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VicenzaOro, the magnificent eight of the Design Room

Published on August 31, 2018

Who will be in the Design Room of VicenzaOro: Alessio Boschi makes his debut, comes Garavelli and … ♦ ︎

In the countdown in view of VicenzaOro September, organized by the Italian Exhibition Group and scheduled in Vicenza from 22 to 26 September 2018, the scope of one of the most awaited sections, The Design Room, is now outlined with greater precision. Introduced a couple of editions ago, the area is reserved for particularly significant signatures of jewelry design. In the September 2018 edition, the area sees some confirmation and several new features. First of all, the number of designers changes: from 12 in the first edition, to January 2017, to the 11th of last January, to 8 September 2018. Among the Design Room aficionados, for this edition there are Qayten, an innovative boutique which always arouses great interest, Alessa Jewelery, a brand born from the love between designers Yuvraj Pahuja and Alessandra Robles, and the Italian-Brazilian Bia Tambelli. An exceptional debut is that of the talented Alessio Boschi, an Italian designer with a world profile, which until now has only been present at Baselworld. Other novelties are represented by the Cedille brand, created by Carmen Aoun in 2015, from the exotic collections of Inspiration Jewels and the simplicity of Syna. And more, the historic Garavelli brand is moved-up to the Design Room. In reality it is a matter of a few meters, because the Piedmontese Maison was previously located in the Icon area of VicenzaOro, inside which is the Design Room area. It is no coincidence that last year Garavelli won a prestigious Design Award at the Couture in Las Vegas.

Alessa Jewelry, anelli della Amara Collection

VicenzaOro widens

Published on May 17, 2018

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Italian Exhibition Group presents the project that gives more space to the exhibition center that hosts VicenzaOro ♦ ︎
A strategic plan to make VicenzaOro shine more. Italian Exhibition Group presented a redevelopment project for the Vicenza exhibition center, centered in particular on the reference event for the jewelery sector. It is not a minor intervention: the investment is 35 million euros and provides for the radical redevelopment of Pavilion 2. The project is ready and will be realized by the architect Volkwin Marg, partner of the GMP studio Von Gerkan, Mark & Hamburg partner. The pavilion surface will be 26 thousand square meters. It will be built on two levels, against the current five, and will be equipped with functional and sustainable technologies.
The intervention decided by Ieg, a company that should face the listing on the stock market (permitting markets) next year, starts from the investment that, in 2015, was carried out on Hall 7. It was an intervention that allowed VicenzaOro to redesign the map of exhibitors in homogeneous communities, and to develop the The Boutique Show format. After some initial grumbling by some exhibitors who had to move from their usual position, the new formula was unanimously considered a positive evolution. In the last editions Vicenza has thus achieved a very high level of employment, equal to over 98%, while the demand for space on the part of exhibitors continues to grow.
Many of the commodity communities explain to Ieg, from that of high-end brands to the world of quality production, to gems and fashion and design jewelery, they show great potential for growth. With the intervention decided VicenzaOro should offer them more space.

OroArezzo wants to shine again

Published on May 4, 2018

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OroArezzo at the start with the usual business and jewelery formula. The theme also for 2018: the bracelet ♦ ︎
OroArezzo restarts (5-8 May). This is the 39th edition of the event focused on jewelry and component manufacturers, which for the second year is organized by IEG, Italian Exhibition Group. OroArezzo foresees the participation of 650 goldsmith companies. In particular, last year gold jewelery companies accounted for 75% of the total exhibitors, while 13% were the machinery companies and 12% those in the cash and carry section, for ready-to-go sales. With the contribution of the government, that is the Ministry for Development and Ice, moreover, 450 top international buyers are coming from over 60 countries, outlet areas of Made in Italy, as well as Italian retailers. For the business, the Meeting Club platform was organized for exhibitors, which will help to put the owners of goldsmiths in contact with buyers from emerging markets. A one-to-one meeting agenda with buyers will be scheduled at the stand of the exhibiting companies during the four-day fair. OroArezzo has, then, as a side dish the usual competition among jewelry producers, also this year centered on the theme of the bracelet.

