Month: November 2014

China by Chen Jiagang

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Former architect and museum director, Chen Jiagang offers dazzling works mixing documentary and staged photography. His pictures paint the urban and social upheavals of contemporary China without artifice and with an undeniable subjectivity. Ruined cities, disfigured landscapes, abandoned factories or renaissance, scenes with deceptive appearances, all these places full of history and uncertainty are both documented and reinvented. He loves indeed to populate this apparent urban chaos with delicate female presences. Chen Jiagang captures the echo of a past life, of a forgotten memory with a necessary awareness. More about Chen Jiagang http://bit.ly/1uphPck

New York Chinatown par Franck Bohbot

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Franck Bohbot consacre sa recherche artistique aux espaces publics et aux paysages urbains. Fasciné par l’iconographie cinématographique, il centre sa création autour du rapport entre l’individu et l’architecture. Dans cette série, Franck Bohbot a pris le contre pied du cliché du Chinatown animé. Ici, pas de bruits, pas de livraisons, ni de rues animées, ou de touristes. Le silence et l’architecture du Lower East Side sont rois. A mi-chemin entre poésie et décors cinématographiques de science fiction, il a réalisé une série nocturne du quartier vidé de son activité, de ses habitants avec comme décor New York. Il en découle un voyage énigmatique, créant un univers pictural et quasi fantastique en pleine nuit. Franck Bohbot est le lauréat 2014 des International Awards of Architectural Photography http://bit.ly/1vchwU5

Story Fragments by Tomoko Takeda

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Artist and designer based in Tokyo, Tomoko Takeda transforms literary masterpieces works in his series も の が た り の 断 片(“Story Fragments”). With a bright light on the shape and structure, Takeda cut and carved the pages of books to form complex sculptural objects. The design of each piece is related to the story of the book. By translating these famous novels into a relevant visual work, Takeda gives them a new dimension.

Miami Wines by Vlad Likh

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Based in Moscow, Vlad Likh found inspiration in the changing Miami sky and landscapes to design new bottles of wine. Miami Sunset, Miami Sunrise and Miami Breeze are wines with fruity flavors bottled in three shades inspired by the color of the Miami sky at different hours of the day. About Vlad Likh http://vladlikh.com/

Questioning The Definition Of Startup

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Steve Jobs often spoke of Apple “startup culture” and the New York Times referred to the airline Virgin America as “a startup”. Today any small company operating in the digital industry tends to be defined as a startup. Hence confusion in perception, consistence and business models in the startup scene worldwide. Steve Blank, one of the most influential people in Tech and teacher at Stanford, defines a startup as “an organisation formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model”. The key attribute is not to be a tech company. Neither to be a small company using digital and/or operating on the Internet. The key attribute is a repeatable and a scalable business model. In recent years, popular lexicon has begun equating startups with tech companies, as though the two are inherently intertwined. But let’s face it. Is Uber with a valuation record of $17bn still a startup or rather a multinational logistics company which generated $213 million revenue in 2013? Mark Babbitt, CEO at YouTern, an online community focusing on careers management, expanded …