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Somebody up there loves us

In front a cup of coffee. Home-made: where did your creative career start, and how much has it been influenced by your roots? I was born on an island, somewhere between here and elsewhere, between solid ground and the infinite horizons that stretch beyond the seas. When you grow up on an island, you learn to discover the world around you, pa...

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Dec 03, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: ability, alghero, antonio marras, atmospheres, career, city, clothes, collection, concept, creative, cultures, dessert, discover, experience, honey | Leave A Comment »

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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Dec 03, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: absorbing, american artist, angela vettese, at a first glance, backgrounds, behind, childhood, colour, crispy, cristina iglesias, decorations, design, disgust, dish, draperies | Leave A Comment »

Memory: the zest and zip of vintage

Magazine -> #25 Innovage

When we were children we’d love to stroke mother’s otter fur coat (or perhaps it was beaver or lapin, who can say for sure at this point in time?), moving my hand back and forth in fondling reverie: a light-coloured stripe, a darkcoloured one. How soothing it was to trace figures with one’s hands over that beloved body. Memories are what p...

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Dec 02, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: adults, angela vettese, archistar, buildings, calatrava, consumerism, dominique gonzales foerster, eduardo kac, game, landmark, memories, milan, piero gilardi, pleasure, reggio emilia | Leave A Comment »