The earth tipped slightly on its axis earlier this month after Design Academy Eindhoven announced Justin McGuirk’s appointment as head of its new design writing program. Scientists believe it was the collective waving of fists by student writers worldwide exclaiming, “Told you there was job in this, Mom!” that momentarily knocked our planet out of […]
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The body provides a site where various approaches to, and forms of, embellishment intersect in numerous interesting ways. The 21st century has now seen the perfect fusion of disposable jewelry and temporary tattoo. Steampunk science teachers are utilizing the Tesla coil to brand the skin. The Mint Museum’s Body Embellishment show is the first museum
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We each define luxury in our own way. For some, luxury is being served diamond tequila on their privately-owned Dassault Falcon en route to the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. For others—your author included—canned water with bubbles in it is the height of sheer indulgence. Still others would call a reliable form of shelter a “luxury.” The V&A’s
In the wake of Mad Men’s impending retirement from the Golden Age of Television, the fashion bloggers devoted to TV costume design whose jobs were invented specifically for Mad Men are capping off their final recaps. As Don, Betty, and Sterling are dropped off in the era of psychedelic floral prints and handlebar moustaches, jewelry
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You’re stepping out tonight, on your way to the The Art of the Brick exhibition opening. You pause in front of the mirror. You have your LEGO handbag tucked gracefully under your arm, packed full of LEGO chocolates to tide you over on the taxi ride. But it feels like something’s missing, doesn’t it? You
Do you love chocolate, but often find it lacking in the carbon-based minerals and precious metal you crave? Is a simple diamond ring or pair of earrings too “common” a gift for your loved one’s taste? Perhaps you find a life-size chocolate Benedict Cumberbatch a little indelicate for your Easter celebration? Well, fret not—you can
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Marie Claire UK has spotted a trend in maximalist facial jewelry and piercings that maximalize all available face, a trend inspired by last month’s AW15 Givenchy show. Designer Riccardo Tisci used the term “Chola Victorian” to describe his reimagining of Winona Ryder’s character from Beetlejuice in the stereotypical trappings of a historically marginalized Mexican-American female
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Modern alchemists and broke jewelry students, your prayers have been answered. Gone are the days of sweeping metal filings from a dirty studio floor or transmuting lead in a candlelit laboratory. Gold and other precious metals are as close as the nearest toilet, just waiting to be sifted from human excrement. According to recent findings,
To the left, cave painting. New research shows that 80,000 years before supposedly sophisticated Homo sapiens began thinking they were so cool with their eight-legged bison paintings, Neanderthals wrestled giant eagles out of the sky to collect their talons for jewelry-making. Scientists believe eagle claws manipulated for ornamental wear clearly demonstrate that Neanderthals were capable
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If you’ve ever had your rear end imprinted by the graceful waffle pattern of wire mesh, you have Harry Bertoia to thank. The Diamond Chair granted him entry into the exclusive gentlemen’s club of mid-century modern icon-makers, but before he was bending metal and space to form the Mad Men aesthetic, Bertoia was a student
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At the launch of his Ekocycle 3D printer brand, modern Prometheus Wil.i.am prophesied to Dezeen the terrifying vision of a dystopian future wrought by his own hand. Lured by the awesome, godlike power 3D printing technology offers mere mortals, Wil.i.am now finds himself face to face with the moral and ethical dilemmas such technology imposes
In demanding an end to “stupid” smart jewelry, Ms. Campbell-Dollaghan reveals just how out of touch she is with the needs of today’s fashion-savvy working girls. Heterosexual, gender-normative mothers on the go need stylish accessories that accurately reflect their deepest desires: They want to be pretty. They want their every movement outside of the home
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