Monthly Archives: October 2013

Winning an award is always a reason to celebrate, but last weekend Iris Van Herpen had a double reason to celebrate. The fashion designer won indeed two prizes at the Dutch Design Awards. The flexible 3-D printed garments in her … Continue reading →

The vapid society we live in has produced in the last few years too many supposed style icons whose main occupation in life seems that of attracting the attention of the photographers by showing off their designer outfits (usually borrowed … Continue reading →

A quick reminder for the readers who are or may find themselves in Paris this week. The exhibition "Jean Dubuffet. Coucou Bazar" opens indeed on Thursday at Les Arts Décoratifs. We already looked in a previous post at this event, … Continue reading →

In previous posts we looked at the work of illustrator, accessory designers and print lover Pierre-Louis Mascia for his own brand and his production of scarves, blankets, bags, small accessories and knits. Let's look today at his contribution as Art … Continue reading →

The latest project of imaginative director Wes Anderson may be due in March 2014, yet, as the trailer was released just a few days ago, news about its impressive cast quickly spread on the Internet. His fans may be undoubtedly … Continue reading →

During the last few days we looked at the possibilities that the aerial perspective and a humble material such as cardboard can offer us in fashion. Let's continue our architecturally fashionable explorations by looking this time not at a collection … Continue reading →

A monolithic mass of stacked cardboard and delicate strings burgeoning into the ceiling vaults welcomed the visitors inside the Taiwan Pavilion at last year's Venice International Architecture Biennale. Architect and designer Ming-Pin Liao reused for this installation corrugated cardboard as … Continue reading →

Let's continue the architecture and fashion thread that started with yesterday's post by looking at Clover Canyon's Spring/Summer 2014 collection. L.A.-based designer Rozae Nichols rediscovered in her designs for the next season the Southern California landscape, light and architecture. The … Continue reading →

During the 1900s, quite a few architects and architecture critics pondered about the possibilities offered by the aerial view: in January 1934, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Angiolo Mazzoni and Mino Somenzi, penned the "Manifesto of Aerial Architecture". Though the document had … Continue reading →

Let's continue the prints and patterns thread reinterpreting it from the art point of view by looking at the work of two different artists. The first one is Wade Guyton who mainly focuses in his work on modernist and minimalist … Continue reading →