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The Almost Human Table
A new interpretation of the phrase “playing footsy” under the table, by way of the Paris based Samal Design, whose almost human tables bring it to mind. Almost, I say because they are very life like. Well life like in the sense of the idealized male figure rather than the couch potato. Dzmitry Samal is “inspired by men’s beauty and sensuality”. A bit disarming and some...
Gap’s Urban Pastoral Takes Tokyo
Gap creative director Patrick Robinson took a push-pull approach for the global debut of his Spring 2010 collection yesterday in Tokyo, offering a mixed-up pastoral look set against this high-tech metropolis. “In summer you want to see something green. You want to escape,” Robinson explained during the presentation. “So I just made fun of that. I made these urban gardeners.” Since Robinson...