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#Proxxima aqui o maior marketing é "humanizar"

netoangel — Sat, 23 May 2015 19:16:57 GMT

O evento ProXXIma mostrou, em sua nona edição, o mais completo cenário dos negócios no mercado de marketing e comunicação digital - das redes sociais ao mobile, das agências de publicidade aos grupos de mídia.
Foram dois dias intensos de cases, interatividade, magia e o mais importante, qualidade rara em todos os aspectos. Estar entre Google, Facebook, foi sentir que o Digital é nosso tempo, nosso momento e que nossa marca, somos nós, é o nosso pensar. Pois não existe mais tempo para amadorismo.

Ser surpreendido pelo impacto do Digital foi o menos importante, mas o de maior relevância, foi saber que precisamos ser surpreendidos e encantados por nós mesmos. Sair fora da caixa, respirar o novo à cada segundo. Proxxima é um dos cases, que faz sua ideia, ser superada e você repensar realmente qual o significado das marcas em sua vida, e em nossa vida.

Realizado pelo Grupo Meio & Mensagem, o ProXXIma 2015

#CARINE’S BEAUTY TRICK

netoangel — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:55:20 GMT

Skincare visionary Hervé Herau has a special talent for profoundly improving the appearance of skin. “Beautiful skin is bright, radiant skin,” Hervé repeats frequently. His catch phrase is an obvious one, but there’s a mystery surrounding Hervé: He never seems to fall short of his promise to restore radiance to each of his clients, Carine Roitfeld included. “His approach works well for my skin, but just as well for my mental state,” Carine says. “He leaves me in the most serene mood and at peace with myself. I love it and I’ve become completely addicted!” Though we can only speak from our own overwhelmingly positive experience, we’re willing to bet that by the end of this story you’ll pick up the phone to make an appointment with Hervé.

To start at the very beginning, Hervé’s motivation for treating skin began with an unfortunate accident during a routine treatment that left him with scarring on his face. Fueled by his desire for an effective solution, Hervé devoted each waking moment to finding a miraculous method for healing skin.

He’ll never reveal his formula, but we can vouch for Hervé’s brand of miracle, which he’s named ‘The Way of Alchemy.’ “You must feel and experience it yourself (after a treatment you can see the difference). My products have unique recipes with high quality, organic ingredients. Therefore, it is not a simple mixture, but a healing concoction that’s antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and with a fabulous skin cell immunizer,” he explains. In his luxurious and discreet setting, you’ll already begin to feel like you’re miles away from the city center and the toxins that live there. Like an artist more than an aesthetician, Hervé gets to work using treatments that are uniquely tailored to the individual patient—so much so, that he never repeats a single one of his restorative mixtures.

The combination of each “mixture” and the pressure from his magic touch (a pleasant sensation indeed), is just the beginning. His method is about going even further to detect emotional or organic damage, as well as any type of blockage throughout the body. Essentially, he’s able to intuitively know, without asking questions, what your skin will require to return back to its natural beauty. His goal is to reestablish a link with the energy of your inner being.

After this treatment is underway, your subconscious will pick up on Hervé’s healing message, leaving you in a state of utter harmony. You’ll notice a difference, not just with your skin, but with your general state of well-being. If we haven’t sold you already, we should note that these groundbreaking results are continuous and long term. Time to make an appointment?

Find more information at herveherau.com or purchase his products at Colette.fr.
Photograph Alexandra Utzmann
Still Life Photograph Sophie Tajan
Words Ray Siegel

Art on Camera: Photographs by Shunk-Kender, 1960-1971

netoangel — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:23:03 GMT

In 2013, The Museum of Modern Art acquired over 600 works from the Shunk-Kender Photography Collection as a gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation. The donation established a consortium across five institutions—the Getty Research Institute, the National Gallery of Art, Centre Pompidou, Tate, and MoMA—that together received the full archive of photographic material by Harry Shunk (German, 1924–2006) and János Kender (Hungarian, 1937–2009), who worked collaboratively under the name Shunk-Kender from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.

This exhibition presents a selection of remarkable photographs by Shunk-Kender from the Museum’s collection, including five photographs of Yves Klein’s landmark work Leap into the Void (1960)—the iconic image that was published in Klein’s Dimanche-Le Journal d’un seul jour on November 27, 1960 (and distributed throughout Paris), along with four additional, and little-known, distinct views of the performance. Also featured are numerous photographs of Yayoi Kusama’s astonishing New York performances of 1968, including Mirror Performance—an ecstatic gathering of costumed, painted, and nude bodies within one of Kusama’s mirrored chambers—and multiple iterations of The Anatomic Explosion, in which dancers stripped and posed in front of the New York Stock Exchange and other Wall Street–area locations in an unconventional artistic protest against the Vietnam War.

