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The Polished Words

A digital magazine about the world of surfaces — from materials and finishing technologies to colour, design, and luxury

Chiara Foppa Pedretti in The Polished Words

Black in Interior Design

How this (non)colour can be used from the most elegant room to the boldest…

Chiara Foppa Pedretti in The Polished Words

The Italian Language & Culture of Colors, Materials, and Finishes (CMF): A 15-Minute Free Crash Course

Chiara Foppa Pedretti in The Polished Words

AI translation VS human translation. [A robot with a plant]

AI Translation for SMEs: The Ultimate Guide

Should your company use Artificial Intelligence for its…

Chiara Foppa Pedretti in The Polished Words

Why do small businesses matter? They fill critical gaps in the supply chain, build communities, foster sustainability and creativity, and empower women.

Why SMEs and Small Workshops Are Industry’s Real Rock Stars

A vibrant world beneath the giants’ façade

Chiara Foppa Pedretti in The Polished Words

Marketing tips for industrial machinery manufacturers. Have a show-stopping website. Adopt a good marketing mix. Write insightful articles. Partecipate in conventions and trade fairs. [Business meeting.]

How Do You Market Machinery?

On making manufacturing equipment “attractive”… and French cheese

Chiara Foppa Pedretti in The Polished Words

Designers act as mediators to provide access to a world that would otherwise remain unseen. Just like translators do with worlds that would otherwise remain unintelligible.

Design IS Translation

Where design and translation meet

Chiara Foppa Pedretti in The Polished Words

Etimologia dei colori: superficie indaco

Piccolissimo dizionario dei colori

Perché l’indaco è finito nell’arcobaleno per una pigrizia di…

Chiara Foppa Pedretti in The Polished Words

In design, there is no source language, but something (a concept, an idea, a need) to be interpreted and ultimately translated into a perceivable creation.
Its shape/colour/surface/etc. translate its function into the language of perceivable expression.

Words In Design

Have you ever realised that the words used to describe a designer’s work are often the…

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A digital magazine about the world of surfaces — from materials and finishing technologies to colour, design, and luxury

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