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EDITOR’S NOTE Welcome to the first issue of Aneta magazine!

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music news three most anticipated 2013 rock albums Queens of the Stone Age

Pearl Jam Pearl Jam commenced work on a new album following a year-long break after its full-scale tour in support of Binaural. McCready described the recording environment as “a pretty positive one” and “very intense and spiritual.” Regarding the time period when the lyrics were being written, Vedder said, “There’s been a lot of mortality...It’s a weird time to be writing. Roskilde changed the shape of us as people, and our filter for seeing the world changed.” Pearl Jam released its seventh album, Riot Act, on November 12, 2002. It included the singles “I Am Mine” and “Save You”. The album featured a much more folk-based and experimental sound, evident in the presence of B3 organist Boom Gaspar on songs such as “Love Boat Captain”. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said “Riot Act is the album that Pearl Jam has been wanting to make since Vitalogy - a muscular art rock record, one that still hits hard but that is filled with ragged edges and odd detours.” The track entitled “Arc” was recorded as a vocal tribute to the nine people who died at the Roskilde Festival in June 2000. Vedder only performed this song nine times on the 2003 tour, and the band left the track off all released bootlegs. In 2003, the band embarked on its Riot Act Tour, which included tours in Australia and North America. The band continued its official bootleg program, making every concert from the tour available in CD form through its official website. A total of six bootlegs were made available in record stores: Perth, Tokyo, State College, Pennsylvania. At many shows during the 2003 North American tour, Vedder performed Riot Act’s, a commentary on President George W. Bush, witha rubber mask of Bush, wearing it at the beginning of the song and then hanging it on a mic stand to allow him to sing. ▲

Pearl Jam

The band began a North American Tour in 2007, which they named the “Duluth Tour” because they were going to many small towns and cities they had never played before, such as Duluth, Minnesota. The tour was extended to other areas, such as the United Kingdom, where the band played more shows than on any of their previous UK tours. The band toured in Australia in late March to early April 2008, on the V festival tour including a string of side shows. Throughout the beginning of May 2008, the band completed the Canadian leg of its touring. Following Natasha Shneider’s death from cancer on July 2, 2008, qotsa.com was updated with a memorial message by Homme replacing the normal front page. On August 16, 2008, Queens of the Stone Age performed a concert in celebration of Natasha Shneider’s life at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. They were joined on stage by Alain Johannes, Jack Black and Kyle Gass, Matt Cameron, Brody Dalle, Jesse Hughes, Chris Goss and PJ Harvey, playing a variety of QOTSA and non-QOTSA songs. Proceeds from the concert went to defray the costs associated with Natasha’s illness. On August 22 and 23 2008, Queens of the Stone Age performed the last shows of their Era Vulgaris tour at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK, and Josh Homme announced in an interview with the BBC and during the show that he would be returning to the studio to work on the next album. In November 2011, frequent collaborator Alain Johannes stated that he was currently in the studio with the band, stating, “We had a late night with Queens again. [...] Just putting in days, super top secret, but it’s going to be amazing. I’m really excited about it. [...].” On August 20, 2012, the band stated via Facebook status update that they were “recording” their new album. In September 2012, it was revealed that Josh Homme and producer Dave Sardy co-wrote and recorded a song entitled ‘Nobody To Love. ▲

Queens of The Stone Age

Alice in Chains In April 2010, guitarist Jerry Cantrell revealed to MTV News that Alice in Chains was contemplating making a fifth studio album in the foreseeable future. He explained, “There are thoughts. We’ll see how far we get. Staying in the moment is a good way to live and we certainly hope that it happens. I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t happen.”Frontman William DuVall also commented on the next album and Alice in Chains’ future, “we’ve got a lot of water to sail before we do that. There’s a lot of shows. But yeah, generally speaking, yeah, we’re excited about the future. ”DuVall revealed in September 2010 that Alice in Chains had not begun writing their next album yet, but “there’s plenty of riffs flying around.” “That was the case when we first started back up. We would just stockpile these fragments, and then some time later we would sift through the mountain of stuff, and that’s what became Black Gives Way to Blue. The same thing has been happening since we’ve been touring Black Gives Way to Blue, so it would be only natural to at some point say, ‘Hey, we’ve got a lot of stuff. Let’s sift through and see what we’ve got this time.’” DuVall also mentioned that it is possible that the new album will feature songs that were written for Black Gives Way to Blue. On March 8, 2011, former Alice In Chains bassist Mike Starr was found dead in Salt Lake City. Police told Reuters they were called to Starr’s Salt Lake City home at 1:42 pm where the musician’s body was found. Reports later surfaced that Starr’s roommate had seen him mixing methadone and anxiety medication hours before he was found dead. ▲

Alice in Chains

music news music festivals 2013 timetable All pictures come from last.fm site.

Pretty Lights at Open’er Festival in 2012

DJ Fresh

15-24 March - Ultra Music Festival The 15th Ultra Music Festival will see the festival expand into two weekends, held from March 15 to 17, and March 22 to 24. Both of these weekends will coincide with the beginning and end of Miami Music Week. Phase one of the festival lineup was officially revealed in January 2013: David Guetta, deadmau5, and Tiësto have been confirmed to perform on both weekends, while Swedish House Mafia will use the festival to end their farewell tour, One Last Tour. Pretty Lights will also be performing at the festival ccompanied by bass-beat dj Futtize for the latter’s Birthday (b. March 26th). On January 7, 2013, after

25 February - V Festival organizers requested additional road closures for the event, Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff introduced a resolution calling for disapproval of the second weekend, believing that allowing the event to be held across two weekends would be “disruptive to the local business community and area residents due to noise, nuisance behavior of festival goers, and grid lock traffic”, also alleging that “about 70 to 80 percent of these kids are on some sort of mind-altering drug.” The city council voted in favor of continuing with the second weekend on January 10, 2013. Pretty Lights will be also performing at the festival. ▲ 8 October - Limits Festival

Chris Martin of Coldplay at Limits Festival 2012

The Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival is an annual three-day American music festival that takes place in Austin, Texas at the city’s central public park, Zilker Park. Each year, in addition to food & art, most from local vendors, ACL Festival brings together more than 130 acts from all over the world to play rock, indie, country, folk, electronic and more on eight stages. Over 70,000 fans attend the festival each day. Named after the PBS concert series, the Festival is produced by Austin-based C3 Presents, who also produce Lollapalooza as well as other music festivals across the country. The scheduled performance by Saturday headliner, The White Stripes was replaced by moving already scheduled Coldplay into the headlining slot. Other notable moments include Friday when a propane tank was ignited and a fire broke out in the service area, burning down two trailers and several port-o-potties. Four people who were working at the festival were injured, two of them seriously. A second fire broke out on the speaker stack at the AT&T stage during Björk’s set, but it was quickly extinguished and no injuries were reported. Coldplay has been moved to headlining slot. ▲

