Heritage Landscapes vol.21

Can sounds and noises be archived? And how! The BBC has collected as many as 33,066 from around the world: including 52 fire sounds; 984 animal sounds, including 227 birds; 716 ticking clocks; and 617 paces and footsteps.

BBC Sound Effects is a site that collects thousands of sounds. Here, audio clips made by the BBC Radio Lab are available for personal, educational, or research purposes : sounds from the London Blitz, special effects from television and radio productions, and 15,000 recordings from the Natural History Unit Archive. You can explore the sounds of every continent, traversing and reconstructing a hundred years of history just from the noises, ticks, crackles or fallen leaves, the bells of Oxford, the waterfalls of Patagonia.

Stop there, on the sound of a man lighting a fireplace sixty or seventy years ago.

Alessandro Michele, with his recent debut at Valentino, reconfirms his title of “fashion archaeologist.” The collection dredges up aesthetic codes from the archives of the famous Italian fashion house, focusing on the opulence that had characterized the brand in the 1960s and 1970s. Behind the designer's maximalist and typically kitsch garments lies an in-depth study of the brand's history, which thus succeeds in creating a veritable Pavillon des Folies in which to get lost, find oneself, and be amazed.

Breitling is celebrating 140 years. And until the end of the year, it will continue to publish a never-before-published story each month that offers significant insight into the moments that have defined the brand since 1884. In the heart of Zurich, the Breitling Then and Now pop-up museum takes center stage, taking visitors on a journey through the brand's history, retracing milestones such as the Premier watch, the Navitimer and the mighty Chronomat, which will be reissued, in limited editions, to mark the anniversary. Around the world, on the other hand, the Time Capsule exhibition comes to life, featuring a selection of vintage watches that will be displayed in major Breitling boutiques in Europe, Asia, America, the Middle East and Australia.

MA*GA in Gallarate opened the exhibition "Art and Design. Design is Art". It is a project by Philippe Daverio, curated by Emma Zanella, Vittoria Broggini and Alessandro Castiglioni; the result of two years of research and discussion on the museum's collections and the protagonists who have determined significant turning points in the relationship between art and design. The exhibition, which contains works by Gio Ponti, Ettore Sottsass, Franco Albini, and Achille Castiglioni, can be visited until March 2, 2025, and is built in five sections, plus a foreword and afterword, and brings to life an analysis and a series of questions on cultural, economic, sociological, and aesthetic issues.

Credits: BBC; Valentino; Breitling; MA*GA

The fourth installment of Storie d'Archivio, the collection of short stories published on LinkedIn where Promemoria Group gives voice to brands and their archival material, is dedicated to a brand born from a special glass, from master glassmakers in Murano, and from an intuition full of a desire to experiment: Laguna~B.

This story begins with the water of the Venetian lagoon. It is here that Marie Brandolini, a Parisian glass visionary, moves from New York to find the intuition she may have been searching for all along. The story continues among master glassmakers, taverns, traditional goti de furnasa, and her Goti.

You can find out more about Laguna B on our LinkedIn profile.