Interni, the prestigious Mondadori
magazine which has covered the world of design and architecture
for an international audience for over 70 years, has opened 2025
with a special "Italy-Japan" edition totally dedicated to
cultural relations between Italy and Japan, with 40 pages
devoted to the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka.
The magazine, which has just come out in newsstands and via app
in Italian and English, is being presented on Friday in Paris.
"The far-sighted editorial decision by Interni and by
Editor-in-chief Gilda Bojardi to dedicate a single-subject issue
to Japan and to Italy's participation at Expo underlines the
importance of Italian design and high-level craftsmanship for
our system's economic system," said Ambassador Mario Vattani,
the Commissioner General for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka.
"Events such as Milan Design Week are events of international
importance, capable of catalyzing the attention of the media, of
companies and of enthusiasts at a global level.
"This year the inauguration of Expo takes place in the same
period as that of the Salone del Mobile (Milan Furniture Fair),
with which we are organizing a live video link for the Made in
Italy Day celebrations.
"It is worth remembering that, among the many activities planned
to celebrate Italian creativity and technology in Osaka, we will
host the awards ceremony for the special edition of the
international Compasso d'Oro prize dedicated to Expo 2025 in
September at the Italian Pavilion".
Many big names contributed to this special edition of Interni,
which opens with a piece by Gianluigi Benedetti, the Italian
Ambassador to Tokyo.
The story of the Italy Pavilion is introduced by Commissioner
General Mario Vattani, with the addition of an extract of his
essay "Svelare il Giappone" (Revealing Japan, Giunti, 2020), in
bookstores from February, this time in a paperback version.
The architect Mario Cucinella illustrates the concept of the
Italy Pavilion and its architectural structure, while Professor
Rossella Menegazzo, an important figure in cultural relations
between Italy and Japan and the Head of Culture, Science and
Education of the Italy Pavilion, writes the story of the artisan
intelligence that made Italian know-how famous at the global
level. The contribution of the journalist and writer Stefania
Viti, the Communications Manager for Italy at Expo, focuses on
food as a philosophical element that unites Italy and Japan.
This extraordinary issue of Interni is also enriched by insights
into some of the top names of contemporary Italian culture who
will take their works to Osaka, such as Jago, Francesca Leone
and Oriana Persico.
It is also an opportunity to get to know better the Ambassadors
of the Italian Pavilion - Japanese personalities whose close
relationship with our country has influenced their artistic and
entrepreneurial paths, and who have agreed to collaborate to
strengthen the ties between the two nations: fashion designer
Junko Koshino; industrial designer Ken Okuyama; Orchestra
Conductor Tomomi Nishimoto; designer Toshiyuki Kita; sculptor
Susumu Shingu; entrepreneur Yuzo Yagi, who we have to thank for
the restoration of Rome's Pyramid of Gaius Cestius; and
illustrator Yoshitaka Amano, who designed the poster for the
latest Lucca Comics and Games festival marking the 100th
anniversary of Giacomo Puccini's death.
The special contribution of Monsignor Rino Fisichella, the
General Commissioner of the Holy See Pavilion at Expo 2025
Osaka, which highlights the profound significance of the Holy
See's presence being inside the Italy Pavilion or the first time
in Expo history, should not be missed either.
So this edition of Interni dedicated to the themes of Italy at
Expo underlines the role of the creative and design industries
as key elements of our country's DNA and it is a preview of the
values ;;and contents that will represent Italy on the global
stage at Expo 2025.
To find out more, check out:
https://www.internimagazine.it/designjournal/expo-2025/
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