Lo stato maggiore di Itaiian exhibition Group. Da sinistra, Corrado Facco (direttore generale), Lorenzo Cagnoni (presidente), Matteo Marzotto (vicepresidente)

With Ieg a Ceo for VicenzaOro

Published on April 27, 2018

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Da sinistra, Matteo Marzotto, Lorenzo Cagnoni, Ugo Ravanelli

A strong man for IEG: to new managing director Ugo Ravanelli the operating powers ♦ ︎
VicenzaOro or, better, Italian Exhibition Group, a company that also organizes the jewelery fair in the Venetian city and OroArezzo, has a new operational manager. To the historic president Lorenzo Cagnoni (79 years) and to the executive vice president Matteo Marzotto (51 years) joins Ugo Ravanelli, 64, until now independent board director and chairman of the Control and Risk Committee of Marr, distribution and food company listed on the Star Segment of Borsa Italiana (in the past he was also managing director and chairman).
Exchange of proxies
The note published by the company describes the novelty at the top with the decisions taken by the new board of directors “having as a reference the indications on the governance structure that emerged from the Shareholders’ Meeting. These include the recommendation, also indicated by the Committee for Corporate Governance and deriving from international best practice, to avoid the concentration of offices in one single person and in particular to provide for the separation of the roles of chairman and CEO. Consequently, the board assigned the delegations and appointed Lorenzo Cagnoni as chairman of the company and Matteo Marzotto as vice chairman; he also assigned the powers for the ordinary and extraordinary management of IEG to Ugo Ravanelli, appointing him as CEO”. Ravanelli, then, will be the strong man of IEG (“ordinary and extraordinary management”), a company engaged in a march towards the stock exchange, where it counts to be listed in 2019. A path that Ravanelli knows, given that he has already led to the listing Marr.
The new summit
The assembly of the fair group has also partially renewed the board of directors, which is now composed by Barbara Bonfiglioli (confirmed), Lorenzo Cagnoni (confirmed), Michela Cavalieri (new entry, 51 years, councilor for Economic Resources of the Municipality of Vicenza) , Daniela Della Rosa (confirmed), Maurizio Renzo Ermeti (confirmed), Lucio Gobbi (confirmed), Catia Guerrini (confirmed), Matteo Marzotto (confirmed), Ugo Ravanelli (new entry, new ad), Simona Sandrini (confirmed).
Lastly, the shareholders’ meeting approved IEG 2015 white paper: consolidated turnover of € 130.7 million (€ 124.8 million in 2016), Ebitda of € 23.2 million, consolidated net profit of € 9.1 million (6 , 6 million last year).

Il consiglio di amministrazione di Italian Exhibition Group al gran completo

With VicenzaOro a hundred jewellers in Las Vegas

Published on April 26, 2018

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An expedition of a hundred Italian jewel companies for Jck Las Vegas together with the VicenzaOro platform ♦ ︎
Alessi Domenico, Asolo Gold, Shot & Zilio, Dasan Group – Jessica Jewels, Fratelli Chini, Giorgio Visconti, Gold Art, Hasbani Jewels, Karizia, Lenti & Villasco, Richline Italy. And new entries like Ab Aeterno Watches, C.A. Gold, Dago Jewels Milan, Lancaster Italy, Osigem Forever Unique, Pippo Perez, Quality Aretina, Rome 1947 – Better Silver, Marine Instrument. These are some of the Italian brands that are going to fly to Nevada together with the Italian Exhibition Group to take part in Jck Las Vegas (1-4 June). Ieg is the company that also organizes VicenzaOro and OroArezzo: in the US will leads a hundred Italian companies to the restricted area of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. The VicenzaOro format will be enriched with a series of events for sector operators. Objective: to promote the values of Italian jewelery and jewelery in one of the main markets for the consumption of Made in Italy jewelry, which in the first nine months of 2017 recorded a growth of 16% for precious jewelery (data from the Business Department Italian Exhibition Group strategy).
At the Jck Las Vegas the VicenzaOro pavilion will be strategically located at the entrance to the main floor of the event (Shoreline 2) and adjacent to the Plumb Club area, where they exhibit leading manufacturers of jewelery, diamonds and watches. Do not miss the World Forecasting Observatory of jewelery and precious items of VicenzaOro, Trendvision Jewelery + Forecasting, the key theme of the exclusive trend sessions, lasting twenty minutes, which will involve journalists, bloggers and buyers throughout the entire event.