The festival has been noted for its commercial nature in comparison with other British music festivals. V Festival has received criticism for charging £10 to buy a programme - the only way festival-goers can see what time artists are performing - while others have mentioned the fact burgers cost £7 and water bottles are sometimes confiscated at the entrance, costing up to £2 once inside the grounds. Buying four crates on site would cost a person the same price as a ticket. Some fans have referred to the organisers of the event as ‘greedy’. Despite this, the New Statesman argues that the commercial nature has some advantages: “Yet there are undeniable advantages to the environment. V is a remarkably non-threatening festival, with few of the rougher edges prevalent at other largescale gatherings.” The Evening Standard gave the 2009 festival 3/5 stars after headliners Oasis pulled out of the Hylands Park leg of the festival due to illness. Furthermore, approximately 800 people were injured. In 2009, organisers were forced to restrict entry to Lady Gaga’s performance at Chelmsford after fans became stuck trying to fight through the narrow entrance to The Arena stage. In 2012, during Cher Lloyd’s performance, the crowd booed and a bottle filled with urine was thrown at her, causing Lloyd to walk off stage. She came back on to finish her set but another bottle was thrown and she ended her set early. The final line-up for V Festival 2012 was announced on Tuesday 7th August. In contrast to previous years, some tickets remained on sale until the week of the festival. Nicki Minaj cancelled her appearance at this weekend’s festival because of damage to her vocal cords. LMFAO was moved up to headliner spot whilst DJ Fresh performed in LMFAO’s place. In the week running up to V. The Festival has been noted for its commercial nature comparison with other festivals. ▲

music interview jessie

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Jessie - Jessie Ware is excited. We’re strolling through Brixton Village and the 27-year-old singer is having a hard time narrowing down her favourite hangouts. ‘There are so many places I want to show you,’ she says. ‘I’m a real homebody so the fact that I can do everything in Brixton suits me down to the ground.’ Eventually we settle in for a ‘Jessie Ware’ cocktail at Seven at Brixton – it’s not on the menu, but if you order it they’ll serve up a refreshing elderflower martini with a sliver of cucumber. -

Ware Hello Jessie. How is your week going this far?

Jessie: I’ve been so, so busy this week! We’ve done loads of acoustic sessions which has been great fun. I had some issues with my voice a while back so I’ve had to be really boring and take care of it. I’ve been so, so busy then. Your album Devotion is out next week. Have the nerves crept in yet? J: Maybe they should have but I feel strangely calm about it. I’m really proud of it - I don’t how well it’s going to do but I’m really glad I got to do it. You’ve been touring like mad since March this year; are you pleased with the feedback? J: That’s about the time I brought out the single ‘Running’ and it’s been pretty busy since then. It’s all about building awareness as a lot of people don’t know who I am yet. I played a Bacardi party recently which was really easy because everyone was so pissed they would have cheered at anything! also supported Paloma Faith which was such an honour. The audience were lovely! We’ve chosen festivals carefully because I think a lot of people were expecting me to be more dancey than I am. Generally it’s all been positive

but I love being in the position of needing to win people over. Is it annoying that people are expecting you to bring out a dance record? J: It’s where I got introduced so I can see why people would make that assumption. I’m so glad I did dance first, it was the best experience and I want to keep featuring on those types of songs. I love dancing! You’ve put out three singles so far - ‘Running’, ‘110%’ and ‘Wildest Moments’; do you feel they summarise the album well? J: I think so. There’s the light-hearted, upbeat ‘110%’, there’s the over-the-top ballad on ‘Running’ and a big love song for ‘Wildest Moments’. It kind of represents the emotional highs and lows of the album. It sounds completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs. I wish I had voice like Beyonce. ‘110%’ is about dancing on your own; are you a fan of Robyn’s ‘Dancing On My own’?

J: YES! Such a huge fan of that song and Robyn. I love the drama and sentiment of that track. It’s brilliant. Those happy songs are always my

photo: artist unknown, taken from official Ware’s site interwiev by Robert Copsey for www.digitalspy.co.uk

Caught up with the rising star to find out more about the record, her love of hip-hop and, of course, David Guetta. favourites. If I make a song where I’m happy, I sound completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs.

in the end we went with Dave. He’s never rapped before but I think it’s brilliant! We were reciding whether I could get It’s classy.

There’s a lot of soul and hip-hop influences on the record. Is that the sort of music you listen to day-to-day?

Who else were you considering?

J: I grew up listening to hip-hop and my producer Dave [Okumu] was more into soul. It’s the kind of music I loved watching on MTV Bass. I love Nas, and I wanted to put as much hip-hop on the album as I could get away with. Some of the record, particularly ‘No To Love’ and ‘Sweet Talk’ sounds very Sade... J: Wow, thank you! I love her so much so that’s a huge compliment. Some of the songs feature male backing vocals; were there any other artists you wanted to work with on the LP? J: The rapping and backing vocals were all done by Dave my producer. He has the most beautiful voice and it made it feel like it was our project. ‘No To Love’ is very repetitive and almost has a hip-hop style loop. We were deciding whether I could get away with putting a rapper on it, but

J: I think what Plan B is doing at the moment is pretty amazing. Not many people can move between soul singer and hard rapper. I think what Plan B is doing at the moment is prettty amazing. He’s very creative. I also love A$AP Rocky at the moment, but I’m obsessed with Nas’s new album. It’s so good. I mean it’s so good. It’s f**king wicked! It’s like you’re listening to him in the ‘90s again.

- As we leave, a guy sitting with a coffee in the corner stops her. ‘Jessie – I just have to say. I absolutely love “Running”. Keep doing what you’re doing!’ We walk out the door and she’s genuinely thrilled. ‘That’s so sweet! That never normally happens!’ And with that she’s off up the road, weaving through the crowds of Brixton, heading for home. - ▲

You have some brilliant remixes of your singles. Would you ever be up for a more mainstream remix by Calvin Harris or similar? J: Yeah, and David Guetta! There’s something about his songs that are so catchy. I love the Sia one! Never say never. His remix of Florence’s song is wicked! At the moment I don’t have time to let its actual release sink in, but the whole thing is very exciting regardless. I can be a bit neurotic and I’m a worrier, so I have to keep telling myself to enjoy the whole experience. Thank you for conversation.

