MADE IN NEVADA: Pasquale Iovinella
Finding high-quality Italian handcrafted ties and accessories in the Biggest Little City is now easy. All you have to do is log onto the Pasquale lovinella website. He spends hours on the second floor of his Damonte Ranch home, where makes ties one cut and stitch at a time. He uses the skills he learned as a child in his Italian hometown of Orta Di...
Designer Antonio Citterio’s guide to contemporary Italian elegance
Contemporary Italian designer Antonio Citterio, the founder of Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel, works on some of the most luxurious projects across the globe with a team of eight partners and more than 90 employees in offices in Milan and New York. His architectural and interior design firm is hired by Rome-based jeweler-turned-hotelier Bulgari and...
You Can Now Live in a Fendi Home-in Scottsdale, Arizona
Fendi is expanding its Roman empire . . . to Scottsdale, Arizona. The luxury fashion house just announced that it is building a collection of 41 bespoke Fendi Private Residences that will be come to market later this year and be completed in 2020. Each home will average 3,500 square feet, with the design and architecture spearheaded by architect Ma...
“Slow Technology”: The new challenge for Made in Italy
“Thinking of technology in a conscious way, as a broad development process that strengthens the ethical aspect, so investing in a sort of ‘slow and ethic technology’, means taking into account and evaluating all the consequences and impact on our society of every single innovation, referring to our values and always focusing on the individual” is t...
Lamborghini Centenario and Aventador SVJ for Sale at Lamborghini Las Vegas
Lamborghini Las Vegas is offering two incredible cars for sale that are hard to find, especially in one place. The first is a Lamborghini Centenario, which is one of the wildest creations the iconic Italian automaker has ever created. Then there’s an example of the new Aventador SVJ, which is Lamborghini’s most potent production series model ever....
Aquafil Opens First American Carpet Recycling Facility in Arizona
Italian nylon fiber manufacturer Aquafil opened its first carpet recycling facility in the United States. The new 116,000 square feet building in Phoenix, Arizona, has the capacity to turn 36 million pounds of old carpets into raw material annually, the company says. Aquafil manufactures a polymer called Nylon 6, and operates in two main product ar...
Alliance between Las Vegas, Italy pays dividends
When talking about Las Vegas and Nevada, it is inevitable to think about the tourism and entertainment industries and the influence they have on the city. But to define Las Vegas by this simplistic formula is to lose sight of the bigger picture. In many ways, Las Vegas epitomizes the indomitable nature of the American spirit, as well as the ability...
The Ambassador of Italy to the USA, Armando Varricchio visits the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019
The Ambassador of Italy to the USA, Armando Varricchio, visited Las Vegas, Nevada and attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). For over 50 years, CES has been the world's most important innovation show, where new ideas, technologies and investors meet. This year, thanks to the support of the Italian Trade Commission, the Sardinia Region, Teore...
Ferrari Offerings at Scottsdale Auction
A line-up of Ferraris will be among the headline offerings at the Gooding and Company Scottsdale 2019 auction, scheduled for January 18-19 during Arizona Auction Week. The 275 GTB Prototype that raced in the 1966 Monte Carlo Rally, a late-production Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta, a single-louver Tour de France and a Vignale-bodied 250 MM will be pr...
Italian Pavilion At World Of Concrete 2019
Held in Las Vegas Convention Center from January the 22nd to January the 25th, World of Concrete is the industry’s biggest event, featuring over 1,500 exhibiting companies in over 745,000 square feet of exhibit space. This year, for the first time ever, Italy is present with an Italian Pavilion (Central Hall - Booths C6723-C6830) organized by Itali...
Ferrari fit for a Princess leads RM Sotheby’s Arizona auction
RM Sotheby’s forthcoming Arizona sale on January 17-18 will feature a one-of-a-kind Ferrari with a genuinely royal provenance. Leading the auction is a unique, custom-built 1957 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Speciale which was delivered new to Princess Lilian de Réthy of Belgium. Featuring its original matching-numbers engine, and exclusive Pinin Farina cou...
Two-wheeled Italian robot to take stage at CES
A two-wheeled delivery robot designed to tackle tight European streets will take centre stage at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. YAPE, the acronym of Your Autonomous Pony Express, is the first autonomous electric vehicle designed for urban delivery in difficult European streets. Its maker, Milan–based accelerator e-Novia, will d...