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My first article on Italy Magazine is about street art festivals transforming Italy's rural area. "In recent years, a wave of urban art initiatives has helped transform some of Italy’s depopulated villages, rekindling the vibrancy of communities left behind due to brain drain, low birth rates and other big-picture cultural and infrastructural issues. Such festivals — often run by local enthusiasts or cosmopolitan artists with roots in the host villages — are helping to redefine Italy’s sleepy hamlets not as relics of bygone eras, but as living, breathing cultural centers." https://lnkd.in/dcsJuv-s

📽️ Volume 2 of Our Rialto Square Theatre Terrazzo Restoration Project is Now Live! 🏛️✨ We're excited to share the progress in Volume 2 of our Rialto Square Theatre Terrazzo Restoration series! In this episode, we take you through the next critical phase of the restoration process. After completing the initial grinding of the historic terrazzo floors, we focused on filling in all the pinholes and small imperfections using a specially mixed resin. This step is vital for ensuring a smooth, even surface before moving on to the honing and polishing stages. Once the pinholes were filled, we removed the excess resin and began honing the terrazzo floor—taking it step-by-step from 200 grit to 3500 grit to refine and smooth the surface, preparing it for the final high-gloss polish. The honing process was incredibly satisfying, as each pass brought out more of the natural beauty of the terrazzo, gradually transforming these historic floors. In this series, we're not just showing you a transformation—we’re sharing the craftsmanship, dedication, and detail that goes into restoring a landmark like the Rialto Square Theatre. It's all about preserving history while breathing new life into these magnificent floors. We would love for you to engage with us on this restoration journey. Let us know your thoughts, and don’t forget to follow us for more in-depth restoration content. Questions or thoughts? What part of the restoration process are you most curious about? Let us know in the comments below! 👇 #RialtoSquareTheatre #TerrazzoRestoration #HistoricRestoration #StonePolishing #Craftsmanship #FlooringRestoration #PinnacleStoneRestoration #Volume2 #HistoricLandmarks #PreservingHistory https://lnkd.in/gTxXA3cn

🎧 Guess whose track, track again? ChainRail track, tell a friend. 😁🎶 This week’s #tracktuesday is all about combining the features of our chain driven systems with a traditional curtain stacking area. Utilising ChainTrack for the drive and Erail to carry the curtain, this powerful combination creates an efficient curtain system that is bound to impress. ChainRail is suited for smaller venues with a high duty-cycle requirement, such as crematoriums, but also brilliant for extremely large venues that need precise repeatable positioning with the long life-span that chain drive provides, without the need for a complex stacking area. Why choose ChainRail? 🥷🏽 With Ninja-like stealth ChainRail guarantees your drapes will move smoothly and silently. 📝 Flexible custom design tailored to meet the needs of every project, no matter the size. ✅ Long lasting, reliable performance and a sprocket life expectancy of over 50,000 cycles. – that’s a lot of curtain calls! 👨🏽🔧Low maintenance - so you can spend more 🕰️ on what matters.  🚀Space saving design that has no need for a chain stacking area makes it ideal for both small, high-duty venues and large venues. So, whether you’re after seamless curtain transitions or need a discreet, space saving system that delivers without fail - ChainRail is at your service. #TripleE #ChainRail #Stage #StageDesign #Backstage #CurtainTracks #TheatreUK #TechnicalTheatre

