Cosimo Bizzarri

When I was a teenager I didn't event know what sustainability was.TV didn't speak about it, it never appeared on advertising billboards, my parents never mentioned it at dinnertime.Until not so long ago very few people, usually the less influential ones, would take it into consideration. The business world largely and happily underestimated it: social and environmental variables were just an annoying obstacle on the way to a brand's big idea, set to fuel both the market and the managers' houses with money. Today things have changed. The topic of sustainability, in its environmental, social and economic meaning, quickly jumped…

Since Monday 9 November I'm at Gas headquarters, near Vicenza, to conceive and produce a concept book about the 25 years of the Italian jeans brand. I'm with fourteen other people between designers, videomakers, photographers, illustrators, bloggers and editors. They built a house inside the factory, only for us. Follow the project on blog.gasjeans.com

I never evolved to the homo technologicus stage. When it comes to electronic devices, I use the few functions that I really need and very rarely venture into the reams of further widgets, games and tools hidden within the various menus. It was by chance that some days ago I found myself inside my mobile phone's Message Model folder. You probably know what I am talking about. It contains a series of pre-written SMS that you can send over to people when you are too busy to write a whole message. At the push of a button you can give…

Piombo Fuso è un documentario di Stefano Savona prodotto da Pulsemedia sull'attacco israeliano nella Striscia di Gaza a Gennaio 2009. E' stato montato a partire dai frammenti pubblicati on-line giorno dopo giorno sulla web tv www.dagaza.org, per cui ho lavorato in veste di editor/ufficio stampa. In agosto ha vinto un premio nella Categoria Cineasti del Presente del Festival del Cinema di Locarno.Bravi tutti!

Quando sette mesi fa ho lasciato il mio precedente lavoro per andare in cerca di fortuna ho avuto il vago sentore che potesse essere una enorme cazzata. L'umanità si stava risvegliando da una notte di bagordi: un cerchio boia gli martoriava la circonferenza del globo e spese esagerate, conti drogati e partner inaffidabili emergevano dolorosamente dalla memoria cache dei suoi ricordi. Più che una sbronza, questa somigliava a un overdose. Insomma, eravamo solo all'inizio e stavolta un'aspirina non sarebbe bastata.  La crisi avrebbe continuato a manifestarsi ancora a lungo, portando le aziende sull'orlo (o oltre l'orlo) del fallimento, i manager…