About Torino & Piemonte
Home & Design
Torino’s knowledge of design and production processes, acquired through its industrial past, has laid the foundation for the future. Torino is one of the most dynamic cities in the cultural and creative field in Italy.
The creativity and culture field in Torino represents 9.1% of total Italian number of active bodies and companies, the third in Italy, with about 100,000 employees and people involved. In the metropolitan area, there are about 1,000 creative companies involving 47,000 employees and contributing with an annual revenue of 13 million € to the local creative economy.
In 2008, Torino was designated as World Design Capital and has, ever since, distinguished itself as a hub in this field.
From 2014 Torino is a UNESCO Creative City for the Design category. Is the only Italian city winner among the nominations for 2014 which included 28 cities in 19 countries. This important UNESCO recognition commit the city to promote and support the design field in all its structures through a program of initiatives that will carry Torino to get the role of a reference point city for design in Italy and worldwide.
Contents courtesy from UNESCO, read more at: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/torino.
Textiles
Piemonte boasts a century-old tradition in the textile sector, offering a complete production chain both for clothing and furnishings.
In the region operate some 4,500 companies, employing 38,000 employees, with a 3.5 billion € export in 2017.
The region’s wool tradition is concentrated primarily around the Biella cluster, one of the most highly qualified centres in the world for the production of wool fabrics and other precious fabrics for clothing (cashmere, alpaca, mohair).
Piemonte’s clothing and fashion industry includes quite a broad variety of products such as lingerie, fashion accessories, footwear, leather goods and counts on the presence of some leading brands, such as Gruppo Zegna, Miroglio Vestebene and Loro Piana, together with a number of SMEs.
Piemonte’s home textile production is able to satisfy all requirements of furnishings and interior decoration market: it includes table and bed linen, curtains, carpets, fabrics for cushions and furnishings, passementerie, embroidery, etc.
Contents courtesy from Ceipiemonte, read more at: www.centroestero.org/en/key-sectors/tessile.html.
