Elephant parade
Cow Parade was such a huge success back in 2007, that Milan is now hosting a new, funny and colorful animal invasion! This year’s edition is called Elephant Parade and it’s an open air exhibition showcasing 80 statues of Asian [...]
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ITALIA
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FRANCE
Déco collector
As part of Paris Design Week 2011, last weekend there was the opening of the great Maison et objets trade show, which takes place twice a year in Paris. All the great names in design, young designers and decor brands [...]
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CHINA
Shang-xia: more about China
Shang-xia‘s exhibition opened last week to show Chinese craftsmanship, celebrating its one year anniversary. The brand was launched last year by CEO & creative director Jiang Qiong Er and backed by Hermes Group. Shangxia uses all the finest material such [...]
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ITALIA
Ironic seduction of love
Milan‘s got a thing for Burlesque lately! Clubs put on Burlesque shows more and more often, classes on this art are taught all over the city and lingerie shops are enjoying an incredible success. The interest in Burlesque is so [...]
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FRANCE
Images from Paris Design Week
Paris opened its first week dedicated to design from 12th to 18th September. Curious spirits and design enthusiasts will have been happy to find a lot of artists during these very full days. Between the cultural and the commercial, the [...]
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FILIPINE
Magazine addict
I can’t remember from which film or book I heard or read a character saying that there are two kinds of people: magazine types and book types. There is also a song that warns against beauty magazines, since, the narrator [...]
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Shanghai contemporary art fair
SH Contemporary 2011 – Shanghai contemporary art fair – was held last week. The theme of 5th edition is “All that is new in Shanghai”: here you are some interesting art works. Read more on China’s Blog
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CHINA
Weaving a lovely world
Pixnet is one of the biggest social networking websites in Taiwan. To emphasize their sophisticatedly-designed website layout and the easy-to-use content management system, Pixnet is always proud to announce that their Chinese blog system is particularly loved by professional bloggers, [...]
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CHINA
Youth memory
Youth memory is a painting exhibition in Shanghai which focusses on the artist Wang Xuejun. He was born in Qinghai and worked in Shanghai for the last decade as an art director. His paintings are all about youth. The memory [...]
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FILIPINE
Filipino in full color
It comes as a coincidence (or maybe not?) that a Filipino-themed editorial in Dubai-based Illustrado magazine was released in August, the Philippines’ national month for language. True, this editorial by up-and-coming photographer-stylist duo Enzo Mondejar and Eric Poliquit draws on [...]
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UK
Hyper Japan event
After last year’s successful run of Hyper Japan at Kensington Olympia venue in London, I was fortunate to attend the event as guest of Tabio (a Japanese socks and hosiery company). Hyper Japan was all about cuisine, culture and cool: [...]
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ITALIA
Fashion and photography: Bob Krieger at Palazzo Reale
I enjoyed the exhibition dedicated to Bob Krieger’s pictures hosted at Palazzo Reale so much that I really have to tell you: if you happen to come to Milan from now to September 11th and you like photography, go see [...]