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Stefano Mirtis

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timeline archive:

a personal collectionof curiosities

Stefano Mirtis

facebook wall

https://www.facebook.com/stefano.mirti.3
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Stefanos facebook timeline 21/52 2013

Milan

Verba Volant

I really like this. A lot of people I know are setting

up their own companies, business, ventures. Of

course it is not easy, but surely better to wait that

the Titanic is finally sunk.

Here you have Anna Giordano's "Verba Volant".

If you need any writing service (in Italian) she is

there for you!

http://www.verbavolantlab.it/

https://www.facebook.com/.../Verbavolant-

Lab/424832320941528
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Verbavolant-Lab/424832320941528https://www.facebook.com/pages/Verbavolant-Lab/424832320941528https://www.facebook.com/pages/Verbavolant-Lab/424832320941528http://www.verbavolantlab.it/https://www.facebook.com/annagiordhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Milan-Italy/108581069173026?ref=stream

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Road to Nowhere

24 hours to the deadline for "Design 101" proposal

tobecome a full rounded course!

We are faring pretty well, but we can do much

better...

Harry Potter is above us and this is no good

: )

Here you can see the overall ranking:

https://moocfellowship.org/submissions?

discipline=...

Vote, share, spread the news around. We are

almost there

We're on a ride to nowhere, come on inside

Taking that ride to nowhere, we'll take that ride

Maybe you wonder where you are, I don't care

Here is where time is on our side

Take you there, take you there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWtCittJyr0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWtCittJyr0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWtCittJyr0https://moocfellowship.org/submissions?discipline&language&order=vote_count+desc&page=1&q&utf8=%E2%9C%93http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWtCittJyr0https://moocfellowship.org/submissions?discipline&language&order=vote_count+desc&page=1&q&utf8=%E2%9C%93https://moocfellowship.org/submissions?discipline&language&order=vote_count+desc&page=1&q&utf8=%E2%9C%93

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Confindustria Ceramica

The Museum of Ceramics

Today I was in Sassuolo. To meet Elena Mfoirr&

Maria Teresa Rubbiani (Confindustria Ceramiche).

We are developing a very nice project with them

(soon I will tell you more).

Here an image of their cute museum of

ceramics...
https://www.facebook.com/maria.rubbianihttps://www.facebook.com/elena.mfoirrhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Confindustria-Ceramica/373897566037779?ref=stream

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Milan

Design 101

Update on how it is going with our proposal for a

"Design 101" MOOC (Massive on-line open course).

10 grants are given to the best proposals. 5 will go

to courses in German (it's German money) and 5 to

course in English.

We are competing in the English section. Here you

can see the current ranking:

https://moocfellowship.org/submissions

At 00.11 we gloriously passed prof. Dark Matterand we are holding a (moreless) steady 4th place.

Next, we have to make one more jump in order to

catch those "Virtual Living Lab" chaps. Some 60

votes are missing.

Deadline on thu, 12.00 CET.

Check our video: https://moocfellowship.org/...

/design-101-or-design...

Then, vote, spread the news, call your friends,

etc.etc.etc.

Thanxthanx!
https://moocfellowship.org/submissions/design-101-or-design-basics--2https://moocfellowship.org/submissions/design-101-or-design-basics--2https://moocfellowship.org/submissions/design-101-or-design-basics--2https://moocfellowship.org/submissions?order=vote_count+desc&language=enhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Milan-Italy/108581069173026?ref=stream

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Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust

InsectHotel

An 'Insect hotel' at the Durrell WildlifeConservation Trust inJersey, www.

sustainableguernsey.info

Insect Hotels: they provide a home to pollinators

and pest controllers. Tidy gardens, lawns and lackof dead wood, mean less and less habitat for wild

bees, spiders and ladybugs.

Here a fantastic collection of these special hotels

(thanks to Rachele Storai for the link):
https://www.facebook.com/rachele.storaihttps://www.facebook.com/rachele.storaihttp://www.sustainableguernsey.info/https://www.facebook.com/rachele.storaihttp://www.sustainableguernsey.info/http://www.sustainableguernsey.info/https://www.facebook.com/pages/Durrell-Wildlife-Conservation-Trust/174293812622849?ref=stream

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Palermo

A toy to write poetry.Fold and fold tillit becomes a very simple and

beautifultriangle.

Very :o

A work developed by Pamela Ferri and Cristina

Senatore.

More at: http://www.facebook.

com/media/set/...

In the meanwhile Pamela

Ferrigoes for "AperturaBianca".

http://www.inspirationgreen.com/index.php

ps. thereis a group on Flickr, dedicated to Insect

Hotel

http://www.flickr.com/.../insect...

