Posts Tagged ‘emotions’

The Lord who teaches

Magazine -> #23 Emotion and Surprise

An exercise on the rings is an amazing feat that demands perfect harmony between mind and body. But how much emotional balance do you need to make it to the top? A good level of equilibrium between mind and body is an essential factor in performing complex actions like a ring exercise. The ability to manage your emotions and your body at the same ...

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The strange alchemy

Magazine -> #23 Emotion and Surprise

“The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing”, wrote the philosopher Blaise Pascal. People once thought that emotions and rational thought travelled along parallel lines that never converged. Philosophers and scientists dismissed emotions as being of little interest - they were believed to hamper rational behaviour. But for some ti...

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Profit with culture

Magazine -> #5 The Dictatorship of the Consumption

Swarovski, 14,000 employees, revenue 1.67 billion euro, but also 800 events organised every year in Italy alone. Not only an economic organism, but also a conveyor of culture. How does it feel today to be defined as a multinational company? Proud or flattered? Uneasy. In any case, it’s a word that has been outdated by what is now called globa...

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Beautiful homes for the majority

Magazine -> #3 Weaving relations

LUCEPLAN designs, manufactures and markets lighting appliances for residences, offices, community, government and agency buildings, indoor and outdoor environments. Luceplan's adventure was born from the design-oriented spirit of three young architects, among whom is Riccardo Sarfatti, who in 1978 decided to pursue the goal of "beautiful homes for...

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I look, I know, maybe I feel

Magazine -> #23 Emotion and Surprise

It’s not true that emotions are simply there for the taking. Shock may well be a common feeling. So may disgust. A man baked in an oven out of revenge, laid out on a huge dish, well done and crispy, with a garnish of colourful vegetables, as seen at the end of one of Peter Greenaway’s movies. Something classical, such as ornamental wallpa...

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A lot to learn

Magazine -> #21 Senti-mentally

After graduating in architecture from Turin Polytechnic, in 1947 Ettore Sottsass jr. (Innsbruck, 1917) began working in Milan, where he opened his first design studio. Son of an architect and an architect himself, from the start he backed up his formal education and training with practical experiences in the visual arts field, trying out his ar...

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Sense and sensibility in a hegelian sauce

Magazine -> #21 Senti-mentally

Many years ago while visiting the Picasso Museum in Barcelona I was struck by the comment of a young graduate friend who was later to become an art historian. After having discussed with me the salient features of cubism she rather abruptly concluded: «And to think that this idea that went into the making of the most sign...

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