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Lower Marsh Market

Fishtail or Snorkel Hood?

Today, I was at Waterloo Station and it was

snowing heavily. Horribly cold. I felt like an Italian

immigrant with cardboard shoes and paperclothes.

Some action was necessary, I didn't want to end up

like Roald Amundsen in South Pole (especially

being at South Bank).

I knew what I needed. A parka was my solution.

But then, the big question was: a fishtailed one?

Or maybe the snorkel version? Incredibly

challenging cultural and symbolical decision to be

taken (amidst a snow storm).

Finally, with my last drops of energy I messaged

Crispin (my trusted reference when in London). He

wrote me back: "Go at Trussons', Lower Marsh,

behind Waterloo St".
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London - East End

At Home

Well, I guess that to be invited at home by Gilbert

and George, that would be a very nice thing. But,

at the same time, I wouldn't know what to say (Iguess).

There I went. A very nice shop. They had only one

parka, and my decision was (hencefore) quite

easy

More at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak

Alessandro Scandurra: the one I've bought, it is a

different one. It has the tail, but just a bit. Not as

big as the one in the image... (ok to look funny

and nerdy, but there is a limit...).

And, more important, it has a majestic snorkel

hood...
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/.../24/gilbert-

george-white-cube

We made a big point not to become friends of

anybody," says Gilbert, when I ask if they have

befriended neighbours like Tracey Emin and the

Chapman brothers. Why? "It's purer." Entirely

without friends? "Almost entirely," says George.

Their friendlessness, incidentally, is of a piece

with their kitchenlessness. "We used to have a

stove, but it was taken away." Why? "Because it

wastes so much time, shopping and washing up,

disposing of waste. We keep our brains for the

more important things. We only have an electric

kettle.

Nowadays, Gilbert and George are feted elder

statesmen of the British art world, strolling their

manor in distinctive tweed suits. "We are still

here in the East End of London, but we are

universal." Why do they dress so smartly? "We used

to say because we never wanted to be the artists

their mothers would be ashamed of, but it didn't

work out quite like that."

Are their mothers ashamed of them? "No, they're

very proud." says George, quickly. "We don't

alienate anyone. The suits are very good because

they are odd. We always get a table at a

restaurant anywhere in the world. We're never

searched at airports. Even boys on bicycles with

crazy dyed hair will screech to a halt and say,

"Great suits, guys!' They enable us to get away

with a lot."

Thanks to Alessandro Scandurrafor the image!
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The Oxo Tower

Mr Jones' Watches

Today, I went to meet Crispin Jones(the well-

know mr Jones) at his flagship store at South Bank.

Very nice (I never been there). Also, very nice to

see his new series and productions.

Here above: The Last Laugh & The Hour - Skull

Teeth Jump Hour & Hidden Message Mystery Dial.

More at: http://www.mrjoneswatches.com/
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Barbican Centre

The Barbican

Then of course, one of the nicest things when you

go to see an exhibition at Barbican, it is the

Barbican itself.

Hail! Hail! Brutalism!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbican_Estate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIY4OEAd6Yk
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New York, NY, United States

Kyur8

Some days ago, Alessandro Mininnogave me the

link for this interesting phone app: Kyur8.

It allows you to transform your images into

webzines. Even in its early stage, it is quite

impressive on what you can do.

Here the link: http://kyur8.com/

If you want to see my stuff, you have to look for

stefi_idlab.
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British Museum

The Lewis Chessmen

The Lewis Chessmen (or Uig Chessmen, named

after the bay where they were found) are a group

of78 12th-century chess pieces, most of which are

carved inwalrus ivory.

Discovered in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis in the

Outer Hebrides, Scotland, they may constitute

some of the few complete, surviving medieval

chess sets, although it is not clear if a set as

originally made can be assembled from the pieces.

They are owned and exhibited by the British

Museum in London, which has 67 of the original

pieces, and the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh,

which has the remaining 11 pieces.

More at: http://en.wikipedia.

org/wiki/Lewis_chessmen
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British Museum

Cradle to Grave

Cradle to Grave explores our approach to health in

Britain today. The piece incorporates a lifetime

supply of prescribed drugs knitted into two lengthsof fabric, illustrating the medical stories of one

woman and one man.

Each length contains over 14,000 drugs, the

estimated average prescribed to every person inBritain in their lifetime. This does not include pills

we might buy over the counter, which would

require about 40,000 pills each.

Keep reading at:

Even more, at: http://www.britishmuseum.org/...

/t/the_lewis_chessmen.aspx
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Milan

Popup Makers

A new round of Popup Makers.

This time it will be on the 20th of March, 19/21, in

via Ampere 59 c/o BarrA

Here the link (in Italian): http://popupmakers.

net/

Thanks toZoe Romano for the invite!

Image above: one of the MINO pieces, developed

by Filippo Mambretti and Maria Jennifer Carew

(WEfab 2012).

http://www.britishmuseum.org/...

/aoa/c/cradle_to_grave.aspx
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Portland, OR, United States

Vizify

I've been fiddling some with this https://www.

vizify.com

The first tests are quite nice and interesting. To

have a tool to quickly made a visual bio, isn't a

bad idea.

In the next days, I will refine my page, for the

time being you can check yourself at: https:

//www.vizify.com/stefano-mirti
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London, United Kingdom

Everyone dies and to be obsessed with longevity is

life-denying.

(David Hockney)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/.../life-now-anti-

smoking

(viaGioia Guerzoni)

Image above: David Hockney, "My Parents", 1977.

Support David Hockney's

Campaign...
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Milan

Ready to Cloud

Here we go!

If you plan to be in Milan for the Salone del

Mobile, plese join us for "Ready to Cloud".

A series of performances & installations by The

Constiute, a project curated by Legrenzi Susanna

and myself for Expovisios.

Here the link to get to know more: http://www.

readytocloud.it/web/

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Twitter: @readytocloudmi / https://twitter.

com/readytocloudmi

Instagram: @readytocloud / http://instagram.

com/readytocloud
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Invisible Design

Milan Design Week 2013. A lot of things are getting

published on-line. Lots of previews, images, cool

stuff.

Invisible Design is an exhibition curated by

Legrenzi Susannaand Stefano Maffei.

In a world overpopulated by signs, products,images and experiences can a threshold of the

Facebook: http://www.facebook.

com/readytocloud

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If you have ideas, suggestions, links... ...for our

special "cloud" collection, please add your entries

in:http://www.facebook.com/readytocloud

Thanxthanx!
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Tokyo, Japan

White U

Ito-san wins the Pritzker Prize 2013. Pretty cool,

indeed

http://www.pritzkerprize.com/

Here above, an image of his White U house, 1977

invisible still exist? And above all, what happens

when design faces the imperceptible, the

complex, the infinitely large/small, the counter-

intuitive?

Here the link to keep reading and to see what will

be on show: http://www.invisible-design.it/en/

ps. Image above: Imme van der Haak, Beyond the

Body, 2012
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http://storiesofhouses.blogspot.it/.../u-house-in-

japan...
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