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Japan’s 1300th anniversary of Nara
The Former Imperial Audience Hall is today’s main restoration project, to be finished this year ahead of the 1300th anniversary of Nara Heijo-kyo Capital …
Papillon Bleu, Holiday Wardrobe
Papillon Bleu, in just three years, has accomplished an almost impossible task – that of entering the fashion industry and becoming the ultimate legends …
The Passing of a Fashion Icon: Alexander McQueen
British fashion designer Alexander McQueen got his start in the not-so-glamorous East London, creating dresses for his older sisters. Years later …
Dublin’s Sailing Set
The weather may be less than friendly in Ireland´s capital city during the dark winter months, but that doesn’t stop avid and amateur sailors alike from …
Alexander Graham Bell
“There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing hows and whys about things.”
-Alexander Graham Bell
Abraham Lincoln
“I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.”
-Abraham Lincoln
Practical Art: The Slowcooker
Margriet Foolen’s Slowcooker, created for the Dutch company Royal VKB, aims to simplify. Its design is so simple, it’s a wonder why it took so long for …
Biblioteca Vasconcelos: The Anti-Library
Mexico City’s Biblioteca Vasconcelos is in many ways the antithesis of a library. It does not sit dormant, filled with unchanging tomes and discourses …
La Coluccia, Sardinia
With its rock cliffs and rugged landscape, Sardinia has a history of repelling invaders as well as the occasional tourist. Visitors to most parts of the …
