2019

A new green season is opening for ICON DESIGN.  From this month, and for the whole of 2020, the magazine edited by Annalisa Rosso with editor-at-large Maria Cristina Didero, will explore the world of environmental sustaiability, looking at detail – together with leading figures from the world of design, interiors and architecture – at the ecologically-related challenges that the sector will be required to face in the coming years.

In this way the Mondadori Group’s upscale furnishing brand, a point of reference for the design world,  will inaugurate the new editorial path with which it aims to become a privileged channel of analysis and debate to help companies in the sector to interpret and respond to the changes and new needs for the future of the environment.

This issue will be the running theme for the whole of next year, along with a number of new features, including a special edition to be published with the March 2020 issue of ICON DESIGN that will present the most innovative brands and projects in this area.

“As Leonardo Di Caprio said when he received his Oscar: climate change is real! However absurd it may seem, in 2019 there are still people who don’t believe it and there is still a need to reiterate the fact that we must dramatically and immediately change course – tomorrow is already too late – change our behaviour and activate our efforts and determination to avoid a catastrophe and continue to have faith in humanity and the future,” commented Annalisa Rosso and Maria Cristina Didero.

Ti inaugurate this new path, the new issue of ICON DESIGN, on newsstands from 8 October, will appear with the headline Luce, Energia e Bellezza (Light, energy and Beauty), three key words which together summarise and represent different visions of what can more generally be taken to be green. There is a visit to Longhouse, near Melbourne, Australia, a biological design farm, cooking school and private residence all at once; two homes such as Villa Cardo, which is perfectly integrated in the surrounding Salento countryside, and an apartment in the heart of Brussels  redesigned by the French architect Pierre Yovanovitch following a play of light. Alongside the unmissable events at the  design festivals of Milan and Eindhoven, there are interviews with protagonists with green souls: la primatologist and activist Jane Goodwall, the light designer Ingo Maurer, the artist Linda Tegg and the architect Norman Foster. And then there is also the Natural Beauties project, curated by Felix Burrichter, Valentina Cameranesi and Enrico Pompili along with photographer Pim Top. “Why can’t we surround ourselves with beauty?”, asks Burrichter in his introduction to a feature that looks at 11 brands through the same number of surreal images and high-impact slogans, like “energy without meaning is an impossibility” and “love me now, love me forever”.

A fourth edition of ICON DESIGN Talks will also be dedicated to environmental sustainability during the 2020 Milano Design Week – with general coordination by Andrea Boschetti and guest curator Marco Sammicheli: a cycle of conferences, master-classes and debates with architects, designers and professionals who, in their work, are striving to redefine the relationship between the individual and the city, intercepting future needs and necessities in order to build a better world.

Mypersonaltrainer, the Mondadori Group site that is a point of reference for health for over 11 million unique users per month is enhancing its offer and has been transformed into an all-round editorial brand A new logo logo, a new look, a team of fitfluencers with video tutorials focused on wellbeing and a new Instagram profile: are among the main new features which, together with a new and authoritative scientific committee, will help to inspire a healthy lifestyle

• New look: the redesigned heart-shaped logo is emblematic of the brands new objective, to help you to live a healthier and happier life. The editorial content is organised in thematic areas and divided on the basis of energetic colours which help users to find their way. Moreover, the site is both more dynamic and easier to use, also from a mobile device, and able to make suggestions and point users in the direction of pertinent and personalised content

• Scientific committee: made up of specialist doctors from a selected number of hospitals, initially the Istituto Auxologico Italianoand the Ospedale Niguarda, who will provide additional supervision of the more scientific content

• Fitness influencers and video: an exciting collaboration has been launched with a pool of fitfluencers. Experts in yoga, Pilates, running, fitness, workouts and healthy recipes are the protagonists of a range of videos that Mypersonaltrainer users can access anywhere, on any of the brand’s digital channels, at home, in the garden, the office or the car.
  The videos will have a schedule, with fixed appointments each day of the week.

• Instagram: the brand is also expanding its social community, which is already strong on YouTube – with 264,000 subscribers and 1.5 million views – on Facebook – with 340,000 followers and reaching over 3 million people, with a new Instagram profile, and becoming an authentic social magazine. The content will range from the fitfluencer videos, to motivational memes, short video tutorials, photo recipes and thematic infographics

The new brand, already appreciated in the last year by leading advertisers in the health and wellbeing area, will offer its partners new, integrated, multi-channel communication opportunities, with branded content and tailor-made videos for storytelling initiatives for their products.

