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Hansel and Gretel
Art & Culture
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HANSEL AND GRETEL RELOADED an essay by Franzobel

Perfection is fleeting, so we need to see the beauty in the imperfect – that’s how the Japanese live with their philosophy of wabi-sabi, according to which all things are charming, even those with flaws. But it hasn’t been possible to carry this idea over to people, because in the land of the rising sun, it’s still business as usual: pressure, perfectionism, success ...
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"The Twine"
Design
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The “Twine” by Antony Gibbon: hempcrete is making waves

Designer Antony Gibbon has a taste for the unconventional. After creating cliff houses and capsule dwellings in trees, he has now come up with a vision for a “wave house”: the “Twine” made of hempcrete is designed as an artistic frame to accentuate the masterpiece of mother nature ...
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Özlem Tuna
Design
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Özlem Tuna, Istanbul: dreams made out of mud and dough

Özlem Tuna is a designer in Istanbul, where she takes inspiration from the city, its crafts, its materials, life on the historic peninsula, and the hustle and bustle of the Grand Bazaar. But it all started in her home town by the sea in Anatolia, where dreams of the future were shaped out of mud and dough ...
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the invisible mirror house
Architecture
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The invisible mirror house by Tomas Osinski

Amidst the rocks of the Californian desert, a piece of sky suddenly catches the eye. Surely an illusion? But no, there is simple explanation: an “invisible” mirror house has been built for film producer Chris Hanley in Joshua Tree. It is a house that serves as a stage for an Oscar-winning performance by the surrounding nature ...
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Einstein
Art & Culture
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EINSTEIN’S TONGUE an essay by Franzobel

Is a fact still true even if it is not yet recognised as being true? Most people think so. After all, the planets were orbiting around the sun long before Copernicus came along, not orbiting the Earth, as they had believed in the Middle Ages. There was also gravity before anything fell out of the hand of the first humans. But do facts always remain the same? Or do they evolve ...
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Magazine
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AL-Time: watch brand for a new era

Creative director Alex Wiederin, who lives and works in New York, and product designer Tino Valentinitsch have put their weakness for watches to the ultimate creative use and established their own watch brand AL-Time ...
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Barbara Gressl
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Barbara Gressl Jewellery: as unique as the wearer

As unique as the wearer... that’s how jewellery should be, and what jeweller Barbara Gressl aims for in her work. She looks optimistically to the future even in these difficult times, and is currently occupying herself with new collections and upcoming celebrations ...
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HENGE Moscow
Design
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HENGE: first monobrand showroom in Moscow

Henge continues its expansion in international markets by inaugurating a monobrand space in the Russian capital. The showroom is located in the refined Yakimanka district in Moscow, renowned for its cultural institutions, as well as for high-level restaurants and clubs, and for its international flavor ...
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