Highlights from the Spring 2015 Ready-to-Wear Collections
Some of my favourite outfits from the Spring 2015 RTW collections.
Further Reading
JM Coetzee and psychotherapist Arabella Kurtz in conversation. Sand is rarer than you might think. The most detailed map yet of our place in the universe. Why walking helps us think. A Q&A with Karl Ove Knausgaard. Dreadnoughtus: a new dinosaur discovery. The lethal lure of Mont Blanc. And more.
Further Reading
What Would Krishna Do? Or Shiva? An interview with Philip Roth. The etymology of the different names of tea. America in decay. Profile of Shigeru Ban. The Iberian Peninsula by night as seen from ISS. History of the term scientist. Profile of Isadora Duncan from The New Yorker (1927). And more.
Further Reading
A new algorithm finds the most beautiful route across a city. Why we have blood types. A brief history of the High Five. Seven reasons not to write novels and one reason to write them. Jeff Koons employs 128 people at his studio. The many poses of Marcel Marceau. And more.
Further Reading
Excellent interview with psychoanalyst Adam Phillips. How to beat jetlag. Why so many new abstract paintings look the same. Tim Crane in conversation with John Searle. Georgina Adam on the rise and rise of the superstar artists. Interview with psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer. And more.
Further Reading
An essay by Don DeLillo. A story by Chris Ware. 10 rules for students and teachers. Migraine and visual depictions of auras. "They haven’t lived. They’ve followed a career path." A cancer doctor on losing his wife to cancer. The limits of the digital humanities. Lessons from Pixar. And more.
Further Reading
A generic brand video. Shigeru Ban awarded 2014 Pritzker Prize. Bill Gates: The Rolling Stone Interview. In praise of the London Review of Books. And more.
Highlights from the Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear Collections
Some of my favourite outfits from the fall 2014 RTW collections.
Further Reading
No, the night sky isn't darkest in the direction opposite the Sun? The world's most photographed sites. xkcd nails it. Always go for the bigger pizza. Some good advice on getting things done. Dover Street Market New York. And more.
The Best Albums of 2013
A solid year with good albums by Nick Cave and Arcade Fire and a return to form for the Arctic Monkeys and Daft Punk.
The Best Books of 2013
A selection of the best books I read in 2013, including the best books I wish I had read years ago, the best book about Claude Lévi-Strauss and the most disappointing books.
John Warwicker: The Floating World
As of today I am one of the lucky owners of a copy of The Floating World (Ukiyo-e) by graphic designer John Warwicker.