We the Italians December 28, 2014 - 50 | Page 40

TH TH # 50 • DECEMBER 28 , 2014 # 50 • DECEMBER 28 , 2014 read more about #Italian Politics ITALIAN POLITICS: A MORE BITTER THAN SWEET 2014, BUT A HUGE HOPE FOR ITALY’S 2015 I t's been a long and complicated year. We started it out with Mr. Enrico Letta at the country's helm, and then Matteo Renzi shuffled cards and ministers and replaced Letta at Palazzo Chigi. HEXX BY DIESEL LIVING WITH FOSCARINI F This simple idea leads to an optical effect - called "moiré - that creates a fascinating game of light. Imagined by Diesel Creative Team and developed by Foscarini, Hexx has two light sources and dual ignition, for different or changing moods. The European Parliament's elections were an enormous success for Mr. Renzi, not to mention that the EU countries take turns to lead the Union, and from July 1st, 2014, to December 31st, 2014, it was Italy's time. The top source is directed upwards and offers functional light that illuminates by reflection, while the bottom creates a magical atmosphere, drawing light games on the stand and on the walls. Hexx comes in two available solutions: one black, graphic and minimalist, the other green with a reference to the copper oxidation and therefore recalling bot a natural and an industrial world. Politically speaking, the "Italian semester" could have been much more profitable for Italy. Ms. Mogherini got the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy office, but that's really all. In spite of Italy's efforts to exit the crisis, lower the public debt and create more jobs, the "German" EU seems not to approve the Italian policies, and Standard&Poor's cut the country's sovereign rating to BBB. Happy 2015, Italy. ITALIAN LIFESTYLE: rom the industrial form of the bolt, to the beehives in nature, the hexagon is a perfect shape, capable of giving life to infinite compositions from a single polygon. The table lamp Hexx comes from the union of two different hexagonal prisms made of perforated sheet - clear reference to the industrial language - and stacked so that the screens of the two elements are no Bf6