‘Devotion’ is out on PMR Records on Aug 20. w w w. j e s s i e w a r e . c o m

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E N O R M O U S

rlando Higginbottom, known professionally as Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED), is an English electronic dance music record producer and DJ. He is currently signed to major label Polydor. His debut album Trouble was released on 11 June 2012. The album includes five pre-released singles including “Household Goods” and “You Need Me On My Own”. Orlando is the son of Professor Edward Higginbottom, conductor of the choir of New College, University of Oxford.He was educated at the Cherwell School, Oxford and has previously worked as a music teacher in schools. TEED has also remixed tracks by the likes of Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Professor Green. Although not usually played during the daytime on Radio 1, TEED features regularly on both Annie Mac’s and Nick Grimshaw’s shows; “Trouble”, “Tapes & Money” and “Your Love” were Grimshaw’s Record of the Week in May 2011, February 2012 and October 2012 respectively. TEED has also released a number of singles/EPs from his new album besides his debut single Garden. These include Trouble, Tapes and Money, ousehold Goods,You Need Me On My Own and Stronger/American Dream Part II which was released as a double single. Orlando Higginbottom from Oxford, UK. Originally hailing from the Greco-Roman stable, his debut EP release was “All In One Sixty Dancehalls EP” (2009, Greco-Roman). Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs swings between

overt musicality and scarily on-point dance floor intuition, ripping up gigs around the globe with his live show of bizarre instruments, glitter cannons and of course… dancing dinosaurs. Having completed successful tours across America, Europe and a recent sold-out run of headline dates across the UK, as well as featuring at every notable summer festival for the past two years, TEED will release his debut album this June 2012. His second EP, “All In Two Sixty Dancehalls EP” (2010, Greco-Roman), brought notoriety, in particular the lead track, Garden. ‘Garden’ was revisited last October via Polydor with support from Radio 1, both day and night, and a global sync for the Nokia Lumia ad campaign. It’s one of the most instantly recognizable electronic-pop records of recent years, having clocked up over 2.5million views on YouTube and counting. Early releases from Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs have been compiled on two EP’s ‘Prehistory I’ and ‘Prehistory II’ (both 2011 , Greco-Roman).TEED’s long remix discography includes: Lady Gaga, Friendly Fires, Professor Green to name just a few. His biggest adventure to date took him to the Congo in Africa, working with local musicians as one of the personality invited producers to collaborate on Damon. His debut album Trouble was released on 11 June 2012. ▲

Debut album ‘Trouble’ is released on the 11th June 2012.

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music instrument

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ukulele

ukulele little big instrument Definition The ukulele, sometimes abbreviated to uke; is a member of the guitar family of instruments; it generally employs four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings.The ukulele originated in the 19th century as a Hawaiian interpretation of the machete,a small guitar-like instrument related to the cavaquinho, braguinha and the rajao, taken to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants. It gained great popularity elsewhere in the United States during the early 20th century, and from there spread internationally. The tone and volume of the instrument varies with size and construction. Ukuleles commonly come in four sizes: soprano, concert, tenor, and baritone. Hawaii Ukuleles are commonly associated with music from Hawaii where the name roughly translates as “jumping flea,” perhaps because of the movement of the player’s fingers. Legend attributes it to the nickname of the Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalkaua’s officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise. According to Queen Liliuokalani, the last Hawaiian monarch, the name means “the gift that came here,” from the Hawaiian words uku (gift or reward) and lele (to come). Developed in the 1880s, the ukulele is based on two small guitar-like instruments of Portuguese ori-

gin, the cavaquinho and the rajao, introduced to the Hawaiian Islands by Portuguese immigrants from Madeira and Cape Verde. Three immigrants in particular, Madeiran cabinet makers Manuel Nunes, José do Espírito Santo, and Augusto Dias, are generally credited as the first ukulele makers. Two weeks after they disembarked from the SS Ravenscrag in late August 1879, the Hawaiian Gazette reported that “Madeira Islanders recently arrived here, have been delighting the people with nightly street concerts.” One of the most important factors in establishing the ukulele in Hawaiian music and culture was the ardent support and promotion of the instrument by King Kalkaua. A patron of the arts, he incorporated it into performances at royal gatherings. Related instruments Ukulele varieties include hybrid instruments such as the guitalele (also called guitarlele), banjo ukulele (also called banjolele), harp ukulele, and lap steel ukulele. There is an electrically amplified version, the electric ukulele. The resonator ukulele produces sound by one or more spun aluminum cones (resonators) instead of the wooden soundboard, giving it a distinct and louder tone. The Tahitian ukulele, another variant, is usually carved from a single piece of wood, and does not have a hollow soundbox. On the Ukulele plays for example Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam. ▲

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Pan’s Labyrinth

Amélie

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Pan’s Labyrinth takes place in Spain in May– June 1944, five years after the Spanish Civil War, during the early Francoist period. The narrative of the film interweaves this real world with a fantasy world centered around an overgrown abandoned labyrinth and a mysterious faun creature, with which the main character, Ofelia, interacts. Ofelia’s stepfather, the Falangist Captain Vidal, hunts the Spanish Maquis who fight against the Francoist regime in the region, while Ofelia’s pregnant mother grows increasingly ill. Ofelia meets several strange and magical creatures who become central to her story, leading her through the trials of the old labyrinth garden. The film employs make-up, Animatronics and CGI effects to bring life to its creatures. Del Toro stated that he considers the story to be a parable, influenced by fairy tales, and that it addresses and continues themes related to his earlier film The Devil’s Backbone (2001), to which Pan’s Labyrinth is a spiritual successor, according to del Toro in his director’s commentary on the DVD. The original Spanish title refers to the fauns of Roman mythology, while the English, German, and French titles refer specifically to the faun-like Greek character Pan. However, del Toro has stated that the faun in the film is not Pan. The film premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2006. In the United States and Canada, the film was given a limited release on December 29, 2006, with a wide release on January 19, 2007. Pan’s Labyrinth opened to widespread critical acclaim. The film won numerous international awards, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards including Best Film. ▲

Amélie (Original French title: Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain); The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain) is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre. It tells the story of a shy waitress, played by Audrey Tautou, who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better, while struggling with her own isolation. The film was an International co-production between companies in France and Germany. The film met with critical acclaim and was a major box-office success. Amélie won Best Film at the European Film Awards; it won four César Awards (including Best Film and Best Director), two BAFTA Awards (including Best Original Screenplay), and was nominated for five Academy Awards. Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) was raised by eccentric parents who—believing erroneously that she had a heart defect—prevented her from meeting other children; she was home schooled by her mother. She developed an active imagination and fantasy life to cope with her loneliness. After the death of her mother and her father’s subsequent withdrawal from society, Amélie leaves home and becomes a waitress at Café des 2 Moulins in Montmartre, staffed and frequented by a collection of eccentrics. Spurning romantic relationships after a few disappointing efforts, she finds contentment in simple pleasures and letting her imagination roam free. On 31 August 1997, Amélie is startled by the news of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, causing her to drop a glass ball which in turn dislodges a loose bathroom tile. Behind the tile she finds an old metal box... ▲

