Monthly Archives: May 2018

If it ain't broken why fix it? This could easily be the slogan of Alessandro Michele's collections for Gucci. Season after season, his designs for the historical Italian house have so far been the result of constant and endless remixes … Continue reading →

The General Roman Calendar celebrates today the feast of St. Joan of Arc, patron saint of France and of military personnel. Remembered by writers such as William Shakespeare, Voltaire and Mark Twain, Joan of Arc remained throughout the centuries a … Continue reading →

Quite often you have to scratch the surface to find the real thing. This is the best advice you could give to the visitors of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice (until 25th November 2018), as some of the themes … Continue reading →

If you climb to the top of the bell tower of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice (there's a lift so this is not a traumatic adventure, don't worry…), you will see a wonderful view. If you look towards Le Stanze … Continue reading →

The 16th International Architecture Biennale officially opened to the public yesterday in Venice, but the press days started last Thursday, attracting the attention of the international media. One of the highlights of the event – which, to be honest, is … Continue reading →

There is an eternal dichotomy in Brigitte Bouquin-Sellès's textile arworks currently on display in a compact exhibition located on the ground floor of Palazzo Mocenigo, the Venice-based Museum and Study Center of the History of Fabrics and Costumes. "Life in … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at an exhibition of precious textiles from the Renaissance in Prato, let's continue the thread (pun intended) for another day and look at some examples of textiles from another museum - Palazzo Mocenigo, the Venice-based Museum and … Continue reading →

It is always good to go back to a museum after an exhibition has started and check how it is going or if the organisers have added new events in the programme. In the case of the exhibition dedicated to … Continue reading →

In the last few posts we have been focusing on modernism in design and also mentioned the Wiener Werkstätte – let's combine today these two themes through an example of modernist handicraft designed at the Wiener Werkstätte by Maria Likarz-Strauss. One of the … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at modernism in architecture via a building designed by Kenneth Frampton. But when we talk about art, design and modernist designs, or rather early modernist works, the mind wanders to the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops). … Continue reading →