Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorised as “Design & culture”
The Power Of Print Sims Reed Gallery in St James’s hosts Retrospective on Bridget Riley’s Work. In many ways for this reviewer, her earliest works seem to be her strongest. There is a visceral sense of overload looking at these works. The sense of boldness and cleanness is highlighted by the stark black and white colouring – seen to …
Painter’s Easel to Treble Clef: Friendship through Music With a John Singer Sargent exhibition, ‘Painting Friends’, taking place in London’s National Portrait Gallery, Riddle sets a musical soundtrack to his portraits of leading composers. Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen or ‘The Ring Cycle’. Wagner’s Ring Cycle is a huge cycle of four operas which the composer intended to be …
Electronic Elegance English Handset craftsmen Vertu - the Aston Martin of mobile phones - fuse technological prowess with artisanal flair. As the mobile phone is such a heavily used (and abused) object - one that falls out of pockets on steps up to Learjets as well as pub staircases - I was interested to know how the phones were finished …
Aural Sex Give your ears and eyes a treat at Sound & Vision, Bristol. Share PostTwitterFacebookGoogle +1Email
Blades Of Glory Introducing the boutique Swiss company making skiing an altogether more life-enriching experience. The phrase “spoilt for choice” leaps to mind – which is why the company’s renting division has come up with a scheme called Zai Ski Concierge, whereby you can arrange to test all different types of Zai skis, varying your blades for each session on the slopes. Depending …