A major portion of the exhibition is devoted to photographs from Pier 18. In 1971, a series of ephemeral artworks were executed at a derelict Hudson River pier in New York. Conceived and organized by Willoughby Sharp, the actions, instructions, and performances of Pier 18 were enacted in February and March of 1971 by 27 (all male) artists, including Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Jan Dibbets, Gordon Matta-Clark, Mario Merz, and Allen Ruppersberg, among others. Sharp invited Shunk-Kender to collaborate with each artist to photograph the individual projects. From the start, Sharp conceived of the project as an installation, in which Shunk-Kender’s photographs would be the physical manifestation of the work experienced by an audience. Indeed, it was through Projects: Pier 18 (June 18–August 2, 1971)—an exhibition at MoMA that was part of the Museum’s experimental Projects series—that the public ultimately discovered and engaged with the Pier 18 artworks.

Without question, the roles played by the two photographers varied from one project to the next. On the pier, Baldessari used his hands to mimic the view of their camera, emphasizing the framing choices inherent in the composition. Merz, on the other hand, suggested to the photographers that they select and record images entirely of their own preference. The resulting Pier 18 pictures capture the chaotic energy, systematic processes, and playful wit of the era’s performance and Conceptual art in two-dimensional black and white.

Organized by Lucy Gallun, Assistant Curator, Department of Photography

#The Museum of Modern Art

Guggenheim Exhibition of Contemporary Art Explores Storytelling

netoangel — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:18:48 GMT

Bringing together over 100 works in diverse mediums by 46 international artists from the Guggenheim’s contemporary collection, Storylines: Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim examines the ways in which artists are forging new paradigms for storytelling that expand on conventional narrative devices such as plot, character, and setting. Anchored by a number of artworks from the 1990s, the majority of works in the exhibition were created after 2005 and selected from the Guggenheim’s growing collection of global contemporary art. The show is enhanced by the contributions of renowned novelists and poets, who were invited to reflect on individual artworks as points of departure for their own creative work. Accompanied by gallery readings, screenings, and performances, which include an all-night dance party, Storylines is on view in the rotunda from June 5 to September 9, 2015. Nearly half of the works will be on view at the Guggenheim for the first time.

The exhibition is organized by a curatorial team composed of Katherine Brinson, Curator, Contemporary Art; Carmen Hermo, Assistant Curator, Collections; Nancy Spector, Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator; Nat Trotman, Associate Curator; and Joan Young, Director, Curatorial Affairs.

This exhibition is supported in part by Culture.pl.

The Leadership Committee for Storylines: Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim is gratefully acknowledged for its support, with special thanks to Rachel and Jean-Pierre Lehmann and Chair Roberta Amon as well as to Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson, Katherine Farley and Jerry I. Speyer, Gladstone Gallery, Nancy and Woody Ostrow, and Courtney and Scott Taylor.

Additional funding for this exhibition is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts and The Polish Cultural Institute New York.

About Storylines
Visual art has always been closely associated with storytelling. In the twentieth century, with the advent of abstraction and its radical break with the past, many artists associated with the avant-garde in the United States and Europe rejected the figurative and eliminated explicit narrative content. In the 1990s, a new generation of artists turned away from the deconstruction of representation in favor of more intimate, open-ended acts of storytelling, weaving in their own accounts of race, gender, and sexuality. Such stories were often embedded in otherwise abstract forms, sometimes activated by platforms for social interaction. Storylines will include key works from this influential era, such as Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s “Untitled” (Golden) (1995). Appearing on four of the museum’s six ramps, the luminous curtain shimmers with strings of faux-gilded beads, inviting the viewer to transform its shape simply by walking through it. A poignant example of works addressing concerns of communal and queer identity, Catherine Opie’s self-portraits, taken in the 1990s and revisited in 2004, will also be on view, offering a deeply personal perspective on narrative representation. Signature works by Matthew Barney, Maurizio Cattelan, Mark Leckey, and Glenn Ligon—with their invented scenarios, literary references, and explorations of contemporary mythologies—will provide highlights from the museum’s exhibition and collection history. Taking the historical moment of these works as its starting point, Storylines offers an updated view of how the museum’s global collection practices have evolved over the past decade. Numerous works acquired through international collaborations, such as the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative, demonstrate the ways artists have engaged narrative forms to communicate ideas about identity, history, and politics. A number of the works in Storylines were produced as a part of commissioning programs, continuing to build upon the museum’s rich history of catalyzing the creation and exhibition of new work.

