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“A conversation between two or more people”, or “an exchange of ideas or opinions on a particular
issue, with a view to reaching an amicable agreement or settlement”: here are the definitions of the
word ‘dialogue’ according to the Oxford Dictionary. Meanwhile from ancient philosophy comes the
concept of dialogue where interlocutors achieve a truth which, however, is never definitive, but
always renewable through further dialogues.
These definitions help to explain why Gianni Bologna has chosen for Filo the expression “Dialoghi
Creativi” to indicate textile themes proposed as an inspiration for the collections that will be shown
at the 58th edition of Filo, to be held on the 14
th and the 15th of September 2022.
Textile themes proposed by Filo, in fact, are clearly different from the ones normally defined as
‘trends’ within the international fair-trade panorama; on the contrary, they represent continuous
research on products, in a constant and enriching ‘dialogue’ with the companies, which have to
concretely develop the materials.
That is also why, for many editions, Filo has already launched the Quick Delivery section, and it has
abandoned the concept of seasonality of the proposals, while suggesting textile materials that the
companies can then get back to and develop according to their sensitivities and needs, beyond a
scheduled time plan which has been overcome by increasingly international and integrated markets.
In other words, in Filo’s “Dialoghi Creativi” the focus is on raw materials, products, and processes,
which will turn into yarns – the ones exhibited at Filo – in an open and continuous ‘dialogue’ with
the companies and product-managers, enhancing their creativity, trials and research capacities.
In this way, like in a Socratic dialogue, Filo’s “Dialoghi Creativi” change and renovate at each edition,
while the final goal is always the same: the search for beauty and the well-made, beyond any
conceptual limitation, already meaningless, but according to the style of the best Italian manufacture.
Biella, April the 1st, 2022
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