing boundaries in the cultural corner
2024
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2018Olimpia Zagnoli dreams of childhood summers in 80s Italy with Cuore di Panna
2018
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2016Reporting architecture in sharp focus: photography at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale
2016
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2018Sofie Amalie Klougart documents refugees living in an Italian reception centre
2018
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2018Tales of the sea: behind John Morgan’s identity for Island, the British Pavilion at Venice Biennale
2018
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2015Italian art mag Mousse continues to wow with its 50th issue
2015
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
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2012David Shrigley's favourite Finnish illustrator, and now ours: Amanda Vähämäki
2012
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2018A whizz through the portfolio of Italian illustrator Marco Oggian
2018
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2015Jonas Unger's brilliant accessories shoot features Italian men eating pasta
2015
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2012Christopher Jenner introduces new collection in Milan with Kusama-esque installation
2012
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2014Got a really dry brief and need something brilliant? Call Helsinki studio Werklig
2014
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2009Italian Radical Architecture
2009
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2015We speak to Ruvan Wijesooriya about his documentation of a Kabul school
2015
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2014The House of Peroni is back to celebrate Rome's dizzying cultural diversity
2014
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2013Advertising: M&C Saatchi crash a submarine through a Milan street
2013
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2023Zumrad Mirzalieva documents the decline of traditional Uzbek barbershops
2023
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2018Photographer Pierluigi Macor travels to southern Italy to capture interesting characters
2018
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2020Everything OK not OK documents the young people of Tbilisi, Georgia
2020
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2014Introducing: Meet Helsinki-based graphic designer Pol Solsona!
2014
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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2009Milan Furniture Fair
2009
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2020Uzbekistan-based Hassan Kurbanbaev photographs the places where he feels “calm and well”
2020
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2013Graphic Design: Lovely new liquorice packaging all the way from Finland
2013
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2016Diamond Dogs catalogues the 80s underground scene in Naples
2016
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2012Rats of the skies? Nope, these pigeons get a makeover for the Venice Biennale
2012
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2013Illustration: More work from the hilarious and sometimes naughty Finnish illustrator, Rami Niemi
2013
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2018Morgan Hill-Murphy's Italian summer: "a playground of incredible light and fantastic wrinkly old men"
2018
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2012Fabio Novembre's colourful design brings Italian graphics show to life
2012
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2014Prill Vieceli Cremers create stunning work for a cultural project in Afghanistan
2014
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2020“Living such a lifestyle is not an easy task”: Valeria Luongo on documenting a community of nuns in Rome
2020
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2013Studio Audience – Series Three, Episode 17 with Rubens, Arrested Development and Venice
2013
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2018Michelle Maguire teams up with Kelsey McClellan for a visual homage to her Italian American grandfather
2018
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2014Graphic Design: Whoever chose Tom of Finland to be on Finnish stamps is a genius
2014
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2014Introducing fantastic Italian illustrator Alessandro Apai
2014
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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1350Belt with Profiles of Half-Length Figures
1350
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2019Photographer Benedetta Ristori gives visibility to migrant women in the Italian care industry
2019
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2012Benjamin Hubert's centenary celebration chair for Poltrona unveiled in Milan
2012
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2012Lawrence Beck's photos of Italian gardens are beautiful and beguiling
2012