Monthly Archives: March 2021

It is difficult to fill your mind with positive thoughts when the world is still fighting against a global pandemic, but we have to make an effort and find inspiration in beauty to go on with our lives. Art, as … Continue reading →

Geek is definitely chic or it will be so at the beginning of June. A few days ago Marvel announced indeed the debut of a new X-Men team with the Hellfire Gala mini-event. In June all the X-Men titles will … Continue reading →

Last week the Tech headlines were dominated by Christie’s auction of a purely digital work with a unique NFT, or Non-Fungible Token. In the last few days instead the attention re-shifted onto fashion with Gucci launching augmented reality (AR) sneakers, … Continue reading →

In his recent A/W 2021 collection, JW Anderson drew inspiration from the world of ceramics, particularly the works of Magdalene Odundo, a ceramic artist, and Shawanda Corbett, a sculptor and performer. Anderson's creative journey explored the intricate relationship between the … Continue reading →

Yesterday's post closed with a design that integrated a trompe l'oeil pocket, so let's start this new post from pockets and from the form follows function principle. According to this design concept, the shape of a building or object should … Continue reading →

Not all the films about St. Patrick’s Day (17th March) have got to be scary and feature a malevolent leprechaun. Some of them can be fun and with intriguing fashion references as well. Check out for example "The Luck of … Continue reading →

The sky provided designers with some of the moods and ideas for the A/W 21 season, but the earth also brought on the digital runways some intriguing inspirations. At Issey Miyake, the earth prompted creative director Satoshi Kondo to look … Continue reading →

Collages have always been a fascinating form of art: they can be surreal, fun and imaginative. Throughout the decades quite a few artists engaged with this form of art achieving brilliant results, the latest one is Mike Winkelmann. Better known … Continue reading →

The Italian media announced yesterday that photographer Giovanni Gastel, 65, had died from Coronavirus at the special COVID-19 hospital at the Fiera Milano trade fair complex. Born in Milan in 1955 from Giuseppe Gastel and Ida Visconti, Luchino Visconti's sister, … Continue reading →

One of the most frequently asked questions nowadays is what will happen to shopping in a post-Covid world. Many non-essential shops are indeed still closed in towns, regions and countries where there is a lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, … Continue reading →