Author Archives: classiq
The Gift of Books
Ever since childhood, books have been my absolute favourite present to receive, for Christmas or for any other occasion. And it is incredible to see how my toddler son is starting to feel the same. The advent calendar is … Read More
in Books, Children's books, Christmas time
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Through the Lens of Joni Sternbach: SurfLand
Minnie+Lulu, 06.09.30 How often does it happen to you these days to go back over and over again to a photograph you’ve seen and wonder: How was it made? Very rarely indeed. And how often does it inspire you … Read More
in Interviews, Photography
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The Mind’s Eye
Lessons in looking, seeing and simplicity, from Henri Cartier-Bresson The independent bookstores. What would we do without them? I believe there would be very few promising new authors, or rare, under-the-radar books to discover. It often happened that … Read More
Azzedine Alaïa: The Documentary
“I refuse to work in a static rhythm. Why should I sacrifice my creativity to that? That’s not fashion, that’s industrial work. We can hire people to design all day long and then fabricate what they design and sell … Read More
His Girl Friday – Where Are the Good Comedies?
In a magazine interview I gave earlier this year, I was saying that if there were one film genre to which the phrase “they don’t make them as they used to” applied best, that would be comedies. They are … Read More
in Film
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