by Nicola | Jun 2, 2010
IMAGE: Canned chiles in a Mexico City supermarket by Flickr user hmerinomx. With less than a week to go, the schedule for Postopolis! DF has been announced, and it’s going to be an amazing week. I’m especially excited to introduce the speakers I invited,... by Nicola | Jun 1, 2010
IMAGE: Coffin via, pizza via. A couple of weeks ago, Berlusconi mouthpiece Il Giornale ran an article alleging that Naples’ pizza ovens are fuelled by “wood from coffins dug up in the local cemetery”: Pizza, one of the few symbols of Naples that... by Nicola | May 28, 2010
IMAGE: Dogfish Head’s Theobroma next to Patrick McGovern’s Uncorking the Past. With just a few hours left in this apartment, and much yet to be packed, it’s time to crack open the bottle of Dogfish Head’s Theobroma beer that has been lingering... by Nicola | May 14, 2010
IMAGE: Screen grab showing global agricultural land-use in 1700, from World Cropland, Bill Rankin, 2009. At Bill Rankin’s fantastic Radical Cartography site you can see an animation that shows the intensification and spread of agricultural land-use around the... by Nicola | May 13, 2010
In just under a month, I am delighted to announce, I will be eagerly exploring the edible geography of Mexico City. The occasion is Postopolis! DF, the third in a series of events organised by Storefront for Art and Architecture. Postopolis! was launched in New York... by Nicola | May 12, 2010
IMAGE: Reversed Volumes by Mischer’Traxler, via Dezeen. Viennese designers Mischer’Traxler showed these gorgeous bowls at this year’s Milan Design Week. The series is called Reversed Volumes, and each bowl is created by moulding ceramic powder around...