Essays – Prinp Editoria d'Arte

Helga Breda UNA PAROLA E TUTTO CAMBIA

Dario — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:35:18 +0000

“Una parola e tutto cambia. Quando la comunicazione incontra il design” (One Word and Everything Changes: When Communication Meets Design) stems from a desire to reach a broad audience—spanning both industry professionals and the general public—by bringing together topics such as communication, design, art, and graphic design, and exploring their connection to accessibility. The concept of accessibility is analyzed starting from its fundamental meaning, establishing a link with the book’s core themes and reflecting the ongoing research and development within the field of “Design for All.” Communication, design, and art should be as accessible to everyone as product advertising. Typefaces serve as the tools for conveying concepts and messages, and the role of design—and visual communication more broadly—is to make them accessible to all. This volume is not merely the result of research into these relationships but also a graphic expression of the concept of accessible communication itself; it features visuals that represent this idea, and the text has been laid out using highly readable, accessible typefaces. This book sparks curiosity and reflection because ““Una parola e tutto cambia” (One Word and Everything Changes).

Ilaria Bernardi – Silvia Fabro LUCIANO FABRO

Dario — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 11:33:07 +0000

Among the most important artists from the postwar period, Luciano Fabro (Turin, 1936 – Milan, 2007) is known for his in-depth and innovative research into sculpture and space, as well as for his intense theoretical thinking and commitment as a teacher. Less is known about his parallel activity on paper, which he carried out from the early 1960s to his death in 2007.
This publication aims to delve deeper into the production on paper by Fabro, presenting a critical interpretation on it accompanied by a group of works that exemplify his ways understood drawing and the links of the drawing with the other types of works by the artist.

Roberto Pissimiglia HAIRITAGE

Dario — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:19:36 +0000

The spotlight is on a profession that has always been at the heart of the history of costume and society. Each chapter of HAIRITAGE tells of an excellent legacy, to be explored and passed on to new generations. Fifty curious and fascinating case histories testify to the cultural heritage created by hairdressing over the centuries. From Matilda Harper, inventor of franchising, to Marcel Grateau, who patented the first tools of the trade. Then comes the story of Antoine, intertwined with that of Coco Chanel and that of Alexandre de Paris, coiffeur to Grace Kelly and French Haute Couture. In Swinging London, we find Vidal Sassoon, the architect of hair, and Leslie Cavendish, the Beatles’ hairdresser; and Sam McKnight, who became famous for Lady Di’s haircut. In Barcelona, Llongueras left his mark as a 360-degree artist and friend and biographer of Dalí. And again: Aldo Coppola, the ‘master of color’, the Carita sisters, pioneers of ‘total beauty’, the Mascolo brothers and Trevor Sorbie, alongside whom many contemporary hairstylists trained.

Roberto Pissimiglia, publisher and journalist, has been a leading figure in the world of hairdressing and specialized press for fifty years. An expert in fashion, lifestyle, art, and current affairs, he has met all the great figures who have shaped the history of hairdressing.
Born into a family of hairdressers, he inherited his parents’ passion for publishing and the first periodical dedicated to beauty and hair: Estetica, which Roberto Pissimiglia spread worldwide, creating a network of 18 print and online editions. Roberto Pissimiglia is a successful entrepreneur, speaker, photography exhibition curator, and communications professional, with a large following among industry professionals in Italy and around the world.

Mauro Comba NITZSKY

Dario — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:14:12 +0000

“Nitzsky. Nietzsche Ditirambo Folie a Torino” (Nitzsky. Nietzsche Dithyramb Folie in Torino) is a play that focuses on the madness of F. Nietzsche (1844–1900), which manifested itself and persisted until his death on January 3, 1889, when the German philosopher, who was staying in Piazza Carlo Alberto, surrendered to it in a fraternal embrace to a fallen horse, whipped by a merciless coachman in Piazza Carignano. This thematic core underpins the delirium of the simultaneously obsessed and unhinged mind of the thinker who, in Turin, had written, during 1888, “The Case of Wagner,” “Twilight of the Idols,” “The Antichrist,” “Ecce Homo,” and “Nietzsche Contra Wagner,” as well as a significant number of letters from his extensive correspondence. This text is, for its author, an attempt at a landing (or a shipwreck, no one knows how gently endured) after setting sail (it was 1987) from Weichelt’s studio in search of the sources for “Zarathustra.” This, and the subsequent conscious landings made during this not-so-brief voyage, are noted in the bibliographical notes and final acknowledgements.

AA.VV. SEMINARE NUOVI IMMAGINARI 2024

Dario — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:01:37 +0000

“Seminare nuovi immaginari – Edizione 2024” is a project of cultural and social inclusion and promotion with an interdisciplinary character, which since 2022 has used the language of the arts to disseminate ideas and gather the fruits of creativity in its various forms, fueling the dialogue between official and irregular contemporary art. It is a relational
research – active in the border areas between agriculture, art, anthropology, education, psychiatry, psychology, and psychoanalysis – that involves the interaction between the artist and local communities, territorial mediation, and the participation of the inhabitants.
The following people participated in the project (in alphabetical order): Irene Biaggi, Susanna Bobbio, Chiara Borgaro, Renaud Buenérd, Cosimo Cavallo, Collettivo Gliacrobati, Cora De Maria, Giulia Di Modugno, Gruppo Arte Pura, Gruppo Blu Acqua, Francesco Faraci, Gilda Genghini, Mauro Gottardo, Giuseppe Iacopetta, Alessia Isoardi, Chen Li, MrFijodor, Natalie Lithwick, Emanuele Marullo, Annamaria Nicolussi Principe, Abdel Karim Ougri, Irene Pittatore, Antonia Ricciardi, Massimo Ricciardo, Fabrizio Roccatello, Tea Taramino, Gaetano Verde, Federica Zanella.

