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Dancers among us!

01/23/2013 by chicquero

“The inspiration for this book came to me one afternoon as I watched my son, Hudson, playing with his toy bus. I was trying to keep pace with his three-year-old mind as he got deeper and deeper into a fantasy involving nothing more than a yellow plastic box and armless figurines. At least that’s what I saw. He saw frantic commuters rushing to catch the 77 local bus to Australia. He jumped in place, mouth open and slapping his knees, joyously reacting to […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: art, arts, ballet, beautiful, city, contemporary, cool, dance, dancers, dancers among us, dancing, movement, people, photo, photography, urban

From medieval water tower to sleek residence

10/02/2012 by chicquero

The Lymm Water Tower is an award winning renovation of a once derelict Grade II listed water tower converted into a luxurious contemporary family home. Renovated by Ellis William Architects, the octagonal stone water tower is complemented by a new modernist wrap around double height extension. This highly glazed addition offers carefully selected vistas across the adjacent fields and considers the existing mature trees surrounding the site. The Harris family bought the tower thirteen years ago with the idea of […]

Categories: Design • Tags: architecture, award winning, contemporary, Ellis William Architects, Harris family, luxurious, Lymm water tower, medieval, modern, residence

Spitting on Capitalism!

08/06/2012 by chicquero

Tom Sachs is a sculptor, probably best known for his elaborate recreations of various Modern icons, all of them masterpieces of engineering and design of one kind or another. A lot has been made of the conceptual underpinnings of these sculptures: how Sachs’ sampling capitalist culture, remixing, dubbing and spitting it back out again, so that the results are transformed and transforming. Equally, if not more important, is his total embrace of “showing his work.” All the steps that led […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: art, artist, brands, capitalism, capitalist, contemporary, culture, Fashion, modern, sculpture, tom sachs, weapon

We love chairs

03/25/2012 by chicquero

Source: Pinterest (Interiors – furniture) CHAIRS, WE LOVE CHAIRS.. Here are a few examples of great chair design, from the sleekest you’ll ever see, to the funkiest and the just plain weird. I love innovative chair design, because they bring excitement to your room. What´s your favorite? . Clients are full of surprises. Design is what you make of the surprises. Dan Phillips >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< A bank in Paris Urbanism to interiors Please, take me upstairs Fashion bed […]

Categories: Design • Tags: architecture, chair, chairs, contemporary, cool, Design, designer, Fashion, furniture, interiors, modern

Shock me to impress me

02/24/2012 by chicquero

Robert Gligorov was born in 1959 in Kriva Palanca, Macedonia. He lives and works in Milan, Italy. Gligorov‘s work attempts to shock the viewer. Each piece tantalizes the imagination, awakening it from a state of lethargy. Confronting a society accustomed to sophisticated and extreme forms of visual communication, Gligorov amplifies the shock value of his work in order to compete with the deluge of images that cloud our visual field. Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries. […]

Categories: Artsy, Laugh, Photography • Tags: artist, arts, contemporary, photography, robert gligorov, shock, shocking, society

Paranoia, hope and fear!

12/07/2011 by chicquero

Hope & Fear Phillip Toledano was born in London to a French Moroccan mother, and an American father. He believes that photographs should be like unfinished sentences. There should always be space for questions. In this 2004 shoot entitled Hope & Fear, Toledano expresses the external manifestation of internal desires and paranoia that are adrift in contemporary American society. What are we afraid of? What do we love? How does our society function, and what does it worship? All costumes […]

Categories: Artsy, Design, Laugh, Photography • Tags: art, contemporary, costumes, desire, fear, freak, hope, paranoia, phillip toledano, photography

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POPaganda, art and crimes!

12/06/2011 by chicquero

Popaganda Art Gallery Ron English is an American contemporary artist who explores popular brand imagery and advertising. His signature style employs a mash-up of high and low cultural touchstones, including comic superhero mythology and totems of art history, to create a visual language of evolution. Ron blends stunning visuals with biting political, consumerist and surrealist statements, hijacking public space worldwide for the sake of art since the 1980s. We love Ron´s pop, pervert, prankster art, his images are fun reflections of our bizarre popular […]

Categories: Artsy, Laugh • Tags: art, cartoons, comics, contemporary, culture, marketing, paintings, pop art, propaganda, ron english

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The spirit of Kyoto

11/25/2011 by chicquero

Arigato Kyoto! Hotel Kanra is part of a selection of the world´s top new hotels for Condé Nast Traveler´s 2011 hot list, check it out why they made it to the list. The fabulous hotel is located in Kyoto, Japan. “KAN” in “KANRA” stems from the letter “Kan” (experience) and “RA” comes from the letter “Raku” (City). It´s a Hotel where you can “Experience” the spirit of this “City” that embraces the beauty, wisdom, and hospitality of Japan. This 29-room hotel is […]

Categories: Design • Tags: achitecture, art, arte, bamboo, chic, Condé Nast Traveler´s, contemporary, culture, Design, designer, hospitality, hotel, Hotel Kanra, ikebana, interiors, Japan, japanese, kyoto, marketing, modern, photography, rooms, style, styling, stylist, travel, trends, viagem

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Home, sweet overdose.. home!

10/22/2011 by chicquero

Contemporary Oasis YTL Design Group from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, invited Paris-based Agence Jouin Manku to design the residence of a Malaysian power family (beyond power family). This home, sweet home, is the ultimate expression of the influence, modern, taste and industrial-scale capabilities. Three generations of the prominant family inhabit the 3,000 square-meter residence, the “theme-park” includes nine bedrooms, two family rooms, a family kitchen and a private dining area, a family library, a game room, a study, a public reception area, a […]

Categories: Design • Tags: architecture, art, building, chic, contemporary, culture, Design, design group, designer, industrial, jouin manku, kuala lumpur, malaysia, mansion, modern, photo, photography, places, residence, stylist, trends, YTL

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