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The Mangrove roots build up nurseries for organisms and ecosystems
Protecting from predators, strong heat, and forceful tides mangrove roots help the biosphere and remove five times more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than terrestrial forests
Pol Taburet in the mind’s abyss – stages of trauma and occultism
Silent dramaturgies mix the symbolism of European painting with American rap, contemporary subcultures, and Afro-Creole quimbois. Pol Taburet at Lafayette Anticipations in Paris
Rough and primitive. Nellie Mae Rowe’s black art and the American folklore
From the cotton fields of Georgia to employment as a domestic worker at a white household, black artist Nellie Mae Rowe chronicled the feminist redemption of an African American
Design is a metamorphosis: the manipulation process of Audrey Large and Théophile Blandet
French designers Audrey Large and Théophile Blandet: «we use digital image manipulation tools: digital manufacturing is an area for bridging virtual and physical through objects»
Marcin Dudek – unfolding personal memories and identities as political spaces
Neoplan, the sixth Marcin Dudek’s exhibition at Edel Assanti in London – an autobiographical journey within the context of hooliganism, memory, and personal recollection
Sex sells – the evergreen myths in fashion: dicks and boobs
From Versace’s BDSM-inspired looks to Diesel’s mountain of condoms: has the sex representation gone too far? Or is it freedom of expression reaching its peak?
The thermoregulatory properties of hemp fiber
Hemp thermoregulatory properties are due to its natural conformation as a hollow fiber: micro air chambers for both textiles and construction
Canada with its 895 million acres of forest experiences wildfires every year
Experts have expressed concern about the potential impact of Canadian wildfires on two species in particular: the Whooping Crane, which is found in Alberta, and the Wood Poppy
Fashion designers into interior design: from Kawakubo to Owens – the first was Pierre Cardin
There are plenty of designers who have trained in architecture and industrial design, such as Raf Simons, Tom Ford, Gianfranco Ferré – dubbed the fashion architect, and Virgil Abloh himself
Another World: the body of the earth, the body of the woman
Shae Detar, and the book Another World – the shots were manipulated through a hand-painting technique popularized during the 19th century: she paints on top of her photographs
Igniting desire and teasing the imagination – the sexual energy in Spyros Rennt’s work
Exploring life, documenting intimacy and shaking emotions: a journey through Corporeal, the latest book by Greek photographer Spyros Rennt
Michael Brunt and Veronica Blagoeva chronicling their time’s fatigue
Twisting, turning, fidgeting in a tight jacket, limping in a pair of uncomfortable high heels, looking for comfort and finding none – Michael Brunt and Veronica Blagoeva for Lampoon Digital
Industrial hemp for food
A focus on hemp for human and animal diets, the market and regulations in the current Italian panorama
I Wish It Was Mine: the boundaries of reality are crossed, the imagination is unleashed
Ivan Moudov serves as artist and orchestrator of Alberta Pane Gallery's group exhibition I Wish It Was Mine, open to the public until July 29, 2023
Antibacterial Hemp for the textile industry: a question mark
From prosthetics to food packaging and textile manufacturing: potential applications of cannabinoid antibacterial properties
British photographer Guy Bolongaro has a Gut Feeling, Feeling
«Something about the way you taste makes me wanna clear my throat. There's a message to your movements that gets my goat» – Guy Bolongaro, overlapping photos and bodies out...
Linked – Schiele in conversation with Basquiat. Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris
The aura of the greats, perhaps too fragile to cope with world criticism, or even success. Genius and wildness. Luck or damnation
Queering, not finding answers: The Current III and the closing of a cycle at Ocean Space
Ocean Space 2023 program unfolded: a platform for inter-trans-cross-disciplinaries discourse. Simone Fattal and Petrit Halilaj & Álvaro Urbano use art to question and protest
Plant breeding – cracking plants’ clonal mode of reproduction to improve agriculture
If implemented in agriculture, the propagation process of a commercial hybrid rice strain through cloning explored in the 2022 study could lower the price of hybrid rice seeds
Samuel De Saboia – the nomadic artistic practice between material and spiritual
At the art residency Numeroventi in Florence, the Brazilian artist Samuel De Saboia talks about his artistic practice that explores sexuality, migration, and displacement
We are what we fuck: microplastics are invading the male reproductive system
Traces of plastic microparticles found in semen samples of healthy men: prolonged exposure to plastic pollution might be putting the future of humanity at risk
Hemp lime and hempcrete: green building and less CO2
The building industry consumes about forty percent of global energy: from Brittany to Italy, hemp lime could be a solution
Wet n wild – Linus Morales clears the way for sweat and heat
Splashes, water balloons, running water – A carefree story emerges from the heat of a boiling city, where friends transform water into elements of a child's play
