michael lin : contemporary taiwanese artist.

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at first, these two companies, a computer company and a car company, may have few, if any, similarities other than the fact that they both are highly recognizable brands and that both have numerous fans and numerous “haters”.

nevertheless by examining a little bit their history and the way they structured their product strategies someone can find striking similarities.

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following my earlier post about the similarities between the work of tamara de lempicka, frank gehry and the form of bmw (again) mille miglia, I come back with another juxtaposition of another concept car by bmw, the “gina” one, with the work of agostino bonalumi (b. 1935, italian artist – http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agostino_Bonalumi)


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stelios ramfos is a contemporary prominent greek philosopher. recently i happened to find online a very interetsing discussion he had on the greek tv about the current national and international social and cultural context. here i will just present some very basic points i extracted from this talk. if interested, here you can find the video (in greek).


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nino caruso (www.ninocaruso.it) is one of the most renowned contemporary ceramists in italy. caruso’s work includes a vast array of projects ranging from hand-shaped artworks to modular systems, even walls.


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businessweek recently announced a list (no ranking though) of the 30 world’s best design schools that run programs supporting an interdisciplinary approach to design. i was really pleased to find out that all 3 academic institutions I have been during my postgraduate studies (for longer or shorter periods of time) are included into this list.

it was also an opportunity to retrospect and briefly reflect on my experiences and memories within the different social and academic cultures I lived.

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“it is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. “ charles darwin

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watching anthony bourdain’s show “no reservations” on youtube, I found 2 astonishing chefs. here is the story of ferran adria (chef at el bulli); a chef who’s referring to his cooking as deconstructivist* and his stated goal is to “provide unexpected contrasts of flavour, temperature and texture. nothing is what it seems as the idea is to provoke, surprise and delight the diner.

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i was going through images I save as sources of inspiration and I noticed some very interesting similarities amongst the paints of tamara de lempicka (artist, 1898-1980) frank gehry’s (architect, 1928- ) guggenheim museum in bilbao (1997) and bmw’s mille miglia concept car (2006).


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freddie carabott is a greek pioneer “graphic designer” whose work, especially in the 60’s and 70’s, characterized the poor, almost non-existent, greek design scene of those times. his work is a synthesis of painting, paper constructions and photography and it is really fascinating the way he blends all these techniques to create simple yet extremely emotional images.

dimitris papaioannou (1964) is a greek avant-garde stage director, choreographer and visual artist. his performances are an exquisite composition of his diverse and multidisciplinary background and as such the viewer can spot details deriving from various art (painting and dance) movements. although minimalistic the images he creates on the scene are particularly expressive.