Italianism 2016 • Il Design della Parola

WORD DESIGN

Talks on stage with writing and word expertsMeeting on the stage with writing and word experts (duration: about 20 minutes).

• COSMO •
Ten words for a music artist

Pseudonym of Marco Jacopo Bianchi, he is an Italian singer and songwriter. Ex frontman of the Drink to me, he published two albums as solo artist (“Disordine”, 2013, 42Records and “L’ultima festa”, 2016, 42Records), which definitely affirmed him as one of the most original and interesting personality on the national indie scene.

• Monica Fabris •
Ten words of my life

President of the social and market research institute Episteme. Her passion are people and the research of the meaning in their actions and behaviors.

• Alex Giordano •
Ten words of an innovator

Eclectic character, he was one of the first Italian to go online. Then he founded Ninjamarketing, Centro Studi Etnografia Digitale and RuralHub. He is the director of the research group Societing and Professor of Social Innovation Marketing at the University of Neaples Federico II.

• Amir Issaa •
Ten words for the new Italians

Rapper and record producer, member of the Roman collective Rome Zoo. Amir was born from an Egyptian father and an Italian mother, and gave rise to many extra-musical projects, which have seen him involved both in institutional places (Italian Cultural institutes in the world) and in needy situations (prisons, schools, suburbs).

• Nicola Lagioia •
Ten words for Italy

He published the novels: “Tre sistemi per sbarazzarsi di Tolstoj (senza risparmiare se stessi)”, “Occidente per principianti”, “Riportando tutto a casa”, and “La ferocia” that won the Premio Strega in 2015. He is the curator of Nichel, which is the Minimum Fax’s Italian narrative series. He is one of the voices of Pagina3 (Radio3) and writes for “La Repubblica”, “Internazionale”, “Lo Straniero” and “Il Venerdì”.

• Valentina Parasecolo •
Ten words of a journalist

Journalist, she worked for Servizio Pubblico, Vice, Il Messaggero. She actually works as reporter for Petrolio, a reportage and research program on Rai 1. She co-founded the website ilbureau.com and teaches video-reportage at the NID (Nuovo Istituto Design) of Perugia.

• Giuseppe Patota •
Ten words for Italian

Professor of Italian Linguistics at the University of Siena-Arezzo, Academic correspondent for the Crusca, fellow correspondent for the Accademia dell’Arcadia.

• Patrizia Ravaioli •
Ten words of a woman

Administrator of the Ente strumentale alla Croce Rossa Italiana, where she has been the General Manager for seven years.

• Annamaria Testa •
Ten words for multiple creation

Communication and creativity are the core of her research and activity. She has been marketing and business consultant for many years, to which is also connected a rich profile as blogger (nuovoeutile.it), cultural analyst and essayist, besides more than 20 years of academic teaching. She writes for the weekly internazionale.it. She published “Leggere and amare” in 1993 and many more essays.