ACTA OR HOW THE FUTURE MAY END UP LOOKING WORSE THAN OUR COMMUNIST PAST
while romanians were focusing on the street protests, a very tight and secretive vote in tokyo put romania on the list of acta countries. acta, the bigger and meaner sister of pipa and sopa, is supposedly creating an international legal framework for targeting counterfeit goods, generic medicines and copyright infringement on the internet, and would also create a new governing body outside existing forums....
VISITING BILBAO
i usually book flights at the beginning of january and then i start researching and planning. the upcoming trip is to spain, in the second part of march: madrid – bilbao – barcelona. i’m jumping up and down just thinking about what’s to come!
YAYOI KUSAMA – MY LIFE IS A DOT LOST AMONG THOUSANDS OF OTHER DOTS
my first japanese trip was littered with yayoi kusama references: i passed by the pumpkin in the harbour of naoshima island, i tried to buy one of her books in hiroshima (only to be refused, as it was the last one and apparently there is a rule against selling that) and this year i saw...
CELINE KNOCKS IT OUT OF THE PARK. AGAIN
a few days ago, celine revealed the pre-fall 2012 collection. i have been watching mrs. phoebe philo‘s comeback for a while now and she’s been surprising me and exceeding my expectations repeatedly: the new collection is expectedly exceptional.
THE BLUR BUILDING IS ON MY DREAM LIST
i might have mentioned that one of the main reasons that get me booking flights is exciting contemporary architecture. and this diller and scofidio building in switzerland is just that, although it is not exactly a building as much as a 7,5 million euro challenge of the very concept of architecture.
MOOD BOARD UPDATE NO. 4
it’s that time again: i get to show you the updated version of my mood board.
NATALIE JOOS HAS BREATH-TAKING STYLE
i first saw natalie joos on jak & jil. she was wearing an eye-popping combo of pale blue louboutin booties, a cut out skirt (i found out later it was actually a tsumori chisato dress), studded givenchy belt and a red half-unraveled pullover! she instantly won me over! i had to find out more about her...
I CAN HAZ PHUN ON THE INTERWEBS
you know them: they are the online versions of the internet’s public subconscious that are eating our spare hours each time we are foolish enough to visit them. also, they are apparently in some kind of current war with each other…
