# Italy Trends --- ## Science - concept of solar focusing (solar energie) (Leonardo da Vinci) - the battery (alexandra Volta) - atomic bomb (enrico fermi) --- ## Technologie - arduino (micro controller) - eyeglasses - microscope --- ## Food & Drinks - Coffee - Pizza - Pasta Spagetti  --- ## Fashion - Italians are very fashionable - their fashion trends are always consistent in that they promote well-fitting clothes - elegant, classy - bright colors, animal prints - origin of popular clothing brands --- ## Cars - brands like Lamborghini, Ferrari - recently "Fiat" has been really successful in Italy - different trends on the Italian countryside --- ## Interior Design - iconic brands, that have always been widely-liked - trend in 2021: vintage furniture - Italian sandstone is used on the flooring of Apple stores --- ## Music - current trend: foreign pop music and Italian pop music - Pop Songs like "Azzurro" by Adriano Celentano - some Italian hits are trending in other countries as well --- ## Pioneering Figures (people) - Machiavelli - Michelangelo --- ## (negative trend) The Mafia :) - the five families in New York City (Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese) - the Mafia in Italy (Sicily, Naples) --- ## Movie & Television - Spaghetti Westerns - bud spencer & terence hill Genre --- ## Authors: Ahi Irkilata Sophia Huber Kilian Drechsler