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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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