/pool/with/4829806809/...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200474197755571.1073741833.1175925365&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200474197755571.1073741833.1175925365&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200474197755571.1073741833.1175925365&type=1https://www.facebook.com/cristina.senatore1http://www.flickr.com/groups/insecthotels/pool/with/4829806809/#photo_4829806809http://www.flickr.com/groups/insecthotels/pool/with/4829806809/#photo_4829806809http://www.inspirationgreen.com/index.php?q=insect-habitats.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/PamelaFerri.Organicaltimehttps://www.facebook.com/PamelaFerri.Organicaltimehttps://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200474197755571.1073741833.1175925365&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200474197755571.1073741833.1175925365&type=1https://www.facebook.com/cristina.senatore1https://www.facebook.com/cristina.senatore1https://www.facebook.com/PamelaFerri.Organicaltimehttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Palermo-Italy/106439142725244?ref=stream

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Todmorden, United Kingdom

Incredible Edible

A revolution where we (literally) eat the

landscape!

What should a community do with its unused land?Plant food, of course. With energy and humor,

Pam Warhurst tells at the TEDSalon the story of

how she and a growing team of volunteers came

together to turn plots of unused land into

communal vegetable gardens, and to change thenarrative of food in their community.

Pam Warhurst cofounded Incredible Edible, an

initiative in Todmorden, England dedicated to

growing food locally by planting on unused landthroughout the community.

Watch ms Pam at: http://www.ted.com/...

/pam_warhurst_how_we_can_eat_our

More at:

http://www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/.../19/incredible-

edible-todmorden
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/video/2010/oct/19/incredible-edible-todmordenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/video/2010/oct/19/incredible-edible-todmordenhttp://www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk/http://www.ted.com/talks/pam_warhurst_how_we_can_eat_our_landscapes.htmlhttp://www.ted.com/talks/pam_warhurst_how_we_can_eat_our_landscapes.htmlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/video/2010/oct/19/incredible-edible-todmordenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/video/2010/oct/19/incredible-edible-todmordenhttp://www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk/http://www.ted.com/talks/pam_warhurst_how_we_can_eat_our_landscapes.htmlhttp://www.ted.com/talks/pam_warhurst_how_we_can_eat_our_landscapes.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Todmorden/112908418721696?ref=stream

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Thanxthanxthanx!

Ciao a tutti + thanxthanxthanx to all.

Yesterday the voting phase related to the MOOC

Production fellowship finished and we did very

well.

Finally, 2281 persons voted for our project, we

ranked fifth in the overall (fifth out of 255

proposals), and second in our group (courses in

English, 2nd out of 116).

Next, we have to wait for the final decision of the

jury: the jury will make the final decision (5 grants

to courses in English language and 5 grants to

courses in German), by the 10th of June. They will

take in consideration the public vote + their ownopinion on the proposals presented.

---

Thanks toRemo Ricchetti for the link!
https://www.facebook.com/remo.ricchetti.RR

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Here, the content of the email I received

yesterday:

Dear Mr Mirti,

The poll voting for the MOOC Production

Fellowship has just closed and we are proud to

count over 100.000 votes from potential students

for your courses.

Currently we are reviewing the results and we will

pass them on to the jury.

As we have explained before, the voting is

supposed to give an impression of potential

student interest in the course proposal.

Ultimately, however, it is up to the jury to decide

which of the proposals will be awarded the ten

fellowships.

We again wish you the best of luck with your

application, and are very excited to inform you

about the jurys decision until June 10. Please

mark June 20 and 21, 2013 in your calendars as we

will hold hold the award ceremony and the course

production workshop in Berlin on those dates.

All the best,

Your MOOC-Fellowship-Team

iversity GmbH

Breitscheidstrae 51

16321 Bernau/Berlin

---

Thanxthanxthanx + as soon as i know more, I will

let you know!

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Berlin, Germany

Design 101, what's next?

Ciao a tutti + thanxthanxthanx to all.

Of course,

thanks also in behalf of Lucia Giuliano,Aurora

Rapalino, Pierluigi Anselmo Anselmi Anselli, Anne-

sophie Gauvin, Alica Horvathova, Aimone Maltese!

---

Yesterday the voting phase related to the MOOC

Production fellowship finished and we did very

well.

Finally, 2281 persons voted for our project, we

ranked fifth in the overall (fifth out of 255

proposals), and second in our group (courses in

English, 2nd out of 116).

Next, we have to wait for the final decision of the

jury: the jury will make the final decision (5 grants

to courses in English language and 5 grants to

courses in German), by the 10th of June. They will

take in consideration the public vote + their own

opinion on the proposals presented.

