Senso di colpa o nuova frontiera?
di Valentina Stagnozzi
I giovani neo-laureati delle migliori università di Economia non ci stanno: l’attuale sistema economico ha le sue responsabilità.
La crisi finanziaria della bolla speculativa. Le guerre economico-socio-politiche (secondo l’ordine di importanza) che si affacciano sullo scenario mondiale sconvolgendo regimi decennali utilizzati dall’economia forte come bacino di risorse primarie. Per [...]

FROM MAO TO NOW, FROM GHOST TO [D.R.A.G.]ON
by Danilo Venturi
Professor Juanjuan Wu in the book “Chinese Fashion. From Mao to Now” perfectly described the recent evolution of the Chinese aesthetics from the times of the Cultural Revolution up to current days. It’s an interesting reading for western fashion inside-outers because on one side what previously [...]

The totem is the symbol of a natural or supernatural entity, to which can be ascribed two different meanings in heathen religion.

Aki say: Robot
Our love affair with Robots is nothing new. Our imagination has been filled with imagery, from the nightmarish Hal (in 2001: A Space Odyssey) to the cuteness of R2-D2 (in Star Wars). Just a few years ago, all these ideas seemed to be in a very distant future. In spite of the [...]

Il totem è simbolo di un’entità naturale o soprannaturale riconducibile, nelle religioni pagane, a due accezioni. Si può trattare dello spirito del capostipite concretizzato in un monumento fallico, solitamente in pietra, che tiene unita la tribù attorno a un mito fondante e a riti che lo rafforzano ricordandolo. In questo caso, il totem svolge la [...]

Aki say: Nerd
A recent newspaper article claimed that ‘uncool’ is the new cool. They were referring to the recent success of Glee, the U.S. television series, now in its third season. The show revolves around a U.S. High School Glee Club, which is a singing group that anyone can join. Traditionally considered [...]

The collaboration between Thayaht and Madeleine Vionnet (1919-1925).
The idea of “colour scales”, the planches for the Gazette du Bon Ton and the design of clothes, fabrics, decorations and objects.
by Aurora Fiorentini

Aki say: SMELL
One a recent trip to Florence, a cosmetics buyer from the Middle East came to the celebrated Farmacia di Santa Maria Novella—a shop which has been producing pharmaceutical products since the 11th century. Anyone visiting the shop knows the first thing that hits you is being engulfed by perfume in the entrance [...]