Fernando Mastropasqua IL VOLO DI ICARO

Dario — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:14:09 +0000

The book explores the archaic origins of theater and the metaphor of Icarus’s flight as a key to interpreting the theatrical creative process. The author analyzes the ritual dances of the satyrs and maenads in ancient Greek theater, seen as primordial forms of expression linked to nature and fertility. Central to the work is the figure of Dionysus, symbol of chaos and vitality. The myth of Icarus becomes a metaphor for the artistic striving to overcome limits and the “sublime fall”: failure is not the end, but rather the opportunity for the birth of new theatrical forms. Mastropasqua thus reflects on modern theater, from the symbolism of Gordon Craig and Antonin Artaud to the poor theater of Carmelo Bene, where collapse itself becomes spectacle. The essay combines historical analysis, philosophical reflections, and iconographic reflections, ranging from Lucanian funeral rites to the folk traditions of Southern Italy, interpreted as traces of a pre-rational and ritual theater. The volume concludes with an original theatrical script and two appendices on radio and ancient myths. In short, Mastropasqua proposes a vision of theatre as a space of continuous rebirth, where the fall is the beginning of a new flight.

“Perhaps you were asked why you wanted to go into theater, and you couldn’t give a reasonable answer, because no reasonable answer can explain what you wanted to do: you wanted to fly. Perhaps you would have done better to say, “I want to fly,” rather than utter those frightening words: “I want to go into theater… artists are made of the same stuff as aviators: they fly.” (Edward Gordon Graig)

Erica Borello NOVA PROJECT

Dario — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:53:26 +0000

The needing for a design that takes into account the unitary vision to be given to all the components of the brand system is a central issue that contemporary designers must deal with, since the growing complexity and diversification of the areas of intervention of a brand requires that each of its manifestations can operate autonomously but consistently with respect to the primary structure of the branding project.
In this book, the various instances of research and inspiration that have been investigated have led − through the implementation of a speculative design project − to the definition of a flexible method, an aid for anyone approaching a branding design project, particularly in the food sector, which has always been considered a minority compared to the large areas of design but which in recent years has exploded from the bottom as a sector of interest that requires a specific approach and design.
This is how the “Nova Project” comes to life, an exercise of imagination that brings attention to conviviality and active participation as a response to the social criticalities of our present, using food as a means to provoke that reaction capable of triggering a relationship. Page after page, starting from the definition of the concept and arriving at the applications, the profile of a new brand is thus delineated that presents itself as a subject committed to the current gastronomic panorama, with an offer that ranges from informed and conscious purchasing to large-scale educational training.

Alessio Moitre BREVIARIO ARTISTICO

Dario — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:38:42 +0000

The figure of the young artist and the world of contemporary art. The work of creation and its exposure to the public. The techniques, doubts and aspirations of the young creative. Thoughts and reflections of the gallery owner on the artist’s career, within the daily life of work and its contradictions. Reports, summaries, analyses, observations and suggestions collected in the form of an artistic handbook, useful both for reasoning and for comfort.
“This is not, in any way, a guide for young artists. It is, if anything, the report of the front line vision of an operator in the sector, which every day deals with nascent contemporary art and who deals with personal shortcomings, perplexities and contradictions. I’m sure I frequent a sector where there should be more doubts.” (from the preface of the book)

AA.VV. FOTOGRAFIA ALCHEMICA

Dario — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:58:19 +0000

The volume explore creative experiments that combine historical photographic processes with new technologies, with the aim of affirming and fostering an appreciation for a heterogeneous photographic approach, where digital, historical, and artisanal methods merge to create a new contemporary photography. The goal is to redefine the boundaries of Photographic Art by presenting works as authentic “photographic objects,” where the added value stems from the artist’s craftsmanship, perseverance, and passion. The exhibition features works by artists who explore the potential of historical photography, experimenting with materials, tools, and technologies to push the boundaries of past processes. This is an exciting creative quest, where fine-tuning the photographic process is just as important as the choice of subject and image content. In these artists’ works, we find the same experimental spirit as the pioneers of photography, who nearly two centuries ago explored the possibilities and opportunities of this new medium, when much was still evolving and almost everything, if not everything, was possible.

Forme in Bilico CONNESSIONI

Dario — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:34:01 +0000

The publication documents a selection of the exhibitions and artistic-educational activities implemented in recent years, which have had as protagonists the artists of the Mai Seen Archive of irregular art, of the CASP / Singular and Plural Art Center of the City of Turin, in collaboration with the Opera Barolo and in dialogue with the official world of art. Complementing this is a focus on participatory art experiences involving citizens, the education departments of GAM / Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea / Fondazione Torino Musei, the educational department of the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation, with the collaboration of social cooperatives and associations, in particular Arteco, Fermata d’Autobus, Galleria Gliacrobati and Volonwrite.

Texts by Maria Grazia Agricola, Antonella Angeloro, Annamaria Cilento, Roberto Mastroianni, Massimo Ricciardo, Giorgia Rochas, Lorena Tadorni, Tea Taramino, Gaetano Verde