Fashion at the time could not afford to be independent. 4th of July celebrations
How can fashion overcome the colonizer mindset? From fashion shows, exhibitions, and design, independence doesn't look as long-lasting as we need it to be
De Angelis Testa family for Ca’ Pesaro: the biggest art donation since 1960
From artworks by Robert Rauschenberg, Mario Merz, Michelangelo Pistoletto to Marina Abramović. De Angelis Testa donation to Ca’ Pesaro and how public and private can come together
Formafantasma – dismissing the biggest utopia of modernity: resources are not infinite
In conversation with Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin: «Everything for us starts with words and concepts, not shapes»
Hemp: uses in the textile industry and the spinning of the raw fiber
The hemp spinning process: from cultivation to fiber preparation, the processing steps are a summation of risks
From fields to bioreactors: hemp water retting
Maceration used to be done in water. Research is developing new smart and sustainable steeping methods: where we stand today
Hidden waste – 23 million returned and unsold garments sent to landfill or incinerated
From the report it emerged that thirty-six percent of the responders in the Millennials age group (26-41 years old) were classified as high-intensity returners
Hemp scutching: the process to separate the fiber from the hemp hurd
The process of hemp scutching – Hemp fiber must be free from the woody hemp hurd (also named canapule): the difference between short fiber and long fiber
Hollywood writers on two months of strike out of fear of being replaced by AI
Why the Hollywood Writers’ strike matters: the Writers Guild of America has stated that while series budget has increased, writers’ share of pay has shrunk
Nude photography book as explorative therapy. Mackintosh and the body
«I have to remind myself how this can become a safe space for somebody, honoring them for being brave». Talking bodies and wildlife with Caroline Mackintosh new book
Charlotte Perriand hidden work: The Japanese Ambassador’s residence in Paris
The building on rue du Faubourg St Honoré in Paris is the concept subversion of domestic space conceived by Charlotte Perriand – an incursion of Japanese minimalism
The ‘Cancel Culture’ trend: LGBTQ+, call for accountability or a social punishment?
Philippines is reportedly examining legislation to outlaw cancel culture as members of the conservative party feel threatened by pro LGBTQ+ online activists
Loewe SS24: Jonathan Anderson’s exploration of craftsmanship
Lynda Benglis fountains and celebrity attendees add star power to the Loewe SS24 Menswear collection at Paris Fashion Week
Siamo Foresta, the Yanomami community: with Sheroanawe Hikihiiwe and Fabrice Hyber
We all have one goal for forests: to render them alive once again. Yanomami artist Sheroanawe Hikihiiwe and French-based artist Fabrice Hyber have created four hands for Siamo Foresta
Fashion Film Festival Milano 2023 counts a new category: the Best Metaverse Fashion Film
From niche-shorts to the Metaverse – jury-selected films from around the world: the winners of the sixteen competing categories announced on June 19 at the Fashion Film Festival in Milan
Haitian heritage and discarded toys jewelry — Botter 2024 show in Paris
During Paris Fashion Week, Caribbean couture Botter introduced a new 3D printed slippers, made discarded toys jewelry and crafted knitwear out of up-cycled Scooby Doo yarns
Siamo Foresta: path in Triennale Milano, Luiz Zerbini brought trees into a room
A tree-lined path conceived by Luiz Zerbini and a forest within the museum walls: an exhibition by Triennale di Milano and Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
If human stupidity destroys forests, artificial intelligence can save it
World Rainforest Day 2023: Conserve. Restore. Regenerate. This year’s theme captures the role that AI and Indigenous rights play in saving rainforests
Hope, recognition, and devotion – Pharrell Williams debut at Louis Vuitton
In Paris, Pharrell Williams unravels the LVers Menswear collection, an imitation of his eclecticism – the artist's debut as creative director for Louis Vuitton
«As a kid, I was into animatronics and wooden things» recalls Bethan Laura Wood
A Mexico residency for British designer Bethan Laura Wood: «It's brutalist architecture, but it also has a big conversation with the pre-Hispanic architectural detailing»
Unpacking Casa das Canoas (1953), Oscar Niemeyer: making concrete sexier
Immersed in the lush of Tijuca forest, Niemeyer’s Casa das Canoas blends with the natural environment of water, rock and vegetation thanks to the large transparent, undulating walls
Climate change awareness and weight among the public – an international perspective
A report published ahead of COP27 by Ipsos showed that sixty-five percent of British citizens support subsidies making environmentally friendly technologies cheaper
UN’s Convention to combat Desertification highlights gender inequality issues
Women play a role to ensure the health of the land. The UN’s Convention educates about effectively working the land and destroying barriers for women
Workaholics vs. artisanship, the Fendi collection is for men who create
Using the Fendi Factory landscape as inspiration, Silvia Venturini reveals its sphere of development. The menswear line comes as a praise to the production chain