For many artists working today, storytelling does not require structured scenes and characters. Rather, narrative potential—whether individual memories or the broader cultural stories we tell—might be rooted in a found object or image, a text, a specific material, or a conversation, offering multiple interpretive possibilities rather than a single reading. In projects created through extensive research, acts of appropriation, or performance, the artists in Storylines uncover layers of meaning, turning to individual and often autobiographical experience as a means of conveying shared stories, whether real or fictional. For example, Mariana Castillo Deball takes on the role of explorer or archeologist, compiling found materials in a way that reveals new connections and meanings in her two works, Lost Magic Kingdoms Paolozzi (2013) and Stelae Storage (2013). Situated on storage racks, plaster casts of objects found in southern Mexico raise questions about the value of copy and the transmission of historical truth. Two pieces from Taryn Simon’s series A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII (2008–11) result from meticulous research to trace genealogical connections—and the effect of fraught familial relations—across eighteen diverse bloodlines, which she expresses in photography, text, and graphic design. Mark Manders creates uneasy sculptural tableaux that evoke forgotten stories or buried memories; each work embodies a chapter in an ongoing, career-long narrative that conflates self and architecture. The installation Room with Reduced Chair and Camouflaged Factory (2003) comprises a haunting, factory-like structure, under which is placed a neatly folded pile of the artist’s clothes, a pair of shoes, and a set of contact lenses, disrupting this fantasy realm with a disarming dose of autobiography.

As contemporary artists introduce new narrative forms in their works, they invite consideration of the cycles of communication and interpretation that have emerged through social media and the rapidly evolving ways that knowledge, information, and fictions are created and consumed. Ranging from Agnieszka Kurant’s crowd-sourced, communal autograph projected on the facade of the museum to Simon Fujiwara’s humorous, circuitous video that reenacts a real-life experience through the “rehearsal” of a screenplay, the works underscore that seemingly every aspect of life is now subject to commentary and circulation—largely through digital text and photographs. These new narrative frames highlight the roles that each of us can play as both author and reader, foregrounding the fact that meaning is contingent in today’s interconnected and multivalent world.

Storylines: Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim includes artworks by Paweł Althamer, Julieta Aranda, Matthew Barney, Kevin Beasley, John Bock, Carol Bove, Ernesto Caivano, Mariana Castillo Deball, Maurizio Cattelan, Trisha Donnelly, Shannon Ebner, Simon Fujiwara, Ellie Ga, Gerard & Kelly, Simryn Gill, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Rachel Harrison, Camille Henrot, Rashid Johnson, Matt Keegan, Agnieszka Kurant, Mark Leckey, Lee Bul, Glenn Ligon, Sharon Lockhart, Nate Lowman, Mark Manders, Ryan McGinley, Josephine Meckseper, Zanele Muholi, Iván Navarro, Catherine Opie, Gabriel Orozco, Laura Owens, Katie Paterson, R. H. Quaytman, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Xaviera Simmons, Taryn Simon, Alexandre Singh, Agathe Snow, Adrián Villar Rojas, Danh Vo, Sharif Waked, Jonas Wood, and Haegue Yang.

Novelists and Poets Respond to Guggenheim Artworks
As a means of engaging the dynamic between word and image, a group of eminent novelists and poets have contributed reflections on selected works in the exhibition. Enlivening the complex relationship between literature and art—in particular the ancient tradition of ekphrasis, the verbal representation of the visual—the resulting polyphony will signal the interpretive potential that lies within each object and performance on display. These texts will be available in the Guggenheim app, at guggenheim.org/storylines, and in booklets located throughout the museum.

Storylines includes texts by Chimamanda Adichie, Rae Armantrout, John Ashbery, John Banville, Michael Cunningham, Mark Z. Danielewski, Edwidge Danticat, Helen DeWitt, Denise Duhamel, James Frey, Neil Gaiman, Francisco Goldman, Kenneth Goldsmith, Kathryn Harrison, Christian Hawkey, Shelley Jackson, Kevin Killian, Yusef Komunyakaa, Chris Kraus, Chang-rae Lee, Ben Lerner, Jonathan Lethem, Rick Moody, Joyce Carol Oates, Téa Obreht, Annie Proulx, Mary Ruefle, Tomaž Šalamun, Enrique Vila-Matas, Jeanette Winterson, and Meg Wolitzer.

by #The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

The Perfect Winston Begins With…

netoangel — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 21:11:01 GMT

Every Harry Winston engagement ring begins with a diamond chosen for its exceptional character and superlative quality. Each stone has been cut and polished to release all its brilliance and distinctive beauty. Only then do the designers and master craftsmen at Harry Winston’s Fifth Avenue workshop fashion a setting that will reveal each individual diamond’s heart and soul in a way that is at once contemporary, classic and elegant. “No two diamonds are alike,” Harry Winston once explained. “Each diamond has a different nature. Each diamond must be handled the way you handle a person.” Our discriminating connoisseurship of gemstones has not changed, and every engagement ring we create is one of a kind.

When purchasing a diamond, you will hear mention of the “Four Cs.” These criteria for evaluating stones – carat weight, cut, color, and clarity – offer a useful starting point. However, diamonds that seem similar when judged by these criteria alone can vary greatly in beauty. Harry Winston selects diamonds for our engagement rings according to a more complex calculus, applying a high level of gemological expertise that is detailed in a certificate from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA).

