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Sense of Motion

“Sense of Motion,” NSK Ltd’s stunning new exhibition at the Omotesando Spiral, celebrates the prominent manufacturers’ 100th anniversary — with lots of color. Designer Emmanuelle Moureaux uses “color mixing” to illustrate the movements of colors.  

Architect and designer Emmanuelle Moureaux was born in France and moved to Tokyo in 1996. She helms emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design. Taking inspiration from the complex layers and cityscape of Tokyo, along with traditional Japanese partitioning, her “Shikiri” concept separates spaces using color. She is involved in a variety of projects including architecture that use colors (Sugamo Shinkin), spatial design (ABC Cooking Studio), and art (UNIQLO, Issey Miyake). Moureaux is also an associate professor at the Tohoku University of Art and Design.

You can see previous posts featuring the work of this architect here.

In the course of her career, Agatha Christie killed hundreds of characters: some by drowning, some by stabbing, and one with a crowbar. But her preferred murder weapon was chemical, rather than physical. “Give me a decent bottle of poison,” she is supposed to have said, “and I’ll construct the perfect crime.”

In a new book, Kathryn Harkup demonstrates how Christie’s fictions are shaped by the poisons that their characters skillfully employ. Nicola Twilley reviews “A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie” on newyorker.com.

I’ve been to the doctor both for a false alarm and for a real threat. The first time was a relief - and so was the second. Scary, yes, but hearing my doctor say “I don’t know how you caught it this early; this is earlier than anyone normally finds anything.” was heartening in the face of what was ahead.