STONE ISLAND 30

30 years of Stone Island: exhibit in Florence

Celebrating 30 years of history, the Italian brand Stone Island has organized an exhibition at the Stazione Leopolda in Florence. One of Italy’s most innovative and experimental brands in the sportswear sector, Stone Island has been dedicated since its inception to textile research and experimentation. Reporter: Brenda Dionisi; DOP: Sandro Nardoni

StoneIsland30.com_ Video tour

An amazing walkthrough over the 2.000 square metre of STONE ISLAND 30, the brand 30th anniversary exhibition, held in June 2012 at Stazione Leopolda in Florence.

VIDEO TOUR is one of the featured sections of the website

STONEISLAND30.COM is a unique experience.

The exhibition has been thoroughly filmed and photographed to turn it from physical to digital experience, with the intent of render timeless a temporary event.
The first Stone Island 30 years of wealth in research and experimentation are now fully available online with photos, films and captions.
An invaluable opportunity for fans, students and would to be designers to enquire into the history of sportswear and into the painstaking fabric and treatment research that has made Stone Island inimitable.

The website is constructed in HTML5. The navigation experience is fully appreciable through Chrome, Safari, Modzilla Firefox browsers. It is optimize for Internet Explorer 8/9/10. It features as well a tablet version.

Stone Island 30 Making of #1

STONE ISLAND 30
Making of #1

Here we are! We are starting to work on the setting of STONE ISLAND 30, the exhibition that tells our thirty years of history, research and experimentation. Produced by Stone Island and hosted by Fondazione Pitti Discovery with the patronage of the Comune di Firenze. The exhibition is curated by the British creatives Simon Foxton and Nick Griffiths.
The location will be the striking and historic Stazione Leopolda of Firenze. More than 2000 square metres of space that will present –from June 20th and for three weeks- more than 200 garments from the archives, with the countless treatments production and processes that contributed to their creation.

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STONE ISLAND 30
Thirty years of history, research and experimentation
Stazione Leopolda _Via Fratelli Rosselli 5 _Florence

The exhibition will be open to the public from 20 June to 7 July 2012
From June 20th to July 1st/ 11.00 am — 07.00 pm
From July 4th to 7th/ 12.00 pm — 11 pm
Closed on Monday and Tuesday – Free Entrance

Stone Island 30 Making of #2

Stone Island 30 Making of #3

Stone Island 30th Anniversary Project featuring Carlo Rivetti in Milan | FashionTV FMEN

MILAN – For Stone Island’s 30th Anniversary, Carlo Rivetti, the president of the sportswear company walks us through three of the label’s most iconic pieces. For the anniversary, Rivetti has recreated three classic items, including the brand’s original jacket, which he has updated through heightened technology and a new special badge. The second piece he shows us is another classic item, restructured through state of the art engineering, which can be worn in 30 different ways! We can’t wait to see the rest of the collection, Happy Birthday Stone Island!

Stone Island announces StoneIsland30.com

The website dedicated to the exhibition STONE ISLAND 30

The http://www.stoneisland30.com website will be launched at the beginning of February. The website is dedicated to STONE ISLAND 30, the exhibition which has been held last June at the Stazione Leopolda in Florence, produced in collaboration with Fondazione Pitti Discovery and with the Patronage of the City of Florence.
The significant videos and photos will document , historicized and spread the exhibition.

The celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Stone Island started in Florence with the exhibition and the launch of the book “Stone Island Archivio ‘982’012”. The connection between Stone Island and the city of Florence has been strengthened this week by the unveiling of the brand fifth Italian Flagship store, in Vacchereccia 18/20R, right of Piazza della Signoria.