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May Newsletter: AccuRadio, The Summer Book, and the groundbreaking road movie of the ‘90s

    Photos: Classiq Journal     “When you’ve realised your dream, it’s time to dream a new one…” Daniel Espírito Santo (“I Love the Seaside” surf & travel guide to Southwest Europe)       Viewing Thelma and Louise, … Read More →

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“Simplicity takes time”: In conversation with artist and designer Lucrecia Rey Caro

    Photos courtesy of Lucrecia Rey Caro     Artist and designer Lucrecia Rey Caro’s creations range from fine art, sculpture and ceramics, to art direction and identity design concepts tailored to the narratives of worldwide brands. I was … Read More →

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World on a Wire

  This film. One of those films that fall into the category of “I wish I could say that this film saved the world from itself”: Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Welt am Draht (World on a Wire), 1973. What effect can … Read More →

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Marilyn Monroe and blue jeans in “Clash By Night”

Marlon Brando and James Dean made denim defiant and sexy in the 1950s. But it was Marilyn Monroe who embodied the sexy and rebellious look first. It was in Fritz Lang’s Clash by Night, in 1952. Read More →

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Read instead…in print #42: Veronica

photo: Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake in “Sullivan’s a Travels”, 1941 | Paramount Pictures   Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake had been out-of-print, rare and sought-after for many decades, and was reissued 5 years ago by Dean Street Press. … Read More →

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