Italian jewelry Trends Show nell'area di VicenzaOro a Las Vegas — Italian jewelry Trends Show nell’area di VicenzaOro a Las Vegas

Italian jewelry Trends Show by Trendvision Jewellery+Forecasting, evento a Las Vegas del 2016

Gio’ Pomodoro’s jewels in Vicenza

Published on April 7, 2018

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Gio' Pomodoro, bracciale, 1980, oro giallo, oro bianco, smalti, zaffiri, diamanti. Photo: Michele Porcari

Gio’ Pomodoro’s jewels: wearable sculptures at the Vicenza Museum ♦ ︎
If you go on a trip to Vicenza, until September 2 you can combine jewelry and sculpture art. The Museo del Gioiello in Vicenza, inside the Basilica Palladiana, run by Italian Exhibition Group together with the City of Vicenza, dedicates a special exhibition to the sculptor Gio ‘Pomodoro (1930-2002). Because, obviously, the sculptures on display are goldsmith’s works. The exhibition is titled The Jewels of Gio ‘Pomodoro: the sign and the ornament, and is curated by Paola Stroppiana. The exhibition dedicated to the goldsmith, engraver, sculptor and set designer, takes place 16 years after his death. The exhibition is an opportunity for a reflection on the jewel of an artist, not just an ornament but also a creation that lives independently. “In all jewels there is a great capacity for design, the sign, intellectually expressed in drawings of rare beauty, and the ornament, the result of a rich archive of references to classical culture and to the ritual-metaphysical dimension”, explains Paola Stroppiana. “Pomodoro also knew how to maintain a close bond with the sculptural production, transposing in the jewels, and vice versa, the results of his own plastic researches, from Tensions and Folle to Hulls, from Contacts to the Suns”.
They are to be noted the line of jewels designed for the gem of the brother-in-law Giancarlo Montebello in the mid-seventies, one of the first serial production experiments of «cheap art jewels», and the realization of a notebook of 38 tables for prototypes of cuts in hard stone, many of which are on show, for Cesari & Rinaldi at the beginning of the Nineties. Giulia Netrese
Gio’ Pomodoro’s jewels: the sign and the ornament
Tuesday-Friday from 15.00 to 19.00
Saturday and Sunday from 11.00 to 19.00
Tickets: full 6 euros, reduced 4 euros

Gio' Pomodoro, bracciale, 1967, oro giallo, smalti, diamante. Photo: Michele Porcari — Gio’ Pomodoro, bracciale, 1967, oro giallo, smalti, diamante. Photo: Michele Porcari

Gio' Pomodoro, collana, 1964, oro puro, oro rosso, oro bianco, smeraldi, rubini. Photo: Michele Porcari — Gio’ Pomodoro, collana, 1964, oro puro, oro rosso, oro bianco, smeraldi, rubini. Photo: Michele Porcari

OroArezzo, is already count-down

Published on February 28, 2018

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OroArezzo 2017. Credits: Lorenza Ricci Studio

OroArezzo returns, the business of the yellow metal seen through the jewelery ♦ ︎
The countdown has already begun. The second life of OroArezzo (6-8 May), entrusted from last year to the care and synergies of the Italian Exhibition Group (the fair organization that organizes VicenzaOro) can now take advantage of the strong facilities entrusted to the general manager of IEG, Corrado Facco . Here, then, that the appointment number 39 is no longer in competition with the most famous VicenzaOro, but becomes complementary. More dedicated to the production, to the components, to the processing of jewels, as it is in the tradition of the Aretine district, OroArezzo foresees the participation of 650 goldsmiths. In fact, last year the goldsmith companies represented 75% of the total exhibitors, while 13% were the machine companies and 12% those present in the cash and carry section, for immediate sales.
The program presented by Ieg includes Meeting Club and Retail Club Italia, moments dedicated to the business of over 450 buyers hosted, of which 80% international, operators of emerging and traditional markets, coming from 60 countries thanks to the support of the Ministry of Development and Ice, which finance part of the organization.
In the program there is no lack of outline events, such as the Premiere Competition, which sees the goldsmith companies competing and this year has as its theme the Goldsmith’s Art and the Recovery of Precious Metals. Who will win?

