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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".
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 (I
guess).
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...
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 Scandurra for the image!
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/
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
New York, NY, United States
Kyur8
Some days ago, Alessandro Mininno gave 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.
British Museum
The Lewis Chessmen
The Lewis Chessmen (or Uig Chessmen, named
after the bay where they were found) are a group
of 78 12th-century chess pieces, most of which are
carved in walrus 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
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 lengths
of 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 in
Britain 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
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 to Zoe 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
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
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
(via Gioia Guerzoni)
Image above: David Hockney, "My Parents", 1977.
Support David Hockney's
Campaign...
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/
---
Twitter: @readytocloudmi / https://twitter.
com/readytocloudmi
Instagram: @readytocloud / http://instagram.
com/readytocloud
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 Susanna and Stefano Maffei.
In a world overpopulated by signs, products,
images and experiences can a threshold of the
Facebook: http://www.facebook.
com/readytocloud
---
If you have ideas, suggestions, links... ...for our
special "cloud" collection, please add your entries
in: http://www.facebook.com/readytocloud
Thanxthanx!
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
http://storiesofhouses.blogspot.it/.../u-house-in-
japan...

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