
first image
a general view of the protest installation
for italian workers in the construction industry, crippled by the recession, yesterday was 'la giornata della collera' - 'the day of anger'.
in front of the milan stock exchange workers, laborers, clerks, surveyors, architects and real estate agents brought attention to a sector that in the past five years,
according to data from the center for economic research and market sociology, has lost 157 thousand companies as well as 893 thousand employees.

the helmets are symbolizing workers without jobs

the visually striking protest announces social emergency





all images courtesy milano today, corriere di milano, ANSA
A graphic way of describing number, still minute in terms of evolution or geology.The paving stones are contrast.
Never mind the protest. What is going on with that statue?!!
@Alistair Stripp
it is designboom’s favorite public sculpture!
the statue is maurizio cattelan’s middle finger (or better L.O.V.E.) see http://www.designboom.com/art/maurizio-cattelans-middle-finger-displayed-in-milan donated by the artist to the city of milan (to be placed in the square in front of the stock exchange). initially the statue drew harsh protest and the impact it has caused in the media made the city decide to remove it after 10 days.
the good news is, that after all the controversials it is still in milan.
I’m with Christina, did they break fingers off the statue? What is that? A little more direct of a message than the helmets!