---
https://www.facebook.com/lucia.giuliano.35https://www.facebook.com/aurora.rapalino.3https://www.facebook.com/aimone.maltesehttps://www.facebook.com/alica.horvathovahttps://www.facebook.com/annesophie.gauvinhttps://www.facebook.com/annesophie.gauvinhttps://www.facebook.com/pierluigi.anselmihttps://www.facebook.com/aurora.rapalino.3https://www.facebook.com/aurora.rapalino.3https://www.facebook.com/lucia.giuliano.35https://www.facebook.com/pages/Berlin-Germany/111175118906315?ref=stream

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Voyage to Italy (part 1)

Here the link to the folder with all the images of

the first part of the trip I went last week. FromMilan to Matera.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/

Here above:#voyagetoitaly(13). Then i met a couple of twin

farmers. Wind farmers.

Here the relevant links for the curious ones:

https://moocfellowship.org/

https://moocfellowship.org/.../design-101-or-

design...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.533063006752630.1073741833.268422276550039&type=1https://moocfellowship.org/submissions/design-101-or-design-basics--2https://moocfellowship.org/submissions/design-101-or-design-basics--2https://moocfellowship.org/https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/voyagetoitalyhttps://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.533063006752630.1073741833.268422276550039&type=1

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Firenze Santa Maria Novella

Futurism & Architecture

The Heating plant and Main controls cabin is a

technical facilities building in Firenze Santa Maria

Novella railway station designed by architectAngiolo Mazzoni in 1929. The complex is

recognized as one of the masterpiece of Futurist

architecture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/.../Heating_plant_and_main

One of the nice things of traveling through Italy by

train is that soon or later you end up seeing

Mazzoni's masterpiece...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heating_plant_and_main_controls_cabin,_Florencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heating_plant_and_main_controls_cabin,_Florencehttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Firenze-Santa-Maria-Novella/148779395178034?ref=stream

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Stazione Potenza centrale

Basento Bridge

Sergio Musmeci, who along with contemporariesFrei Otto, Eladio Dieste, and his mentor Luigi

Nervi, derived his forms from the stresses incurred

upon different materials and structural systems,

usually through extensive studies using large-scale

models, reversing the typical design process whichfirst prescribes arbitrary geometry to specific

conditions or problems before seeing to structural

issues. The finalized form was the result of its

optimization, which ensured maximum efficiency

in performanceand minimal material usage.

Keep reading at: http://www.architizer.com/...

/infrastructure-as.../

So, from Milan to Matera, two jewels: the Heating

plant and main controls cabin, in Florence (by

Angiolo Mazzoni). And then, the Basento Bridge in

Potenza. Very nice!
http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/33400/infrastructure-as-environment-the-basento-viaduct/#.Ua3SxutTTwghttp://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/33400/infrastructure-as-environment-the-basento-viaduct/#.Ua3SxutTTwghttp://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/33400/infrastructure-as-environment-the-basento-viaduct/#.Ua3SxutTTwghttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Stazione-Potenza-centrale/175369139146661?ref=stream

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Sassi di Matera

Sorrysorrysorry!

Yesterday it has been a tricky day. I spent the

whole day on different trains, on a long trip from

Milan to Matera.

Internet connection was wobbly and I couldn'tupdate you on "Design 101", and various things.

Finally when I reached my final destination my

laptop brokedown

Here I am: http://www.facebook.com/CasaNetural

What do I do here?

http://benetural.com/co-living-2/

http://benetural.com/
http://benetural.com/co-living-2/http://benetural.com/http://benetural.com/co-living-2/https://www.facebook.com/CasaNeturalhttps://www.facebook.com/CasaNeturalhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Sassi-di-Matera/162021947165031?ref=stream

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A workshop at Casa Neturalin Matera with Stefano

Mirti to learn the basics of design! Today until 19:

00 and this coming Monday from 15:00 to 19:00.

Open to all!

DIARY WORKSHOP

AT CASA NETURAL
https://www.facebook.com/stefano.mirti.3https://www.facebook.com/stefano.mirti.3https://www.facebook.com/CasaNetural

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Matera

Casa Netural

This is Casa Netural, the place where I am staying

these days.

http://www.benetural.com/

https://www.facebook.com/CasaNetural

A very nice place. If you never been there, you

should go to visit Andrea Paoletti, Mariella Stella,Mariateresa Paolicelli Orecchietta, Luisa

Lapaccianaand all the other people who pass by

every day...
https://www.facebook.com/luisa.lapaccianahttps://www.facebook.com/mariateresa.orecchiettahttps://www.facebook.com/luisa.lapaccianahttps://www.facebook.com/mariateresa.orecchiettahttps://www.facebook.com/mariella.stella.73https://www.facebook.com/andrea.paoletti.9041https://www.facebook.com/CasaNeturalhttp://www.benetural.com/https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matera-Italy/114928095185166?ref=stream

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Matera

The City as a Frottage Board

Today I've been working hard to set up the work

for the next days.

A special series of booklets on Matera. A work on

the city, working via frottage on walls, and variousurban surfaces.