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The fit influencers:

– Gabriella Vico,  fitness trainer – Former volleyball player, professional trainer and nutritionist, working in Italy, France and Spain. Offering fitness training with exercises related to different muscle groups

– YOGAESSENTIAL, yoga lessons – Elena Vitale and Selena Mercandelli, yoga teachers, creators of the YOGAESSENTIAL clothing line inspired by the practice and Made In Italy, and the Milan yoga school Spazio Garibaldi 77, offer the different styles of yoga with the best teachers from the discipline

– Cristina Turini, running trainer – Architect and running mother, she is the creator of the Instagram profile Run and the City which brings together outfits, music, photos and a healthy lifestyle

– Federico Trombini, fitness school – Personal trainer, hiker and naturopath. Scuola di fitness is the titl of his column which focuses on functional training and the mistakes to avoid. For example, how to tackle a squat by improving balance and control skills, which helps to minimise injuries to the ankles and knees

– Denise della Giacoma, Pilates lessons – Former cross-country skier, teacher of Pilates, yoga and wellbeing techniques. A globetrotter, her videos are shot in some very attractive locations

– Alice Mazzo, the protagonist Alice’s Recipes. In fact, Alice’s heart beats for healthy eating: a food enthusiast, her mission is to transmit her passion for healthy cooking, transforming high-calorie bombs into light mouthfulls, without renouncing taste

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the MTA (Electronic Stock Market), in the period from 30 September to 4 October 2019, of no. 115,000 ordinary shares (equal to 0.044% of the share capital) at an average unit price of Euro 1.5655 for a total amount of Euro 180,030.35.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting on 17 April 2019 (previously disclosed pursuant also to art. 144 bis of Consob Regulation 11971/99, to art. 5 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 and to art. 132 of Legislative Decree 58/98).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN IT0001469383:

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Equita Sim S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600E3E9BFBC8FAA85).

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 2,236,203 treasury shares, equal to 0.899% of the share capital and to 0.587% of the total amount of voting rights.

Purchases in detail in the complete pdf.

A team of native Instagram millennials, 10 beauty influencers, an outstanding web star, video entertainment, inclusivity and diversity as foundational values and an ironic tone of voice: this is DMBeauty, a new social magazine about beauty, conceived for and produced by millennials.

Sophisticated, fresh-faced, transformative, playful, green, global and unconventional beauty… all are among the different shades to which DMBeauty gives a face and voice on Instagram, and from today also on a new channel www.dmbeauty.it, TikTok and Spotify. An inclusive hub where everyday you can train your eyes, heart and mind, with a bit of make-up and some tips for skincare and hair, in a pop and effervescent atmosphere.

Video tutorials, cards, beauty SOS, make-up challenges: with a range of content, in just a few months since its launch, DMBeauty has built a highly active community with more than 160,000 DMBeauties on Instagram (of which 97% women, 60% of whom under 24), making it the number one place for post interaction among women publishing brands (Source: FanPage Karma July 2019) and in the top 20 for media segment interactions on Instagram IT, with over half a million comments and likes and with almost 2 million video views per month (Source: StoryClash).

«DMBeauty, the first native Instagram digital beauty project, is a new brand extension of Donna Moderna, extending its offer to beauty for millennials. A unique opportunity, also for brands to reach a very precise target and to enter a dialogue with beauty-addicted young women,» declared Andrea Santagata, Chief Innovation Officer of the Mondadori Group. «The running theme of the storytelling of DMBeauty is the issue of diversity, with a beauty that is fluid, inclusive, and multi-faceted,» Santagata concluded.

The core of DMBeauty is a digital creative team made up of 2 beauty editors, 2 video makers, 2 visual artists, 1 social media manager, 1 product marketing manager, to which should be added 10 top beauty influencers selected for their ability to communicate, inspire and express the importance of loving yourself, strong points and defects included. They include: the outstanding make-up talent, Damn Tee; the spontaneous and charismatic, Martina Luchena; The Lady, queen of the make-up challenge; Mrtndamex, the green green, a concentration of positive vibes; Alessia Rux, the DMBeauty experimenter; Giada Fra, the friend we would all like to have for beauty advice, and other who will join the team before the end of the year.

Also participating from today in the project are the guest star Sofia Viscardi, web creator and founder of the Venti publishing project, with 1.4 million followers on Instagram and nearly 800,000 subscribers on YouTube, who, exclusively for DMBeauty, will inaugurate the format “Getting Ready with Sofia”: videos dedicated to al make-up, skincare and hair routines per “beginners”, for those with never enough time but who don’t want to renounce taking care of themselves.

The new web channel www.dmbeauty.it, with an interface that gives a nod to the language of Instagram, with dynamic and fluid graphic patterns inspired by pop art, and an innovative use of multicolour headlines, offers a video experience with an amazing visual impact with virtually unlimited swipe-up playlists.

DMBeauty will be presented on Thursday 3 October at an exclusive event DMBeauties night out: an evening with more than 300 guests, animated by a performance by La Boum and a special make-up challenge in the company of influencers and make-up-artists.

The event has been organised in cooperation with Fujifilm that is launching Instax Mini Link. The production is curated by Myevents.

The new project will be launched with a B2B advertising campaign overseen by CasiraghiGreco&.

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the MTA (Electronic Stock Market), in the period from 23 to 27 September 2019, of no. 55,000 ordinary shares (equal to 0.021% of the share capital) at an average unit price of Euro 1.5104 for a total amount of Euro 83,071.90.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting on 17 April 2019 (previously disclosed pursuant also to art. 144 bis of Consob Regulation 11971/99, to art. 5 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 and to art. 132 of Legislative Decree 58/98).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN IT0001469383:

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Equita Sim S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600E3E9BFBC8FAA85).

