Niccolò Machiavelli was born in Florence on 3 may 1469. He was a persona of the Italian Renaissance and deeply involved in politics. He was an Italian diplomat, political philosopher, and author.
1. “A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.”
You can’t break consistency [...]
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Hirano Aichi was inspired to become a photographer at the age of twenty, when he snapped a shot with his father’s camera of a Shinto shrine. To him the scenery looked more realistic in the finder shone than it did in reality. “I want [...]
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Influential photographer, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, has been interested in photography since his second year in high school, as he began taking photographs of his trips.
After many of his trips, his friends had grown a curiosity for them and asked to see his explorations and for him [...]
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“You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself.” – Galileo Galilei
Creativity is the ability to find solutions to problems differently and with added value. Creativity is thinking about perception, its using thought as a tool to be more [...]
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Designer Rie Isono grew up in a surrounding where her mother was very good at sewing, and she loved watching her create tones of things. She can change a colorful cloth into small articles and dresses. I think that this is the reason I’m today [...]
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Commissioned by the FRAGMENTAL MUSEUM to envision an urban outdoor structure/installation experimenting with the nature of performing art spaces, OFF and EXYZT designed BUFFER SPACE – a large-scale empty room with only the sky as its roof and a technically efficient wire frame scaffolding envelope, [...]
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The Finnish pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010 is called “Kirnu” (“Giant’s Kettle”). It is designed by architect’s office JKMM, based in Helsinki.
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BRAZIL as a Guest in the GIANT, was an exhibition held to show a new, diverse and sometimes even controversial image of today’s Brazil, however without losing any of its vitality and beauty.
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Fumie Shibata shares a glimpse of her life as a designer. “I lead a healthy, well-balanced life. I live and work in the center of Tokyo, having a lot of opportunities to meet and talk with people.”
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Anna Nakamura, from Anna Nakamura+Taiyo Jinno EASTERN design office, talks about how she and Taiyo Jinno work to accomplish their architecture and what they believe is important when creating.
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In architecture there’s fears and challenges. Architect Max Strang brings up some of them and refers to the reality of being an architect:
“Never quit. Producing great architecture begins with a promise…”
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Herning Center of the Arts, the new Center in Denmark, is intended to be an innovative forum combining visual art and music.
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Steven Holl Architects wanted to do experiments in porosity and decided to take on the Porosity project. Random porosity involves a non-linear repetition of individual components in varying scales, while recursive porosity employs mathematical strategies to generate infinitely complex patterns.
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The Linked Hybrid is a pedestrian-oriented complex in Beijing, China. The project is called “a city within a city”, click to see the finished project.
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