After hearing a lot of talk about the Mini and Finduck project, the results are now entering the market.

This spring, the Mini style is on the move again with the Mini Bags line, after debuting in tandem at the Rome Film Festival and the Pitti Uomo show in Florence in October 2007.

First to come out will be the colorful small tote (part of the Car Profile line) and the Mini Lounge. Then in April, the Luggage range will exit with two unisex lines, Go Fast! and Check Out, inspired by the Mini’s glam profile.

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Torino is not just about gianduiotti chocolates.

The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design has chosen Torino as the first World Design Capital for the year 2008 along with the theme of ‘Flexibility‘.

The city of the Savoy family and ‘Made in Italy’ ingenuity are being called upon to demonstrate their value on an international level by promoting development plans for the both the urban and surrounding areas.

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Mandarina Duck wish you a blessed Easter and Springtime joy.

It’s spring time! I need some sunshine, colors and fruit.
So, today I went wandering on the web. And during my lunch break, I discovered the Suicidal Shop.
It’s not a do-way-with-yourself shop but an anti-depression boutique for people with a sweet tooth. I had a great binge on caramel-flavored lip balms, cream rings and cookie necklaces! (without any side effects!)

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While I was in the marketing office today, I looked through Search, a magazine on works by architects, designers and emerging artists.
It has a very modern look even though it belongs to Search for Art published by Mandarina Duck, which won the “most innovative project” award in the Guggenheim Enterprise and Culture Awards of 2000!

Digging into an old database, I found a broom-shaped egg holder, a sheep-shaped backpack, a carpet-bed, images from metropolitan streets and colorful mural paintings.
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We’ve already given you some previews with our fashion show video and now here are the details on our proposals for this spring.

Lightness, fluid shapes and natural-looking materials: these are the concepts for the Mandarina Duck Spring-Summer 2008 collection.
The focus is on clean lines and shapes, soft and enjoyable materials and glossiness.

Colors on the move: white-blue, black, red, green, yellow and khaki.

Big bags: the trend in shop windows and on catwalks is for voluminous bags with lots of organizing space.
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Let’s focus on a topic that’s being hotly discussed on our blog these days: the brand new Mandarina Duck cellular phone.

I haven’t had any news for you until now because I’ve been waiting for an official answer from Alcatel, the phone producer.
As well, we’ve been creating a specific web site where you can find all the information you need.

We’ve also created a preferential communication channel to respond to all of your questions.
Just send an email to info@mobile.mandarinaduck.com and you’ll be in direct contact with our customer care people.

I hope that I’ve given you all the means necessary to get your “Duck Phone“.
If you have any problems, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

I thank you for your patience.

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Spring is coming and our wardrobe needs the usual revival.
This season, however, there’s a good remedy for that guilty feeling that comes with overspending: charitable shopping.

As you know, fashion is a fun and enjoyable thing! Especially when it does the right thing!

After last season’s success - the Free Burma Bag and Levi’s World Aids Day t-shirt - there are a lot of new things!

Three charitable brands debuted during Milan Fashion Week: V.A. Studio, Opera 27 and Dog 58. Part of their sales proceeds will go to Escola Estrela do Mar in Brazil.

If you want to do good and not go broke, you can just buy a t-shirt.
Many celebrities have lent their images to Marc Jacobs’ “Protect the skin you’re in” campaign in support of skin cancer prevention.

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We know that advertising is considered an art.
But art flirting with advertising is really something new.

Advertisers are fed up with the usual famous people. So, they’ve called on some exceptional figures who don’t need any restorations (well, very few!) to be trendy and beautiful.

David Beckham and Naomi Campbell?
In their place, we now see Michelangelo’s David wearing jeans, the Venus de Milo wearing sunglasses and Leonardo’s Mona Lisa with curly hair.
We have to admit it: Greek statues are better looking than football-players and people prefer Mona Lisa to showgirls.

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