Paris is embarking on an ambitious plan, The Grand Paris Express, to cope with its huge tourist arrivals and solve the long-maligned traffic congestion problem. Through this project, it will not only connect Paris and its suburbs with the Île-de-France region. Working closely together, the project build the greenest intercity…
Black is the darkest color, the result of the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, literally a color without hue, like white (its opposite) and gray. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness, while white represents light. Black ink is the…
Planetary boundaries is a concept involving Earth system processes which contain environmental boundaries, proposed in 2009 by a group of Earth system and environmental scientists led by Johan Rockström from the Stockholm Resilience Centre and Will Steffen from the Australian National University. The group wanted to define a “safe operating…
The Mocenigo Palace-Museum is a palazzo near the Church of San Stae, south of the Grand Canal in the sestiere of Santa Croce in Venice, Italy. It is now a museum of fabrics and costumes, run by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia. Palazzo Mocenigo is a large building of…
Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red. It is similar to violet, but unlike violet, which is a spectral color with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light, purple is a composite color made by combining red and blue. According to surveys in Europe and the…
Monaco is a principality located along the Mediterranean Sea, on the Côte d’Azur, halfway between Nice and the Italian border. Monaco is the second smallest independent state in the world, after the Vatican. The climate of Monaco is Mediterranean and humid subtropical with mild and humid winters and hot summers…
Geneva Watch Tour, to discove a unique relationship, which, like a secret passion, is but rarely revealed, discover this romance within which the past and the future of Watchmaking meet and mingle. Geneva ticks away the history of its time in a manner that can be truly surprising. In addition…
Romanticism in Poland, a literary, artistic and intellectual period in the evolution of Polish culture, began around 1820, coinciding with the publication of Adam Mickiewicz’s first poems in 1822. It ended with the suppression of the Polish-Lithuanian January 1863 Uprising against the Russian Empire in 1864. The latter event ushered…
Walls and boundaries bear witness that overlapping territories are strategically and ideologically mapped and staked; yet is there common ground, belonging to neither party on either side of the drawn line? “If you can dream a better world you can make a… (2016) by Melissa Tan This work features laboriously…
Favored by the region’s exceptional sunshine, Nice and its agglomeration saw, shortly after the birth of silent cinema, the installation of several film studios. Compared to Hollywood, with the incomparable advantage of “snowfields two hours by car from the coastline Promenade des Anglais”, A “posing theater” was opened for Charles…
In the 18th century, the Spanish Baroque moving towards a more ornate style. Sculpture, painting and carving blend with the architecture, sometimes to encourage classical architectural schemes that remain in force in floors and elevations. Facing the outside, usually austere, are creates vibrant interiors. This late-Baroque which employs profusely ornamental…
The main approaches to climate protection, on the one hand, are to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases released in energy production and in the consumption of energy in industrial and agricultural production, in transport and in private households. These include, in particular, the gradual phasing out of the use…
Adriana Varejão chose the field of painting to develop her work. His production includes photography, sculpture and installation, but above all painting, in the most classic sense of the term, through the use of materials and techniques characteristic of it, which is, historically, both the most noble and the most…
Solar street lights are raised light sources which are powered by photovoltaic panels generally mounted on the lighting structure or integrated in the pole itself. The photovoltaic panels charge a rechargeable battery, which powers a fluorescent or LED lamp during the night. Features Most solar panels turn on and turn…
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, was held from February 4 to 8, 2014. The Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, the world’s foremost venue for Scandinavian design, the show’s maintained high standard, that it has a concentration of profiled companies in a manageable format, personal appeal and proximity to the designers.…
Spanish Baroque is a strand of Baroque architecture that evolved in Spain, its provinces, and former colonies. History As Italian Baroque influences penetrated across the Pyrenees, they gradually superseded in popularity the restrained classicizing approach of Juan de Herrera, which had been in vogue since the late sixteenth century. As…
Color grading is the process of altering and enhancing the color of a motion picture, video image, or still image electronically, photo-chemically or digitally. Color grading encompasses both color correction and the generation of artistic color effects. Whether for theatrical film, video distribution, or print, color grading is generally now…
