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They all speak about: Yayoi Kusama

23 July 2012

They all speak about Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist and writer who started painting polka dots and nets as motif in her painting and videos when she was ten. Recently she has covered Louis Vuitton’s next collection with polka dots. In…Continue reading

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Inspired by art

by Elena Giavarini

5 July 2012

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Rome, Santa Maria in Trastevere. Cosmatesque floor, marble and glass mosaic. Continue reading

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Trompe l’oeil and street art

by Elena Giavarini

16 June 2012

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Sala d’Estate, Palazzo Chigi, Ariccia (Italy). by Andrea Mantegna, St.Ignazio Church,Rome (Italy) by Pere Borrell del Caso, Collection Banco de Espana, Madrid by Escif, Katowice (Poland) by Edgar Mueller by Bansky, West Bank (Israeli) Vank Square, Teheran A bit of…Continue reading

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God (and Pantone) save the queen’s sense of colour

by Elena Giavarini

3 June 2012

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Most Italians believe that she hasn’t got much dress sense and that she often looks like a kid’s ice-cream or a bottle of Lemoncello (for instance at William and Kate’s wedding). I think she is faboulous: she never clashes with…Continue reading

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Punk is dead?

by Elena Giavarini

21 May 2012

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I’d love to have some of these original posters. The impact that punk posters, cover albums, magazines, clothing, music had on the last decades was massive. Punk still is a great source of inspiration for graphics, fashion designers and musicians. And for me. I’ve…Continue reading

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It’s not just about clothes

by Elena Giavarini

10 May 2012

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It’s not just about clothes. Not anymore. It’s about delivering an idea and catching the public’s attention with captivating sets, music, smells (for instance DSquared had models smoking on the catwalk). Dolce Gabbana staged Sicilian-style women in a cabaret scene…Continue reading

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Gorgeous dramatic vermilion

by Elena Giavarini

6 May 2012

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I love this photo (by Todd Selby). As soon as I saw it, I asked Alex to do the same on the wall in the living room, that’s how much I like it. I firmly believe that the best…Continue reading

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The colours in Steve Mc Curry’s photos

by Elena Giavarini

23 March 2012

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Steve Mc Curry’s exhibition at the Macro Museum in Rome really blew me away. His images are really inspiring and the combination of colours very vibrant. “If you wait” he said “people will forget your camera and the soul will…Continue reading

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