Carat Weight: The Point Is…

A diamond’s size is measured by weight, expressed in carats divided into points. A carat equals 100 points or 1/5 of a gram. Diamonds of higher carat weight are generally more valuable because they are found less frequently in nature. But diamonds of equal carat weight may vary greatly in value because they differ in the quality of their cut, color and clarity. Therefore weight alone is a poor guide for evaluating a diamond, since it is an intricate combination of factors that determines a diamond’s beauty and quality.

Color: The ABCS of “D, E and F”

Though diamonds are transparent, almost all diamonds display some slight hint of color. A diamond’s color is assessed against a scale from D through Z – based on a standardized color grading system that has been internationally accepted since the 1950s. In creating engagement rings, Harry Winston selects diamonds only from the top three grades (D, E, and F). These diamonds are deemed colorless and are therefore the rarest and most valuable.

In gemology, fluorescence refers to the property some diamonds have of glowing when exposed to ultraviolet light. When such diamonds are observed under incandescent or natural light, they can often have a milky appearance – even when they have good clarity. Harry Winston accepts only diamonds with zero to faint fluorescence, and carries no diamonds whose appearance in daylight is compromised by this unique property.

Clarity: To Be Perfectly Clear

Almost all diamonds have slight internal and surface characteristics, most of them too small to be seen by the unaided eye. When viewed using a magnification of 10, they can take various forms such as tiny crystals, clouds or feathers. To determine a diamond’s clarity grade, a gemologist will consider their size, location, quantity and nature.

Diamonds possessing no such characteristics are categorized as Flawless (FL) or Internally Flawless (IF). In general, the greater the imperfections are in number and size, the lower the clarity grade. Harry Winston diamonds are selected from the clarity grades of Flawless through VS2, where no inclusions are visible to the naked eye.

Cut: Why Weight Must be Sacrificed for Brilliance

The beauty of a diamond’s sparkle is the result of how well it has been cut. The aspects of cut that contribute most to a diamond’s beauty are proportion, symmetry and polish. Although nature determines the characteristics of a piece of diamond rough, the hands of the master cutter release its fire and brilliance. When a diamond is cut to exacting proportions – neither too deep nor too shallow – light will reflect inside the stone from one mirror-like facet to another and reappear to the eye in a flash of spectral colors. Harry Winston diamonds are cut and polished to maximize their beauty – even though such a strict standard requires sacrificing much more of a rough diamond’s weight.

#Winston

Group Holidays with Style at Luxury Phuket Resort

netoangel — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 21:02:18 GMT

Located directly on the ocean front at the southern end of the famous Kata Beach, the sophisticated resort in Phuket, Kata Rocks, is an ideal location for unforgettable family and group holidays. From outdoor cinema nights and elephant trekking to traditional Thai energizing massage treatments and helicopter rides, the award-winning resort has a diverse offering for all tastes.

Suitable for groups with different holiday needs and the attraction of 5-6 star luxury, the resort offers multi-room villas for up to 8 guests.

The three-bedroom Sky Villas, of which there are six in the resort, are ideal for larger families with up to four children or friends. The four-bedroom Sky Villa penthouses are the pinnacle of luxury living, perfect for family reunions, larger private group parties or small events. From May - October 2015, Kata Rocks will offer a complimentary third night with every two consecutive paid nights and daily breakfast included.

Groups and families arrive in style and avail of complimentary limousine transfer from Phuket International Airport. On arrival, guests can choose from an array of over 10 adventure and cultural group activities** which are arranged by one of the ‘Kata Stars’ a dedicated group liaison team member who will handle all group-bookings and travel. In addition, a Chinese-speaking guest experience coordinator is also available.

Group activities include elephant trekking at Phuket Elephant Ride, which is just 10 minutes by car from Kata beach. Other excursions available are a 30-minute private helicopter ride for up to six people over Phang Nga Bay and private speed boat day trips to the islands for groups of up to 10. There is also the ever-popular Flying Hanuman adventure park located close-by, Southeast Asia’s top rainforest experience, where groups can zip wire through the jungle and partake in group trials and assault courses.

For some evening relaxation, family outdoor cinema nights will take place poolside on the last Friday of every month from April – June 2015. Family-friendly movies will be accompanied by homemade gourmet popcorn, nachos and hotdogs as well as an ice-cream station for the kids. For adults, Kata Rocks’ signature alcoholic milkshakes are on offer.

Kata Rocks welcomes children and all activities and experiences are child-friendly. At the resort, Children can avail ofthe expansive 35-metre swimming pool and enjoy the safe confines of the resort as well as a special Children’s Menu at the pool-side restaurant.

The oceanfront restaurant tucked into rocks above Kata Point creates modern Mediterranean and Australasian cuisine with a hint of Thai flavours. Children can enjoy a selection of children-friendly dishes such as Grilled fish with salad or vegetables andRoast pumpkin and tomato soup as well as firm kiddie favourites such as pizza, pasta and sandwiches, all with the option of grilled vegetables and salad.

