Monthly Archives: May 2013

The ArRiyadh Development Authority recently announced that Zaha Hadid Architects will build the new King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The 20,434 sq. m. King Abdullah Financial Disctrict Metro Station – to be completed in … Continue reading →

The interest surrounding textile art has grown in the last ten years or so also thanks to dedicated exhibitions that allowed many of us to discover the intrinsic pleasures of creating refined art combining traditional skills and materials with a … Continue reading →

Critics often underline how Joseph Beuys' works have a documentary aspect about them hidden in the materials and colours the artist used, in those thick grey felts or in his muted browns. The old objects assembled and employed in his artworks … Continue reading →

We live in a digital landscape and we have therefore grown accustomed to "glitches", or annoying malfunctions and technical errors, appearing in our lives while we browse an Internet page, look at the screens to check when the next train is due or use an automatic teller … Continue reading →

The recently opened exhibition "Punk: Chaos to Couture" at the Met received quite a lot of criticism for having somehow sanitised punk, making it acceptable to the elites and turning its rebellious power into a pile of carefully arranged clothes. … Continue reading →

Richard Buckminster Fuller defined himself as a “comprehensive anticipatory design scientist” whose life was based on search and research projects. Analysing his contributions to the world of art, architecture and science is not that easy even in our times, especially … Continue reading →

The first experiments with 4D printing may have started in more recent months, but in the last few years many of us have been busy familiarising themselves with 3D printing, a technology that has been pervading different fields and professions. Dedicated projects … Continue reading →

Self-assembly – that is the spontaneous association or formation of molecules into organized structures under a defined condition – is a key scientific principle of disciplines such as nanotechnology. The fascinating idea of applying the self-assembly concept to other fields, structures … Continue reading →

In between one thing and the other I've been playing a bit with Processing and wondering if one day we will be able to apply specific patterns created with such programmes in the textile industries. While my doubts remain, I'm … Continue reading →

“The Missoni myth is one of normality. They are the gods of knitwear, of pullovers, of simple dressing for everyday life, however costly. They are husband and wife. He's tall and she's small; he's very good-looking and she volitive: they're … Continue reading →