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Heritage Landscapes vol.57

Heritage Landscapes is the Promemoria Group newsletter created to observe the contemporary heritage landscape. Twice a month we share the most interesting news and the most innovative projects, investigating those archival stories that turn an object, a brand or an insight, into a legend.

Between architecture, design, fashion, food, technology. With no limit to our curiosity.

1. The Long View

Collecting materials
Among the most original collections dedicated to material culture, the Materials Library at the Institute of Making in London collects thousands of samples from the most diverse fields of human and natural production. Metals, fabrics, plastics, ceramics, biological and experimental materials coexist in an archive designed not only to be consulted, but also touched, observed and tested.

The collection was created with the aim of exploring the physical and sensory properties of materials, fostering the intersection of scientific research, design, craftsmanship, and industry. Over the years, the collection has also been digitized, making a significant portion of the collection accessible online and expanding its accessibility to scholars, designers, and the curious from around the world.
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Institute of Making
Located within a multidisciplinary laboratory, the Materials Library represents a space for study and experimentation that encourages a direct approach to knowledge, transforming the archive into a living place of discovery and collaboration.
An ever-evolving heritage that tells the story of the world through its raw materials, transformation processes, and the infinite possibilities of doing.

2. Augmented Craft

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Explore
The dream of becoming a curator

On Google Arts & Culture, the archive meets artificial intelligence, and thousands of digitized works are analyzed by algorithms that recognize their shapes, colors, and visual features, creating a three-dimensional map to explore freely. Among the most interesting features is the Curator Table, a virtual space inspired by curators' work tables, where works, artists, and styles can be placed side by side and compared in a single digital environment, creating a different way of navigating collections that invites us to observe cultural heritage from new perspectives.

3. Seen & Noted

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Dive In
Pomellato, Le Joaillier Révolutionnaire

Pomellato, Le Joaillier Révolutionnaire is the Maison's first exhibition in the French capital, hosted at the Palais de Tokyo and curated by Alba Cappellieri. The exhibition traces, through archival jewelry, contemporary collections, and arthouse photographs, the revolutions that have redefined the language of fine jewelry since 1967. An immersive journey that puts at the center the vision of a free, bold and contemporary femininity. The exhibition is open until July 20, 2026, with free admission by reservation.
Credits: Institute of Making, Google Arts & Culture, Pomellato, Photo by Gian Paolo Barbieri, Pomellato Advertising, Milano, 1971 Helmut Newton Foundation / Trunk.

ARCHIVISSIMA
“The purpose of Archivissima is to take care of the contents, whether they are photographs, songs, comics, words, recipes, human or celestial bodies. To restore value, and precision, to memory.”

- Manuela Iannetti, President and Director of Archivissima

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Pour suivre nos initiatives, découvrir des études de cas, des innovations, des projets, des publications et bien plus encore. Pour comprendre comment les archives peuvent devenir des outils compétitifs capables de transformer le passé en une ressource extraordinaire pour le présent.

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Depuis 2011, Promemoria Group est l'autorité de référence dans l'univers du patrimoine, des archives historiques et de leur valorisation. Nous recueillons, préservons et organisons l'histoire de plus de 250 grandes entreprises et institutions, tout en assurant sa narration et en libérant sa valeur par tous les moyens possibles. Nous sommes des humanistes passionnés de science et des scientifiques dotés d'un esprit humaniste: un partenaire stratégique qui transforme le patrimoine en un actif vivant, créant un pont tra racines et vision, tra passé et futur.

Notre unicité réside dans l’intégration de trois dimensions: le conseil, la méthodologie et une plateforme numérique. Nous travaillons aux côtés delle directions générales pour définir des stratégies patrimoniales alignées sulle objectifs commerciaux, en traduisant l’analyse des actifs historiques en lignes directrices, modèles de gouvernance et parcours concrets de valorisation.

Notre méthode propriétaire, Memories, allie rigueur scientifique, vision culturelle et capacité d’organisation, structurant les actifs complexes, matériels et immatériels, de manière solide, ordonnée et évolutive. Parallèlement, notre plateforme numérique ARCHIVIO.COM rend les archives accessibles, consultables et exploitables stratégiquement, transformant la mémoire en un outil opérationnel pour la communication, le marketing, l’innovation et la prise de décision.

ARCHIVIO, Archivissima et Legend sont les vecteurs par lesquels Promemoria Group valorise le patrimoine, mettant en lumière le contenu extraordinaire des archives à travers un prisme contemporain — qu’il s’agisse d’un magazine qui renouvelle son équipe éditoriale tous les quatre numéros, d’un festival national au format unique en Europe, ou d’un événement B2B qui explore comment une marque peut transcender le temps pour devenir une légende.