Interno di OroArezzo. Photo: Lorenza Ricci Studio

Corrado Facco allo stand di Unoarerre. Credits: Lorenza Ricci Studio

Gioielli Falcinelli a OroArezzo 2017. Credits: Lorenza Ricci Studio

The VicenzaOro January figures

Published on January 25, 2018

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The number of buyers and presences increased at the 2018 edition of VicenzaOro January ♦ ︎
Down the curtain of VicenzaOro January. How did it go? The official numbers of the Italian Exhibition Group, which organizes the event, are pink. During the six-day fair, which Ieg prefers to define as a platform, more buyers have been seen compared to last year (+ 10% compared to the January 2017 edition), coming from 130 countries. Overall, there were over 36,000 visitors (last year there were 33,000), despite the defections of some historic Maison, however, offset by some new entry.
In particular, for the 1,500 brands, 40% coming from 35 countries, continental Europe grew: Germany with + 22% of visitors, + 14% for the United Kingdom, + 20% Greece. Other European and contiguous markets also increase significantly, such as Turkey + 34%, Russia + 15%, Ukraine + 13%. Cala, instead, Spain.
According to the final press release, as regards distribution, it is worth mentioning the restart of Italy, with a 10% increase in buyers, which seems to announce a recovery in the market after a subdued two year period. Despite this, VicenzaOro has registered the overtaking of the number of foreign buyers present compared to those Italians.
Other numbers related to the visits: “operators from the US have increased in this edition by 24%, those of Japan by 31%, China by 29% and the United Arab Emirates by 9% (despite the recent difficulties recorded for the introduction of the new VAT tax). The increase registered by India is worth 51%. The Asian country, which is responsible in 2017 for the strong international recovery in the demand for gold for the processing of jewelry, shows a great interest, above all, for the production technologies present at T.Gold », states the IEG press release.
This is also the merit of the Italian government’s initiative, given that 500 buyers were hosted, selected from the main markets on budget of Ice, which were added to the more than 1500 operators managed directly by IEG.
Next meeting: Hong Kong (1-5 March), where VicenzaOro or, better, the IEG platform dedicated to jewelery and jewelry industry will be present with T.Gold Iinternational + Mets.

Las Vegas plays jewelry

Published on June 5, 2017

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Las Vegas is the capital of jewels with Jck Show and Couture: there is also a piece of Italian jewelery industry ♦
In Las Vegas is the time of the Jck Show (5-8 June 2017) at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. It is the largest annual event of the jewelery industry in this part of the world and brings together more than 30,000 industry professionals. It involves jewelry companies, watches, precious stones, equipment, supplies, technology, security and business solutions: over 23,000 retailers present and about 9,400 stores. 23% of attendance comes from outside the United States.
VicenzaOro in Las Vegas
Among the protagonists is VicenzaOro, the format of the Italian Exhibition Group (a fair company which is born by the integration between Rimini Fiera and Fiera di Vicenza), which has brought to the city of Nevada famous for its casinos a hundred Italian jewelery companies. Jck, in fact, is an opportunity for the jewelery and luxury industry. The Italian pavilion is located on the noble floor of the event (Shoreline 2). There are internationally renowned jewelery and jewelery brands including: Biancaspina, Chrisos, Fani Gioielli, Falcinelli, Giorgio Visconti, Hasbani, Karizia, Leo Pizzo, Misis, Novecentonovantanove, Richline and Unoaerre. Next to the exhibition space, there is a stage for the Independent Jewelery Forecasting Observatory and the precious Trendvision Jewelery + Forecasting and the new Trendbook 2018+. From this edition, Trendvision Jewelery + Forecasting also organizes buying trails, workshops for buyers with the aim of supporting them and guiding them to buying in their respective districts of interest.
The Couture
In Las Vegas there is also the Couture, hosted at Wynn Resort, another destination for the jewelry and watch market of luxury. There are over 4,000 buyer tops for over 200 designer and prominent brands such as Bulgari, Bell & Ross, David Yurman, Victor Velyan, Stephen Webster, Sevan Bicakci, or Italians like Qayten, Antonini, Casato, Damiani, Crivelli, Dada Arrigoni, Chantecler, Federica Rettore, Garavelli, Gavello, Gucci, Maria e Luisa, Mariani, Misani, Moraglione, Bernardi, Piero Milano, Picchiotti, Pasquale Bruni, Pomellato, Ponte Vecchio, Repossi, Spallanzani, . Federico Graglia

