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Gianfranco Ferré Research Center: Italian heritage
“My clothes are textile architectures designed for the body”, said Alumnus Gianfranco Ferré. Today at Poli his archive is a research centre

Guido Crepax: how to design stories
Ninety years after his birth and twenty years after his death, we discover Alumnus Guido Crepas' architecture thesis. Before inventing Valentina, he had already invented a building full of stories

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7 Politecnico Alumnae who made history
At their side are more than 60,000 Alumnae of the Politecnico di Milano

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5 former students that made a name for themselves in the fields of architecture and design
We are talking about Alumni and Alumnae who made history in their profession - some of them will probably sound more familiar than others. Let’s take a closer look!

The genius of Gianfranco Ferré on displayin Los Angeles
The Italian Cultural Institute presents an exhibition of thedesigner's iconic sketches and garments, ‘Gianfranco Ferré.Design Principles’

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Alumnus Renzo Piano donates his archive to the Politecnico di Milano
Fondazione Renzo Piano has opened a new space in the Nave building, at the heart of the Leonardo Campus

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The Politecnico’s first female engineers
A step back in time to get to know the first women who followed their engineering vocation during the Politecnico’s early years

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Cini Boeri: a life spent "designing joy"
Her passion for architecture, her relationship with Gio’ Ponti and her struggle during the resistance. We remember her with an interview from 2015

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The gentle star: the interview with Amalia Ercoli-Finzi
From our spring 2017 MAP #1 archive: an exchange of ideas with the Honorary Professor of the Politecnico on space, imagination and future generations

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Zanuso and Mendini: two great architects and Alumni on display at the ADI museum
Starting from the works of these two architects, the exhibition aims to “lay the foundations for reflection on Italian design and its values”

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The Natta days: the team, the work and the passion behind the Nobel Prize
From our archives: it was 11 March 1954 when Giulio Natta, the only Italian chemical engineer to have been awarded the Nobel Prize, wrote the word 'polypropylene' for the first time. Let’s review its history.