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Animals in the Archive

Dogs, chicks, fawns, fish, and even lions and elephants—what are all these animals doing in the Pirelli Historical Archive? From soft rubber toys shaped like sheep and squirrels to articulated foam rubber cats, and even foxes and roosters starred in attractive advertising campaigns. Let’s have fun discovering how and why artists and designers over the past 150 years of Pirelli’s history have decided to make animal-objects and use them for advertisements to express their imagination and creativity. Together, we’ll examine original advertising materials and then try our hand at designing our own animal-inspired advertisements.

The session will take place in person at the Pirelli Foundation and is for one class.

Location Pirelli Foundation
Total duration 2 hours
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#Graphics #Design #Advertising #Creativity #BrunoMunari #Toys

A look at some of the subjects and documents selected for this course

Sketch for Stelvio Pirelli tyre advertising campaign
Eliodoro Ximenes: a signature in Pirelli advertising revealed
The foam-rubber cat has nylon whiskers

Pirelli Foundation Educational Courses

'Animals in the Archive' For the day: 11 aprile 2019


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The Fantastic Journey of Rubber

Natural rubber plays a crucial and irreplaceable role in the production of tyres. It is ductile, elastic, waterproof, durable, and insulating... rubber has a truly wide range of useful properties! But many people don’t realise that this valuable material is derived from the bark of a tree. So, how is rubber extracted, and how many things can we make with it? Who first discovered the unique qualities of this renewable and biodegradable material? And how can we use rubber in today’s world, in a way that respects both the environment and the people involved in its production? We’ll embark on an incredible journey together, tracing the path of rubber from the forests of Central America to the vast plantations in Asia, and then on to England and finally to Italy. Here we’ll find a young, visionary engineer who, in 1872, founded Italy’s first rubber goods factory. This is a journey through time and across continents, filled with adventure and amazing discoveries.

The session will be held online via Microsoft Teams and is open to a maximum of two classes at a time.

Location Online
Total duration 1 hour
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#NaturalRubber #Environment #Tree #Tyre #Travel #Elasticity #Factory #Discoveries #GiovanniBattistaPirelli #Sustainability

A look at some of the subjects and documents selected for this course

Giovanni Battista Pirelli and the “discovery” of rubber
Plantation in Padarame
Illustrated catalogue of prices of haberdashery items, balls, toys, elastic thread and other products

Pirelli Foundation Educational Courses

'The Fantastic Journey of Rubber' For the day: 11 aprile 2019


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Tell Me a Story

A 1950s racing tyre, a promotional postcard of a football from the early 1900s, a pair of red high-heeled shoes from the late twentieth century, tennis balls from the 1970s—each of these objects tells us a story and gives us a lot of information about both our past and our present. Join us as we explore the various rooms of the Pirelli Foundation, where vintage photographs and drawings, models of futuristic sailing boats, and coloured Formula 1 tyres reveal thrilling tales of sportspeople, riders and navigators, climbers and athletes. With their courage and urge to succeed, they have taken on the most remarkable challenges. Stories of passion, loyalty, friendship and great teamwork. With paper, pencils and stickers, we’ll take note of what objects and documents can tell us and we’ll create our own book of memories.

The meeting will take place in person at the Pirelli Foundation and is for one class.

Location Pirelli Foundation
Total duration 2 hours
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#Sport #CompanyHistoricalArchive #Objects #Remembering #Documents #Team #Passion #PastandPresent

A look at some of the subjects and documents selected for this course

Advertisement for Pirelli motorbike tyres
Racers at the Monza Autodrome Grand Prix 1952
Rebound

Pirelli Foundation Educational Courses

'Tell Me a Story' For the day: 11 aprile 2019


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