Stowed in banana boxes or safeguarded in freezers: As ISIS ransacks libraries in Iraq, Camilla Sterne looks back on the lengths people have gone to preserve the world’s valuable archives. Final project for Magazine Journalism Masters at City University London.
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The changing libraryness of libraries
As funding cuts sound the knell for UK branch libraries, a new breed is emerging worldwide. What do these modern marvels say about the role of contemporary libraries? Final project for Masters in Magazine Journalism at City University London.
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Wataru Tominaga’s clothing designs are brazen. They have a sense of childlike abandon — the sort of outlandish shapes a youngster might concoct when set loose with a handful of markers and a giant notepad.
Read MoreThe Spectre of Milan: Marco de Vincenzo
For the 2016 iteration of Milan’s Salone del Mobile, Disegno created a large format newspaper that shares oral histories about Milan’s place in design lore.
Read MoreVolez, Voguez, Voyagez — Louis Vuitton
“Volez, Voguez, Voyagez avec des valises Louis Vuitton” were the words sprawled across a 1965 advertisement mock-up encouraging people to “Fly, Sail, Travel with Louis Vuitton suitcases”. A new book edited by French curator Olivier Saillard borrows the advert’s phrasing for its title.
Read MoreUndressed: A Brief History of Underwear
Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear, a new exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, is an expansive reveal of fashion behind the seams from the mid-18th century to present day.
Read MoreTop five picks from Lumiere London: the capital’s light festival
The light installation festival is illuminating London this weekend with 30 different installations—from fish in a telephone booth to hundreds of colourful, plastic bottles.
Read MoreInteractive installation preserves Holocaust survivors’ memories
York-based consultancy Bright White’s collaborative project preserves Holocaust survivors’ testimonies and allows them to be questioned by future generations.
Read MoreEat Cheap: Yatai Food Cart
Get your lunchtime sushi fix at Yatai’s downtown food cart.
Read MoreAn Abbreviated History of Dining in Denver
To understand just how far the Denver food scene has come, you have to go back to the beginning.
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