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Thierry Mugler: Galaxy Glamour
a book.
Highlighting his iconic robotic + a body of work that spans more than 30 years, this book is a visual feast of inspirational challenges set for the rest of the world.
Mugler's training as a classical dancer and academic foundations in interior design, forged a unique and shocking style, syncopated with Parisian mystique, stratospheric success was inevitable.






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Koolhaas

After mentioning the formidable architect duo Herzog & de Meuron in the Tokyo post, I thought it prudent to touch on their vunderful VitraHaus.

Nestled in the Vitra Campus amongst other formidables: Frank Gehry (Vitra Design Museum, 1989), Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando (Conference Pavilion, 1993) and all round hero Buckminster Fuller - this crazy series of stacked pitched-roof boxes was designed to display the Home Collection (design classics & re-editions/products by contemporary designers).


The concept of the VitraHaus connects two themes - the archetypal house and stacked volumes. Employing a domestic scale to display domestic goods this cantilevered five-storey building of structural extrusions and glazed gable ends, affords a cheerfully chaotic multifaceted assemblage.


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She got legs

By Les Queues de Sardines

So longing for Springtime in the countryside

Ph: Max Farago . More Here .


Music: Seesaw - Cocoon

Waiting for Winter

to waste away...




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If I Ruled The World

Wyclef Jean, former member of multi-platinum and Grammy-winning New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees (disbanded 1997) and solo star in his own right, confirmed rumours on August 5, 2010, that he was running for the 2010 Haitian presidential election.
Wyclef will run as a candidate for the Viv Ansanm (Live Together) political party.
On the topic of his candidacy, Jean has stated, "I am being drafted to serve my country".

Millenium Manners Matter

PART 2

So why not wish your neighbour well this Ramadan?




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