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On social media, a new campaign is seeking to expose the conditions in which many Londoners are forced to store their bikes, at home or at work, while waiting for secure facilities to be made available. This movement reflects the difficulty of finding available and safe places for cyclists to store their bikes, in London as in any other major city. From the toilet to the bedroom, on the balcony or in the bathtub, there are all kinds of unusual places to park your bike when you don't have access to a secure storage space or hangar outside your home, but none of them are ideal. The #ThisisAwkwar...
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Everyone enjoys the sensation we get when we look back on a particularly pleasant or comforting moment. But in 2022, even nostalgia is undergoing some changes. Post-covid, the feeling has itself mutated, and new variants more adapted to this era are emerging. These new forms of nostalgia, which can be called "newstalgia" or "fauxstalgia," are linked to new trends and new aesthetics that mix the old and the contemporary, affecting many aspects of our lives. What is newstalgia? Newstalgia is the new nostalgia. A feeling that includes the desire to experience something familiar, but also somethi...
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Have you ever wondered how IKEA comes up with its quirky and often unpronounceable furniture names? The Swedish tourist board has launched a campaign that humorously reveals the source of their origin, which might come as a surprise. Bodviken, Skärhamn, Kallax. These unpronounceable names are now familiar to many of us thanks to the IKEA catalog. And when it comes to naming its products, it seems that the Swedish furniture brand, established in 1943, was inspired by its country of origin, Sweden. While many people long believed that the names were literal translations -- like Kallax for shelf ...
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At a hotel in the heart of a trendy Tokyo district, guests check into themed rooms. The latest addition, dubbed the Harajuku, draws on the codes of Japan's kawaii culture to serve up candy sweet and deliciously kitsch decor. In the heart of Tokyo's trendy Shibuya district, the micro-district of Harajuku is considered an epicenter of fashion. But don't expect tall, slender silhouettes in the purest tradition of elegance. Here, it's all about a colorful kind of vibe, almost resembling an "Alice in Wonderland" universe. The Harajuku aesthetic is now considered a genre in its own right, so much so...
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Anglophiles, collectors and Beatles fans began a bidding battle Wednesday as a bevy of original London street signs, including one of the iconic Abbey Road, went on sale at auction. The world-famous street, home to the studios where The Beatles recorded most of their albums, is the standout lot in the collection of around 270 used signs being offered at the two-week online sale. Abbey Road itself featured on the cover of the "Fab Four" album of the same name and the sign could fetch more than £5,000 ($6,930, 5,750 euros), according to auctioneer Catherine Southon, who is handling the offering....
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Every year, Pantone unveils the color set to define the trends of the following year. For 2021, there are two: Illuminating, a bright yellow, and Ultimate Grey. And there might be a third contender for the color of the year, if we look at the creative output of a Russian artist: mask blue. If the color of surgical masks were to have a name, it would be "Mask Blue" and it very well could have been the color of the year since it has been under our nose (as well as over it) all day since March. At least, that's the way it's been conceptualized by artist and creative director Artem Pozdniakov, who...
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Standing at a glowing furnace on a boat at the foot of the Rialto Bridge on Venice's Grand Canal, Matteo Tagliapietra blows glass in a mesmerising demonstration of centuries-old Murano glassmaking.The world-famous brand may take pride of place in the souvenir shops that pepper the alleyways in the Italian lagoon city, but 70 percent of the glass objects sold are actually fake and not produced in Venice, explains Luciano Gambaro, head of an association that promotes Murano glassware.So for the fourth consecutive year, authorities have organised "Venice Glass Week", a series of events to raise a...
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