The Mannheim Palace Church (German: Mannheimer Schlosskirche), founded as a court chapel, was built in the 18th century and is part of the Mannheim Palace. The church served as court chapel for the prince-electors of the Electorate of the Palatinate between 1731 and 1777 and belongs to the oldest parish…
Fashion in the twenty years between 1775–1795 in Western culture became simpler and less elaborate. These changes were a result of emerging modern ideals of selfhood, the declining fashionability of highly elaborate Rococo styles, and the widespread embrace of the rationalistic or “classical” ideals of Enlightenment philosophes. In 1774, Louis…
The diver has a very limited ability to survive without a supply of breathing gas. Any interruption to that supply must be considered a life-threatening emergency, and the diver should be prepared to deal effectively with any reasonably foreseeable loss of breathing gas. Temporary interruptions due to flooding or dislodging…
Infiltration Art is a branch of Intervention Art in which artists collaborate with institutions, communities, politicians, religions, museums and pop-culture figures outside of the traditional art world. Unlike other forms of Infiltration art, Infiltration Art seeks to create symbiotic relationships with the host institutions. Art Infiltration is an interaction with…
The 32nd Anuga (General Food and Beverage Exhibition) in 2013, the world’s largest and most important meeting place for the food and beverage sectors. About 6,700 suppliers will come together with around 160,000 potential customers from the food trade and the catering sector. Anuga is a central business and communications…
Fuorisalone and Milan design week takes place at venues across Milan from April 12 to 17, 2011. This year coincides with the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy and the 50th anniversary of the Salone del Mobile Milano, Milan Design Week present a variety of colorful events to celebrate…
A compressed-air vehicle (CAV) is a transport mechanism fueled by tanks of pressurized atmospheric gas and propelled by the release and expansion of the gas within a Pneumatic motor. CAV’s have found application in torpedoes, locomotives used in digging tunnels, and early prototype submarines. Potential environmental advantages have generated public…
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The Grand Paris Express, a convenient new way to travel to the Paris suburbs and Île-de-France
Paris is embarking on an ambitious plan, The Grand Paris Express, to cope with its huge tourist arrivals and solve the long-maligned traffic congestion problem. Through this project, it will not only connect Paris and its suburbs with the Île-de-France region. Working closely together, the project build the greenest intercity…
Read moreBlack color in history and art
Black is the darkest color, the result of the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, literally a color without hue, like white (its opposite) and gray. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness, while white represents light. Black ink is the…
Read morePlanetary boundaries
Planetary boundaries is a concept involving Earth system processes which contain environmental boundaries, proposed in 2009 by a group of Earth system and environmental scientists led by Johan Rockström from the Stockholm Resilience Centre and Will Steffen from the Australian National University. The group wanted to define a “safe operating…
Read moreMocenigo Palace-Museum, Venice, Italy
The Mocenigo Palace-Museum is a palazzo near the Church of San Stae, south of the Grand Canal in the sestiere of Santa Croce in Venice, Italy. It is now a museum of fabrics and costumes, run by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia. Palazzo Mocenigo is a large building of…
Read morePurple in history and art
Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red. It is similar to violet, but unlike violet, which is a spectral color with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light, purple is a composite color made by combining red and blue. According to surveys in Europe and the…
Read morePorts in Monaco, French Riviera
Monaco is a principality located along the Mediterranean Sea, on the Côte d’Azur, halfway between Nice and the Italian border. Monaco is the second smallest independent state in the world, after the Vatican. The climate of Monaco is Mediterranean and humid subtropical with mild and humid winters and hot summers…
Read moreGeneva Watch Tour, Switzerland
Geneva Watch Tour, to discove a unique relationship, which, like a secret passion, is but rarely revealed, discover this romance within which the past and the future of Watchmaking meet and mingle. Geneva ticks away the history of its time in a manner that can be truly surprising. In addition…
Read moreRomanticism in Poland
Romanticism in Poland, a literary, artistic and intellectual period in the evolution of Polish culture, began around 1820, coinciding with the publication of Adam Mickiewicz’s first poems in 1822. It ended with the suppression of the Polish-Lithuanian January 1863 Uprising against the Russian Empire in 1864. The latter event ushered…
Read moreA Share of Borders, Singapore Biennale 2016
Walls and boundaries bear witness that overlapping territories are strategically and ideologically mapped and staked; yet is there common ground, belonging to neither party on either side of the drawn line? “If you can dream a better world you can make a… (2016) by Melissa Tan This work features laboriously…
Read moreCinema and Theater in Nice, France
