Illy & Love Difference

This partnership, which since 2003 links Illy, one of the most important coffee houses in the world, with Love Difference, is based on sharing common values.
The company, whose fundamental values include sustainability and ethics, feels close to Love Difference’s philosophy and program. This encounter between two realities sees a new experience being born, facing a better promotion of socially involved art. This is not about a mere sponsorship or financing, but it has a strong frame: it is a shared project between art and production, researching mutual objectives and a lavish commitment.

Illy invites Love Difference to take part together in important cultural
events, including Festivaletteratura in Mantova, Artissima in Turin, the Armony Show in New York or the Biennial in Venice.
(further information in the events area)


In 2004 Illy produced the Love Difference cup, created by Michelangelo Pistoletto, showing the mirrored Mediterranean Sea on the surface, a liquid continent not dividing but joining people and cultures.

Later on, the Love Difference message and the shape of the Mediterranean also appear on the Illy Art Collection can.

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The Mediterraneans
Love Difference Chairs
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Illy & Love Difference