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Today is the birthday of a genius

Today is Leonardo da Vinci's birthday! Born 467 years ago, he created an  incredible heritage of scientific and artistic creations to posterity that  still enchants us and  which  is still relevant, unsurpassed by the discoveries of modern times.  Proud successors of his genious, quite logically, contemporary Italians continue this love for creativity, art and design and collect in the annual Design Week (which started in 1961 as a vehicle to advance Italian design)  some of the most intteresting achievements of today's international design scene.  This year  in the 500th anniversary of his death  Milan Design Week pays homage to the Renaissance genius with numerous installations and events. Leonardo was obsessed with water.  AQUA   is a  site-specific experience designed by  Marco Balich,  developed with   Balich Worldwide Shows , illustrating how Leonardo worked with water.   "In several codices Leonardo drafted the beginning of treatise, never completed,  on th

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"Like movie directors, designers are the keepers of the vision and build the interdisciplinary teams that are needed to achieve it”

Paola Antonelli