Monthly Archives: May 2011

Last week I wrote about Moon Life, a project involving artists, architects and designers and focusing on creating solutions for humans living in extreme conditions. In that post I promised to write further about one of the products linked with … Continue reading →

As a follow up to yesterday’s post about fun prints inspired by pinball backglasses, let’s look today at a different idea for prints taken from a recently released book. The volume in question, Films (Mack Books) by British photographer Paul … Continue reading →

Summer’s almost here, but, in a way, also the Spring/Summer 2012 catwalks shows are almost here, so let’s look today at fun inspirations for possible collections. This post actually moves from an exhibition that took place in 1970 at the … Continue reading →

In the last few years there has been a manifold increase in the number of colleges and universities offering fashion design courses. While for young students with a genuine passion in this discipline the main problem is finding the best … Continue reading →

There’s some big news from Italy: Silvio Berlusconi's fairytale of power, clownism and egomaniacal macho politics is, more or less, over. The results of the local elections, that took place in some Italian regions last weekend, showed that the Prime … Continue reading →

There are continuous talks about gender equality and women’s empowerment but, while during official meetings governmental organisations often state that there has been significant progress in achieving equality between women and men also thanks to specific legislation, in reality things … Continue reading →

Mythological or hybrid creatures such as Medusa often turned into inspiring figures for artists and fashion designers. In a way it’s easy to explain why many of us find mutating, morphing or hybrid beings fascinating: such liminal creatures are usually … Continue reading →

If you’re in or around Philadelphia and you’re into fashion, you shouldn’t miss Roberto Capucci’s exhibition (on until 5th June) at the local Museum of Art. The event is organised in collaboration with the Fondazione Roberto Capucci and features some … Continue reading →

As part of a personal and wider research on space and fashion, I have written in the past multiple features about lunar landscapes, space discoveries, sci-fi and fashion, looking at cosmic and supermodern wardrobes; alien, astronaut and robotic inspirations in … Continue reading →

The 64th Cannes Film Festival kicked off yesterday with the screening of Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. While for the next ten days we will see directors, actors and actresses battling for the coveted Palme d'Or, there is already a … Continue reading →