Trina Turk takes us into the world of the iconic 1970 Slim Aarons photograph with her 30th anniversary capsule collection […]
Trina Turk commemorates 30 years with Poolside Gossip capsule
February 9, 2025/9.53
Tag: modernism
Jaguar unveils Type 00 concept: the elements begin falling into place
December 4, 2024/10.18
Elements of Jaguar’s rebrand begin making sense now that its Type 00 concept has been unveiled at Miami Art Week, a fitting venue given that Jaguar owners say they have an appreciation for art. Jack Yan looks at the design, having considered the rebrand in isolation earlier […]
December 18, 2022/6.21
Just like the neoclassical movement of the 1970s, the early 2020s are seeing new life breathed into earlier designs—except this time it’s the original Land Rover (Defender) and Range Rover that are in vogue […]
New fine art prints of celebrated American quilts
March 31, 2021/20.43
Here’s an opportunity to add some authentic beauty to your walls. Gee’s Bend is an isolated African American hamlet in Boykin, Alabama, found along the Alabama River. The some seven hundred or so inhabitants of this small, rural community are mostly descendants of slaves, and for generations they worked the fields belonging to the […]
Movado holds Shanghai event with singer Li Ronghao and actor Jerry Chengjie Yuan
November 5, 2020/10.25
Movado’s Shanghai event saw actor Jerry Chengjie Yuan, singer Li Ronghao, and Movado China general manager Danni Hammer. Movado held its Music Time Journey event in Shanghai on October 29, with an interview format featuring its spokesman, singer–songwriter Li Ronghao (李榮浩) and host, actor Jerry Chengjie Yuan (袁成傑). Movado China general manager Danni Hammer, […]
Auckland University Press explores New Zealand cultural identity through poetry
December 23, 2014/13.13
Two fantastic works exploring very different aspects of New Zealand culture and identity have come across our desks here at Lucire, from the Auckland University Press. Puna Wai Kōrero: an Anthology of Māori Poetry in English Earlier this year, the first anthology of Maori poetry in English was published featuring a wide collection of prominent […]
The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Allegro journeys from classical to science fiction
August 15, 2014/15.57
Ross Brown Top A classical approach for Allegro Brillante. Above Larry Keigwin’s Megalopolis. The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Allegro: Five Short Ballets, was a bittersweet performance, knowing it would be the last time many in the audience would see the company’s principal guest artist, Gillian Murphy, dance. Murphy and her fiancé, RNZB artistic director […]
A tribute to Massimo Vignelli, a design legend
May 29, 2014/10.14
RIT Massimo Vignelli, who passed away on May 27, was a hero of mine. When receiving the news shortly before it hit the media in a big way, from our mutual friend Stanley Moss, this title’s travel editor and CEO of the Medinge Group, I posted immediately on Facebook: ‘It is a sad duty to […]
Saben prepares a second summer series
September 19, 2009/5.59
Saben, first profiled in Lucire in 2001, will launch a second series of limited-edition bags for the summer, hitting stores in November 2009. The themes are glo mesh and leopard print, and for some reason, despite our feeling that black can be a bit dull this season, they work with this shade. We love the […]