Gioielli con smeraldi esposti al Jck Show

A second life for OroArezzo

Published on May 5, 2017

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After the crisis for OroArezzo there is a desire for optimism. Focus on Made in Italy ♦
The starting numbers are not exciting. But the atmosphere of the Italian economy (in general) seems less heavy than that of recent years. So OroArezzo (6-9 May), a traditional fair in one of the Italian districts of the ornament, is in balance between pessimism and optimism. The numbers, in fact, would push the balance on a not reassuring view: as the name indicates, the event had as its starting point the gold processing, particularly alive in the Tuscan area. And in 2016, demand for gold in the world dropped by 22%. This is one of the reasons that has depressed Italian jewelry sales to 7.9 billion, with jewelery for exported 5.4 billion. Data that marks a difficult time for business in the industry.
It seems, however, that spring 2017 is more serene, especially because of a less uncertain climate for markets such as the Middle East. But on US there is the cloud of the Donald Trump import duties. And, more, the price of gold goes to swing, linked to crisis, election climes, and world economy figures. In any case, who exports is on average less than 20% compared to a few years ago.
All this is reflected on OroArezzo, now organized by the Italian Exhibition Group, the subject born of the union of Fiera Vicenza (that organizes VicenzaOro) and Fiera Rimini. An almost obligatory step, the concentration of the fairgrounds, which should bring synergies (so hopefully) also in the case of OroArezzo, which is now very focused on territory and reality: 640 exhibitors for 97% Italians, on 20 thousand square meters. In short, a concentrated appointment on the industrial side (the industry counts 10,000 businesses and 40,000 employees.
On the side of the event, it is worth mentioning the inauguration of the new Museum of the Oro, inside the prestigious seat of the 14th century Palazzo di Fraternita di Arezzo, with the jewels of Oro d’Autore Collection, created by Arezzo Fiere e Congressi. It includes 82 jewels made by goldsmithers artisan from Arezzo and Vicenza in collaboration with artists, architects, designers and designers. In addition, the Premiere Contest continues. This year the theme chosen is that of the bracelet. Federico Graglia

Sul lato della manifestazione, è da segnalare l’inaugurazione del nuovo Museo dell’Oro, all’interno della prestigiosa sede del trecentesco Palazzo di Fraternita di Arezzo, con i gioielli della Collezione Oro d’Autore, creata da Arezzo Fiere e Congressi. Comprende 82 gioielli realizzati dalle aziende orafe di Arezzo e Vicenza in collaborazione con artisti, architetti, designer e stilisti. Continua, inoltre, il concorso Premiere. Quest’anno il tema scelto è quello del bracciale. Federico Graglia

White gold is back

Published on March 7, 2017

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Anello in oro bianco e diamanti taglio brillante

The passion for the white gold is back, diamonds down slightly, salt aquamarine: the identified trends in Hong Kong.
It arrives from Hong Kong the news that affects who produces jewels. The HKTDC Hong Kong International Jewellery Show (March 2 to 6) commissioned a survey, interviewing over 1,300 buyers and exhibitors from around the world present at the largest trade fair of the East. Objective: to understand their views on the prospects of the jewelry market. Result: 56 percent of respondents expect steady sales for 2017. The 28 percent is optimistic and sees an increase in sales.
Prices: 69 percent think that they will be substantially stationary, while 23 percent are expected to rise. Another trend expected by the operators (there was also a large Italian delegation led by Italian Exhibition Group) is the jewelry with affordable prices, which is destined to grow. Also according to the participants at the fair, they are on the rise the jewels related to fashion brands (72 percent of respondents), while they are always jewelry for weddings and special occasions (58 percent) and those high-end (58 percent). In terms of the price range, 54 percent of respondents expect a success for jewelry between 100 and $ 500, followed by those between 500 and 1000 US dollars (it provides 51 per cent) of the price range.
Also interesting is the judgment on the materials. After the hangover of pink gold, 43 percent of respondents see now in pole position the white gold (33 percent), followed yellow gold (23 percent). No surprise, however, for the stones: as always is the diamond to attract more favors (41 percent), although the percentage is lower than that of last year (was 54 percent). Much also listed aquamarine (14%) and emerald (13%).
Finally, the eyes of the operators are focused on market fluctuations, conditioned by the economic policies of governments: the prices of gold, platinum and stones, as well as the citizens’ willingness to buy the jewels, also depend on the decisions of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and so on. But that does not surprise anyone. Federico Graglia

Hong Kong International Jewellery Show 2017

Damiani, anello in oro bianco. Prezzo: 1090 euro

Orecchini di Hannah Martin in oro bianco

Anello in oro bianco e diamanti — Tomasz Donocik , anello in oro bianco e diamanti

