Monthly Archives: May 2015

Graffiti are a form of art and in some lucky cities around the world you may even get the chance to join a dedicated tour of the best works scattered around specific urban areas. Those readers heading to the Old … Continue reading →

It is always interesting to discover how traditional techniques may be employed in contemporary art and fashion in fun ways. Let's have a look at this topic (that closes a short "art of" trilogy that started on Thursday) moving from … Continue reading →

On a building in Circus Street, Brighton, just around the corner of the university, there is a colourful graffiti of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. Rather than being miserable and sad, the coyote is looking very nasty in … Continue reading →

A man is sitting at a long table mending a garment that belongs to a person facing him. It looks like an intimate scene of the kind you may glimpse in a house or in a small repair shop. Yet, … Continue reading →

French architect Hector Guimard is known for his iconic Art Nouveau designs like the Paris Métro entrances. Since he envisioned his architecture as a totality, Guimard also designed furniture, objects, textiles and graphics, all of them characterised by elegance and … Continue reading →

If they would ever do a sequel to the cinematic adaptation of Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin's British cult-comic-strip Tank Girl and they ever needed a less demure and more futuristic attire for Jet Girl, they wouldn't have to look … Continue reading →

San Francisco's Academy of Art University (AAU) is definitely among the institutions offering courses in fashion and design that have been rising to global attention. Roughly two weeks ago, 39 student designers from the School of Fashion at AAU presented … Continue reading →

In the last few weeks we have neglected fashion in favour of art. So, let's remain in Venice, for another day, but move away from the Art Biennale spaces to explore a fashion-related event at Palazzo Mocenigo.  The Museum and … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at a couple of accessories from the classic male wardrobe to explore themes such as human rights and discrimination in a project that could almost be considered as "archaeological" for its main subject and for … Continue reading →

If you're into men's accessories, one of the first things that will strike you while visiting the Estonian Pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition (located in Palazzo Malipiero, San Samuele Square, Venice) is a display containing a pair of … Continue reading →