New Video Release: Volume 3 of the Rialto Square Theatre Terrazzo Restoration! After months of dedication and hard work, I'm excited to share the final chapter of our terrazzo restoration journey at the iconic Rialto Square Theatre! In Volume 3, we take you through the finishing touches that brought this historic floor back to life. This volume is highly technical, showcasing our approach to the vitrification process—giving the terrazzo a stunning, glass-like finish with incredible reflectivity and a high-resolution shine. You'll see how we seal and protect the floor, ensuring its beauty lasts for years to come. This is terrazzo restoration at its most meticulous. In this episode, we also gather together as a team to celebrate the completion of this significant project, reflecting on the process and the transformation we achieved. Stay tuned until the end for stunning before-and-after scenes that highlight the dramatic changes and reveal the incredible results of our restoration work! If you're interested in architectural restoration, enjoy seeing a craftsmanship transformation, or want a behind-the-scenes look at the technical aspects of polishing and finishing terrazzo—this is for you! Watch now, and let me know what you think! Your support means the world to us. Link to Volume 3: https://lnkd.in/gegiXGSn #RialtoSquareTheatre #TerrazzoRestoration #Craftsmanship #HistoricPreservation #FloorRestoration #Vitrification #TerrazzoPolishing #BeforeAndAfter #PinnacleStoneRestoration #FinalPolish #RestorationCelebration #ArchitecturalRestoration #YouTubeSeries #NewVideo

In assessment for UNESCO, council recommends against Estonia Theater annex In a recent assessment for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) regarding a planned annex to the Estonia Theater in Tallinn, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) recommended building an opera house elsewhere, not as an extension to the current building. In its technical review, the Estonian representative to UNESCO Priit Pallum, ICOMOS noted that the planned extension would overshadow the historic Estonia Theater building without any architectural integration, and recommended considering building a new theater elsewhere in Tallinn, in order to realize its architectural potential while at the same time satisfying its operational needs. ICOMOS stressed that if an extension to the historical theater building does remain under consideration, then the scope of the intrusion into the existing building should be defined in the course of a broader debate in order to preserve cultural heritage values, including the physical structure as well as the local context. https://lnkd.in/ddWEyekB #UNESCO #EstoniaTheater #CulturalHeritage #Recommendation #UNESCOassessment

Organic growth, Seed funding, Blue sky thinking, Ecosystem, Green initiatives. Cool corporate terms we throw around, but there is so much inspiration and consideration to glean from nature and incorporate into product design and business. This past week I was inspired when walking the Oslo Opera House. It was designed to resemble an iceberg floating on the water, crafted and built with nature in mind. It provides visitors panoramic views of the City, the Oslo Fjord while walking it's marble and granite exterior. I love the fact that nature inspired this creative design and was integral in its development and construction. 1. How does nature inspire you? 2. How does it influence your product design and deployment? 3. How do you consider the impact your product has on the natural environment that was there long before you came along? #inspired by nature #the Oslo Opera House #sustainability

"Art is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your brush. They teach you there's a boundary line to music and art. But, man, there's no boundary line to art." #abstractart #artistsoninstagram #hamptonsartist #hamptonslife #hamptonsweekend #hamptonsstyle #luxuryhome #mansion #dreamhome #luxuryhouse #luxuryrealestate #modernhome #luxuryartwork #mansions

What will theater look like after the climate apocalypse? Maybe something like “A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction.” When it was staged at the Barbican in London, electricity for the production was entirely generated in real time by onstage cyclists riding 10 bikes. At the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium, they did it with two. In Zagreb, the Croatian National Theatre cast child actors as a reminder of the generation that stands to inherit the imperiled future. At the National Theater and Concert Hall in Taiwan, five-watt LED bulbs were enclosed in reused plastic bottles filled with water, in order to refract the most light possible from minimal power. But “Play for the Living”, which will have completed a zero-travel “tour” of ten countries by the end of this year, isn’t meant as a preview of our inevitable doom. Instead, it’s a provocation for theater makers around the world to make sustainability a priority—and it’s part of a growing wave of green initiatives that have boosted awareness and created tools for reducing the environmental impact of shows, venues, and practices both onstage and backstage. Read more from Gordon Cox: https://lnkd.in/drhEt-CN (sign up for a 7-day trial subscription to read his Substack post) #SweibelArts #Sustainability #GreenInitiatives

"A picture is worth a thousand words". Hand rendering of a beautiful primary bedroom suite. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Showhouse 2020 Design by: Peace Design #handrenderings #handdrawn #handrender #interiordesignillustration #architecturalillustration #luxuryinteriordesignrendering #illustration