May 2008

How the Chinese are using language to define themselves as citizens of the world

Usually the site of art exhibitions like Quilts in Bloom: A Bouquet of Textile Art and Purse-onality: Handbags With Attitude, Vermont's Shelburne Museum just opened a show of Brooklyn designer Joshua Longo's dreamlike monster world, Longoland ...

If you're attending ICFF this weekend, come to our Housewarming event! I.D. has partnered with Smallpond and Matter to showcase new designs by Established & Sons, Thorsten Van Elten, and Tom Dixon in a series of residences at the Chelsea Stratus, including a special series of objects created just for I.D. and produced by Thorsten ...

May 22, 2008. This week, the Future Perfect design store in Brooklyn launched a new cabinet by Jason Miller, with a lenticular surface that appears to change color subtly as your viewpoint changes. Watch the video of store owner Dave Alhadeff talking about the cabinet ...

Skin by Georges Moanack

Now until May 15, RCA product design students will show work under the rubric of Platform 10 at London's Andaz Hotel, where they used design to create a series of calculated interventions into the experiences of its guests ...

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

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It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

Design is a word of modern world ? Wrong! Design is an experience of culture since humans were able to make a drawing on a stone wall. Picasso invented modern art and design? Wrong again. Have a look yourself.

photo credit: wallyg
His creativity was based on something very old, which few people realize. Indeed Picasso had a strong relation to african tribal art, which he loved. And it is astonishing, how close things become.


Indeed african tribal art has been very typical for modern design: Very clear expression, simpl...

John Galliano's Mexican-themed cruise collection

Les podría contar que fui atacada por una manada de elefantes enfurecida mientras cruzaba la 9 de Julio. Que corrí hasta que pude parapetarme en la entrada de un edificio pero uno de los paquidermos se detuvo, asomó la cabeza y me dijo..."¡Uuuuh! ¡cómo zafaste!!!", me guiñó un ojo y siguió de largo. Seguramente se enterarían enseguida de que miento porque hoy en día basta encender el televisor para saber que ninguna manada de elefantes atacó la 9 De Julio... y la televisión no miente. De esto último no estoy tan segura, pero casi todos lo creen y "la verdad es una mentira repetida varias veces", decía Goebbels que fue el ministro de publicidad de Hitler y para manipular el cerebro del pueblo fue un maestro. Yo tampoco (miento), pero como yo no lo voy a repetir, no me voy a arriesgar a contárselos si total no me van a creer.Podría, en el medio, parar y contar que tres vece...

Ayer a la mañana cuando ya entraba un poco de luz en mi habitación noté, al entreabrir los ojos, que sobre mi acolchado (que es blanco), caminaba un bichito.Era una miniatura, pero me paré bien de golpe y prendí la luz. Una arañita. De las chiquitas, las marroncitas.Creo que quería decirme algo, así que antes de que pudiese abrir la boca, la reventé contra el acolchado que tendré que mandar a lavar.(Arañas que hablan al amanecer... ¡porrrr favorrr!!!)

Natalie Portman's new love affair

Every time i say “i’m back” on my blog, something happens – so, i am not going to say it again, because it’s become a curse I’ve been sick for quite a while, but that’s not so interesting, so i will just get on to the nice things that happened in the last month.
Smashing Magazine textures contest
I participated in Smashing Textures contest – i didn’t win, but i got featured in 2 galleries of the best textures the Smashing crew selected in the end of the contest, and i’m happy about that. Two of my textures got featured in Sand and Earth gallery and in Stone, Walls, Brick gallery. Here are some textures i submitted + the ones i was considering to submit, but since there was a limit of 5 only, i couldn’t include all of them:

May 20 - I'm feeling nervous today. I'm off to photograph Man U tomorrow ahead of their UEFA Champions League Final in Moscow when they're playing Chelsea. I've done all sorts of photography but I'm really shitting myself actually!
Imagine all those egocentric, famous footballers and then just me behind the camera. It's in their training ground tomorrow and it's pretty terrifying. Imagine - I have to try and light it right and everything... I'll show you the shots here if they're any good. I haven't even planned how I'm going to do it yet - but I'll think of something.

Bit of a nightmare - my ticket for Dior Cruise hasn't arrived at Heavenly Amber, a recording studio in Soho, as it's been closed over the weekend. Naturally I'm convinced that the security guard has given it to his mother. Finally, after a million calls, it's sorted. Go to great diner, Relish, set amongst the now-empty warehouses by the water.

Dior Cruise at Gaustovinos. Quite a different fashion scene from Paris. The crowd dressed 'black tie' and extremely chic - no rock 'n roll here. I'm slightly thrown but manage to hold my own in Dior pink heels and orange dress.

Michael Howells created a faux swimming pool as in Acapulco; the guests sat on elegant white chairs and went mad for John Galliano's collection.

Rushed over to David Zwirner's art gallery in Chelsea for the opening of Neo Rauch's show - an extraordinary artist who is really hot now - then over to the Jazz Standard for Ben Sidran's Talking Jazz.

