Monthly Archives: August 2021

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is appearing on the cover of the first issue of Vogue Scandinavia (photographed by Alexandrov Klum). In an Instagram post about the cover and the interview with the magazine, Thunberg spoke about her views about fashion … Continue reading →

In yesterday’s post we looked at a project focused on recycling chewing gum by two students. So let’s continue the sustainable/recycled thread with another project, this time by South Korean Haneul Kim, a young graduate and designer who tried to … Continue reading →

Danish ceramicist Morten Løbner Espersen is fascinated by the idea of the vessel. He is so fascinated about it that he turned this archetypical form into his object of choice, creating variation upon variation of clay vessels, going from more … Continue reading →

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have come to an end with a single word "Arigato" (Thank you) that appeared on the LED display in the Olympic Stadium in the same typography of the LED display spelling out "Sayonara" at the … Continue reading →

There was a time when there weren't many girls on skateboards and those ones who loved and practiced this discipline were considered just tomboys. But in this sweltering summer, amid a global pandemic, climate crisis and endless debates about vaccinations … Continue reading →

In yesterday’s post we looked at an installation entitled "Grove" by artist and architect Philip Beesley inspired by his work with fashion designer Iris van Herpen, briefly analyzing also the film accompanying it, "Grove Cradle". In the dream-like vision in … Continue reading →

Architecture fans will definitely remember Philip Beesley's installation at 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice in 2010, "Hylozoic Ground" at the Canada Pavilion. The installation was a mesmerizing wood of lattice structures, mechanical fronds made of intricate networks of acrylic … Continue reading →

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will finish this week with the closing ceremony at the Olympic Stadium, while the Paralympic Games will kick off on 24th August. The Paralympics were actually presented for the first time in 1960 in Rome. … Continue reading →

Barcodes. We bump into one of them every day when we go to any kind of shop and buy any sort of products, from ordinary ones, like toiletries or snacks, to something special or very expensive and exclusive, like a … Continue reading →

Quite a few fashion houses and brands jumped on the videogame bandwagon in the last few years, realising that they can be a great way to reach out to younger consumers while creating unique environments where collections can be presented … Continue reading →