In-villa and pool-side babysittingis available for parents or groups who would like some down-time at night or during the day.

For adults who want to unwind away from the kids, the Infinite Luxury Spa treatments can help combat jetlag as well as rejuvenate body and soul. Bespoke treatments include the Dreamtime Experience with spikenard and orange blossom essential oils which can help with sleep patterns and helping guests to unwind. The 90-minute Siam Classic massage energises and the 60 – 90 minute Bamboo Massage is great to help relax all muscles after a day of high-octane adventures. Couples rooms are available.

The property has a perfect position for rest and play as it is located on the Southern end of Kata Beach but is also a short stroll from shops, boutiques, bars and restaurants in Kata village as well as other leisure activities for the more adventurous. Kata Rocks opened in November 2014. Prices are subject to 18.7% tax and service charge.

*Subject to availability and season. Daily breakfast included.
**The activites including elephant trekking, helicopter rides and babysitting arein addition to the daily rates.
Kata Rocks recommends for guests to book spaces for the outdoor cinema nights in advance.

#GHC Asia

Lions Innovation Announces Start-up Academy

netoangel — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 19:35:53 GMT

This year’s Lions Innovation Festival programme will include a unique Start-up Academy, developed in partnership with pioneering global digital agency, R/GA.

Places will be awarded to two representatives from up to ten hand-picked start-ups. They'll receive complimentary accommodation and passes to the Festival, take part in a programme of intensive mentorship and get an exclusive introduction to the community of leading creatives, senior marketers and high-level decision-makers that the Festival attracts.

The Start-up Academy has been designed to help innovative new companies sharpen their brand identity, focus business plans and, says Head of Lions Innovation, Rob Dembitz, market their products or services more effectively.

“Start-ups are integral to the industry. But what those in the early to mid-stages of development often need to take the next step is guidance on how to position themselves to the world’s biggest brands. As the global meeting place for those in marketing and communications, we’re ideally placed to provide access to that expertise.”

In the last two years R/GA has successfully facilitated the development of start-ups through its own programme, the R/GA Accelerator. They will tap into this experience to help tailor the academy programme, vet applicants and advise participants.

“Our experience with the community has shown that what start-ups need most is help with strategy, positioning and exposure to key decision makers,” said Stephen Plumlee, Global Chief Operating Officer, EVP, R/GA. “By bringing talented companies to Lions Innovation, we’re giving them access to mentors, creatives and marketers that have the ability to transform their businesses.”

Paul Woolmington has been appointed Dean of the Start-up Academy. Named one of the ten most creative people in marketing and advertising by Fast Company, he was behind the launch of two successful communications companies, is an angel investor and advisor to major brands, media companies, governments, start-ups and social cause organisations worldwide.

"I’m honoured to be a part of this first-of-its-kind programme,” said Mr Woolmington of his appointment. “The Start-up Academy will provide amazing inspiration and access for the cream of the world's start-ups, but also a much-needed bridge to the future for brands, media companies and agencies.”

Over three days, participants will undertake workshops with senior marketers and intimate, inspirational sessions with speakers drawn directly from the stages of Lions Innovation. The programme will culminate in an invitation-only demo event where they’ll pitch to an exclusive audience of media, agency executives, chief executives, innovation and marketing officers.

“The Start-up Academy is an amazing opportunity for the most talented innovators to be in exactly the right place, at the right time, getting the right advice to help them take their next step,” concluded Mr Dembitz.

Applications to the Start-up Academy are now open to companies at early-stage to growth-stage with a working prototype or product in the market, looking to accelerate their growth through partnerships with consumer-focused brands. Sample technologies include (but are not limited to) mobile and social applications, CRM/loyalty services, brand and consumer experiences, cashless commerce, social currency, connected retail and commerce, beacons and customer tracking, augmented and virtual reality, new media platforms and content management systems, enterprise solutions and gaming.

Successful applicants will need to be in Cannes from Sunday 21 June. They will take part in the Start-up Academy from 22 June – 24 June and attend Lions Innovation 25 – 26 June. Accommodation will also be provided for the duration.
#Cannes LionHeart Award

VISIONAIRE 64 ART JOHN BALDESSARI

netoangel — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:54:51 GMT

Visionaire 64 ART John Baldessari, the Platinum Edition containing 30 artworks, a Platinum print, and a Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Visionaire 64 ART marries modern technology with oldworld process, pop culture with high art, digital with analog. Created in partnership with leading innovative technology company Samsung Electronics, this issue exploits the current ease of digital and emailable self-portraits with the time-honored hand craftsmanship of print making.

