Monthly Archives: October 2018

Zaha Hadid Architects often mentioned among the studio influences Spanish-Mexican architect and engineer Félix Candela and his thin-shell structures. In an installation at the 13th Venice International Architecture Biennale, Hadid's models were indeed surrounded by the work of Candela and … Continue reading →

Myths and icons are usually considered as untouchable or unreachable entities: you can try and tell their stories, but there is always something about them that will be left unsaid or will be shrouded in mystery. The tangible proof of … Continue reading →

Opera and ballet have always been a great inspiration for fashion designers and in multiple posts on this site we often looked at how designers have collaborated throughout the decades with theatre ateliers to create costumes for very unique performances. … Continue reading →

Pink has become a very fashionable colour and the Museum at FIT is currently celebrating this shade with the exhibition "Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color" (until 5th January 2019). Curated by Valerie Steele, the museum director, … Continue reading →

There's something about Aleksandr Rodchenko in the graphics created for Moscow-based cult cafe Enthusiast by Russian designer Dima Pantyushin.  The cafe is known for its colourful interior design and its trendy clientele of creative minds, but also for Pantyushin's posters … Continue reading →

The name "Amazon" doesn't certainly conjure up visions of highly conceptual design pieces: we collectively turn indeed to the e-commerce giant to find extremely good deals and bargains for all sorts of needs. While there may be some interesting interior design … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at the umpteenth copyright infringement case regarding a fashion product. Yet at the moment there's also another type of copying mania in the fashion realm: it seems indeed that, after copying actual products, brands have … Continue reading →

For many of us the smell of pine evokes air fresheners and long car journeys or taxi trips to the airport. Yet for French fashion house Balenciaga it may end up conjuring up the smell of legal trouble. The fashion … Continue reading →

It is very trendy nowadays to indicate on social media what's your profession, but, quite often, we let our imagination and fantasy run wild and add after our names and surnames a long list of jobs in different fields to … Continue reading →

Wanda Miletti Ferragamo, wife and widow of shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo, died on Friday afternoon in Fiesole, near Florence.  The couple's children Giovanna, Ferruccio, Leonardo and Massimo, announced their mother had passed away at 96, remembering her in a note as … Continue reading →