Thursday, May 15, 2008
I am a New Yorker living in London and work at Vogue, but I don't know many real women like Carrie Bradshaw; at least not with her wardrobe and Manhattan apartment on a writer's salary.

Much of the appeal of Sex and the City is the fantasy life of single woman in New York with well connected friends (not to mention the wardrobe and the apartment).

The characters seem real and easy to relate to. They deal with familiar problems with relationships, careers, friendships, and childcare. Yet Carrie & Co are hyper New York stereotypes, the fashionista, lawyer, socialite, and power PR.

With London gearing up for Sex and the City: The Movie, and much excitement about the outfits, the wedding, and the handbags, I can't help think about the real women who made the show such a success: Candace Bushnell (author), Patricia Field (stylist), and Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie).

I met Candace Bushnell while working at Vanity Fair, where she is a contributing writer. She is a slim attractive blond, then in her late Thirties, with an enviable wardrobe and social life. She is the closest thing I know to the real Carrie Bradshaw.

I recently met the show's stylist, Patric...

Charlando entre amigos llegamos a la conclusión de que el amor de la vida no puede seguir de largo. Nunca. Que si uno siente que ama pero no es correspondido, que si uno siente que en realidad no tuvo oportunidad, si siente que se lo sacaron o que el otro no se dio cuenta o no nos vio, es simplemente porque no era el verdadero amor.El tema es darse cuenta. Y resulta que uno entiende esa conclusión y se la cree sólo cuando dejó de sentir que a lo mejor fue el amor de su vida, porque mientras siga sintiendo lo que pudo ser y no fue, sólo se dice de la boca para fuera como forma de autoconvencerse."Si no me quiere es porque no es, si no pasó nada más es porque no era para mí, si ama a otra es porque ese no es mi verdadero amor". Es un cantito vacío. Sin sentido pero que se desea creer fervientemente cuando lo que realmente se cree es... "aunque quizás hubiese sido distinto si...". Uno puede, inclusive, creérselo por momentos, pero todo tambalea cuando se lo tiene cara a cara o, lo que es peor, cuando se lo compara (porque no hay nadie mejor. Jamás).Una mañana nos levantamos y lo entendemos de repente. Es cierto. No era. Es imposible que haya sido. El verdadero amor de la vida nunca puede seguir de largo. Nos levantamos y sabemos lo que tantas veces, sin creerlo d...

The next phase of Chinese architecture takes wing.

Pewter spoon, Max Lamb

The people of South Tyrol, in Northern Italy, have traditionally used visual symbolism to offer social cues. "Translating Tradition," an exhibition opening this Friday at the Lungomare Gallery in Bolzano, Italy, has asked six European designers—including Julia Lohmann, Max Lamb, and Sophie Krier—to reinterpret 10 South Tyrolean customs for a modern audience ...

Cow Benches by Julia Lohmann, one of four recipients of this year's Designer of the Future award at Design Miami/Basel

Andrea Branzi, Pierre Charpin, Alessandro Mendini, Bob Gill and more in this week's installment...

May 7, 2008. I.D. interviews Ben Wittner and Sascha Thomas about their book Arabesque, out now from German publisher Die Gestalten Verlag. "Openness to experimentation with script is what makes Arabic and also Persian design so special, and it's also what made us fall in love with it." ...

How can slant-eyed objects that make many Americans cringe be acceptable to Asians?

     We took a long weekend to go see the Mayan ruins in Copán which is about a four hour drive from here.  The cool thing about these ruins is that they are the only ones though out all Mesoamerica to have high-relief sculpture which is quite amazing.  To find out more about Copán and the ancient civilization that created its art and architecture click here.

     We had a really nice time except for Lorenzo getting lost.  Luckily, I didn't know about the whole episode until after it happened because I would have freaked out.  Here's what happened.  We ate dinner at the restaurant in our hotel.  I went back to our room to feed Luciana.  Jeremy was in charge of getting Emilia and Enzo back.  Lorenzo was looking in the window of the souvenir shop which was about ten yards from the swimming pool where Emilia and Jeremy were dipping th...

This is Part 2 of a series of posts exploring the connection between design and life from a Christian perspective. The bold headline references in this post refer to the symbolic journey of Israel described in the Scriptures and summarized in Part 1. Rather than explain each segment of the journey in design, I thought it might be more helpful to hear what a designer would be saying to him or her self depending on where they were in the journey. You can substitute design for your profession. SLAVES IN EGYPTI just don’t know what to do with my life. I’m really a creative, but am stuck in this IT job and am miserable. I feel like a slave to my company. I'm doing their bidding and building their empire.CROSSING THE RED SEAI’ve found my calling. I want to be a graphic designer. I want to connect my passion with my work with me. Design is what really excites and interests me. I’ve quit my job and am going back to school.IN THE WILDERNESS UNDER THE LAWSchool was a bit of a drag, but now that I’m out in the real world, design is certainly going to better. I've landed a nice spot at an advertising agency as a junior designer. They've got an A list of clients. Can't wait to show them my stuff.Forty years of wandering in the design desert later... I’m just not that great...