Category: Style

A small mob of impossibly stylish Italians clogs the entrance to the small club off Via Donatello. Above the mass, “Sottomarino Giallo” (or Yellow Submarine) blinks through the suspended cloud of cigarette smoke, and from the bowels of the club thumps heavy bass like a threatening illness. Once I push through the throng of 20-something-year-olds, […]
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The obsessions we have as kids don’t always dictate who we’re going to become. At least let’s hope so—especially for the sake of my second-grade neighbor, Lori, who was so fascinated by pregnancy that play-dates at her house inevitably involved peeing on Popsicle sticks and stuffing pillows up our t-shirts. For illustrator Ana Benaroya, though, the […]
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Once again DGV gives us a fresh look at the world’s current artistic movements. Rather than highlighting the staples of today’s mainstream design diet, Lemon Poppy Seed raises eyebrows by celebrating the young, international artists operating along pop culture’s periphery…before their creative vision is absorbed into the commercial atmosphere. The scope of work spread out over the 272 pages […]
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