27/03/2019
Reportage photographer Mattia Balsamini takes photos of some of the most fascinating places people call work. Documenting what happens behind the scenes in the likes of NASA and MIT, we caught up with him to find out more about his attraction to the places we very rarely get to see.
Read more 27/03/2019 food & beverages
Background music has become ubiquitous and unavoidable. The debate has fuelled multiple perspectives on the purpose of music in restaurant culture: Do we need music at all? Where does the obsession to eradicate silence come from? Why doesn't more consideration go into the matching of music with food? We explore two establishments pushing food and music to new heights.
Read more 20/03/2019 Escape travel
Wanderlust co-editor Cam Honan has trekked 90,000 kilometers in the last 25 years throughout over 50 countries. He explains why we can't stop once we have started walking. "When we choose to walk rather than fly or drive, something wonderful happens: our awareness and appreciation of the natural world begins to grow." And he reveals what happens, when wanderers return from the trail to their regular lives.
Read more 20/03/2019 visual culture
An abstract and absurd work conceived around the literal appropriation of the word "breakfast", Fragmento Universo's photo series is a collection of challenging and funny visuals transformed into surreal arrangements
Read more 14/03/2019 visual culture
Digital artist Federica Colletti is breaking down art hierarchy through collage. She brings her concepts alive by fusing paintings from famous artists, past or present, with other popular references in an arbitrary way–think of a world where René Magritte's Golconda, Francesco Hayez's The Kiss and Disney masterpiece's collide.
Read more 13/03/2019 design & fashion
Ideas of what can and must be achieved through good design are constantly changing depending on cultural and technological developments. German product designer Dieter Rams, however, came up with a foundation that advocates for the purist, almost imperceptible design. His 'ten principles of good design' are still considered timeless bedrocks of design theory and practice today. Find out who had a great impact on his notion of good design in the first place and read about his creative origins.
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