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 2,236,203 treasury shares, equal to 0.855% of the share capital and to 0.558% of the total amount of voting rights.

Purchases in detail in the complete pdf.

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the MTA (Electronic Stock Market), in the period from 16 to 20 September 2019, of no. 58,000 ordinary shares (equal to 0.022% of the share capital) at an average unit price of Euro 1.445 for a total amount of Euro 83,811.80.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting on 17 April 2019 (previously disclosed pursuant also to art. 144 bis of Consob Regulation 11971/99, to art. 5 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 and to art. 132 of Legislative Decree 58/98).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN IT0001469383:

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Equita Sim S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600E3E9BFBC8FAA85).

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 2,181,203 treasury shares, equal to 0.834% of the share capital and to 0.544% of the total amount of voting rights.

Purchases in detail in the complete pdf.

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the MTA (Electronic Stock Market), in the period from 9 to 13 September 2019, of no. 51,000 ordinary shares (equal to 0.020% of the share capital) at an average unit price of Euro 1.4365 for a total amount of Euro 73,259.00.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting on 17 April 2019 (previously disclosed pursuant also to art. 144 bis of Consob Regulation 11971/99, to art. 5 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 and to art. 132 of Legislative Decree 58/98).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN IT0001469383:

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Equita Sim S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600E3E9BFBC8FAA85).

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 2,123,203 treasury shares, equal to 0.812% of the share capital and to 0.530% of the total amount of voting rights.

Purchases in detail in the complete pdf.

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the MTA (Electronic Stock Market), in the period from 2 to 6 September 2019, of no. 55,000 ordinary shares (equal to 0.021% of the share capital) at an average unit price of Euro 1.4055 for a total amount of Euro 77,301.40.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting on 17 April 2019 (previously disclosed pursuant also to art. 144 bis of Consob Regulation 11971/99, to art. 5 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 and to art. 132 of Legislative Decree 58/98).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN IT0001469383:

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Equita Sim S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600E3E9BFBC8FAA85).

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 2,072,203 treasury shares, equal to 0.793% of the share capital and to 0.517% of the total amount of voting rights.

Purchases in detail in the complete pdf.

The Mondadori Group brands will take part in the forthcoming Milano Licensing Day, the networking event that brings together the main operators in the Italian licensing and brand extension market, which will take place on 10 September at the Hotel Nhow in Via Tortona 35.

Among the opportunities offered by the brands of the Mondadori Group, Italy’s leading publisher of magazines and digital content, is an innovative offer of content and services the circulate around the passions and interests of readers, engaging communities with web sites, on social networks, magazines and events.

The licensing programme includes brands in the kids sector, cooking titles and, from this year, also the wellness sector with MyPersonalTrainer, the web site for wellness and physical fitness. As well, of course, as CasaFacile, a point of reference for lovers of interiors and daily living, and Focus, Italy’s most widely-read monthly, and the publishing brand for popular science and entertainment.

The Milano Licensing Day will also see the confirmation of the Focus Junior “system”: a brand dedicated to children between the ages of 8 and 13 which has renewed its collaboration for 2020 with Ferrero, following the success of the 2018 Easter egg initiative with Kinder Gran Sorpresa.

Among the most successful operations of 2019 was the Focus Pico initiative, the Group’s brand aimed at children aged between 3 and 6, that brought to infant schools “The’ABC of the Sabbiarelli”, an educational project developed using sand painting techniques. The Sabbiarelli kit and the Focus Pico magazine reached some 350 classes across the country, and also included a fun competition that unleashed the kids’ imaginations.

On the occasion of the big international boat shows in September 2019, INTERNI, the Mondadori Group magazine of interiors and contemporary design, presents a special OnBOARD edition entirely dedicated to boats and yachts.

“Thanks to research, technological innovation and the evolution of boat-builders tastes, elements of residential living space are migrating to the world of yachting,” declared Gilda Bojardi, editor of INTERNI. “as a result, yachts are increasingly similar to floating villas, furnished with style and products taken from home design. And this before considering that some of the best known names from the architectural world and residential design have migrated on-board, and collaboration between boat-builders and Italian design brands have become evermore frequent.”

The INTERNI OnBOARD special looks at both the incredible history of Italian boat-building and the stories of the designers of their amazing yachts; their latest designs and the results achieved in terms of stylistic forms, comfort, material and technological solutions, as well, of course, as performance. Special attention will focus on on-board design: the use in yachts of super-light and innovative materials, domestically produced indoor and outdoor furnishings, automation options, chef kitchens, fully equipped gyms and office space  show the increasingly close link between nautical and residential design.

In September INTERNI recorded double-digit growth in advertising revenues compared with the same period of the previous year and confirmed its absolute leadership in the professional living segment.

INTERNI OnBoard will be available on newsstands along with the September issue of the magazine and will be distributed at Maison&Objet in Paris(6-10 September), the Cannes Yachting Festival (10-15 September), the Genoa Boat Show (19-24 September), the Monaco Yacht Show (25-28 September) and at selected showrooms of Italian design companies in New York, London and Miami.