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Yesterday some sad reading about the Myanmar jade mines, where most of the world’s jade stones are sourced from. 

For the latest episode of ‘Meet the Artists,’ Art Basel asked Arunanondchai to turn the camera on himself – not as a performer but as a guide. He leads us through his fantastical artistic world. - I had seen his video piece installation at 180 Strand late last year at the show ‘Transformer, A Rebirth of Wonder’, and wish I had stayed a little longer. The room had two screens, and lots of large floor cushions. Surrounding the edge were sat faceless black mannequins with long blond wigs, totally surreal and a little creepy. But as I watched, it made me feel protected somehow as if I was around other people.

Surreal moment when RCA Fashion head Zowie Broach hosted a zoom student q&a with Sir Jony Ive KBE, and guests Virgil Abloh and Olafur Eliasson

An alternative model for life on the Earth https://www.architectureplayer.com/clips/supersurface-an-alternative-model-for-life-on-the-earth

Max Lamb ‘Boulders’ 2017 ‘Boulders is a deeply personal pilgrimage to the mountain landscape surrounding the Italian village of Carisolo, an exploration of the waterfalls and river ways of Adamello. On the five or so previous trips to visit Pedretti Graniti, I had hiked some of the mountain trails on route to the quarry, and collected from the rivers a handful of the smooth rounded pebbles of the same black and white speckled granite found in the quarry. The power of the fast paced river can be heard, felt and even tasted in the air due to the fine spray drifting down the valley from the thundering Cascate di Nardis waterfall. The power of the river is also immediately visible in the way it has carved the landscape over millions of years, and perhaps only slightly quicker, shaped the riverbed and eroded the loose granite rocks as they tumble down stream until they become perfectly smooth rounded boulders.‘

Foam seating inspo - Duccio Maria Gambi  - From Home Futures exhib, Design Museum - Mauser - Max Lamb

from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJ30NvXO4E

自由女神 Goddess of Liberty  same image that was on dad’s t-shirt

Seeking Solace in Stones  Work-in-progress show late January

Brian Eno

Martin Parr for Gucci Beauty, Shoreditch London

Typography in Liverpool’s Chinatown

Exhibition design Robert Storey studio / Moriguchi Kunihiko / Issey Miyake

Everything visible is empty (1975)