Stresa (Piedmont)

70 years after the Lettera 22 earned the prestigious Compasso d’Oro, Italy’s first industrial design award, we look back at the intertwined legacies of the machine and the man.

In Le Langhe and beyond, increasing numbers of distillers are putting Italy on the map as a destination for the juniper-y spirit sipped by James Bond. But are they all created equal?

What would a coronation look like in today's Italy? Here's one writer's tongue-in-cheek take on what the ceremony would entail if Westminster Abbey were swapped for Turin's Royal Palace.

The turbo-charged Futurist movement — the manifesto of which was published on February 5, 1909 — offers a framework for understanding Dillinger is Dead, Marco Ferreri's most challenging film.