When Staffan Ahrenberg strolled through the streets of central Paris on one fateful sun-drenched afternoon, Picasso was far from his mind. But through a serendipitous discovery of Cahiers d’Art, a once-celebrated publisher and gallery, the eminent Spanish artist is now at the forefront of thought. With the goal of returning Cahiers d’Art to its past …
If you ask boomers what they think of millennials — or Generation Y, as they’re so commonly referred to — you may hear criticisms bemoaning these lazy, ignorant and entitled narcissists with faces eternally glued to their phones. Emory University professor Mark Bauerlein called today’s 20-somethings the dumbest generation, and Jean M. Twenge, professor of …
It’s Monday afternoon in Toronto and Julie Benz is in town as part of the promotional tour for her latest television series Defiance. The most pressing issue right now, however, is what to do with her hands. “Feel free to tell me where to put them,” she says to the photographer as the camera clicks …
They call it LaFerrari, a 963-horsepower stallion that is, according to Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, “the maximum expression” of what defines the Italian sports car brand: “excellence.” It incorporates the peak of Ferrari ingenuity and F1 knowledge, blending hybrid technology with the brand’s philosophy of speed, performance and style. It’s a modern masterpiece on …
It peeks out from the lush greenery that hugs it like a blanket. A beacon of avant-garde architecture in a neighbourhood known for its affluent yet reserved homes. It’s the product of an alliance between a venerable architect and two progressive marketing experts; designed of steel and glass, it has been showered with accolades. A …
Outside-the-box thinking: the fuel of creativity, the propeller of progress. Also the bane of containers, cartons, cases, packages, packets and, of course, boxes the world over. Poor boxes. So misunderstood; so mistreated — always the scapegoat of a tired corporate cliché, always on the short end of a metaphor so trite its very utterance smacks …