Co-founders Cecilia Dean and James Kaliardos brainstormed with Baldessari at his Venice Beach studio and conceived of an issue comprised of self-portraits (aka “selfies”) transformed into art with Baldessari’s “color interventions”. Baldessari remarked, “I’ll probably be most remembered for putting dots over people’s faces, so it’s funny to do an issue devoted to selfies of famous people.” Visionaire then invited a roster of contemporary personalities to contribute self-portraits that were printed in black & white on high-quality archival paper. The 30 images were then altered with embossed shapes and colors created by Baldessari.

Also included is a Platinum print of Mars Rover’s self-portrait with Baldessari color shape silk-screens. The Platinum print was produced by Amanasalto who has developed a technology that allows a digital file to be the source material for a Platinum print. This patented process marries the skills and passion of hand craftsmanship with digital photography.

Platinum prints are favored by artists and collectors because of their tonal range, the surface quality, and their permanence. Platinum lies on the paper surface. As a result, since no gelatin emulsion is used, the final platinum image is matte with a deposit of platinum absorbed into the paper. It is estimated that a true platinum print can last thousands of years. The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 blends an evolved S Pen with a super viewing experience for the most unique and powerful mobile experience on the market. It has an advanced camera system to reproduce brighter and clearer images within a new sleek and stylish Galaxy design with a premium metal frame and fluid curvature for a device that not only looks beautiful, but also offers superior grip and enhanced durability.

The Visionaire partnership embodies Samsung’s passion and commitment for enriching people’s lives through art and culture by crafting meaningful and innovative products. Through this partnership, both companies work together to break down creative boundaries and build diverse communities dedicated to imaginative, original, and passionate expression.

#Visionaire

#CARINEROITFELD X #UNIQLO

netoangel — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:05:40 GMT

As some of our savvy CR Fashion Book readers might have guessed, our Issue 6 “Fantasy Ad” campaign for Uniqlo was a precursor to some very major news. After months of holding onto this secret, we’re so proud and excited to announce that the Carine Roitfeld x Uniqlo collection will be available in Uniqlo stores worldwide and online at the end of October 2015. We can’t reveal any sneak peeks or collection details just yet (will there be Heattech?), but you can bet that Carine’s approach to quality clothing at an affordable price will be unlike anything you’ve ever shopped for.

In collaboration with Uniqlo Design Director Naoki Takizawa, Carine will bring her strong fashion influence and French touch to around 40 items within the Japanese fashion brand’s ‘LifeWear’ collection. This means that you’ll no longer have to resort to turning your Uniqlo shopping bag into a pencil skirt, because there’s a good chance that silhouette will be among Carine’s offerings.“Creating new clothing within the Uniqlo LifeWear concept is a great challenge,” Carine says. “I started from the idea of clothes that I would want to wear myself and developed this into clothes that anyone would want to wear, a woman’s ideal of clothes that make her feel transformed when she wears them.” More specifics will be revealed in the coming months.

Photograph Michael Avedon, CR Fashion Book Issue 6
Words Ray Siegel

FLEUR’S FOREWORD by @fleurofengland

netoangel — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:24:25 GMT

I am overwhelmingly proud of this seasons’ collections. It has been wonderful to turn the sensuality volume up. Inspired by modern glamour and women that love to wear such elegant and delightfully sexy lingerie. These women know that the sexiest thing you can wear is an air of mystery.

My designs are a play on revealing and concealing with bespoke embroidery design and exquisite French laces. Materials are all intricately placed to create four dramatically
sensual and chic collections. My Inspiration this season has come from the sky, with its all
encompassing beauty and ever changing light that so vividly impacts and influences our inner senses. ‘Aurora’ with all its beauty and intensity of colour from the magical northern lights. ‘Champagne’ inspired by the light whilst walking through a snow storm in Paris, and of course the colour of my favourite tipple. ‘After dark’ with its bewitching strength and confidence holds the key to dark romance. ‘Desire’ immerses itself in the beautiful colours of dusk, with its inky shadows and dusting of golden shimmer.

by #Fleur of England

WHO'S WHO @ ORIGIN PASSION AND BELIEFS by @OriginFair

netoangel — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:50:15 GMT

WHO'S WHO @ ORIGIN PASSION AND BELIEFS

ORIGIN PASSION AND BELIEFS is a business hub, where the Experts in Italian Manufacturing come together to represent the key supply chains of Fashion System: Leather, Textile, Stone e Technology.

Product Managers, Operation Managers
Fashion Directors and Buyers of the Fashion System

THE 4 EXHIBITION AREAS

Tanner Masters, the most renowned leather suppliers, exhibit together with Experts in realizing the beauty of leather in finished products - shoes, bags, accessories and garments.

Textile Industry Masters, providers of a wide range of fabrics, come together with Fashion Makers, creators of high-quality garments with precious stitched and embroidered embellishments.

Combining gold, silver and gemstones, Goldsmiths Masters realize jewels, bijoux and accessories that enrich the outfits of Fashion Maisons collections.

Innovation Masters are the creators of new patents, technologies, materials and production methods, exploring new frontiers of research and development in the Fashion Sector.