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is a 2006 thriller film directed by Tom Tykwer and written by Andrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger and Tykwer. It is based on the 1985 novel Perfume by Patrick Süskind. Set in 18th century France, the film tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw), an olfactory genius, and his homicidal quest for the perfect scent. The film also stars Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman and Rachel Hurd-Wood; John Hurt provides narration. Producer Bernd Eichinger bought the film rights to Süskind’s novel in 2000 and began writing the screenplay together with screenwriter Andrew Birkin. Tom Tykwer was selected as the director and joined the two in developing the screenplay in 2003. Principal photography began on July 12, 2005 and concluded on October 16, 2005; filming took place in Spain, Germany, and France. The film was made on a budget of 50 million, making it one of the most expensive German films. Perfume was released on September 14, 2006 in Germany, December 26, 2006 in the United Kingdom and December 27, 2006 in the United States. It grossed over $135 million worldwide, of which over $53 million was made in Germany. Critics’ reviews of the film were mixed; the consensus was that the film had strong cinematography and acting but suffered from an uneven screenplay. The film begins with the sentencing of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw), a notorious murderer. Between the reading of the sentence and the execution, the story of his life is told in flashback, beginning with his abandonment at birth in a French fish market. Raised in an orphanage, Grenouille grows into a strangely detached boy with sense of smell. ▲

Release Date: 8 February 2013

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14 March 2013

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Moulin Rouge ! Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris, France. The house was co-founded in 1889 by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia. Close to Montmartre in the Paris district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, it is marked by the red windmill on its roof. The closest métro station is Blanche. Moulin Rouge is best known as the spiritual birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. Originally introduced as a seductive dance by the courtesans who operated from the site, the can-can dance revue evolved into a form of entertainment of its own and led to the introduction of cabarets across Europe. Today, Moulin Rouge is a tourist attraction, offering musical dance entertainment for visitors from around the world. The club’s decor still contains much of the romance of turn-of-the-20th-century France.w soundbox. The Belle Époque was a period of peace and optimism marked by industrial progress, and a particularly rich cultural exuberance was about at the opening of the Moulin Rouge. The Exposition Universelles of 1889 and 1900 are symbols of this period. The Eiffel Tower was also constructed in 1889, epitomising the spirit of progress along with the culturally transgressive cabaret. Japonism, an artistic movement inspired by the Orient, with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as its most brilliant disciple, was also at its height. Montmartre, which, at the heart of an increasingly vast and impersonal Paris, managed to retain a bucolic village atmosphere; festivities and artists mixed, with pleasure and beauty as their values. On 6 October 1889, the Moulin Rouge opened in the Jardin de Paris, at the foot of the Montmartre hill. Its creator Joseph Oller and his Man-

ager Charles Zidler were formidable businessmen who understood the public’s tastes. The aim was to allow the very rich to come and ‘slum it’ in a fashionable district, Montmartre. The extravagant setting – the garden was adorned with a gigantic elephant – allowed people from all walks of life to mix. Workers, residents of the Place Blanche, artists, the middle classes, businessmen, elegant women and foreigners passing through Paris rubbed shoulders. Nicknamed “The First Palace of Women” by Oller and Zidler, the cabaret quickly became a great success. January 1903: the Moulin Rouge reopened after renovation and improvement work carried out by Niermans, the most “Parisian” architect of the Belle Époque (amongst other works he designed the brasserie Mollard, the Paris Casino, the Folies Bergère in Paris, the Palace Hôtel in Ostend in Belgium. Originally introduced as a seductive dance by the courtesans who operated from the site, the can-can dance evolve into entertainment. ▲

1. Still, the exceptional production values and profoundly gifted dancing make for an enthusiastically entertaining evening. Costume designers Anne Armit and Shannon Lovelcae add particularly stunning elegance to this wonderful evening of world-class dance. Photo: Venus Zarris

2. Zidler, the dashing and obsessive proprietor of the sultry cabaret, rages with jealously when one of his beautiful dancers falls in love with a struggling painter. He can have the pick of his girls and he picks Nathalie, but Nathalie picks Matthew and this triangle of romantic intrigue fuels the drama at the Moulin Rouge. Photo: Venus Zarris

Release Date: 14 January 2013 at the National Theater in London

culture artist zdzislaw beksinski

“I wish to paint in such a manner as if I were photographing dreams.” -Zdzislaw Beksinski

Zdzislaw Beksinski at his house’s office. A year before his death. Warsaw, 2004 Picture: beksinski.com

Z In winter, exactly eight years ago died one of the largest Polish avant-garde artists of the last decade, Zdzislaw Beksinski. Let’s remind ourselves who was he and why we should never forget him.

dzislaw Beksinski (24 February 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a renowned Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor. Beksinski executed his paintings and drawings either in what he called a ‘Baroque’ or a ‘Gothic’ manner. The first style is dominated by representation, with the best-known examples coming from his fantastic realism period when he painted disturbing images of a surrealistic, nightmarish environment. The second style is more abstract, being dominated by form, and is typified by Beksinski’s later paintings. The firtst style dominated by representation with the best - known examples coming dreams. Beksinski was born in the town of Sanok, in southern Poland. After studying architecture in Kraków, he returned to Sanok in 1955. Subsequent to this education, he spent several years as a construction site supervisor, which he hated. At that time, he became interested in artistic photography and photomontage, sculpture and painting. He made his sculptures of plaster, metal and wire. His pho-

tography had several themes that would also appear in his future paintings, presenting wrinkled faces, landscapes and objects with a very bumpy texture, which he attempted to emphasize (especially by manipulating lights and shadows). His photography also depicted disturbing images, such as a mutilated baby doll with its face torn off, portraits of people without faces or with their faces wrapped in bandages. Later, he concentrated on painting. His first paintings were abstract art, but throughout the 1960s he made his surrealist inspirations more visible. The late 1990s were a very trying time for Beksinski. His wife, Zofia, died in 1998; a year later, on Christmas Eve 1999, his son Tomasz (a popular radio presenter, music journalist and movie translator) committed suicide. Beksinski discovered his son’s body. Unable to come to terms with his son’s death, he kept an envelope “For Tomek in case I kick the bucket” pinned to his wall. On 21 February 2005, Beksinski was found dead in his flat in Warsaw with 17 stab wounds on his body. ▲

1. Stanislaw Beksinskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s painting; title unknown, 1986 source: beksinski.com 2. Stanislaw Beksinskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s painting; title unknown, 1990 source: beksinski.com

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Eva Green (Casino Royal)

Izabella Scorupco (Golden Eye)

Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace)

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BĂŠrĂŠnice Marlohe (Skyfall)

They are symbols of glamour, sophistication, intellgience and power. Every women wants to be like one and every man wants to have one. They inspire women around the world and, of course, they are able to seduce Bond. James Bond. 17

