Monthly Archives: November 2011

Looking for the perfect Christmas present for a knitwear enthusiast? The Fashionary X Sibling Boxset may be just what you’re looking for and here’s what Penter Yip, the designer behind the sketchbook, told me during an interview for Zoot Magazine.  … Continue reading →

I'm republishing today a feature about Jeannette Montgomery Barron's book My Mother's Clothes that I recently did for Zoot Magazine. Clothing can easily replace a photographic portrait because they somehow speak of the individual who inhabited them long after the … Continue reading →

I'm republishing today an interview with Italian designer Gabriele Colangelo that I recently did for Zoot Magazine.   Clothes are always a metamorphosis: they change our bodies every day, unconsciously transforming and altering also our personality. Italian designer Gabriele Colangelo … Continue reading →

I'm republishing today a feature I recently did for Zoot Magazine about French knitwear designer Xavier Brisoux. In Neil Gaiman's novel Anansi Boys, a modern odyssey with mythological gods and demi-gods as main characters, the protagonist Charlie surprisingly discovers after … Continue reading →

Contemporary artists, fashion or jewellery designers fascinated by kineticism or preoccupied with the power of motion appeared in previous posts on this site. Tamara Kvesitadze is among these modern artists since she shows in her work a strong interest in … Continue reading →

Sound is a medium, but it can have wider meanings attached to it. Sounds create the fabric of a society, but they can also turn from symbols of vitality into fastidious noises or can assume a political value when hinting … Continue reading →

Art critics often talk about how specific works can invite audience engagement, but Francisco Javier Bassim's easily reach out to their spectators. Indeed their mix of bright colours, cartoonish characters and urban themes with a Pop Art edge instantly manage … Continue reading →

In a previous post about Poiret I mentioned a picture of actress Madeleine Rodrigue wearing a design by the French couturier in early horror film Le Fantôme du Moulin Rouge (1925). Directed by René Clair, the film is a delightful … Continue reading →

Constructivist architect and graphic designer Yakov Georgievich Chernikhov was also the author of innovative texts about architectural design such as Principles of Modern Architecture (translated also as Fundamentals of Contemporary Architecture, Oсновы современной архитектуры, 1930) and Architectural Fantasies (1933). The … Continue reading →

We live in a society based on producing and consuming and we rarely bother about using our skills to mend or repair things that break down, from electric appliances to small objects or even garments.  Yet, in the last few … Continue reading →