THE 4 EXHIBITORS PROFILES

SUPERSUPPLIER - These high-skilled craftsmen have developed their experience and ability in a rich business, becoming the key suppliers of international Fashion System.

INDEPENDENT BRAND - Companies oriented to collaborate with versatile partners, able to promote and distribute the high quality of Made in Italy refined products.

DESIGNER - Not Just a Label selected 100 International Designers: new talents, developers of new independent concepts and creative inspiring ideas.

PIATTAFORME - Fashion Schools, Trend Observatories and Institutions attend the Show to improve networking and collaboration between different skills and reality.

STONE
Supersupplier / Independent Brand

Why should international designers develop and produce in Italy?

“Because this would trigger a beneficial process for both sides. By developing and producing in Italy, the designer would be able to exploit the differences, peculiarities and resources typical of a centuries-old culture passed down through what is an Italian way of working, thinking and doing. At the same time, by cooperating with an international designer, the Italian firm would come directly into contact with new and transversal opportunities and stimuli.”

DISCOVER ORIGIN PASSION AND BELIEFS 2015 MANUFACTURER FOCUS We talked with the Experts in Italian Manufacturing to deepen the Made in Italy past, present and future scenarios. Here some quotes from the OPB Exhibitors.

LUIGI BEVILACQUA

TEXTILE
Supersupplier

Why do you think it is important for Italian craftsmanship to expand and collaborate and engage with global talent?

"Well do presumes the capability to listen, learn and apply. The collaboration come with a deep knowledge of the partner mission and with a mutual respect."

#OriginFair

Exposition Bruce Nauman by @Fond_Cartier

netoangel — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:28:33 GMT

From March 14 to June 21, 2015, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain is honored to present a major solo exhibition of American artist Bruce Nauman’s artwork, the first in France in over 15 years. For the occasion, the artist made a careful selection of recent works never before shown in France, along with some earlier installations, created from a wide array of media that he has explored throughout his career.

This exhibition reflects his continued interest in linking his works to their environment and intensifying the audience’s physical and emotional experience of his pieces. The immersive works on display were thus chosen for their resonance with the Fondation Cartier building, and emphasize the contrast between the transparency of the ground floor and the enclosed lower level.

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LM101 'Frost' limited editions by @MBandF

netoangel — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:49:35 GMT

When we presented Legacy Machine 101 (LM101) a year ago, we told you it was the purest, most essential expression of mechanical watchmaking we could conceive. Focusing on just three essential elements – the balance wheel, a power reserve indicator, and the time – LM101 captured the essence in a classic 40mm case.

Today we go a step further on our classic watchmaking journey… with the LM101 ‘Frost’ limited editions. ‘Frost’ because their dial has been frosted – a traditional finishing technique which goes back to the late 18th century. At the time, pocket watches were absolutely not water-resistant… To protect against oxidation, movement plates and bridges were frosted by treating their surfaces with acid and fire, making them more resistant – and giving them a silvery, frosted look.

Nowadays frosting is the craft of a very small number of artisans, who have traded acid and fire for safer – but much more difficult to master – metallic brush processes. Rather than brushing, which would remove material, the technique is to actually compress the metal; this is the secret to making the surface harder… and obtaining the beautiful, visually unmistakable frosted effect.

Thanks to our Friend Kari Voutilainen, who has defined and supervised the aesthetics and finishing of our Legacy Machines from Day One, we were fortunate to gain access to one of those very few artisans. Jose Labarga applies frosting to what you might call the dial – but which is in fact the mainplate of the LM101 movement inside: a calibre which was entirely conceived in-house by our own engineers.

LM101 ‘Frost’ is a limited edition of 33 pieces in red gold and – for the first time at MB&F – 18 pieces in yellow gold.

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Expo Milano 2015 opens in two weeks on 1 May by @expo2015germany

netoangel — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:38:28 GMT

Two weeks ahead of the opening of Expo Milano 2015, Matthias Machnig, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy with responsibility for Germany’s involvement in the Expo, presented the German Pavilion “Fields of Ideas” at a press conference held at the Italian Embassy in Berlin. The building is in the final phase of its preparation, After some remarks on the German presence at the exhibition, Mr Machnig presented the pavilion concept, both in terms of its content and its architecture, and parts of the cultural programme that will accompany the six-month exhibition. Under the motto “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”, the 148 participating nations and organisations are being challenged to showcase their ideas for sustainable ways to feed the world.

“Going with the theme of the World Exposition, the ‘Fields of Ideas’ pavilion is presenting ideas and solutions from Germany, resulting from initiatives and projects that have their origins in the worlds of politics, research, economics and civil society. Visitors can look forward to over 100 exciting exhibition stands,” says Machnig, explaining the German approach. His organisation has been working on the German presentation in Milan for over three years. “It is important to us to present a picture of Germany that is open, warm, friendly and whimsical. German Pavilions are always a crowd puller at World Expositions and are an investment in the future,” continues Machnig. Up to three million visitors are expected at the German Pavilion.