BOND GIRLS ARE FOREVER Film Character A Bond girl is a character (or the actress portraying a character) who is a love interest of James Bond in a film, novel, or video game. Bond girls occasionally have names that are double entendres or puns, such as Pussy Galore, Plenty O’Toole, Xenia Onatopp, or Holly Goodhead, and are considered “ubiquitous symbol[s] of glamour and sophistication.” There is no set rule on what kind of person a Bond girl will be or what role she will play. She may be an ally or an enemy of Bond, pivotal to the mission or simply eye candy. However, M and Miss Moneypenny may be considered special Bond girls in Skyfall, even though he is not romantically involved with either of them, because M plays a pivotal role in the plot and her emotional backstory with Bond is explored and Moneypenny works with Bond in the field as previous Bond girls had done. On film Ursula Andress as “Honey Ryder” in Dr. No (1962) is often considered the quintessential Bond girl. She was preceded by Eunice Gayson as “Sylvia Trench” and Zena Marshall as “Miss Taro” in the same film. There have been many attempts to break down the numerous Bond girls into a top 10 list for the entire series; characters who often appear in these lists include Anya Amasova, Pussy Galore, Countessa Teresa di Vicenzo at Number 1 on the list.

Entertainment Weekly put “Bond bathing suits” on its end-of-the-decade, “best-of” list, saying, “And you thought spies were supposed to be inconspicuous! Halle Berry’s orange bikini in Die Another Day (2002) and Daniel Craig’s supersnug powder blue trunks in Casino Royale (2006) suggest that neither 007 star can keep a secret.” Roles and impact In several of the Bond films, the Bond girl is revealed, after her tryst with Bond, to be a villainess. Examples are Fatima Blush (Barbara Carrera) in Never Say Never Again (1983), Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen) in GoldenEye (1995), Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) in The World Is Not Enough (1999), and Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike) in Die Another Day (2002). To date, there have been only only two films in which James Bond falls in love with the Bond girl. The first was On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), in which Countessa Tracy di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) marries Bond but is shot dead by Irma Bunt and Ernst Stavro Blofeld at the story’s end. (It was originally intended that she would instead die at the beginning of Diamonds Are Forever (1971); but that idea was dropped during the filming of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service when George Lazenby announced that he would not play the James Bond role in future films. One critic has opined that, although the theme of Bond in love is not overtly explored in Diamonds Are Forever, that film’s pre-title sequence, in which James Bond

vigorously pursues Blofeld, demonstrates “an effort to avenge Tracy’s murder”.) The second was Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) in Casino Royale (2006). Bond confesses his love to her and resigns from MI6 so that they can have a normal life together. He later learns that she had been a double agent working for his enemies. The enemy organisation Quantum had kidnapped her former lover and had been blackmailing her to secure her cooperation. She ends up actually falling in love with Bond, but dies, as Quantum is closing in on her, by drowning in a lift in a building under renovation in Venice. Effect on career With the exception of these two doomed Bond girls, it is never explained why Bond’s love interest in one film is gone by the next, and is never mentioned or even alluded to again. This is not always the case in the novels, which do sometimes make references to the Bond girls who have appeared in previous books. Tiffany Case and Honey Ryder are revealed to have married other men (in From Russia With Love and The Man With the Golden Gun respectively), and in Doctor No, Bond briefly wonders about Solitaire. A unique case is Mary Goodnight, who appears in the novels, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and You Only Live Twice as Bond’s secretary, before becoming a full-fledged Bond girl role of a Bond girl. In several of the Bond films, the Bond girls is revealed, after her tryst with Bond, to be a villainess.

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Multiple appearances The character of Sylvia Trench is the only Bond girl character who recurs in a film (Dr. No (1962) and From Russia with Love (1963)). She was meant to be Bond’s regular girlfriend, but was dropped after her appearance in the second film. In the series of films, five actresses have made reappearances as different Bond girls: Martine Beswick and Nadja Regin both first appeared in From Russia with Love, and then appeared in Thunderball and Goldfinger respectively. Maud Adams played Andrea Anders in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and the title character in Octopussy (1983); she also is an extra in A View to a Kill (1985). Tsai Chin also appeared in two small roles, first as the Chinese/British agent “Ling” in

You Only Live Twice and later as one of the poker players, Madame Wu, in Casino Royale. Diane Hartford also appeared in two small roles: Bond’s pick-up dance partner at the Kiss Kiss Club in Thunderball and as a card player in the Bahamas in Casino Royale. If the “unofficial” James Bond films, Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again, are included, several actresses have also been a Bond girl more than once: Ursula Andress in Dr. No (1962) and Casino Royale (1967); Angela Scoular, in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) and Casino Royale (1967); Valerie Leon in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Never Say Never Again (1983). The Icons of Femininity The best-known characteristic of Bond girls apart from their uniform beauty is their pattern of sex-

ually suggestive names (the most risqué and famous being Pussy Galore). Names with less obvious meanings are sometimes explained in the novels. While Solitaire’s real name is Simone Latrelle, she is known as Solitaire because she excludes men from her life; Gala Brand, as noted above, is named for her father’s cruiser, HMS Galatea; and Tiffany Case received her name from her father, who was so angry that she was not a boy that he gave her mother a thousand dollars and a compact from Tiffany’s and then walked out on her. Fleming’s penchant for double-entendre names began with the first Bond novel Casino Royale. Conjecture is widespread that the name of the Bond girl in that novel, “Vesper Lynd,” was intended to be a pun on “West Berlin. ▲

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lifestyle cookbook perfect salad

CHEF’S SALAD Ingredients • 1 1/2 pounds Boston, Bibb, green • or red leaf lettuce, or a mixture, washed, trimmed, and dried • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper • 1 cup dressing of your choice, such as shallot or herb vinaigrette, ranch, or blue cheese • 4 ounces imported Swiss cheese, cut into 2-inch long matchstick pieces • 4 ounces baked ham, cut into 2-inch long matchstick pieces Directions Tear the lettuce into bite-sized pieces and put into a large mixing bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste and toss with 1/2 cup of the dressing. Divide the lettuce among 4 large individual serving bowls. Arrange the cheese, meats, eggs, and avocado, like the spokes of a wheel, on top of each salad. Scatter the tomatoes, cucumbers, and croutons on top. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve and pass the remaining dressing at the table. -David Machado

5 TIPS FOR MAKING 1

. “Tossed green salad.” Sounds simple!

Well, it should be, perhaps because salads are so simple that people don’t pay enough attention to their preparation. But with a plain salad, there’s no place to hide: It’s usually just greens and dressing, so each must be handled with care. This green salad lesson focuses on three key points: 1) selecting your greens, 2) washing and drying, and 3) proper dressing. Mastering these three steps gives you a basic platform from which you can build all kinds of salads.

