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It’s Spring Fever!
With Spring comes Spring Fever: compliments and flirting and new romance! March 1st is World Compliment Day. But different European cultures have quite different approaches to this 'art form'.
Pop-up Paper Art
Pop-up paper sculptures that unfold before the viewers’ eyes! Designer Peter Dahmen creates them in startlingly large formats. His art work has already become an internet sensation.
Spring Greetings from Majorca
In first days of spring, Majorca is the place to go to see blossoms. The almond trees are in bloom. Now their fragrance has been captured in a perfume. And there are many ideas, salty and sweet, for enjoying the nuts.
Finland-themed emojis
Emojis as a window on Finland’s soul. The Finns’ quirkiest eccentricities can be shared by app. Even kalsarikännit – the concept of getting wasted alone at home in one’s underclothes – is summed up in a single icon.
Paper art - Cut and folded
Wanda Barcelona create delicate works of art from paper. The trio design phantasmagorical window displays and decorations for events, shows and luxury brand stores with the art of folded paper.
The Villa Flora Collection
A hundred years ago Arthur and Hedy Hahnloser assembled a fine art collection for the ages. It included modern masters like Cézanne, Van Gogh and Matisse, whose works are worth a fortune today.
XXL paper art from Switzerland
Origami artist Sipho Mabona creates paper animals that are anything but miniature. He's even made a life-sized elephant out of a single sheet of paper. His works are now being exhibited in museums.
A converted loft in Rome
Architect Massimo d'Alessandro has coverted a former stable into a loft in Rome's Trastevere district. The bedroom is a bit like a tree house, suspended above the main room.
René Magritte: The art of illusion
Belgian Surrealist painter René Magritte was a master of the visual enigma. Frankfurt’s Schirn Kunsthalle has a show dedicated to his alternative take on reality.
Re-inventing paper in Hamburg
Three-dimensional invitations fashioned from paper: Paperlux designs works of art that are exquisite and unique creations with an exclusive touch. Paper is much more than just something to write on.