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LAMBORGHINI – The Dream Car Motivating Today’s Youth to Be Successful.

lamborghini on the road

</ifr Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. ( listen)) is an Italian brand and manufacturer of luxury supercars, sports cars, SUVs based in Sant’Agata Bolognese and tractors Lamborghini Trattori in Pieve di Cento, Italy. Few know that the company is owned by Volkswagen through its subsidiary Audi. Ferruccio Lamborghini, an Italian manufacturing magnate, founded Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A. in 1963 to compete with Ferrari. The company gained wide acclaim in 1966 for the Miura sports coupé, […]

My Favorite Designer: Mirko Ilic

People in a truck

GRAPHIC DESIGNER MIRKO ILIC Ilić was born in Bijeljina, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, and graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb. He published his first works in 1973, publishing comics and illustrations in magazines and was the art and comics editor of the students’ magazine Polet in 1976. He organized an informal organization of comic book creators Novi kvadrat (The New […]

Colossal Exhibition at Te Papa Tongarewa

a woman standing nex to a giant soldier

Colossal Exhibiton These colossal sculptures took a staggering 24,000 hours to create, and countless hours to research. by Anna Addoms While visiting Wellington, NZ last month, I wandered into Te Papa Tongarewa (The Museum of New Zealand). It showcases the history of New Zealand from the Maori culture to the immigration of European civilization. One of […]

CULTURE CITY: Portland, Oregon

Tall Buildings

Portland Oregon is known for its unique culture: its music scene, its food scene its craft beers and for its dress down, casual, outdoor lifestyle!       THE MUSIC SCENE IS BIG IN PORTLAND: Portland’s musical offerings are as diverse as the city itself, with options including indie rock, jazz, classical, pop and more. […]

FIRST PERSON: My Conversation with Spencer Tunick

EDITOR’S NOTE: Work / Family Caution!  THIS ARTICLE MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO OPEN AT A BUSINESS OFFICE OR AROUND CHILDREN. The subject of Spencer Tunick’s artistic photos is the nude figure, gathered in groups, sometimes in massive groups. These images may be inappropriate for some work situations or for family viewing. The nude figure in […]

Louise Fishman, Abstract Expressionist Original

Louise Fishman detail

    Louise Fishman  at CHEIM & READ Gallery, NYC Louise Fishman is an Abstract Expressionist painter, who first began her study of painting in the late 1950’s and has been exhibiting in galleries and museums since the 1960’s. She currently show her works at Cheim & Read, NYC. Fishman was born in Pennsylvania in 1939 […]

 “AMERICAN ROAD TRIP”, Arts & Food Photo Essay

a road trip

“AMERICAN ROAD TRIP” Editor’s Note: This photo essay is about rural America and the highways that connect all of the USA together. I am always interested in how different things catch the individual photographer’s eye. Any other person would tell a completely different story. This photo essay happened during a solo drive through Colorado, New Mexico, […]

Ticks and Tocks… Designer Clocks

Summer Tube clock

Wall clocks are more about being a decorative element in today’s world, because our phones usually tell us the time.   Hans Hilfiker’s Swiss Railway Clock Railway engineer Hans Hilfiker’s 1940s classic designed for the Swiss Railway Stations it has become the train station standard with over 3000 clocks in Europe keeping precision time for […]

Travel: The Sounds of New Zealand

beautiful view

The New Zealand Sounds – Dusky, Doubtful, and Milford, also known as Fiordland are some of the most beautiful untouched areas of New Zealand. As most people I was traveling with noted, “It’s like entering Jurassic Park!” Traveling by ship through the sounds is an amazing experience that allows you to see the vastness of […]

Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC (5th Ave.)

sol lewitt wall drawing

    LeWitt took the planning process very seriously. He argued that ideas for works of art actually ARE art. Five people drew it on the wall according to the artist’s designs from 1982. They worked outside the Modern and Contemporary galleries for four weeks. The installers followed LeWitt’s instructions very closely. First, they divided […]