Tag: Crafting
Six months of infusion, handcrafted oak barrels: Amouage’s challenge to fast perfumery
Renaud Salmon left New York for Muscat, banned the word "launch" from his vocabulary, and started ageing perfume concentrates: the Creative Director of Amouage on the Essences collection
Daniel Kolodziejczak: I design the way an engineer might
Nothing hidden, no decoration that conceals the system - Daniel Kolodziejczak: a designer translating structure into marble, wood, geometry
The hottest title in Japan? Living National Treasure
First established in 1950, the title of Ningen Kokuhō – “Living National Treasure” – is given to artists who keep Japan’s traditional arts alive: it’s not the object that is...
Hermès Manufactory Riom: two and a half days to craft a Birkin
When luxury deserves respect: 250 new jobs in a French province, education and culture in a manufacturing district, handmade saddle stitching
883, la nostalgia ruvida a Milano nel 1993: chi eravamo noi, chi siamo, chi saremo?
Nostalgia Energia: le canzoni degli 883, il muretto in San Babila e i cinema di Corso Vittorio Emanuele – i compiti e le compagnie, in due in motorino, la televisione...
Pina Bausch: la perfezione nella danza e l’arte totale
Cosa significa essere attuali? Culto della diversità e ricerca della perfezione: Pina Bausch moriva 10 anni fa. La sua carriera in una conversazione con Emilie Fouilloux
Christien Meindertsma delves into the history of Dutch material culture
Dutch Design Week – from rediscovering local raw materials to transforming waste into new products: Christien Meindertsma’s vision for a more ethical design
Oliviero Toscani: i committenti «dei cretini», l’alta moda «per ridere»
Toscani alla presentazione dell’autobiografia Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori. Vita e fortuna di un situazionista. I committenti: «Dei cretini». L’alta moda? «Per ridere»
As times change, so does the idea of craft – an update with Tom Dixon
It takes an engineer to make things in big quantities and a craftsman to produce a wooden spoon. The British designer discusses the challenges on crafting newness
L’assassinio dell’imperatrice d’Austria
L’imperatrice Elisabetta d’Austria fu assassinata da un anarchico italiano: fragile e ossessionante, il ritratto di Luchino Visconti in Ludwig con Romy Schneider
Essere un fotografo non significa scattare fotografie – un ricordo di Gian Paolo Barbieri
Gian Paolo Barbieri si raccontava in un’intervista a Gianni Biondillo, dagli inizi alla creazione della fondazione che porta il suo nome: «Il digitale ha vinto, è la cultura del fotografo...
Il cinema d’animazione è una storia di resistenza politica
Da Sergei Eisenstein a Meriem Bennani, il cinema d’animazione è stato spesso mal interpretato. L’omaggio a Walt Disney in Fondazione Prada con la mostra For my best family
Sant Martí Vell, il capolavoro di Elsa Peretti e la definizione di eclettismo
Andare oltre l’eclettico – la confusione diventa espressione di un’identità umana, culturale, professionale: Elsa Peretti elaborava il disordine del mondo in una forma organica
The book Bonacina Grandi Maestri tells the story of over 120 years of Italian design
Bulrush, rattan, malacca – "It's the material that creates this style. The big names worked with us because we could make shapes that would have been impossible or too expensive...
Una storia del design dal punto di vista del produttore: una conversazione con Elia Bonacina
Gianni Biondillo intervista Elia Bonacina, quarta generazione di Bonacina 1889: manifattura del giunco e icone del design, pezzi unici per gli Agnelli, i Mondadori, i Rothschild, ispirazione per Mongiardino
Bonacina 1889: rattan manufacturing and design icons
Elia Bonacina, fourth generation of Bonacina 1889: pieces for the Agnelli family, Mondadori, Rothschilds, and inspirations for Mongiardino – rewriting the history of design backwards
I disegni di Jean Cocteau: il sesso troppo esplicito – era solo poesia
Per Cocteau era tutto poesia: un disegno mescolato alle parole, Jean Marais l’amante e attore in Orpheus, l’amicizia con Peggy Guggenheim, la relazione con Natalie Paley, lo spadino di Cartier...
Netsuke: a Japanese art form that needs to be held
They bought them like we would buy cufflinks, with an eye on how they looked. Obviously, if they chose a shishi they must have been a bit superstitious, but the...
Toile de Jouy: what does it mean?
«Chinoiserie possesses a sense of wonder, even if tinged by some sadness. I start from this, to express the amazement it communicates to me» – Richard Saja made the toile...
The Beautiful Decay according to Marcin Rusak
Marcin Rusak combines the dichotomy of the natural and the man-made – «I took something already dead, that was grown for our pleasure, and turned it into a print that...
Italian crafting supremacy: Naples and the art of Piqué
Gold and mother-of-pearl in the workshops across the Royal Palace: a touch of humor, obelisks, baroque and chinoiserie, ancient ruins and everyday objects
Milan fashion between decadence and reset: craftcore is the future
Analysis and consideration of the Milan fashion shows: what direction should fashion take for the Italian industry to remain positive?
Nicola Piovani e i suoi registi: Fellini, Bellocchio, Moretti
Il flusso di pensiero: Nicola Piovani parla di composizione per il cinema, duecento film, il rapporto con alcuni tra i tanti registi con cui ha lavorato: Federico Fellini, Marco Bellocchio,...
