Monthly Archives: November 2021

It is that time of the year again, the winners of the Henry van de Velde Awards have just been announced. As usual, there is a wide range of intriguing ideas and projects in the various categories – Business Innovation, … Continue reading →

We do live suspended between the physical and the digital worlds, yet communications mainly take place in a digital realm nowadays – with emails, messages on social media and chats via mobile apps. That said, if you like fashion, still … Continue reading →

There are hundreds (if not thousands) of films and series about great money heists, from ironic ones to more serious and dramatic adventures, involving gangs of crazy, evil and good-looking thieves with grand ideas and perfect plans. It is instead … Continue reading →

In a previous post in July we looked at the case of Norway's Women's Beach Handball Team that opted to wear shorts instead of the required bikini bottoms during a game at the European Beach Handball Championships. The European Handball … Continue reading →

Life hasn't been easy for museums all over the world in the last year: multiple lockdowns due to Coronavirus shut them down. When they reopened, first partially then properly, they had to adapt to new rules and regulations, those health … Continue reading →

Fashion designer Christopher John Rogers was awarded the coveted American Womenswear Designer of the Year prize at the 2021 CFDA Fashion Awards that took place yesterday in New York. Telfar Clemens for Telfar excelled once again in the accessories category, … Continue reading →

As seen in the previous post, we can use fabrics to make a sculpture, but, according to Amsterdam-based Dutch designer Antoine Peters, it is also possible to use recycled fabrics to paint. At least that's what he has started doing … Continue reading →

When we think about sculptures, we tend to imagine pieces made with hard materials – maybe marble, stone or wood. But it is possible to sculpt with fabrics and foam as well. Turin-based Sara Enrico uses for example the vocabulary … Continue reading →

Mondays can be dreadful, especially when it comes to inspirations, so let’s get the creative wheels in motion with opera. Rarely performed, "La Calisto" is just back at Milan's La Scala: this new staging (running through 13th November 2021) features … Continue reading →

Coronavirus has redesigned the way we work, meet and entertain ourselves and even though at the moment we are currently living in a post-Covid world, some institutions are continuing to look for innovative ways to connect artists and spectators through … Continue reading →