Anello Tourbillon in oro bianco e diamanti — Vhernier, anello Tourbillon in oro bianco e diamanti

Anello della collezione B.zero1 in oro bianco e diamanti — Bulgari, anello della collezione B.zero1 in oro bianco e diamanti

Ralph Lauren, bracciale a catena in oro bianco 18 carati Disponibile in oro bianco o rosa — Ralph Lauren, bracciale a catena in oro bianco 18 carati
Disponibile in oro bianco o rosa

VicenzaOro becomes more international

Published on January 25, 2017

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VicenzaOro increasingly international. And in September show of Greek designers.
Now is the time of the final. Disassembled the stands, VicenzaOro has come to terms with the numbers of the winter edition of what is one of the leading trade fairs for the jewelry industry. Result: stable despite the crisis, mainly due to the foreign attendance. “Although 2016 was a particularly difficult year for the goldsmith and jewelry sector, having recorded in the first nine months, an overall decline of 27% of gold consumption for the production of precious, VicenzaOro January was able to give new impetus to market, with a very detailed proposal of new collections, he responded with a presence of very satisfying at the international demand, “reads the final communiqué. “The six-day event has indeed registered the entry of more than 18,500 buyers, generating a total of over 33,000 visitors.” A little ‘less so than last year (in 2016 there were 35,000 visitors, with 19,381 buyers), but we can speak of a substantial confirmation.
The organizers, in the new role of Italian Exhibition Group, the result of the union between companies Vicenza Fair and Rimini Fiera, do not hide “a significant drop in Italian attendance compared to other editions of 2016,” but at the same time they underline that “have increased attendance by overseas buyers, even from those economies which during 2016 had recorded less force in purchases. The total number of foreign workers has far exceeded the national presence. ” In particular, from China, Russia and the former Soviet Republics, the Gulf countries, have performed well, with the addition of the Iranian presence, cleared by the international environment (for now) more relaxed. Good the presences from US and some Latin American countries. As for the European Union, according to the analysis of the organizers, there is a confirm of a selection to high of the purchase decisions that favor researched and innovative collections. Good results with some of the most dynamic countries of South East Asia, including Thailand.
Double-sided Result
It is positive or negative the budget? For the positive Fair, why he did face a difficult market situation. For the Italian jewelry not too rosy, because purchases of italians are in stand-by. Concept reiterated by the Director General of the Italian Exhibition Group, Corrado Facco: “It is a very good budget on all fronts, in some ways almost unexpected, given the contraction of global demand for gold for jewelry that have characterized 2016, in particular in some of the main countries of reference. In this edition we have instead recorded a great number of foreign buyers and, in general, a very positive sentiment of our customers, who presented collections of excellence, rich in innovation and design. ”
The novelty of September
It has certainly helped the atmosphere the area dedicated to 12 international designers (we talked about here). “VicenzaOro is proving a real global player goldsmith and jewelery, a brand with a high quality standard thanks to the format The Boutique Show and the new content of global interest inserted, by The Design Room to the theme of Corporate Social Responsibility. The birth of IEG, with its economies of scale, can only strengthen the group with positive effects on its trade products, among them VicenzaOro “, is the comment of the vice president of IEG, Matteo Marzotto.
About designers and international news. Gioiellis.com is pleased to anticipate that the September edition of VicenzaOro will house a large contingent of designers of Greece, one of the countries that looks like the cradle of a new generation of great designers, as evidenced by the Palladio prize awarded to Nikolas Koulis. The Fair will host the exhibition A Jewel Made in Greece. Another step towards greater internationalization.

L'ingresso a VicenzaOro — L’ingresso a VicenzaOro

Matteo Marzotto, Vice Presidente IEG, Lorenzo Cagnoni, Presidente IEG, Corrado Facco, Direttore Generale IEG

Palladio awards to Koulis, Mennella and Antonini

Published on January 22, 2017

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Sergio Antonini alla premiazione dei Palladio Awards

