From Italy’s Maritime Mountains to Motown: Ferrania in Detroit Ferrania, which is the name of a tiny village, a factory, and a brand, is located in Italy’s maritime Alps in the region of Liguria. You get to Ferrania by taking Read More …
A History of Ferrania
Ferrania, originally the Italian company Società Italiana Prodotti Esplodenti (SIPE), began in 1882 as a factory that produced nitrocellulose-based explosive powders. When demand for this powder decreased following the “Red Terror” in Soviet Russia, the factory turned toward producing celluloid, Read More …
Introducing the Analog Anthropocene Project
What is the Anthropocene? The Anthropocene is a new (albeit unofficial) term for the geological epoch in which we are currently living. The previous epoch, the Holocene, spanned over 12,000 years, but with the dawn of the Anthropocene, we have Read More …