Pair aggressive greens with sweeter ones. On the strong side are frisee, radicchio, escarole and Belgian endive, which tend toward bitterness. Arugula, tatsoi, mizuna and watercress have more peppery notes. Sweet lettuces include butter or Bibb, oakleaf, mache and romaine.

We’re so lucky to have such gorgeous salad greens available to us in this region. I like to serve salads that are simple -- usually just greens with maybe cheese or nuts on top -- but I like the greens themselves to have character, so I try to create a complex mix. A big warning about mixes, however: The salad mixes sold in most

Whatever greens you choose, you’ll need to give them a bath, to remove the inevitable fine grit that lodges toward the root ends of lettuces, as well as to wash off any pesticides (and critters).

. Create your own mix, but be sure it’s fresh!

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grocery stores, sometimes called mesclun, can be really nice, but more often than not they’re tired and limp and they don’t taste like much. And they’re often hiding bits of slimy lettuce, so you need to pick through them carefully. You’ll get more satisfaction by blending your own.

. It’s worth the time to wash well.

Unfortunately, just running them under water doesn’t do this job well enough. The best way

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CAESAR SALAD Ingredients • 4 heads romaine lettuce, outer leaves removed, or 1.5 pounds romaine lettuce hearts • Pizzetta’s, recipe follows, used as croutons • 2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan • 2 kirby (pickling) cucumbers, sliced • 2 tablespoon Dijon mustard • 6 to 8 anchovy fillets, minced • 2 tablespoons chopped garlic • 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar • 3 teaspoons fresh lemon juice Directions Put the whole romaine leaves in a work bowl. Add enough of the dressing to coat the leaves and toss well. Arrange the leaves in a serving bowl with their tips up, and intersperse the pizzetta’s, if desired. Sprinkle the Parmesan over all. Place the egg yolk, mustard, anchovies, garlic, vinegar, lemon juice, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce into a salad bowl. Blend with whisk and then add the olive oil in a slow, steady stream until it is fully incorporated. - Seth Lorinczi

A PERFECT SALAD to wash greens is to fill a large bowl with cold water (you can use the base of your salad spinner), add the greens, swish them around a bit and let them soak for a few minutes. Then lift the greens out of the water; don’t pour through a strainer or you’ll be pouring all the dirt back onto the greens. Empty and rinse the bowl, which will have some grit in the bottom, and repeat the process until no more grit comes off. Check the central ribs of the lettuce leaves to be sure. The cold soak also will freshen up the greens. The tools you’ll need: a knife, a spinner and your (clean) hands. How big you leave your lettuce leaves is up to you, though big leaves are hard to eat and definitely need a knife and a fork.

. Now it’s time to dry the leaves.

Though you can cook really well with minimal equipment, I do recommend buying a salad spinner. There’s just no better way to remove all the moisture from the crenelations

of salad leaves. And wet greens lead to disappointing salads. Spin your greens in batches if you must, rather than stuffing the spinner too full; it’s not a front-loading washing machine.

. The greens and dressing should meet only seconds before the salad is served. Oddly enough, it’s not the acidic vinegar that hastens the wilting of the greens, it’s the oil, which can penetrate the leaf cuticle and make the lettuce limp and dark. The best way to distribute the dressing on the greens is with your hands. Just wash ‘em and toss. That way you can be gentle but thorough, making sure that every leaf has just a gloss of dressing on it. If you don’t like the idea of using hands, then use a pair of spring tongs, which will allow you to manipulate the greens perhaps better than two salad forks; those are nice for serving at the table, but not for tossing. ▲ - Martha Holmberg

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nterior design describes a group of various yet related projects that involve turning an interior space into an â&#x20AC;&#x153;effective setting for the range of human activitiesâ&#x20AC;? that are to take place there. An interior designer is someone who conducts such projects. Interior design is a multifaceted profession that includes conceptual development, liaising with the stakeholders of a project and the management and execution of the design. Interior design as carried out in the US is an almost entirely different practice to that carried out in the UK. This article describes interior design that relates mainly to the US. In the past, Interiors were put together instinctively as a part of the process of building. The profession of interior design has been a consequence of the development of society and the complex architecture that has resulted from the development of industrial processes. The pursuit of effective use of space, user well-being and functional design has contributed to the development of the contemporary interior design profession. In ancient India, architects used to work as interior designers. This can be seen from the references of Vishwakarma the architect - one of the Gods in Indian mythology. Additionally, the sculptures depecting ancient texts, events are seen in palaces built in 17th century India. The Dark Ages led to a time of wood paneling, minimal furniture, and stone-slab floors. during the time people added a deccorative elements by putting wall fabrics and stone carvings. Coming out of the Dark Ages the work of color and ornamentation was introduced. And in the 12th century the Gothic Style

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came out and is noted for opened interiors and natural light. Throughout the 18th century and into the early 19th Century, interior decoration was the concern of the homemaker or, in well off families an upholsterer or craftsman may influence the style of the interior space. Architects would also employ craftsmen or artisans to complete interior design for their buildings. Towards the end of the 19th century interior decorating emerged as a profession in the Western world. This was due to various actions, particularly by women, to professionalise the homemaking process. Elsie De Wolfe has been credited with the creation of the interior decorating profession. Having successfully re-designed her own home, De Wolfe began offering her services to other people within her social circle. As people began offering interior decoration as a service the professionalization of this service gained momentum. This movement towards professionalization was reinforced by the publication of books on the subject. Publications include the book Suggestions for House Decoration in Painting, Woodwork and Furniture by Anges and Rhoda Garrett, Elsie De Wolfe’s The House in Good Taste (1913) and articles by Candace Wheeler such as Principles of Home Decoration with Practical Examples. Most of the books were published by women and clearly suggested the profession was within the women’s domain, E.g. The two-part article Interior Decoration as a Profession for Women, written by Candace Wheeler. As previously mentioned, before formal interior decorators evolved the job was the concern of craftsmen or upholsterers. ▲