At Palladio Awards, win prizes the creatives Nikos Koulis, Faraone Mennella and Antonini.
Call them the Oscar of jewelry. Definition easy to understand, but inappropriate. If only because Italy has a tradition in the jewelry that has nothing to envy to that of other countries. In addition, between Palladio and the prizes reserved to the big of cinema there is a big distance, even as history and culture. That said, here are the winners of 2017 (the fifth) of Palladio awards, assigned in Vicenza to the jewelry world. Which then, as commented in the stands VicenzaOro a designer who prefers to remain anonymous, is fair to put together in competition giants as Cartier and Boucheron, which have large capital to invest with small Italian companies, it is another matter.
The winners of this fifth edition, divided by category, are :
The best italian jewelery designer: Faraone Mennella.
The best international jewelery designers: Nikos Koulis.
The best italian jewelery brand collection: Antonini Milan to Syracuse collection.
The best international jewelery brand collection: Boucheron for Animaux de collection collection.
The best jewelery flagship store: Nirav Modi for the New York store.
The best jewelery communication campaign: the campaign for Cartier Diamonds.
Jewellery corporate social responsibility award: chopard for the commitment to the project with eco-age.
The best jewelery communication: new media at Nervous System
The lifetime achievement award: Franco Cologni, president Cologni Foundation for arts and crafts.
In the night that has proclamed the winners, and simultaneously kicked off in VicenzaOro January, there were the president of the Italian Exhibition Group, Lorenzo Cagnoni, the vice president Matteo Marzotto, and the general manager, Corrado Facco. The jury was composed by Franco Cologni, President of Jury and Chairman Cologni Foundation for arts and crafts (curiously the same that received the lifetime achievement award), Clare Phillips, curator of the Sculpture Department of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Alba Cappellieri, a professor of Jewellery Design at the Politecnico di Milano, Silvana Annichiarico, director of the Triennale Design Museum in Milan.

Nikos Koulis alla premiazione dei Palladio Awards

Corrado Facco legge i nomi dei vincitori dei Palladio Awards

Collezione Siracusa, oro giallo e diamanti

Collana Ice Princess di Faraone Mennella

Boucheron, Pegasus, anello in oro bianco con ametista ovale 1,5 carati, 29 zaffiri viola, 71 zaffiri blu, 200 diamanti e 29 ametiste tondi, 2 zaffiri blu cabochon

The Museo del Gioiello goes for two

Published on December 17, 2016

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The Museum of the Jewel of Vicenza is renewed for the biennium of life, new pieces, new curators, same nice offer.
The Museum of the Jewel of Vicenza from the beginning it is presented as a kind of chameleon: the exhibits are top quality but inevitably change over time. Every two years, the jewels return to their respective owners and are replaced by others. The second cycle is just beginning: the 2017-2018 edition was inaugurated in the presence of ten new international curators. And, in addition to new jewelery, there is also an institutional innovation: the Museum, wanted with strength and perseverance by Matteo Marzotto, until now president of the Vicenza Fair, it’s now headed by the new company born from the union between the Vicenza structure and Rimini, namely Italian Exhibition Group. That’s why the start for the new cycle was given by Lorenzo Cagnoni, President of Italian Exhibition Group. Marzotto remains, however, as vice president of the new company: “From the first day of public opening of the Jewel Museum has proved a winning idea. Authoritative center of gravity of the cultural universe story goldsmith and jewelery, innovation and a refined search” he explained. “Deeply rooted and logistically in Vicenza, one of the world capitals of the jewel, expresses with his unique personality high international vocation; particularly appreciated not only for the quality of guardianship, but also to the origin and excellence of the exhibits, the many Italian and foreign visitors welcomed, for the unusual museum suitable for all audiences. A global profile that will be further enhanced thanks to the new exhibition and cooperation of the new curators in the next biennium 2017-18.”
The news
The museum space is over 410 square meters and is edited and directed by Alba Cappellieri, a professor of Jewellery Design at the Politecnico di Milano. It now features a new selection with 400 jewels, excellence and prestige, selected according to the sensitivity of the new curators of internationally involved, as Glenn Adamson, director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, Nicolas Bos, President & Ceo of Van Cleef & Arpels, the art critic and collector Helen Drutt English, the anthropologist Cristina Del Mare, the art historian Alessandra Poss, Stefano Piaggi, Director of Archive Anna Piaggi, Marco Romanelli, architect and designer, the art historian and author Paola Venturelli, the award-winning designer Odo Fioravanti.
The museum
First in Italy and one of the few in the world dedicated exclusively to the jewel located inside the Palladian Basilica in Vicenza, historic building from the XVI century, Unesco World Heritage Site since 1994, the Jewel Museum in two years after its opening, December 24, 2014, recorded 34,000 visitors.