People make mistake in life all the time. Sometimes, one wrong decision can lead to a life without the proper recognition. Such is the case with Ub Iwerks, the man who started head to head with Walt Disney as the creators of the most popular cartoon character in the history, Mickey Mouse. Iwerks and Disney … Read more
Victor Hugo is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time. His wide palette of masterpieces includes: Les Miserables, the Hunchback of Notre-Dame, The Man Who Laughs, the Last day of the Condemned Man, Les Orientales and many others. Hugo died on May 22, 1885, and this year, it marks 130 years … Read more
“The Fable of Leigh Bowery is a comprehensive and telling testimonial to an outrageous and eccentric artisan. Whether he was making headgears out of toilet seats, or the birth in to a fully grown adult female held in a club, Bowery delineated London’s culture of indignation and charmed a generation of artists and houses designers … Read more
A brief history of the craft of typology, including an interview with Robin Nicholas, who has worked in the typography field for over 45 years, and was one of the creators of the Arial typeface. This film explores the changes in creating typefaces from original drawings with pencil, to digital creation.
Jeanne-Marie Lanvin was a French haute couture fashion designer. She founded the Lanvin fashion house, the oldest house in France. Along with Gabriel Chanel, Madeline Vionnet, Elsa Schiaparelli, she is one of the most influential women in French fashion. She managed to propel French fashion into the international spotlight, at a time men dominated the … Read more
Robin Williams is widely regarded as one of the best comedy actors in the history of Hollywood. He was also one of the first actors to have his own stand-up comedy show. The irony is that while Robin made us laugh on a daily basis, he was unable to make himself laugh. One of the … Read more
Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous painters in history. Born in Spain, he was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and even designed some clothes for the theater. While he was born in Spain, he spent most of his adult life in France. Considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, he … Read more
A bizarre new form of carbon could become the rival to diamonds. Scientists have called this glow-in-the-dark magnetic material Q-carbon. The material is the third known solid phase or form of the carbon element, following graphite and diamond. But Q-carbon is actually even harder and brighter than naturally formed diamonds. All of which makes the … Read more
This year we celebrate 40 years anniversary of the first Star Wars movie. The latest installment of the saga, Episode 8, is about to hit theaters. With that in mind, it is time to look back in time, and see how the first movie was created. There have been many stories about making of the … Read more
The Pombaline style was a Portuguese architectural style of the 18th century. Named after the first Marques de Pombal, the style became prominent after the earthquake of 1755. Pombal supervised the plans drawn up by the military engineers Manuel de Maia, Eugenio dos Santos, and Elias Sebastian Pope. The new city, mostly the Baixa area, … Read more