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photo credits: Hayden Phipps, Adriaan Louw Since its foundation in 2008, the South African based gallery has set out to act as a platform for locally made art and design and to "redefine global perceptions of African design." In 2011 it became the first African gallery to show at Design Miami, and in 2015 it was the first to be displayed at Christie's London annual design auction. Southern Guild has also had collections included in numerous renowned institutions including the

In 2018 the South African fashion brand Rich Mnisi debuted its furniture line which consisted of a chaise and a stool. The line was named in honour of Mnisi's late great-grand mother 'Nwa-Mulamula' (The Guardian). The pieces were part of the 2018 collection with the same name. The range was also part of Southern Guild's Extra Ordinary Group Showing, a collaborative exhibition highlighting and celebrating pioneering design in South Africa. According to the designer “The chaise

Vogue Magazine has put together a wonderful piece on Accra's yearly Music and Arts Festival, Chale Wote. Check it out! related LAla Africa LAla Pikin' LAla Ashanti Funeral LAla Sandbox LAla Streetstyle #fashion #art #music #accra #ghana #africa #pikin

Wonderfully contorted and almost grotesque and maniacal pink-skinned, grinning caricature-like faces of the artist himself - giving us an "inventive take on self-portraiture" - frozen in laughter, often submerged in compositions based on well known European masterpieces and iconic Chinese art. That and much more is Beijing-based contemporary Chinese artist Yue Minjun. Theorist Li Xianting as described his work as “a self-ironic response to the spiritual vacuum and folly of mo

A substantial, but selective chronological overview of the career of one of the towering figures of modern sculpture. This beautifully designed book includes a comprehensive survey of Caro's work over a period of more than half a century – ranging from his time as Henry Moore's assistant in the early 1950s right up until his death in 2013. CARO by Anthony Caro, Toby Glanville and edited by Amanda Renshaw (400pages) available at phaidon related LAla Sandbox Lala Picks LAla Ph

A teaser video for Olivier Saillard's (director of the Palais Galliera) and the one and only Tilda Swinton's improvisational performance piece “Cloakroom”. Audience members were invited to check in everyday clothing (hence Cloakroom) and await Swinton's reaction to it. The teaser shows the 2015 show at - the most important International fair for menswear - Pitti Immagine Uomo, Firenze. related CLOAKROOM LAla Fashion LAla Epilogue LAla Fashion Uomini LAla Sandbox #fashion #vid

photography by Giovanni Giannoni “Cloakroom” A performance piece conceived by Olivier Saillard, director of the Palais Galliera, which relies mainly on Swinton's improvisation as she reacts to everyday clothing, which audience members had checked in before the show began. These images are from the 2015 show at Pitti Immagine Uomo, Firenze - the most important International fair for menswear. (see all images here) related CLOAKROOM Video LAla Fashion LAla Epilogue LAla Fashio

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Creating significant spaces by bringing contemporary art and architecture in resonance with the pristine nature of the Seto Inland Sea

"Kaleidoscope" is derived from the Ancient Greek καλός (kalos), "beautiful, beauty",[2] εἶδος (eidos), "that which is seen: form, shape"[3] and σκοπέω (skopeō), "to look to, to examine",[4] hence "observation of beautiful forms." (wikipedia.org) Some time ago, in 1817 to be exact, Scottish inventor Sir David Brewster took a cylinder, put some mirrors inside and then threw in loose, colored objects such as beads or pebbles and bits of glass. He looked inside and saw the light