WE'RE D'UVA..NICE TO MEET YOU!
ABOUT
TEAM d'uva
curious minds
a LONG HISTORY
Since 1959 we have been talking about heritage through technology
1959
The beginning: the Milan Cathedral
Everything has a beginning, sometimes it is discreet, sometimes it is disruptive. Ours was unexpected: in 1959, Pope Paul VI, still Archbishop of Milan, welcomed the multilingual audio guides invented by Giovanni D’Uva in the Duomo.
1976
AND THE IMAGES?
An audio guide was no longer enough; so we invented the first video guide: 12 slides synchronized with the audio thanks to a photoelectric cell: pure technology! Meanwhile, our audio guides were already in the cathedrals of Florence, Pisa and Siena and in almost all the churches of Rome.
1997
AUDIOTOUR IN THE COLOSSEUM
The Ronchey Law had opened museums to the private management of reception services, including the audio tour. We proposed one of the first digital audio guides and installed it at the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. A new beginning: this time disruptive!
2000
Audioguide in Pompei
An audio guide in Pompeii? We won the first race to manage the Pompeii and Herculaneum audio tour. Then, over time, we have extended the services to ticket offices, bookshops and didactics and we have activated them in wonderful sites throughout Italy. Over time, we expanded our services to include ticket offices, bookshops, and educational activities, launching them in stunning locations across Italy.
2011
A DIGITAL LILIUM
The first videoguide has a successor: a multimedia station called Lilium Touch. A coin-operated kiosk that always offers an audiovisual experience—though that’s another story! More advanced technology and content, and a unique design.
2015
New headquarters
Mobile apps, websites, social media, augmented reality, experience design, content strategy, virtual reality, immersive technologies. All in a new location in Florence: a light-filled loft where our creative minds blend design, technology, and content to transform ideas into digital experiences.
2020
A SOUNDTRACK EXPERIENCE
We faced the year of Covid by producing the first soundtrack experience: a new way to tell art through art. D’Uva created, for the Giorgio Cini Foundation, the soundtrack of the audio guides of the Vatican Chapels, composed by Antonio Fresa, published with Adesiva Discografica and played live with the Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice.
2021... and Beyond
Digital shock
The pandemic has transformed the use of art and culture. Visitors on the one hand, museums on the other and in the center the unexpressed potential of technology, which allowed us to open our eyes and imagine new digital experiences .
