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Language of Bamboo: Tradition and Innovation at Gucci’s Bamboo Encounters

Language of Bamboo: Tradition and Innovation at Gucci’s Bamboo Encounters

Image courtesy of Gucci.

MILAN—Italy’s long affection for bamboo can be found everyone, no less in Franco Maria Ricci’s Labirinto della Masone, the sprawling bamboo maze outside Parma, stands... Text by Cici Thompson.
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The Geometry of Motion and Zadie Smith

The Geometry of Motion and Zadie Smith

Photograph by Erich Höhne. Courtesy of Deutsche Fotothek.

Wassily Kandinsky, a painter of color and form, once envisioned a future where dance would shed its ornamental constraints and move toward abstraction. In Concerning... Text by Marguerite de Ponty.
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Five Questions for Greek Fashion Designer Kostas Murkudis

Five Questions for Greek Fashion Designer Kostas Murkudis

Photo by Martina Borsche

BERLIN—I don't really think that fashion is responding to the current state of the world. Text by Kostas Murkudis.
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Basel: All For Sale

Basel: All For Sale

Painting by Maaike Schoorel

BASEL—Going to Art Basel is always a unique experience. For the majority, the art on display is merely entertainment; after all, any work, whether mighty... Text by Madina Tulakova.
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The Poetry of Materials

The Poetry of Materials

Janice Lourie's computer-driven loom transformed textile manufacturing. Photo courtesy of IBM

Textile art, or as Anni Albers said, "the poetry of materials," has had many lives. In the 40s, we loved fabric. 24 foot stage curtains.... Text by Pina Lomb.
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