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Archive for January, 2011

Art & Design | 26 Jan 2011

Designer Stamps

“Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.” -W. B. Yeats In July 2011, a  twelve USPS stamp pane will honor industrial designers that were influential in the 20th century. The Pioneers of American Industrial Design stamp pane honors 12 of the nation’s [...]

Art & Design | 20 Jan 2011

The Angel of Arts

Itzhak Perlman plays on the antique Soil Stradivarius violin of 1714, formerly owned by Yehudi Menuhin and considered to be one of the finest violins made during  Stradivari’s “golden period”, as well as the Sauret Guarneri del Gesu of c.1743. Wish to share beautiful Corporate identity communication design of – Corilon Violins shop and reseller [...]

Books &Music | 13 Jan 2011

Art of Bossa Nova

Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records) bring you this amazing new deluxe hardback 12″ x 12″ book, 200 pages, 100s of stunning absolutely killer Bossa Nova sleeves from Brazil plus loads of historical, cultural and social text as well as biographies on loads of the artists! Bossa Nova And The Rise Of Brazilian [...]

Books &Poetry | 07 Jan 2011

Words Without Borders

In the words of the Poet Edward Hirsch – ” She teaches us how the World defies and evades the names we give it “ A new book of poems by Wislawa Szymborska is a rare and exciting event. When recently her Book “ Here “ was published in Poland, reviewers marveled, “How is it that [...]

Poetry | 05 Jan 2011

A Seed of Belief

I have defined poetry as a ‘passionate pursuit of the Real. – Czeslaw Milosz, Wish to begin first post of the New year on a mixed note of cynicism and hope, with this relevant poem .. When the Time’s Toxins When the time’s toxins have seeped into every cell and like a salted plot from [...]