*lead photo by Venia Bechrakis With Greece making the headlines for its economic woes, I was inspired to go on the hunt for modern female talent from the birthplace of democracy and give it some positive attention.  Some of my picks have been around awhile, some are fresh on the scene. They come from sculpture, [...]

*lead picture, Lou Doillon in Anthony Vaccarello on StyleBubble I haven’t been to fashion week since 2005. And that was after more than ten years of attending the New York shows. The biggest reason for stopping: I was bored. Mostly the fashion press is what really pushed me over the edge. But now I realize, [...]

Ideas and Design on my radar right now. An eclectic bunch.

I was happy to see that the New York Times Emerging Artists of the Decade list started with two women, Rineke Dijkstra (Netherlands) and Jessica Jackson Hutchins (US), both of whom I am unfamiliar with, so I decided to look at more of their work.  One of the articles that featured Hutchin’s work had the [...]

Bac! Festival (Barcelona’s Contemporary Art Fest) – This Year Dedicated to Female Artists. I have been here a year and the amount of design and art activity has left me cold and  yearning for another city so I was happy to be invited to this. I have no review for it but here is how [...]

I’m not the first person to seek out Dieneke Ferguson for an interview. After all, when you think of people who help put fledgling designers and creators on the map, who are savvy and know the business, can combine profit and practicality with benevolence and a spirit of cooperation and support, she’s the godmother. Plus [...]

picture of Ma ke from Victoria & Albert collection 1 Eva Zeisel Eva Zeisel turns 103.  Thank you to Haute*Nature for bringing this working woman’s birthday to our attention and for posting her TED Talk which I hadn’t seen. Eva is a fully decorated *design revolutionary and **lifetime achiever (*New York Magazine, **Cooper Hewitt) and [...]

(*Pilings photo by Peter Crosby) “We Come From A Coat” -Angela Ahrendts via brandchannel.com CEO Angela Ahrendts of Burberry hit the nail on the head with Art of the Trench, a socially networked site with user submitted street photos of the classic trench in action along with snaps from Sartorialist photographer Scott Schuman (for now, [...]

Women in Polish Design - Out of the ashes of a more austere and oppressive time comes a design landscape unfettered by a design past, one that is swiftly moving toward a vibrant future.

It was called Una Nita La Gloria.  I came up the metro into twilight in an industrial neighborhood on the outskirts of Barcelona and then down winding crisscrossing streets and up an overpass. South of Montjuic and west butting up against a railway yard lies the building, Gloria, home to the artist space known as [...]