Monthly Archives: November 2012

If, come early December you start feeling not just tired but desperately sick about the pointless pressures caused by Christmas shopping, have a break at London's Royal Institute of British Architects. Together with Disegno Magazine, RIBA has launched a series of … Continue reading →

Some people may claim that architecture and psychology do not have anything to do with fashion, but this statement doesn't certainly apply to Sudanese-born London-based designer Omer Asim. After moving to London 18 years ago, Asim studied architecture at The … Continue reading →

From the next few days Amsterdam residents and tourists will find themselves surrounded by very eye-catching posters advertising a new exhibition about smart technologies at the local NEMO, the largest science centre in the Netherlands. The exhibition – focusing on … Continue reading →

Integrating different disciplines together or employing materials commonly used in one field in another may lead to compromise and conflict. Unless you're fashion designer Marga Weimans. Since founding her label in 2006, Weimans has successfully fused in her pieces all … Continue reading →

Previous posts on this site looked at the influence of cinema on fashion and in particular at how specific costume designers who created iconic looks for the silver screen many decades ago, still influence contemporary catwalk shows. Yet a recent … Continue reading →

Let's continue for another day the thread about soundscapes that started on Monday by looking at the installation “Making the walls quake as if they were dilating with the secret knowledge of great powers”. This rather long title taken from … Continue reading →

Yesterday's post closed with a reference to sound, so let's move from there for a brief post about creating soundscapes with the help of another installation, entitled “JEDAN:STO/100”. This is the title of the installation featured inside the Serbian Pavilion … Continue reading →

Stepping into the Romanian Pavilion at the 13th Venice International Architecture Biennale feels a bit like getting lost in a rather bizarre dark and futuristic building in which the space is marked by curious light-emitting pillars. Mechanical bleeps and assorted … Continue reading →

In a previous post a couple of weeks ago we looked at a comparison between Cinzia Ruggeri and The Bohemian Society's new collection. Let's look today at another comparison, this time shoe-related. Victoria’s Secret catwalk show that took place in … Continue reading →