by | Mar 8, 2018 | Uncategorised

Steve Jobs unveils Apple’s Think Different campaign (1997)Apple’s widely successful creative platform, developed by Chia/Day, ran until 2002. It produced a number of well-known TV commercials, including the famous “Crazy Ones” featuring the likes of Albert Einstein...

by | Mar 7, 2018 | Uncategorised

André Gide’s take on great art and Baudelaire’s 2-line definition: Là, tout n’est qu’ordre et beauté, Luxe, calme et volupté [There, all is order and beauty, Luxury, calm, and voluptuousness] In which the inattentive reader sees only a cascade of words, I see the...

by | Feb 16, 2018 | Uncategorised

Kehinde Wiley’s tantalisingly different official portrait of Barack Obama (outshone by his wife)The newest addition to the collection of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery breaks with the tradition of rather stale official portraits to offer a window into the...

by | Jan 27, 2018 | Uncategorised

What teachers make – slam poem by Taylor Mali(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Naturally you’re out of book space. Everyone is always out of book space. If you’re not out of book space you’re probably not worth knowing.

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by | Jan 12, 2018 | Uncategorised

The new faucet collection of IB Robinetti, inspired by industrial-grade fixtures The details of the new collection give a fresh look to the simple, utilitarian profiles of traditional factory faucets. The sturdy look harks back to an era where function dominated form....