Museum of Industrial Heritage

Curtisa, a firm established in Bologna in 1929, gained  the leading role in metal frame and casing sector during the first part of the 20th century. Curtisa overcame the competitors  and its products became very popular as symbol of warranty and high quality in Italy and abroad.

The article concerns the life of Bruto Carpigiani (1903-1945), since his debut in A.C.M.A., where he was in charge of Technical Department. Here he establishes himself as a brilliant engineer and designer of automatic machines. In this period he invented a machine able to produce gelato. After Bruto’s death, his brother Poerio started a production planning of the Bruto’s “gelato machine”. This was the begin of Carpigiani firm. A certain prominence is also given to historical context, a period of great increase as for the local industrial development.

The DeVision project has been set up to arouse a great deal of interest about local design and industry, involving a new generation of talented young people. Students of Bologna Free University of Arts (L.UN.A.) produced several works characterized by the creation of new visual marks and created using recyclable materials. The Museum of Industrial Heritage was the heart of this first edition.

In history of special timing systems of the four stroke motors (in motorbikes), it is almost impossible to enumerate the several solutions found out. The famous mechanical engineering school of Bologna wanted to take part in this research. Here are analyzed some projects very interesting because of their originality.

Paolo Pasquini (1946-2011) was an architect and industrial designer of several pioneer electrical vehicles. These models were designed for urban transport and they were able to give a new trend to private and public transports. Among these vehicles, the most famous is BOXEL. The BOXEL’s racing model, known as P488, is now an exhibit at Museum of Industrial Heritage in Bologna.