In medio stat Genius

Galileo Galilei, born in Pisa in 1564 to a modest family, was a revolutionary spirit in search of truth. Guided by his father towards medicine, he preferred to follow his passion for mathematics, challenging academic conventions and Aristotelian science. He refuted established theories, such as the law of falling bodies, and with the innovative use of the telescope, discovered Jupiter’s satellites. His adherence to Copernicus’s heliocentric theory put him at odds with the Church and the Inquisition.
He pursued truth with courage and dedication, shaping the modern scientific method; for this, despite his recantation extorted by the Church, he spent his last years in confinement.
Dying in 1642, he wished to be buried in his family tomb in the Basilica of Santa Croce, but to avoid conflict with ecclesiastical authorities, he was buried under the bell tower.

After many failed attempts, it was in 1737, during the reign of Gian Gastone, the last of the Medici, that a funerary monument to Galileo was finally erected in the Basilica, marking an act of defiance against ecclesiastical power.

During the exhumation, his right middle finger was stolen and preserved in an ornate glass and gold-decorated case with a marble base. The finger, symbolizing the celebration of the scholar as a saintly martyr of science, was retrieved by Anton Francesco Gori at the initiative of Vincenzo Viviani, Galileo’s last disciple.

Until now.
Our Creative Director is named Daisy Viviani.
A coincidence?
Yes, but only biologically speaking.

Because Finger is proof that Galileo’s disciples have not ended. As long as there are people in the world willing to dedicate their lives to the search for innovative ideas and to constantly challenge the status quo for the better, Galileo’s legacy will not be lost.