Here some tests

qui alcune immagini: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.272811106196092...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.272811106196092&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.272811106196092&type=1https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matera-Italy/114928095185166?ref=stream

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Pollino National Park

Zampogna & surdolina

Going around with Andrea Paolettifor two days in

the Pollino National Park.

Lots of interesting places, people, situations.

Here above (image by Andrea), mr Quirino a gifted

(and lonely) craftsman who lives out in the woods.

He spends his life making traditional musical

instruments.

Very interesting, also very charming (for no more

than one hour).
https://www.facebook.com/andrea.paoletti.9041https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pollino-National-Park/105585409476295?ref=stream

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San Costantino Albanese

Being around with Andrea Paoletti, one of the

most interesting things we went through it is the

Arbresh culture.

Wikipedia explains:

The Arbresh are a linguistic and ethnic Albanian

minority community living in southern Italy,especially the regions of Basilicata, Molise, Apulia,

Calabria and Sicily.

They settled in Southern Italy in the 15th to 18th

centuries AD in several waves of migrations,following the death of the Albanian national hero

George Kastrioti Skanderbeg and the gradual

conquest of Albania and throughout the Byzantine

Empire by the Ottoman Turks.

Arbresh People

and Broom Fashion
https://www.facebook.com/andrea.paoletti.9041https://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Costantino-Albanese/112405432104016?ref=stream

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arb%C3%ABresh%C3%

AB_people

We spent a day in this town. We spoke with the

local people, we went to the museum, to the

church. Finally for dinner we met my friend Felice

Gualtieriwith his girlfriend (by chance, she is

Arbresh as well).

A full day into this mysterious culture. Very

interesting, very nice.

Here above, an image of the broom (ginestra in

Italian) thread they normally used instead of

cotton or linen.

If you want to know more about broom (ginestra)

fashion, here the link (in Italian): http://consiglio.

basilicata.it/.../DOCUMENT_FILE_173239.pdf

Terranova di Pollino

Federico Valicenti &

Luna Rossa

I've spent almost a week between Matera and
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Terranova-di-Pollino/108183382543857?ref=streamhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Terranova-di-Pollino/108183382543857?ref=streamhttp://consiglio.basilicata.it/consiglioinforma/files/docs/17/32/39/DOCUMENT_FILE_173239.pdfhttp://consiglio.basilicata.it/consiglioinforma/files/docs/17/32/39/DOCUMENT_FILE_173239.pdfhttps://www.facebook.com/felice.gualtierihttps://www.facebook.com/felice.gualtierihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arb%C3%ABresh%C3%AB_peoplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arb%C3%ABresh%C3%AB_people

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Pollino National Park.

Almost everyone talked about local values,

identity, and all kind of things not so familiar to

me.

Out of all these people, the most convincing one

was mr Federico Valicenti. A fantastic cook who

opened his restaurant (Luna Rossa) in 1981.

He didn't do it to support local values. He didn't do

it because he wanted to make a better world. He

did it because he wanted to achieve the best for

his restaurant.

A very nice attitude for a very special gent.

More (in Italian) at:

http://www.federicovalicenti.it/

https://www.facebook.com/federico.valicenti

Image above: one of his fabolous dishes: fried

potato skins
http://www.federicovalicenti.it/https://www.facebook.com/federico.valicentihttp://www.federicovalicenti.it/https://www.facebook.com/federico.valicenti

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Pinky

Another nice person I've met when traveling

around is Andrea Mazzotta(thanks to Felice

Gualtieri).

He works in the publishing industry, and he knows

everything related to comics. It was such a

pleasure to find someone to talk about Pinky,

Squeak the Mouse, and tons of other things very

special to me

We should spend moretime talkingand thinking

and making and sharing comics!
https://www.facebook.com/mazzotta.andreahttps://www.facebook.com/felice.gualtierihttps://www.facebook.com/felice.gualtierihttps://www.facebook.com/felice.gualtierihttps://www.facebook.com/mazzotta.andrea

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Pollino National Park

Very nice. Truly.

Here some more images: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/...

Two days around

with Andrea Paoletti
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Sassi di Matera

Not even John Hejduk...
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sassi-di-Matera/162021947165031?ref=stream

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Castelmezzano

Pastina. Italian Goodies.

Last night I had a nice dinner with various

designers from Basilicata. Very interesting people,

very interesting stories.

Among them, the ones I liked the most are

Francesca Puddu and Domenico Santoro (Pastina).

They spin between Rome and Castelmezzano. They

use the finest Italian craftsmanship to make

contemporary design.

The real "makers", without the un-necessary and

obnoxious "maker" aesthetic.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Castelmezzano/107268239303378?ref=stream

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Here the links:

http://www.pastinaisgood.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pastinaisgood
https://www.facebook.com/pastinaisgoodhttp://www.pastinaisgood.com/

Documents

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