Homo Faber: much wonder and a bit confusion
From the Goose Game to the Globes for the Sun King, passing through a child’s playroom, phosphorescent plastics, and paints: Homo Faber 2024 on the Island of San Giorgio in...
Definizione di borghese: quando un insulto diventa complimento
Crescere in un contesto borghese a Milano: il liceo, i comunisti e la poesia: i codici borghesi non producono più reazione, ma consolazione - per educazione civile e imprenditoria etica
A journey into the American myth: John Spyrou’s reportage from New Mexico
«I never take any highways and always try to take the back-roads through towns», Spyrou's reportage in the Deep America – Lampoon Digital Edition
March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day. Why do we celebrate?
What does it mean to be part of a community like Ireland's? Why has St. Patrick's Day become a holiday celebrated all over the world? What are its origins and...
Parisian Newstands: icons of urban culture and information
From Haussmann's 1857 vision to modern challenges, Parisian newsstands evolve. Urban icons adapt, balancing tradition and digital era demands, embracing change
Community of the Andes: Lea Winkler reveal Urubamba
Photographer Lea Winkler digging deep into the soul of Peru's Sacred Valley: a reportage on the lives and traditions of Urubamba's communities for Lampoon digital
The dark side of likes: Schadenfreude and the social media
Political arenas to celebrity mishaps, the pleasure of others' pain in the social media age - how Schadenfreude shapes social cohesion and trust within communities?
Bogotá Care blocks: a solution against unpaid work
In Bogotá, 1.2 million women dedicate most of their time to unpaid care work. Mayor Claudia López opened the Care Blocks project
Pain or pleasure? The opioid crisis in US
Pain and Pleasure – The opioid crisis in the U.S. turned into an epidemic. It all started with OxyContin and its marketing campaign by Purdue Pharmaceutics
What do you bring to the table? Spuma’s Purpose Economy model
The current driving force of the global catering service. Companies reliance on tailor made catering and quality raw materials service to accommodate the needs of today’s market
Exploring ageism in social media: how is the affecting the humanity behind the screens
With adult creators facing TikTok ageism, social media might not be ready to reflect the realities of life beyond young adulthood, but it reflects Zoomer's ideas of age, youth, and...
Fuck-it expense, Gen Z: the digital consumer mis-behavior
Fuck-it expense – how do you spend your time when you think the world is ending? Gen Z consumer behavior reflects human fragility and a generation of frustrated young people
Elsa Peretti’s democratic designs and a glass maker in Venice – Archimede Seguso
From Florence to New York, from fashion model to female artisan Elsa Peretti’s lived an existence of freedom, inspiring the accessibility of her design and creations bought by women, for...
A sea thermometer – saving Posidonia for ocean preservation
Ocean preservation and climate action in the Mediterranean Sea – exploring Posidonia meadows' effect on marine biodiversity, the global climate, and marine ecosystem’s health
Marella Agnelli nel 2024: ancora una metafora di snobismo e stile
Far sentire considerato qualsiasi interlocutore, per l’eternità di un attimo: una donna insegna agli italiani come l’eleganza sia solo cultura – stile, eredità di Marella Agnelli, nata Caracciolo di Castagneto
Pills of lesbian fashion history. Eleanor Medhurst on diversity and Dressing Dykes
Human fluidity. Eleanor Medhurst highlights the value of fashion's overlooked role in lesbian history, throughout which clothing was a tool of self-expression and community building
Oceans preservation – updates on the Greenland ice sheet stability’s impact
Science news – new studies show us the effects of anthropogenic global warming on the Greenland Ice Sheet, right now and in the future, highlighting the value of climate action
L’arte di ricevere e di allestire la tavola: le regole di uno snobismo ancora attuale
Tra le cose da non fare a tavola: non commentare, in positivo o in negativo, quel che si sta mangiando. Rimane noioso, con buona pace degli chef stellati star mediatiche,...
No spicy no sexy – Lahu and Karen tribe and communities: Giacomo Riccardi
From the Lahu tribe in Thailand to the happy water offered in Buddhist temples. Giacomo Riccardi report to Lampoon digital the culture and habits of Indigenous communities in the Far...
Bed bug panic in Paris – Internet psychosis or actual crisis?
The Internet cultural humor surrounding the bed bugs in Paris grows from the contrast between the glossy, picture-perfect idea of Paris and the reality of living and working in a...
La “doppia o” di Yoox – Federico Marchetti non è più un outsider
Le Avventure di un Innovatore (Longanesi), la storia di Federico Marchetti: ha fondato Yoox e ne è uscito nel 2021; ha regalo Fellini a Bill Gates e uno spremi dentifricio...
La fragilità di una donna che sognava di essere umana. Maria Callas deve appartenere ai giovani
«Mi piacerebbe essere Maria, ma c'è anche la Callas di cui devo essere all'altezza». Maria Callas il 2 dicembre avrebbe compiuto 100 anni, la prossima a interpretarla sul grande schermo...
Chronicles from Northern India – Aziza Vasco and her travel empathic Journal
From the sacred spectacle of Varanasi and the Ganges river to the colors of Jaipur, to the Buddhist spirituality of BodhGaya. Aziza Vasco reportage in India for Lampoon online
