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Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
Busy in Berlin Biennale, Fashion Week and more
-> Busy in Berlin Biennale, Fashion Week and moreYesterday I was in Berlin. You cannot imagine what this was like given that Germany just lost the soccer world cup semi-final. Both young and old were wrapped in German flags in support of their team. Some were naked underneath. Taxis and cars waved flags on antennas, from windows, big colourful traffic jams so unusual in this normally orderly city...
continue..Muthesius Academy of Arts
Magazine -> #18 Food for the mindThe history of the “Muthesius Academy” in Kiel, Northern Germany, goes back to the beginning of the 20th century: the school’s course concept is based on the ideas of the “German Werkbund”, an organization that was founded in 1907 by a group of artists, architects, writers and industrials and that promoted the idea of combining traditiona...
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Magazine -> #23 Emotion and SurpriseThe Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main is one of Germany’s most well known art academies. Founded in 1817 by the Frankfurt merchant and collector Johann Friedrich Städel, it has today developed into an experimental school with an international faculty and with students from across the globe. The school has its own exhibition space, the Portikus,...
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Magazine -> #6 OrientationDetermined action but also long, drawn-out, wearisome even, negotiations. In any case, all committed efforts aimed at reaching an objective, at achieving a goal. But what if purpose is blurred? Let us then come to terms with the essential meaning of artistic endeavour and the artist’s strivings and struggle. Straight on target. Like Lucio Font...
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Magazine -> #20 Home MadeCan you tell us how your blook was created? The process was different from the traditional route followed by Italian publishing and media. In 2005, we read an inquiry in El País entitled La Generación De Los Mil Euros: young people aged 25-35 forced into temporary jobs with a salary of 1000 euros a month. It was a similar situation to what we h...
continue..Learning western ways
Magazine -> #12 Waiting for ChinaVittorio's family-given name is Qun, but his love for and knowledge of Italy have led him to adopt this very Italian sounding name. Our meeting with Vittorio is at his interior design atelier in Beijing, where he has been working for eight years now, especially for nouveau rich Chinese families whom he furnishes with many Made in Italy products. ...
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