Category Archives: Industry

Berguedà, Central Counties, Catalonia, Spain

El Berguedà is a region of Catalonia. It has a total area of 1,184.89 km² and a population of 39,178 inhabitants (2016). It is the northernmost of the counties in the province of Barcelona (with the exception of the municipality of Gósol, attached to that of Lleida). It is located…

Berguedà, Central Counties, Catalonia, Spain

Cinema and Theater in Nice, France

Favored by the region’s exceptional sunshine, Nice and its agglomeration saw, shortly after the birth of silent cinema, the installation of several film studios. Compared to Hollywood, with the incomparable advantage of “snowfields two hours by car from the coastline Promenade des Anglais”, A “posing theater” was opened for Charles…

Cinema and Theater in Nice, France

Ivrea, Metropolitan city of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Ivrea is an Italian town in the metropolitan city of Turin, in Piedmont. The city is characterized by its historic carnival, famous throughout Italy for the historic battle of the oranges. It is considered “the capital of the Canavese”. Thanks to its historical importance and its particular environmental characteristics, the…

Ivrea, Metropolitan city of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Romans-sur-Isère, Drome, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Romans-sur-Isère is a French commune located in the department of Drôme, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. At the heart of the Drôme and at the foot of the Vercors, Romans benefits from an exceptional heritage: architecture, natural spaces, gastronomy, leatherwork… it relies on its history to build its future by attracting,…

Romans-sur-Isère, Drome, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Geneva Watch Tour, Switzerland

Geneva Watch Tour, to discove a unique relationship, which, like a secret passion, is but rarely revealed, discover this romance within which the past and the future of Watchmaking meet and mingle. Geneva ticks away the history of its time in a manner that can be truly surprising. In addition…

Geneva Watch Tour, Switzerland

Lyon, Capital of Silk in France

Lyon, historically an industrial city, has hosted numerous industries to the south of the city along the Rhône, Lyon became a very commercial city and a first-rate financial center during the Renaissance. Its economic prosperity was driven successively by the silk industry, then by the appearance of industries, in particular…

Lyon, Capital of Silk in France

The Ansaldo Workshop, Teatro Alla Scala

The Teatro alla Scala workshops, first based in the sites of Bovisa, Pero, Abanella as well as in the Piermarini site, have been located since 20 February 2001 in the former industrial settlement of the Ansaldo steel plants in Milan. This huge 20,000-square-metre facility is divided in three pavilions dedicated…

The Ansaldo Workshop, Teatro Alla Scala

Gold Water: Apocalyptic Black Mirrors, Ecuador Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Ecuador participated in the 56th Venice Biennale, represented by the artist Maria Veronica Leon with, “Gold Water: Apocalyptic Black Mirrors”. The presence of the Ecuadorian Pavilion in the Venice Biennale was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage of Ecuador, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of…

Gold Water: Apocalyptic Black Mirrors, Ecuador Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Looking ahead. The evolution of the art of making, Venice Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Exhibition “Looking ahead. The evolution of the art of making. 9 stories from Veneto: digital – not only digital.” in the Venice Pavilion, returns to its origins, with an exhibition on contemporary Applied Arts. The Venice Pavilion at the 2015 Biennale, based on technology and knowledge deriving from experience,…

Looking ahead. The evolution of the art of making, Venice Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Public Waters Mine of Terrassa, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

“Public Waters Mine of Terrassa, The heart of the industrial city” is an exhibition explaining how water was brought to the town of Terrassa, from the very earliest days thanks to the initiative of a number of industrialists, to provide power for the textile industry, with a tunnel being built…

Public Waters Mine of Terrassa, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

Energetic, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

The Enérgeia exhibition is a tour of the different energy sources as engines of human activity and industrialization. Exhibition on energy, the essential engine of industrialization that allows us to understand the importance of the use of energy sources over time. To make the concepts more understandable, the show features…

Energetic, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

Textile Factory, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

The exhibition “Textile Factory” shows The process of producing woollen fabric within the original context of a mill dating from the early 20th century. The permanent exhibition “The Textile Mill” displays the whole process of producing woollen fabric within the original context of a mill dating from the early 20th…

Textile Factory, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

18th to 21st Century, Second Part of the Permanent Exhibition, History Museum of Catalonia

The permanent exhibition is a proposal to explore the history of Catalonia, ranging from prehistoric times to the present day, focusing its discourse on the knowledge and understanding of the characteristics and evolution of the societies that have occupied the territory today known. as in Catalonia, emphasizing both the political,…

18th to 21st Century, Second Part of the Permanent Exhibition, History Museum of Catalonia

Flocking in texture

Flocking is the process of depositing many small fiber particles (called flock) onto a surface. It can also refer to the texture produced by the process, or to any material used primarily for its flocked surface. Flocking of an article can be performed for the purpose of increasing its value…

Flocking in texture

Art fabrication

Art fabrication describes the process or service of producing large or technically difficult artworks through entities and resources beyond an individual artist’s studio. When artists or designers are incapable or choose not to realize their designs or conceptions, they may enlist the assistance of an art fabrication company. Typically, an…

Art fabrication

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