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As a young child, did you have any idea, any vision, of what you wanted to accomplish? Oprah: As a young child, I had a vision, not of what I wanted to accomplish, but I knew that my current circumstances would change. I was raised on a farm with my grandmother for the first six years of my life -- I knew somehow that my life would be different and it would be better. I never had a clear cut vision of what it was I would be doing. Did you ever consider any other career besides talking, broadcasting, acting? O: I always wanted to be an actress for most of my adolescent and adult life. My father didn’t want me to be, because his idea of what “an actress” was, was one of these “lewd women,” and “How are you going to take care of your life?” So I always wanted to be an actress and have taken, I think, a roundabout way to get there because I still don’t feel fulfilled as an actress. I still feel like, “Okay, once I own my own studio...” but I’m thinking, “I did all of this just to be an actress. I just want to be able to act.” Your career was kind of a sky-rocketing success. But there was that period of anchoring that made you uncomfortable. In a way, did you have to make that mistake in order to find what you do best? O: Well, you know, I don’t know if anybody really skyrockets to success. I think that success is a process. And I believe that my first Easter speech, at Kosciusko Baptist Church, at the age of three and a half, was the beginning. And that every other speech, every other book I read, every oth-

er time I spoke in public, was a building block. So that by the time I first sat down to audition in front of a television camera, and somebody said, “Read this,” what allowed me to read it so comfortably and be so at ease with myself at that time, was the fact that I had been doing it a while. If I’d never read a book, or never spoken in public before, I would have been traumatized by it. So the fact that we went on the air with “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 1986, nationally, and people said, “Oh, but you are so comfortable in front of the camera; you can be yourself.” So you are able to deal with criticism fairly well? O: If it’s the truth. Of all things I would say I’m a truth-seeker. I believe that, “The truth shall make you free.” I absolutely believe that. So if you are telling me the truth, I accept it and will move on it. The thing that has caused me the greatest dismay or disappointment in this life has been the fact that people can write things about you that are not true. It’s astounding to me. It’s astounding. How has luck affected your career? O: I sort of began to create my own luck. I went to my first city council meeting, I wasn’t quite sure of what to do, but I had told the news director that I did. So, then what you have to do is, be willing to admit that you know nothing. And I did. And from that point on all those councilmen became my friends, and I’d come in the council meeting, and they helped me out. And I realize now it was because of my willingness to say, “I don’t know it, help me.” And they did. So that’s how I learned. ▲

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NEW YORK Why you should visit New York City?

ew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. New York is the 27th-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 7thmost densely populated of the 50 United States. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the west and north, and Quebec to the north. The state of New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City. New York City, with a population of over 8.1 million, is the most populous city in the United States. Alone, it makes up over 40 percent of the population of New York state. It is known for its status as a center for finance and culture and for its status as the largest gateway for immigration to the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, New York City is also a destination of choice for many foreign visitors. Both the state and city were named for the 17th century Duke of York, James Stuart, future James II and VII of England and Scotland. New York was inhabited by various tribes of Algonquian and Iroquoian speaking Native Americans at the time Dutch settlers moved into the region in the early 17th

century. In 1609, the region was first claimed by Henry Hudson for the Dutch. Fort Nassau was built near the site of the present-day capital of Albany in 1614. The Dutch soon also settled New Amsterdam and parts of the Hudson River Valley, establishing the colony of New Netherland. The British took over the colony by annexation in 1664. The borders of the British colony, the Province of New York, were roughly similar to those of the present-day state. About one third of all the battles of the Revolutionary War took place in New York. The state constitution was enacted in 1777. New York became the 11th state to ratify the United States Constitution, on July 26, 1788. Henry Hudsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1609 voyage marked the beginning of the European involvement with that area. Sailing for the Dutch East India Company and looking for a passage to Asia, he entered the Upper New York Bay on September 11 of that year. [8] After his return word of his findings quickly spread and Dutch merchants began to explore the coast in search for profitable fur trade. During the 17th century, Dutch trading posts established for the trade of pelts from the Lenape, Iroquois and other indigenous peoples expanded into the colony of New Netherland. New York ranks 46th among the 50 states in the amount of greenhouse gases generated per person. â&#x2013;˛

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This two pages are full of interesting and unique info about creative design, beautiful art and luxury lifestyle. There are many things in the world that are interesting, beautiful and worthy to tell everybody. 29

Switzerland-based designer Tomas Kral has come up with this unusual buy yet very practical Homework Desk. Made from cast aluminum sandwiched between two sheets of ash, it contains a sort of gutter that runs around three edges. . “Is a work table which has been set to be even more functional: an aluminum cloth is placed on a wooden table when folded to form a refined extension, a toolbox to store documents, objects, photos … that you need or simply desire to work. The tiled surface enables you to lay down open books and continue reading.”

Take a look at this funny and functional floor lamp “Octopussy” created by industrial design from Moscow Vladimir Tomilov. It’s absolutely flexible lamp with elegant bubble, which has colored lens and shutter for bulb. This lamp has three support legs, as well as “foot-tentacles”

that define the dynamics and at the ends have additional led-lights. Once it appeared, the project immediately attracted attention and sympathy. In autumn 2001 Octopussy got an award in Paris and was listed in the book Designbook vol.4 and moreover immediately got to its cover

The following creative bottle design created by Belarusian designer Constantin Bolimond is based around the concept of wine as the blood of grapes. The striking form is themed off a human heart to reference the fruit’s origin – France. The product is realized in black and white finishes, featuring a simple inverse typeface to communicate the wine’s label. The design brings a new meaning to the devil’s nectar.

Some time ago we’ve shown you interesting collection of the most creative bookends and

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today we want to show you another one – Hold on Tight bookshelf by Colleen Whiteley. “Your books are no longer in danger of toppling over. Over-sized wing-nut allows bookend to slide into place and be secured wherever it’s needed. Offered in Beech, Walnut and Oak. Water based stain and all natural Shellac finish. Aluminum cube and wingnut powdercoated.”

Designer Maya Selway’s Kishu collection consists of a series of objects that were designed to look like careless, half-finished sketches of candle holders, vases and bowls. Each object in the Kishu collection is carefully weighted at its base to support its lopsided structure. “I worked for a long time to get the balance just right.” The collection recently won second prize in the Object category at the Interieur Design Awards at the Interieur Design Biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium.

Take a look at the result of collaboration of German vehicle division SMART and fashion designer Jeremy Scott – a limited edition electrified “ForTwo”. This electric vehicle is equipped with wings that illuminate like igniting rockets to form avant-garde rear taillights, the feature becomes the central design element of the car body, accentuating its futuristic approach to transportation. “Based on the current production version of the “Smart ForTwo Electric Drive”, it has the capabilities of accelerating from 0-60 km/h (37 mph) in 4.8 seconds, achieving a top speed of 125km/h (78 mph). Its 17.6 kWh lithium-ion battery enables the urban two-seater to travel approximately 145 kilometres in city traffic without producing any local emissions. Painted in bright white, chrome accents in the front headlights and grille, mirror caps, and tridion cell contrast to appear like a ‘glistening jewel’.

CGSociety user, Cyber recently designed a ring clock, a mechanical ring made from stainless steel that displays the time. It has three rings that rotate separately, displaying the hour, minutes and seconds. An indicator ensures that you put the ring on properly, and the current time is highlighted. Not only is this little gadget functional, but it’s also quite stylish.