The “Fields of Ideas” present a vibrant, fertile landscape full of ideas. With the different wood tones, the fully accessible outside area, which is the landscape level of the German Pavilion, picks up on the appearance of the typical German field and meadow landscape. Alongside thematic stations about all the German states, visitors have the opportunity to make use of the picnic area to relax and enjoy themselves and a panoramic view over the Expo grounds that reaches all the way to the Alps if the weather is good. The exhibition itself covers the areas of Soil, Water, Climate, Biodiversity, Food and “My garden of Ideas”. The first four areas raise visitors’ awareness of the forces of nature as an important source of our food and how crucial it is to protect nature and to use it intelligently. The remaining two areas highlight the world of consumption and production and also focus on civil society’s commitment to sustainable nutrition.

Visitors will also be encouraged to interact as part of the exhibition. “We have designed the pavilion around the motto ‘Be active’ because the German Pavilion gives impulses that should continue to have an effect long after the visit is over,” explains Peter Redlin, Creative Director from Milla & Partner, who is responsible for the concept of the exhibition. “We give visitors something to accompany them, the ‘SeedBoard’. This will ensure that they have a very special exhibition experience. They can use it to control media displays, start films and to navigate through diverse content. The ‘SeedBoard’ acts as a projection surface for text and pictures.”

The active inclusion of the visitors culminates in the show at the end of the exhibition. Here, they are presented with a new, interesting and surprising perspective. They see Germany through the eyes of flying bees, which they accompany as they fly over the country. In two large, stylised bee eyes they discover Germany’s vibrant and fertile landscape and its active and committed residents. Two musicians, a guitarist and a beatboxer, direct the live show from the centre of a round room. They are the “BeeJs”. The public becomes the orchestra as they generate sounds and natural noises with their hands, their voices and their “SeedBoards”. “In this way, they make the sounds themselves, creating a diverse and entertaining picture landscape,” says Redlin.

Overall, the German presence is characterised by a strong dovetailing of content and architecture. During the construction phase, for which the Nüssli Company was responsible, the pavilion already conveyed sustainable and creative approaches that echoed the issues raised by the World Exposition. The modern steel and membrane design makes it possible to create an extremely light construction with a resulting reduction in material usage. The 185-strong workforce who constructed the pavilion used a total of around 800 tons of steel, 2,500 m² of wood and 2,500 m² of membrane. In addition to this, some 700 lamellas were used throughout the exhibition to separate the different themed areas from each other. Laid end-to-end, the lamellas would have a length of almost four kilometres.

The central design element of the German Pavilion is the “Idea Seedlings”, stylised plants that sprout aloft from the exhibition, unfolding their leafy canopy over the pavilion. They are powered using a special photovoltaic technology. “The German Pavilion is the first major international architectural project where these innovative products have been deployed. Unlike with traditional solar modules, we, as the architects of the German Pavilion, had the possibility of not just using an existing technology but of taking the flexible, film-integrated, organic photovoltaic modules and moulding them, based on our own vision, to create an optimum appearance and integrating them into the overall design of the pavilion,” says Lennart Wiechell, Senior Architect and Managing Partner at Schmidhuber. The printed circuit tracks of the hexagonal modules are laminated on both sides and are suspended with clips from a filigree steel network that carries the power from the cells. The power creation resulting from this technology is comparable with that of traditional solar panels with the difference that the modules work in all cardinal directions. Power results even under diffused light conditions. The power that is harvested during the day is collected in an innovative storage system at the foot of the five Idea Seedlings and provides the energy for a powerful LED ring light that illuminates these “Solar Trees” from below during the night. It is a self-contained energy cycle, just as is found in nature. By powering themselves, the “Solar Trees” help lower the external energy needs of the building and thus conserve natural resources.

Alongside the exhibition and the architecture, the cultural programme is also oriented didactically towards the concept of the pavilion. “Fields of Cultures, Growing Ideas. Germany, Surprising. Exceptional”. The Frankfurt agency Voss+Fischer has put the programme together. It encompasses the whole pavilion from the roof, over the stage on the “German Piazza” and out to the waiting area in front of the exhibition. The programme focusses on the young creative and culture scene, continuing the theme of an innovative and surprising Germany. The programme consists of the “Fields of Literature”, “Fields of Theatre”, “Fields of Film”, “Fields of Dance”, “Fields of Music” and “Fields of Games” – echoes of the name of the pavilion, “Fields of Ideas”. Across the different genres, the agency works together with German actors, such as the Goethe Institute, and various film festivals. Amongst the well-known musical acts that will be appearing are Roger Cicero, Laith Al-Deen, Glasperlenspiel, Nevio Passaro and Mrs. Greenbird.

#Expo Milano 2015