When the Russian invasion in Ukraine started, many people wondered what they could do to make a difference. Earlier on in March, Instagram influencer Quentin Quarantino (New York-based Tommy Marcus), launched an idea: booking rooms for rent on Airbnb in Ukraine not to stay, but to lend support a...

There may be wonderful jewelry pieces in museums all over the world, often displayed in galleries focused on fashion and accessory. But you may spot intriguing jewelry pieces also in archaeological museums: ancient civilisations often produced beautiful decorative pieces to adorn the body to in...

Afghanistan has dominated the news during this past week. As announced in April by US President Joe Biden, American troops withdrew from the country. Yet the Taliban quickly regained control of Afghanistan, entering Kabul, the capital, on 15th August. They encountered little resistance as the U...

The history of art and fashion is full of intriguing and inspiring stories about bright creative minds who managed to patent their ideas, designs, machines and products. Think about Loïe Fuller: a figure almost reminiscent of a polymath à la Mariano Fortuny, Fuller was not only a dancer and cho...

Practicing social distancing to fight against Coronavirus has become the new normal in the last few months. Most public spaces have adopted signs, stickers and displays to remind us where we should sit, stand or stop, but maybe not many designers have developed projects with a conceptual twist a...

In yesterday's post we looked at an artist who may inspire us how to create works that preserve our memories. Let's continue the thread via the work of another artist who employed a craft to process memories of violence, Majd Abdel Hamid. Born in Damascus in 1988, Majd Abdel Hamid works betwe...

The net sculptures hanging from the ceiling of David Zwirner Gallery (537 West 20th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan) in New York are reminiscent of Bruno Munari's 1946-47 installation "Concavo-Convesso" (Concave-Convex). Yet there is a main difference: Munari's piece was a sort of cloud or shell-like...

Last Monday Gucci hosted its Resort 2018 show at the Palatina Gallery at Palazzo Pitti in Florence. Alessandro Michele, Gucci's current Creative Director, originally wanted to showcase the collection at the Parthenon in Athens (it looks like Greece is an inspiration for the Resort 2018 collectio...

Up until a few decades ago provocation in fashion was embodied by garments that revealed too much skin and were therefore relegated under the "indecent" or "immoral" category. In a way, though, items such as extremely short mini-skirts or Rudi Gernreich's monokini also contributed to liberating ...