Monthly Archives: April 2018

Let's close the biology and mimicry thread that started two days ago with a post briefly looking at two buildings that can be considered as very good examples of biologically inspired architectures and that may provide further inspirations also for … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at a biological inspiration that could serve as the starting point for innovative designs. But maybe the principles of biology may not just inspire, but may be used to explain the laws governing fashion. Let's … Continue reading →

Even the most creative minds out there may at times find themselves in a rut or feel suddenly drained when it comes to innovative ideas for new designs. This happens in all the arts, even though fashion designers seem to … Continue reading →

Conceptual artist John Baldessari is known for combining photographs with paint: in some of his most famous works such as "Connecting Dots" the heads of the people portrayed in a black and white image are concealed with colourful red, yellow … Continue reading →

It may be challenging to combine in one picture an architectural inspiration with themes such as culture and traditions, while giving to the composition also a fashionable flair. Photographer Frank Thiel has managed to do so in his "Quinceañeras" series, … Continue reading →

The Met Museum's "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" will launch in three weeks' time, but there is an exhibition celebrating the costumes inspired by a religious cult that will be opening sooner than that. "Dressing for Dystopia – … Continue reading →

A group of tiny men – Lilliputians or maybe Little People out of Murakami's 1Q84 – is strategically placed under the sole of a ballerina shoe, as if they were carrying it. They look as busy as ants and as … Continue reading →

"Gnothi Seauton" (know thyself), the Ancient Greek aphorism must have come up to the mind of all those visitors with some grammar school or philosophical knowledge who dropped by the Issey Miyake shop in Via Bagutta during Milan Design Week … Continue reading →

While some of the design companies and creatives presenting their latest works and collections during Milan Design Week mainly focused on technologically advanced materials, Japanese company Nendo opted for a showcase at Superstudio Più "Art Point" (Via Tortona 27; until today) that didn't … Continue reading →

Nature has often served as an inspiration for human development: let's think for example at how biomimicry, a science founded on observing systems and models that exist in nature and on employing them to provide solutions to human issues, has … Continue reading →