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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
Martin Parr and his wit at galleria illy London
-> Martin Parr and his wit at galleria illy LondonIn a crowded Galleria illy, especially plenty of young people, Martin Parr arrived and did his show. A tall, brilliant man who clearly loves staying on the stage gave to the audience an hour of entertainment and discussion going through his photographer's career. He really involved us in the story of his smart and obsessive research built ste...
continue..Galleria illy London: Carlo Bach in interview
-> Galleria illy London: Carlo Bach in interviewA new Galleria illy is coming on September 12th in London. Let’s have a look behind the curtains of this event through the words of Carlo Bach, Artistic Director of illycaffè interviewed by Ariella Risch. Ariella Risch: “Crossover – creativity meets creativity”. This is the main theme of Galleria illy. What is the philosophy behind t...
continue..The Hackney WickED Art Festival 2011 in London: suggestions for new art directions
-> The Hackney WickED Art Festival 2011 in London: suggestions for new art directionsAt the end of July London hosted the Hackney WickED Art Festival. It was the 4th edition for this particular event for contemporary art culture, held in the area of Hackney Wick and Fish Island, a few steps away from the Overground station, in one of the areas with the highest concentration of artist studios not only in London but in Europe!! Th...
continue..A dash of Italian creativity at Limoncello Gallery in London
-> A dash of Italian creativity at Limoncello Gallery in LondonThe name is Limoncello gallery. It is obviously a reference to the famous Italian drink even though it had nothing to do with Italy so far. In the little space at the 15a of Cramer Street E2 8HD, just in the heart of one of the most exciting area of North East London, Limoncello gallery has been focusing on representing mainly young artists famo...
continue..Ai Weiwei has been arrested. His work “Sunflower Seeds” in London evokes reflections on beauty
-> Ai Weiwei has been arrested. His work "Sunflower Seeds" in London evokes reflections on beautyAi Weiwei, one of China’s most prominent artists and an outspoken critic of the communist regime, was taken from Beijing’s airport by security agents Sunday, April the 3rd as he was about to board a flight to Hong Kong. Police later raided his studio. I was stroke yesterday with this piece of news and I suddenly felt the impulse of writing. I ...
continue..Fashion spirit in London…
-> Fashion spirit in London...Fashion air in the London winter. In the first months of 2011 some of the most important museums of the city have given space to innovation in the fashion field, involving of course design, art and history. One of the “not to be missed” events, that I warmly suggest and that gained so far an overwhelming public success is Future Beauty: 30 Year...
continue..2011: let´s celebrate the 10th anniversary of illywords!
-> 2011: let´s celebrate the 10th anniversary of illywords!2011 is a milestone for illywords. This year we are having the tenth anniversary of the magazine and we would like to warmly celebrate it on our illywords blog which is young but nevertheless able to reach a wide group of friends. To keep track of some illywords’ thoughts of the past ten years, we came up with the idea of developing in our blog ...
continue..The Crate Series – exhibition review
-> The Crate Series - exhibition reviewThe other day I was searching for information about the designer Jurgen Bey, whose work I first encountered at the Design Museum in London. His work caught my attention as he takes a concrete idea of object and architecture and injects a fusion of materials and natural shapes, giving us a new concept of internal and external living space. So I w...
continue..Anish Kapoor: Dialogues with Kensington Park
-> Anish Kapoor: Dialogues with Kensington ParkThe easiest thing to do in London on a quiet Sunday afternoon (when is not raining) is to take a walk in one of the many parks that you can find around the city. You have plenty of choices and it’s always something that makes you feel a bit less guilty after the excesses of your Saturday night. Apparently nature makes us better; can we try to mak...
continue..A Day in London with the Tate and Francis Alÿs
-> A Day in London with the Tate and Francis AlÿsIf you have a spare moment this August – coming from Europe it’s just a cheap flight and maybe you can sleep on someone’s couch – here’s a great way to spend a day in London… It’s what I did last Sunday. Make your own itinerary around the two exhibits at Tate Modern and Tate Britain dedicated to the Belgian-born artist Francis Alÿ...
continue..This exhibit will get under your Skin
-> This exhibit will get under your SkinAn exhibit on Skin at the Wellcome Institute in London (183 Euston Road) is a show for those with strong stomachs. But having heard a lot about it, I went... It was the first time I visited the museum of the Wellcome Institute (which has a vast collection of objects as well as an important library) and I enjoyed the way that curators have linked sc...
continue..Museum Happy Hour Directory
-> Museum Happy Hour DirectoryI wrote about the phenomenon of the "Museum Happy Hour" and I thought it would be useful to create a list, or directory, of the best museum evening events. They're a great way to enjoy an evening with art, or "the arts", as they often combine music, visual arts, performance and of course food and drink. If you're visiting one of the cities liste...
continue..Tate Turns Ten
-> Tate Turns TenOur London correspondent Silvia Vatta attended the celebrations this weekend for the 10th birthday of Tate Modern and sends us this report (in both English and Italian!). Three days to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Tate Modern were concluded yesterday with No Soul for Sale, a festival that brought together independent art spaces, artist...
continue..What’s on (March 1)
-> What's on (March 1)What's on for the week of March 1 2010 - a weekly listing of exhibits and events from members of the illywords community. RIGHT NOW Milan: Diego Paccagnella, who contributed to the very first issue (#0), has developed an innovative type of showroom for Lago, called Appartamento Lago: not a hotel lobby with design furniture but a real apartm...
continue..Digital update
Magazine -> #14 RefreshHow is Digit updating the web? What do you think about new developments in the Internet? Stuart Jackson: One way we update the web is not to increase its complexity, but to simplify and demystify it. Our company ethos is “simple human interaction” which might seem strange - the idea that simplicity has become a fundamental element of a comp...
continue..Frustration = Inspiration
Magazine -> #17 SerendipityFor me design is not just about how something looks, but how it works. I don’t see a difference between a designer and an engineer, and I don’t want to see a difference. A designer should be both. My route into design was an unconventional one; I came from a background of academics and clergy and had never considered a career in engineering....
continue..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...
continue..School of Graphic Design at the London College of Communication
Magazine -> #25 InnovageThe School of Graphic Design at the London College of Communication is a part of the University of the Arts, London, Europe’s largest university for art, design, fashion, communication and the performing arts. It is a collegiate university comprising the six London Art Colleges; Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins College of Art and...
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