Quante volte ci troviamo difronte ad opere d’arte, in particolare contemporanee, e fissandole come si fa con un pannello per la visita oculistica cerchiamo di sviscerarne il significato, il più delle volte con esiti fallimentari? E se il nostro approccio a quegli oggetti cambiasse, chiedendoci non cosa l’artista volesse esprimere con foglie di insalata, strappi …
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So, we could start from the beginning? When did you exactly say “Oh boy! I want to be a photographer..” ?
Photography hasn’t been such a clear path to me so i could say ‘ah, this is what I’m going to do in the future’. When I have free time, I try to stay productive and explore different ways of using creativity. This varied from music, to art, to graphics, to clothing design, to photography. However, in the last year especially, photography has stood out as my most successful creative journey, and so has become the focus of pretty much all my creative energy. I would say only very recently, has it come clear that photography is something I really want to pursue in the future.
Spring is gently coming and London has decided to welcome it with a special exhibition dedicated to the natural beauty of landscape. London welcomes the new season with a truly hymn to energy and life David Hockney’s exhibition at the Royal Academy that will take place form 21 January to 9 April. Hockney can be …
55DSL presenta la nuova collezione SpringSummer2012 con un cortometraggio (il primo di una serie di future collaborazioni) firmato David Altobelli, che esalta perfettamente lo spirito di libertà, di freschezza e di voglia di divertimento tra le strade capitoline.
A 500 car made by Biochar, Nikawa Glue, Soybean Wax..total biological, can you believe it? Minetta is a proactive and sustainable design inspired and influenced by a sense of nostalgia and the rich history of Italian automotive design, in celebration of the once dictating industry of an economic boom. An object that defines a new …
Dreaming of a pied-à-terre in Montmartre or of a loft in Upper East Side? Having a baguette for dejeuner or a bagel for brunch? Fan of Stars and Stripes or of blue-striped tees by Jean Paul Gaultier? All these contrasts and dichotomies between two cities, two visions and two ways of life are brilliantly described …
A short film that tells the story behind the ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ poster. Its origins at the beginning of WWII and its rediscovery in a bookshop in England in 2000, becoming one of the iconic images of the 21st century. Film, music, script and narration by Temujin Doran.
Signori è cominciata. Che si riesca a catturare il cattivo o meno una rivoluzione è cominciata il 5 Marzo 2012. Internet è bello, internet è grande, internet è libero: lo sappiamo tutti e ce lo propinano da anni. Internet è così libero da far partire una rivoluzione culturale globale: un concetto potenzialmente micidiale ma un po’ più incerto nella sua applicazione.
Kony 2012 è, a parere di chi vi scrive, la prima campagna che prova a sfruttare l’internet (con l’articolo perché non è un nome proprio ma un linguaggio aka uno strumento) cogliendone gli aspetti peculiari e giocandoci alla grande.
When last January I went to Maison Object in Paris, the playful stand of the British designer, Emily Dupen, caught my eye in a sea of hyper decorated and clinical booths, where the most important names in design display their big guns thanks to huge cash flow injections. Dupen’s inspiration comes from fascination and passion …
“My name is Ari Seth Cohen. I roam the streets of New York looking for the most stylish and creative older folks”. Older folks ossia anziani. Mr. Cohen ha una passione originale: ritrarre signore di una certa età (si parla di over 80) nei loro outfit migliori. Quasi un wrinkle-pride, la serie di scatti ironici …
Quite a month after the closure of London V&A Museum exhibition around postmodernism, it’s time to get something from it. In few words, postmodernism was a way of being which influenced all the productions in a range between 70s and 90s. These 20 years are well known by the excesses and destruction of great comforts …
Ha inaugurato sabato 3 marzo la personale di Luca Laurenti ( a.k.a. mklane) presso lo Spazioxygene a Roma. Ben 40 ritratti di gente che non faticherete a riconoscere, realizzati dal bravissimo illustratore, grafico ed art director romano. E visto che siamo di parte, vi ricordiamo l’illustrazione del designer Marcel Wanders realizzata da Luca per Polkadot …
Cool and light, nice at first sight in a minimal design, the sushi trend has been spread around the world in the last years as well as sushi bars, restaurant, take away. But what could be behind the likely pieces of fish and rice? The Bamboo Sushi in Portland, “the first certified, sustainable sushi restaurant …
