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  • Giorgetti at the Salone

    Continuing with my posts on the stuff I saw at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan … earlier posts on Poliform, Vitra and Knoll are here, here and here. I know nothing about this company until the exhibition. And I liked some of their pieces. Wood is their strong suit. A high level of craftsmanship

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  • Constant Change by Hong Kong at the Triennale

    Constant Change by Hong Kong at the Triennale

    Hong Kong participated in the Salone d’Onore at La Triennale di Milano. The exhibition is called Constant Change – a theme that is very Hong Kong-esque given its historical and demographics background. I was genuinely and pleasantly surprised by this exhibition. The poster at the entrance featured the calligraphy of the Emperor of Kowloon front

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  • Identità Milano at the Triannale

    During the week of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the Triannale di Milano held a number of special exhibitions. One of them concerns the city of Milan itself. According to its web site  > here, it’s all about Milano, The exhibition presents the historic signs and symbols of Milan, illustrating what the city has become today

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  • This is the 500th blog post !

      The five hundredth post !   500th ! Can you believe it ? Frankly, I find it hard to believe that this blog has been continuing thus far.     Except in the first few months after the launch of the blog, there are usually 10-15 photos per post. Roughly, there must be nearly 5,000

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Jungfrau, a must-see in Switzerland

Art and Architecture on Naoshima 直島, Japan

Morocco Adventure: Sand, Sea and Souks

Venice, its canals and carriers

Notable Bookstores of the World – Series 1

Familiar food we (as travelers) ate while in Tokyo

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