"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

art and fashion

09 Apr MDW2025 – Day 2

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Lexus surprises with a series of collaborative installations where you can share your heartbeat, create a star with your body energy and give birth to a butterfly with a blow of your breath. The installation is part of the Superdesign Show at Superstudio Più, via...

08 Apr MDW2025 – Day 1

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One thing for your mind If you only have time for one thing, make sure it's Double Vision, a joint installation between BLOND and Harry's, respectively a design studio based in London and a company manufacturing grooming and shaving products. The installation, held in the spaces...

02 Apr Fuorisalone 2025 – La Guida Futuristica (2)

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Qualche giorno fa ho pubblicato una prima selezione di eventi che hanno catturato la mia attenzione in relazione al tema "Mondi Connessi" di questo fuorisalone. Oggi vi propongo invece una selezione di eventi un po' più tradizionali...

29 Mar Fuorisalone 2025 – La Guida Futuristica (1)

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Ecco che ci risiamo ed ecco che torna la mia selezione di eventi legati a tecnologia e innovazione. Il tema del Fuorisalone 2025, dal 7 al 13 aprile, è "Mondi Connessi", un invito a esplorare il ruolo del design come forza capace di unire persone, tecnologie,...

03 Mar #MerfolkMonday: Herbert James Draper (2)

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Last week, I talked about Herbert James Draper and featured his painting A Water Baby. Today's feature is another one of his works, called The Water Nixie from 1908, sometimes called The Water Nymph. [caption id="attachment_18837" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Herbert James Draper, The Water Nixie (1908)[/caption] The painting...

01 Dec Yoshitaka Amano

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I've known the work of Yoshitaka Amano for years even without knowing it was his, and so have you. He's the mastermind behind Final Fantasy but you might also know him for his work in The Sandman, and there's a splendid exhibition in Milan showcasing...

19 Nov Blake and his Time: a Journey into Dreamland

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Last weekend I was in Turin to catch some exhibitions and, in addition to the one on Giger I talked about yesterday, we also caught a really neat one on another of my favourite visionaries, William Blake, set in the former Royal residence and hunting...

18 Nov H.R. Giger: Beyond Alien

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Turin mounted a small but very nice exhibition with some fine pieces I had never seen before. The concept is that H.R. Giger, the Swiss visionary behind the xenomorph in Alien, is so much more than that. I was already familiar with the rest of...

17 Nov Picasso the Foreigner

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If you remember from the last time I talked about him, I'm not overly fond of Picasso as a man. I can't get over his attitude towards women and I think it's high time to rethink his appropriation of African art. The Picasso Museum itself...

14 Nov Munch’s Inner Scream

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I have no idea why, but the English versions of the panels for this exhibition in Milan translate the title as "Munch's Inner Fire", while literally the title has no shame in referring to Munch's most famous work, the infamous Scream. Anyway, aside from giving...