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 […]
Dearest princess, some may find it inconceivable that you chose to Instagram a photo of a homeless woman thumbing through an issue of Vogue. However, when I read your charming caption—”Paris is full of surprises… and @voguemagazine readers even in unexpected corners!”—I wasn’t nervous. Maybe I was a little bit concerned, but that’s not the
OK, we get it—a lot of people are not impressed with MoMA’s attempt to package the one-person cultural maelstrom we know as Björk. Critics have used the occasion of a less-than-successful exhibit to launch an art world roast of the MoMA, and writers have been competing to outdo each other with their best zingers. Art
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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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My studio overlooks downtown Detroit in Michigan and Windsor in Ontario with the Detroit River in between. I have a flexible workspace, which reflects the needs of my interdisciplinary practice. Being able to easily reconfigure my studio makes it possible to transition from sculpture, to metalsmithing, to photography. My library is also located here, with
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Mayor Eberhard van der Laan, with mayoral chain and beaded necklace, before giving a speech during the protest event “To Russia With Love,” organized in response to the Russian government’s homosexuality policies, August 25, 2013, Amsterdam. Photo: ANP/Robin van Lonkhuysen
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Mill Valley, California, USA—Flush with the glow of a successful Kickstarter campaign, Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is dashing off to Munich to debut its latest publication, Shows and Tales—On Jewelry Exhibition-Making, at internationally renowned annual art jewelry fair Schmuck. This title is the fourth in a steadily growing list produced by AJF, the global nonprofit
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Attai Chen, Untitled, 2014, necklace, paper, coal, paint, glue, oxidised silver, 300 x 240 x 60 mm, photo: Roni Cnaani Seulgi Kwon, Deep in the Night 1, 2014, brooch, silicone, pigment, thread, glass, 180 x 170 x 60 mm, photo: artist Judged on the basis of the entry’s originality, depth of concept, and quality of
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Pablo holding Martin Parr’s Fashion Magazine (New York: Magnum photos, 2005) © Baptiste Lignel/Otra Vista “But [the photographer] learned also that the factuality of his pictures, no matter how convincing and unarguable, was a different thing than the reality itself.[1] Now of course photography is not about equipment. Who cares if it was film, chrome,
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Edith Sitwell had a dissonant, resonant, voice that she employed to recite her avant-garde poetry—most notoriously Façade (1923), performed to Sir William Walton’s modernist music via Sengerphone (a megaphone made of papier-mâché) jutting through the open mouth of a primitivist mask, painted by sculptor Frank Dobson, on a curtain, which concealed her six-foot body. The
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What’s the best way of disseminating a political slogan today? Where once the badge was a common medium for rallying calls, it now seems to have been eclipsed by the hashtag. The political messages of the day are less often worn on the body and more frequently disseminated through social media with the use of
Shaking hands to say hello or to thank, waving good-bye, clapping hands to approve, holding hands to express affection, moving fingers to mock or insult or mimic, joining hands to pray, raising hands up to indicate surrender, kissing hands to pay homage to a superior authority or person, or just to please somebody in a
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