The nine signatories of a new manifesto are pleading to reopen their factories  Though there’s no doubt that the current COVID-19 situation remains a pandemic, certain European countries, including Italy, are at least starting to imagine and plan for what life after a lockdown would look like. Though restrictions remain in place, a makeshift consortium of Italian design and furniture brands have come together to ask for the chance to get back to work, warning of dire consequences for the industry should a shutdown continue much longer.  Last week, representatives from nine Italian firms ...