Favored by the region’s exceptional sunshine, Nice and its agglomeration saw, shortly after the birth of silent cinema, the installation of several film studios. Compared to Hollywood, with the incomparable advantage of “snowfields two hours by car from the coastline Promenade des Anglais”, A “posing theater” was opened for Charles…
Read moreRococo in Spain
In the 18th century, the Spanish Baroque moving towards a more ornate style. Sculpture, painting and carving blend with the architecture, sometimes to encourage classical architectural schemes that remain in force in floors and elevations. Facing the outside, usually austere, are creates vibrant interiors. This late-Baroque which employs profusely ornamental…
Read moreClimate change mitigation methods
The main approaches to climate protection, on the one hand, are to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases released in energy production and in the consumption of energy in industrial and agricultural production, in transport and in private households. These include, in particular, the gradual phasing out of the use…
Read moreAdriana Varejão Gallery, Inhotim Institute
Adriana Varejão chose the field of painting to develop her work. His production includes photography, sculpture and installation, but above all painting, in the most classic sense of the term, through the use of materials and techniques characteristic of it, which is, historically, both the most noble and the most…
Read moreSolar street light
Solar street lights are raised light sources which are powered by photovoltaic panels generally mounted on the lighting structure or integrated in the pole itself. The photovoltaic panels charge a rechargeable battery, which powers a fluorescent or LED lamp during the night. Features Most solar panels turn on and turn…
Read moreReview of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2014, Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, was held from February 4 to 8, 2014. The Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, the world’s foremost venue for Scandinavian design, the show’s maintained high standard, that it has a concentration of profiled companies in a manageable format, personal appeal and proximity to the designers.…
Read moreSpanish Baroque architecture
Spanish Baroque is a strand of Baroque architecture that evolved in Spain, its provinces, and former colonies. History As Italian Baroque influences penetrated across the Pyrenees, they gradually superseded in popularity the restrained classicizing approach of Juan de Herrera, which had been in vogue since the late sixteenth century. As…
Read moreColor grading
Color grading is the process of altering and enhancing the color of a motion picture, video image, or still image electronically, photo-chemically or digitally. Color grading encompasses both color correction and the generation of artistic color effects. Whether for theatrical film, video distribution, or print, color grading is generally now…
Read moreMannheim Palace Church
The Mannheim Palace Church (German: Mannheimer Schlosskirche), founded as a court chapel, was built in the 18th century and is part of the Mannheim Palace. The church served as court chapel for the prince-electors of the Electorate of the Palatinate between 1731 and 1777 and belongs to the oldest parish…
Read moreWestern fashion of men in 1775-1795
Fashion in the twenty years between 1775–1795 in Western culture became simpler and less elaborate. These changes were a result of emerging modern ideals of selfhood, the declining fashionability of highly elaborate Rococo styles, and the widespread embrace of the rationalistic or “classical” ideals of Enlightenment philosophes. In 1774, Louis…
Read moreDiving emergency procedures
The diver has a very limited ability to survive without a supply of breathing gas. Any interruption to that supply must be considered a life-threatening emergency, and the diver should be prepared to deal effectively with any reasonably foreseeable loss of breathing gas. Temporary interruptions due to flooding or dislodging…
Read moreInfiltration Art
Infiltration Art is a branch of Intervention Art in which artists collaborate with institutions, communities, politicians, religions, museums and pop-culture figures outside of the traditional art world. Unlike other forms of Infiltration art, Infiltration Art seeks to create symbiotic relationships with the host institutions. Art Infiltration is an interaction with…
Read moreReview of General Food and Beverage Exhibition 2013 and Anuga FoodTec 2012, Cologne, Germany
The 32nd Anuga (General Food and Beverage Exhibition) in 2013, the world’s largest and most important meeting place for the food and beverage sectors. About 6,700 suppliers will come together with around 160,000 potential customers from the food trade and the catering sector. Anuga is a central business and communications…
Read moreReview of Fuorisalone, Milan Design Week 2011, Italy
Fuorisalone and Milan design week takes place at venues across Milan from April 12 to 17, 2011. This year coincides with the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy and the 50th anniversary of the Salone del Mobile Milano, Milan Design Week present a variety of colorful events to celebrate…
Read moreCompressed-air vehicle
A compressed-air vehicle (CAV) is a transport mechanism fueled by tanks of pressurized atmospheric gas and propelled by the release and expansion of the gas within a Pneumatic motor. CAV’s have found application in torpedoes, locomotives used in digging tunnels, and early prototype submarines. Potential environmental advantages have generated public…
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