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Apr 21 2016

La Casa Malaparte par Karl Lagerfeld

Casa Malaparte "A house like me" — announced Curzio Malaparte, a poet and egomaniac, describing his villa on Capri. There are only a few buildings in the world which illustrate such antique beauty and mystical charm; Karl Lagerfeld has photographed the most elegiac one.

<blockquote><p> "There was something in Capri, in its most wild, most solitary, most dramatic part, where the island, nearly human, becomes ferocious, where nature expresses itself with a cruel and incomparable strength, an extremely pure and linear promontory, which tore up the sea with its cu...
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Constantinos Moraitakis
Karl Lagerfeld
Apr 19 2016

Fornasetti | Tema e Variazioni

A book whose origins lie in a hand-printed work and a retrospective graphic approach. In rediscovering the sensuality of materials, the human variable generates uniqueness, an eclectic privilege in the midst of the digital age.

<p>For Piero Fornasetti, a single idea was inspiration enough to spawn endless variations of an image and in 1952 he began work on what would become his most iconic series: Tema e Variazion (theme and variations) – a portrait of Lina Cavalieri — an opera singer who lived between the 19th...
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Constantinos Moraitakis
Fornasetti
Apr 14 2016

Sou Fujimoto x COS, Salone 2016

Sou Fujimoto "Forest of Light" for COS, Salone del Mobile 2016.

"In this installation for COS, I envisage to make a forest of light," said Fujimoto.

<p>Photographer Laurian Ghinitoiu has captured the collaboration of the Swedish fashion retailer COS and Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto for this year's Salone del Mobile in Milan.</p><p><span style="line-height: 20.4px;">"In this installation for COS, I envisage to make a forest of light," said Fuj...
Apr 10 2016

Peeling off time |D.Sotovikis/Workshop

Architecture includes urban, building, furniture and object design, even art, since all these comprise the environment in which we live in. They should be designed based on logic and functionality, but in order to be human, they must involve vision and sentiments.
Those are the elements that give meaning to my life and those same elements I want to define my work.

<blockquote><p>Gregor Samsa wakes in his bed and discovers he has transformed into a giant bug. Wondering what has happened, he looks around his small room, where everything appears normal. He sees the fabric samples that he uses in his job as a traveling salesman, a picture of a woman in furs that ...
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Constantinos Moraitakis
PhotostorySotovikis
Apr 9 2016

The Bouroullecs at Rennes

In Rennes, France, four exhibitions show the incredibly wide range of subjects covered by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec: from jewellery to architecture, from furniture to public spaces.

<p>In Rennes, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have opted for a “didactic retrospective” and have also chosen pieces linked to ongoing research and new themes in their work. The four exhibitions in Rennes show the incredibly wide range of subjects covered by <a href="http://www.bouroullec.com/" target...
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Constantinos Moraitakis
the bouroullecs
Apr 8 2016

Cooper Hewitt Presents Guest-Curated “Thom Brown Selects”

For the current installment of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s popular “Selects” series, fashion designer Thom Browne explores ideas of reflection and individuality with...

<p><span style="line-height: 20.4px;">For the current installment of <a href="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/events/current-exhibitions/thom-browne-selects/" target="_blank">Cooper Hewitt</a>, Smithsonian Design Museum’s popular “Selects” series, fashion designer Thom Browne explores ideas of ref...
Written By
Magda Tsolaki
PhotostoryCOOPER HEWITTThom Browne
Apr 6 2016

Sandro Miller Captures the Many Faces of John Malkovich

In an unprecedented exhibition, photography aficionados and John Malkovich fanatics alike will be able to gather as one collective fanbase in an homage to both of their favorite subjects. In a new series titled Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich from photographer Sandro Miller...

<p>Established photographer <a href="http://www.sandrofilm.com/main/index.php" target="_blank">Sandro Miller</a>, together with long time friend and Hollywood legend John Malkovich, created a witty project called “Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to photographic masters.” As the title sug...
Written By
Constantinos Moraitakis
PhotostoryJohn Malkovich
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