I am actually becoming a workaholic. Last week I spent days staying in studio till 2 am almost every day. This is why I am loosing contact with the world and I am not posting on the blog.

Fortunately some friends of mine are still alive and give me some good tips. For Example Francesca has forwarded onto me a link to the Ferragamo exhibition, inaugurated on Jun 20th in Florence.

The Ferragamo flagship on Santa Trinita, in the heart of Florence, houses more than designer shoes and bags. It is also home to the newly renovated design museum, Museo Salvatore Ferragamo. In The most recent exhibition there is Creativity in Color, curated by Stefania Ricci.

Creativity in Color parallels Ferragamo family’s saga. Four rooms are dedicated to Salvatore Ferragamo and his company. In the first, you’ll find the revolutionary lasts that shaped and changed the way people walk. Some 400 of Ferragamo’s original shoe patents, photos of glamorous movie stars, and layouts of the company’s first advertising campaigns are on display. In the next room, you’ll see the shoes that modernized design with their innovative materials. Shoes are grouped according to brilliance and color—beginning with ruby red, Ferragamo’s favorite color, a symbol of energy and passion. The third room holds glass cases lined with gold and silver shoes inspired from various countries around the world. The bright blue collections and shiny emerald green shoes designed by Fiamma are nothing short of startling. At the end of the Ferragamo rainbow is a small collection of yellow shoes, inspired by the Mediterranean sun. The middle of this room is dedicated to Fiamma and her renowned Vara shoe, displayed alongside a huge representation of Ewald Hering’s color wheel. The walls are covered with quotes about color from the likes of Oscar Wilde, Marc Chagall and Paul Klee; the ceilings are covered with dated frescoes in original, untouched shades. It’s quite a contrast of different but equal beauty.