Electrolux’s The CUBE - Dining with a View in Milan

Appliance manufacturer Electrolux’s The CUBE is travelling Europe offering seating for 18 guests and promises of a gastronomic experience without precedents. Until April 26th, The CUBE is perched in Milan, overlooking the Piazza del Duomo.

The CUBE marries the Scandinavian design heritage of Electrolux and includes transparent glass walls and a high-end white Corian ™ interior. See website.

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Ten Years of Fashion, Art & Culture at Dansk Magazine

Dansk Magazine is 10 years old and lives up to its reputation as one of the best magazines on the market. This 10th anniversary issue celebrates the very best of Danish fashion, art and culture, shared by Models.com.

Covers:

Freja Beha Erichsen by Christian Brylle, fashion by Anders Solvsten Thomsen
Juliane Grüner by Aitken Jolly, fashion by Anders Solvsten Thomsen

Editorials:

Freja Beha Erichsen by Christian Brylle, fashion by Anders Solvsten Thomsen

Ida Dyberg and Jonas Kloch by Thomas Lohr, fashion by Anders Solvsten Thomsen

Mathias Lauridsen by Mark Kean fashion by Toby Grimditch

Dorte Limkilde by Martin Vallin and styled by Oscar Lange

Victor Nylander by Laurence Ellis, fashion by Toby Grimditch

Gertrud Hegelund by Hasse Nielsen

Christian Brylle & Caroline Brasch Nielsen by Henrik Bulow fashion by Uffe Buchard

Josephine Skriver & Malthe Lund Madsen by Emma Tempest fashion by Sam Ranger

Adrian Bosch by Tomas Falmer, fashion by Marcus Soder

Agnete Hegelund by Jimmy Backius, fashion by Gabi Humnicki

Nadja Bender by Alexander Neumann, fashion by Simon Rasmussen

Louise Pedersen by Peter Gehrke, fashion by Robert Rydberg

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Li Zheng, Quncuo, Meng Lu and Pan Yan | Chen Man | i-D Magazine | Year of the Dragon

These i-D Magazine’s ‘Rise and Shine’ covers from Spring 2012’s ‘Whatever The Weather’ issue celebrate Chinese New Year and the year of the dragon. Shot by China’s avant-garde fashion photographer Chen Man in collaboration with MAC‘s Director of Makeup Artistry, Terry Barber, the images showcase original and unique beauty looks. Models Li Zheng, Quncuo, Meng Lu and Pan Yan feature on the 4 newsstand covers, while Zhang Li Na,Wan Bao Bao, Renqingcuomu, Yangci, Cheng Hong Jin, Xin Yuan, Liu Dan & Langsuowangmu star in the online only covers.

For even more on the ‘Whatever the Weather’ issue visit I-D online! and watch for our preview.

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Taylor Swift | Mario Testino | Vogue US February 2012

Taylor Swift confesses that she always felt like an outsider as a young woman. “I think who you are in school really sticks with you,” Swift tells Jonathan Van Meter in the February issue of American Vogue. “I don’t ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It’s like, Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.”

Swift finally stopped caring about being cool.

“I think that happened as soon as I left school, when I was sixteen, because then all that mattered was music and this dream that I’d had my whole life. It never mattered to me that people in school didn’t think that country music was cool, and they made fun of me for it—though it did matter to me that I was not wearing the clothes that everybody was wearing at that moment. But at some point, I was just like, I like wearing sundresses and cowboy boots.”

Mario Testino captures Taylor Swift styled by Tonne Goodman in ‘The Single Life’. She likes it. And yet, Taylor agrees that she gets freaked out.

“This is what I’ve wanted to do my whole life,” she says. “It never freaks me out. Never. Ever.” She pauses for a moment. “But you know what does freak me out? When is the other shoe going to drop? I am so happy right now. So I am always living in fear. This can’t be real, right? This can’t really be my life.”

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Vegetable Totems Project By Carolina Amoretti

Photographer Carolina Amoretti’s ‘Vegetable Totems Project’ calls up ancient spirits and shamanistic religions. Specifically the totem is uusually an animal or other natural figure that spiritually represents a group of related people, clans or tribes. We associate totems with primitive cultures, but in the case of Carolina Amoretti, her vegetable totems may speak to Cultural Creatives fresh food lovers, vegetarians or people dreaming of retirement in Costa Rica.

“Totems are entities that remind surreal characters and masks of men and animals. There is clearly the reference to Arcimboldo and psychological studies on simple symmetrical images,” says Amoretti about the projects’ derivatives. After speaking with the artistic, we can’t wait for her next series of psychologically, engaging, artistic totems.

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Kate King | Tommy Ton | Vogue Japan March 2012 | The Road to Tijuana

Aurora Sansone styles Kate King on ‘The Road to Tijuana, a funky, hippie-chic editorial shot by Tommy Ton for the March issue of Vogue Japan. Kate hits the road in saucy, Latin-influence summer dresses and cowboy boots from Michael Kors, Moschino, Roberto Cavalli and more./Makeup by Dawn Broussard; Hair by Michael Long.

Our initial response to this editorial was based on not being fully informed about the revival that is occurring in Tijuana after years of horrific violence. The San Francisco Chronicle’s recent article Reclaiming Tijuana from drug cartels’ violence makes it clear that Tijuana is no longer a ghost town after sunset.

“We’re reclaiming the city,” said acclaimed Tijuana chef Javier Plascencia at Caesar’s restaurant on Revolution Avenue, where nightclubs, once the playground of U.S. college students, stand shuttered and empty.

“We are going to attract a more adventurous, cultured tourist. Once the visitors come, we will win over. The problem is getting them to come the first time,” said Plascencia, who used to go to work with a bodyguard.

U.S. counter-narcotics officials say the relative stability owes a lot to drug cartel dynamics.

Separate US border patrol articles also confirm that adventuous souls like Cultural Creative readers are now encouraged to take ‘The Road to Tijuana’.

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Luminarie De Cagna’s Led Cathedral | Ghent Light Festival in Belgium

The Italian family business, Luminarie De Cagna erected a gigantic colonnade as the symbolic entrance to this year’s Ghent Light Festival . Illuminated with 55,000 LED bulbs, the colonnade was transformed into an inspiring cathedral of light with Renaissance arches. The best news is that this majestic light installation only consumes 20 Kwatt/h. The consensus is that Luminarie De Cagna may have stolen the show, but other highlights including Kinect-inspired human mosaic tiles, a phone booth aquarium, and 3D projections on the Post Plaza building at Korenmarkt were very much enjoyed by the crowds. 

Lichtfestival Gent 2012 from Lieven Vanoverbeke on Vimeo.

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