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|Grottaglie is famous for its ancient ceramics tradition. This Polish artist is just using the local’s other art form combined with ceramics (right). For several years,

Miss’s Moss

|So relaxed and contemporaneously focused: Kate Moss with daughter Lila Grace. Photography Mario Testiono

Covering the unseen

|’Reading between the lines’ at Borgloon, The Netherlands. Architects Gijs Van Vaerenbergh Opening Sept 24, 2011 Via Yatzer

Purple heath

|Auctioneer under a typical Dutch autumny sky, pictured for Écart Invest. Photography Barend van Herpe

Water glow-lamp

|Click here to watch the best design of  2011: a 55-60 Watt light bulb, made out of a soda bottle, just filled with tap water

Wild antiques

|Amazing mosaics from Pompeii. Unfortunately archaeologists removed all (frescoes and) mosaics from the original walls, framed them and without any context, they now hang in

40˚C

|Fantastic undamaged streets at Pompeii. It was hot but the many fountains in the old city served drinking water. 

Mafia culture

|Hercules, strength pagan god, loved a nymph called Amalfi, but his love was short: she died and Hercules buried her in the most beautiful place

Mafia land

|Great rocks at Levanzo, an isle near Trapani. We passed forests of cacti at Sicily, and of course ate the fruit. We also picked figs

Meerkats

|Italians love sunbathing, like meerkats. At the airport I bought a brandnew mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, still experimenting… Location Favignana, Italy

Below sea level

|We travelled from Palermo, Sicily to Calabria, then via the Amalfi coast and Pompeii to Napoli. It was perfect. I took this picture on our

New York City Apartment

|Electricity box in polyester fabric. Art Do Ho Suh Show Lehmann Maupin Gallery, Sept 8 – Oct 22, 2011 Via Todayandtomorrow

Thank you square

|This artist is always looking for ‘thank you’ pictures and creates ‘thank you’ objects of things that already are. Art Daniel Eatock

HX 1

|One of the reasons why I drive Peugeot is because I appreciate their eye for details. Cannot wait for this HX 1 concept to go

Evos

|Mustang is a great car, but the future promises this ‘Blade Runner’. As soon as you get inside, the car calibrates all of the driver’s preferences

Dialogue with the old

|Beautiful 180m2 duplex hotel suite at Girona. Owner Juan Manuel Architect his wife Address Alemanys 5, Girona, Spain Booking via Welcome and Beyond Via Yatzer

Huge charm

|Absoltely intriguing, as is the price: the Devon Tread 1 works on a system of interwoven belts. Four extremely compact microstep motors drive these four belts. This

The diamond of Sicily

|For the next three weeks I am travelling from Palermo to Napels (Italy), starting with snorkling at the turquoise waters around Favignana island (pictures), famous for

A block of cast earth

|Friends of mine just checked into this absolutely fantastic place that seams to be located at planet Mars. It is a project by three architecture

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