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LATEST ARTICLES ( 44 )

• Luminaris

  

  is “the story of a man living in a world controlled and timed by light. Every morning, the inhabitants of that world are woken up and pulled to their jobs by... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Most Beautiful is the Object Which Does Not Exist

  

  1 The most beautiful is the object which does not exist it does not serve […] Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Most Beautiful is the Object Which Does Not Exist

  

  1 The most beautiful is the object which does not exist it does not serve to carry water or to preserve the ashes of a hero it was not cradled by Antigone nor... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• D’où Le Nom De ‘mobilier’

  …You must know that until the time when the monarchy became sedentary, under Louis XIV, tables, chairs, beds were all carried from place to place. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• It’s Called Eclectic

  

  Although two of the four objects named are wrongly identified, the interesting thing about this scene is to see the different sensibility that Frasier Crane... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• How Do You Get into This Thing?

  

  Only a careless mind —in terms of object appreciation— would turn a “priceless 14th century crematory urn” into a lamp, by “drilling a hole in the bottom” to... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• How Do You Get into This Thing?

  

  Only a careless mind —in terms of object appreciation— would turn a “priceless 14th century […] Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• A Large Mahogany Commode Table

  

  Roald Dahl himself introduced as follows “Parson’s Pleasure”, one of his “Tales of the Unexpected”, for the BBC dramatized version: [where the images from this... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• A Large Mahogany Commode Table

  

  Roald Dahl himself introduced as follows “Parson’s Pleasure”, one of his “Tales of the Unexpected”, […] Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• I’ll Be Living the Life of Riley

  

  From the time Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden, man has vainly sought to find solace, comfort and earthly pleasures in an artificial world of... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• What is the Benefit of That Thing?

  

  The advertising campaign for a product is also an important part of the design process, and it includes the naming and graphics, among other issues. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• What is the Benefit of That Thing?

  

  The advertising campaign for a product is also an important part of the design process, […] Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Front Page

  

  The opening titles for Billy Wilder’s adaptation of “The Front Page” show the newspaper printing […] Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Front Page

  

  The opening titles for Billy Wilder’s adaptation of “The Front Page” show the newspaper printing process at the beginning of the 20th century. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• At Least Once a Week

  

  It is possible, even logic, to use a phone as a remote control. But to use a remote control as a phone is a little bit more awkward. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• It Can Turn Your Wildest Dreams into Ordinary Reality

  

  Futurama is set in the 31st Century, but the technology shown in this episode is already in use. Bender wants to have a reproduction of Silicon Red’s resonator... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Why Couldn’t It Blink?

  Flash of Genius‘ plot turns around Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear), who invented the intermittent wiper. This is how he explains the starting point: [... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Chair Started to Fall

  

  The chair started to fall, to come crashing down, to topple, but not, strictly speaking, to come to bits. Strictly speaking, to come to bits means bits fall off... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• I’ve Never Felt So Useful

  

  Hiroko (Ayako Fujitani) suffers from objectification and starts becoming a chair, in a sort of “reverse anthropomorphism”… or interior design. Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Cancellation of Individuality

  

  Glauco (Michel Piccoli), an industrial designer, goes through the process of disassembling and re-assembling a gun with all the patience and care. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE