Monthly Archives: April 2015

Glasgow has always been a very "musical" city: its history boasts many great bands and the numerous local live music venues include both intimate spots and huge arenas. It seemed therefore only natural for Glasgow-based Design Studio Briggs & Cole … Continue reading →

"Everyone should live creatively. It is now recognised that the creative urge – other than sex – is manifest in varying degrees, not only in musicians, writers and painters, but in all human beings. Adults as well as children are … Continue reading →

In previous posts we often looked at the links between dance and fashion, a connection that started with the Ballets Russes and that went on to inspire in more recent years collaborations between fashion houses, designers or brands and famous corps … Continue reading →

Launched a few years ago as a way to attract a younger generation of museum visitors, fashion exhibitions have rapidly turned into cash cows for many institutions. You can at present choose between monumental events sponsored by powerful brands and fashion … Continue reading →

Modern fashion magazines may offer great content when it comes to immaculately styled shoots, but they are missing something – patterns for clothes. There were obviously more women making their own clothes in the '50s when the ready-to-wear industry hadn't … Continue reading →

A few days ago the Board of Directors of the Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, appointed – upon recommendation by this year's Artistic Director Okwui Enwezor – artist El Anatsui Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 56th … Continue reading →

If you're an ordinary person joining Fashion Revolution Day, at the moment you're probably wondering who made the clothes you're wearing and maybe posting pictures of yourself on the social media, demanding an answer. If you're an artisan and you … Continue reading →

A few seasons ago monograms were all the rage with luxury fashion houses such as Prada offering the possibility of adding customisable letters to various products including backpacks, bags, trolleys, and sunglasses. Yet the trend now seems to have shifted … Continue reading →

Nature offers us the chance to carry out exciting explorations into several geometrical figures and shapes. The complicated structure of nests made by social insects is, for example, particularly intriguing since it is the product of the labour of many thousands of … Continue reading →

Renaissance humanist representational art may not be to everybody's tastes, considering also the fact that many people nowadays – influenced by new media and technologies – have developed a passion for abstract or complex geometric art. If you like the … Continue reading →