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...hallmark, too. Having won a cult following in 2004 for his zany yet unsettling space-invader figurines - which were, not surprisingly, big in Japan - Hayón then broke through last year in that most conservative corner of product design, the bathroom. His boudoir-like fittings for upmarket Spanish bathroom manufacturer Artquitect, with crystal-ceramic basins on dressing-table-like legs, laser-cut mirrors and gilt surface finishes, left the design trade press in a lather of excitement. Showtime, Hayón's subsequent furniture collection for another Spanish design brand, BD, also gives period features a sleek pop twist...
...more I study, and the more easily the subjunctive pluperfect comes to me in conversation, the more I am convinced that some things just don’t translate. Exhibit A: finding an adequate Spanish counterpart for the word “jolly” (the closest we got was “bárbaro” – like “awesome,” but less painfully Californian surfer dude). Exhibit B: explaining the idiom, “to gird up one’s loins.” (My professor’s attempt...
...letter as a "dreadful misjudgment." But it is not only because of Europe's Muslims that the old patterns are changing. Recent controversies have inspired a broader and deeper re-examination of what it means to be European, reviving the ancient struggle between Christian and secular values. The Spanish parliament's recent decision to legalize gay marriage, for example, was met by severe disapproval from the Vatican, as were the 2004 objections to Italian politician Rocco Buttiglione's candidacy for European Justice Commissioner on the grounds that he had labeled homosexuality a "sin." In a secular Western Europe, Roman Catholics...
...mapping engine that combines comprehensive local listings with zoomable, interactive city plans. Locations such as restaurants, museums and boutiques are marked with different icons; favorite attractions can be bookmarked and later printed out as a handy itinerary. A distance-measurement tool lets you count the footsteps from Rome's Spanish Steps to the Trevi Fountain without leaving your chair, while Schmap's listings update to match whatever quadrant of the city you're looking at, so you don't have to comb through bistros in Brooklyn while searching for Chinese food on New York City's Upper West Side. Schmap...
...outer London, which David Cronenberg made into that notoriously creepy 1996 film, set in Los Angeles. Even typical Ballard tales, like Cocaine Nights (1996) or Super-Cannes (2000), are not exactly walks in the high-tech research park. Those two hot-selling thrillers were set in, respectively, a Spanish resort community and a leafy French office campus. In both, a clueless visitor tries to unravel a shocking crime, eventually discovering that the stress and boredom of these ostensible Edens have driven their denizens to violent excess. Ballard has seen the enemy and he is us, at our worst...