Today we want ot show you creative speaker for your phone. The speaker BALLO for Hong Kong based brand OYO – Objects You Obsess provides massive sound for this tiny device. It comes with a built-in rechargeable Lithium battery and is compatible with most audio devices. The 3.5mm jack is a regular plug for headphones. When pluged-in, the speaker turns on automatically. The design follows principles of minimalistic design. It’s perfectly portable. ▲

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redl ips Red is the colour of passion and love. It’s probably the sexiest colour around and when painted on your lips, it’s dynamite. In this article I will explain why red lipstick will never go out of fashion.

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Lipstick is a cosmetic product containing pigments, oils, waxes, and emollients that applies color, texture, and protection to the lips. Many varieties of lipstick exist. As with most other types of makeup, lipstick is typically, but not exclusively, worn by women. The use of lipstick dates back to ancient times. Throughout the early 20th century, lipstick came in a limited number of shades. Dark red was one of the most popular shade throughout the 19th and 20th century. Dark red lipstick was popular in the 1920s. Flappers wore lipstick to symbolize their independence. Lipstick was worn around the lips to form a “Cupid’s bow”, inspired by actress Clara Bow. At that time, it was acceptable to apply lipstick in public and during lunch, but never at dinner. In the early 1930s, Elizabeth Arden began to introduce different lipstick colors. She inspired other companies to create a variety of lipstick shades. In the 1930s, lipstick was seen as symbol of adult sexuality. Teenage girls believed that lipstick was a symbol of womanhood. Adults saw it as an act of rebellion. Many Americans, especially immigrants, did not accept teenage girls wearing lipstick. A study in 1937 survey revealed that over 50% of teenage girls fought with their parents over lipstick. In the mid-1940s, several teen books and magazines stressed that men prefer a natural look over a made up look. Books and magazines also warned girls that wearing cosmetics could ruin their chances of popularity and a career. The implication of these articles was that lipstick and rouge were for teen girls who acted very provocatively with

trends make-up red lips men. Despite the increased use of cosmetics, it was still associated with prostitution. Teen girls were discouraged from wearing cosmetics for fear that they would be mistaken for “loose” girls or prostitutes. By the 1950s, movie actresses Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor helped bring back dark red lips. A 1951 survey revealed that two-thirds of teenage girls wore lipstick. In 1950 chemist Hazel Bishop formed a company, Hazel Bishop Inc., to promote her invention of long-lasting, non-smearing ‘kissproof’ lipstick (“stays on you... not on him”), which quickly gained acceptance. At the end of the 1950s, a cosmetic company named Gala introduced pale shimmery lipstick. Later, Max Factor created a popular lipstick color called Strawberry Meringue. Lipstick manufacturers began creating lipsticks in lavender, pale pink, white, and peach. Since parents generally frowned on teen girls wearing red lipstick, some teen girls began wearing pink and peach lipsticks, which became a trend. White or nearly white lipstick was popular in the 1960s. Rock groups such as the Ronettes and the Shirelles popularized white lipstick. Girls would apply white lipstick over pink lipstick or place under-eye concealer on their lips. During that time, many lipstick were either matte, sheer, or slightly shiny. In the 1960s, lipstick was associated with femininity. Women who did not wear lipstick were suspected of mental illness or lesbianism. In the 1970s, a number of cosmetic companies introduced lipsticks in more unusual colors such as iridescent light blue (Kanebo), frosted lime green (Conga Lime by Revlon), and silver sparkled navy blue (Metallic Grandma by Biba). MAC cosmetics continues to release limited edition and highly collectible lipsticks in a wide range of colors and finishes, including unusual hues of violets, blues, and greens. Rocker Marilyn Manson helped popularize dark lipsticks in alternative subcultures. Black lipstick became popular in the late 1970s and into the 1990s. In the 1950s, black lipstick had been worn by actresses starring in horror films. It became popular again due in part to punk and goth subcultures. In the mid-1980s, so-called mood lipstick were sold to adults by mainstream cosmetic companies. This type of lipstick changes colors after it is applied, based on changes in skin’s pH that supposedly reflect the wearer’s mood. Previously these had be available as little girl’s play makeup. They had another resurgence in the very early 21st century, offered by inexpensive as well as more exclusive cosmetic lines, and color changing chemicals also appeared in lip gloss, such as Smashbox O-Gloss, and blush, such as Stila Custom Color Blush. In the 1990s, lipstick colors became semi-matte. Shades of brown were very popular. These shades were inspired by several shows such as “Friends”. In the late 1990s and into the 21st century, pearl shades became very popular. Lipsticks were no longer matte or semi-matte, they were shiny and contained several interference pearls. In 2012, bright bold lip colors became trendy again with saturated colors such as orange, or hot pink. Lipstick is made from grinding and heating ingredients. Then heated waxes are added to the mix for texture. Oils and lanolin are added for specific formula requirements. Once they have hardened, they are heated in flame for half a second to create a shiny finish and to remove imperfections. ▲

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FASHION

Sometimes girls need a little style pick-me-up especially when a shoe-shopping spree isn’t an option. For a fun way to glam up your day, here are 25 of the best fashion quotes of all time from some of our favorite fashion designers, style icons, girl crushes and more.

ashion is a general term for a popular style or practice, especially in clothing, footwear, accessories, makeup, body piercing or furniture. Fashion refers to a distinctive and often habitual trend in the style with which a person dresses, as well as to prevailing styles in behaviour. Fashion also refers to the newest creations of textile designers. The more technical term, costume, has become so linked to the term “fashion” that the use of the former has been relegated to special senses like fancy dress or masquerade wear, while “fashion” means clothing more generally and the study of it. Although aspects of fashion can be feminine or masculine, some trends are androgynous. Early Western travelers, whether to Persia, Turkey, India, or China frequently remark on the absence of changes in fashion there, and observers from these other cultures comment on the unseemly pace of Western fashion, which many felt suggested an instability and lack of order in Western culture. The Japanese Shogun’s secretary boasted (not completely accurately) to a Spanish visitor in 1609 that Japanese clothing had not changed in over a thousand years. However in Ming China, for example, there is considerable evidence for rapidly changing fashions in Chinese clothing. Changes in costume often took place at times of economic or social change (such as in ancient Rome and the medieval Caliphate), but then a long period without major changes followed. This occurred in Moorish Spain from the 8th century, when the famous musician Ziryab introduced sophisticated clothing-styles based on seasonal and daily fashion from his native Baghdad and his own inspiration to Córdoba in Al-Andalus.

All clothes and jewelery designed and made by Amanda Dugay-Forrester Fashion Styling & Art Direction by Amanda Dugay-Forrester HMU by Maya Landi Photography by Sarah-Ann Loreth Model - Anna Mills

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Projekt magazynu dla kobiet pt. “Aneta” autor: Aneta Lukoszek uczelnia: Gliwicka Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości kierunek: Wzornictwo specjalność: Projektowanie produktu promotor: dr Mieczysław Piróg Gliwice, 2013 r.