· PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL ·
Namib Desert PhotographyGet inspired by the place where the desert meets the ocean in the Namib desert, located in the southwestern region of Africa.
· EDITORIAL, MIXED MEDIA ·
Rosanna Webster for Stamp MagazineLondon-based artist/photographer and recent Brighton University graduate, Rosanna Webster, is off to a dashing start with collaborations for Vogue Paris on a visual diary, AnOther, and this stunning illustrated editorial for Stamp Magazine. Desert botanical and
· FOOD ·
Rubén Álvarez The Pastry MasterAt the tender age of 13, Rubén Álvarez Ibáñez starts studying gastronomy in the Escuela Superior de Hostelería y Turismo de Madrid, an opportunity for him to start out in what would later become his career and passion. Over the course of the next four years, taking advantage of the Christmas and Easter holidays, he [...]
· FOOD ·
The Picasso of Pastry: Pierre HerméFamous in France, Japan and the United States, the man that Vogue called “the Picasso of Pastry” revolutionized pastry-making with regard to taste and modernity. With “pleasure as his only guide”, Pierre Hermé has invented a totally original world of tastes, sensations and pleasures. Towards the end of 1996, Pierre Hermé left Fauchon to start [...]
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Paris Pâtisseries: Light & PastryThe following shots are from 16 different french ‘pastisseries’ highlighting translucency, texture and color in pastries. Like all those pastry shots, they’re done in completely natural light with macro lens, in this case with about half of these being back-lit. Welcome to the collection: Paris Pâtisseries’ Light & Pastry…
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Plaza Athénée Pastry F/W 2010/11Like fashion designer collections, luxury hotels have their very own varied specialty collections. Here is the Plaza Athénée fall/winter 2010/11 desert collection, created by pastry superstar chef Christophe Michalak, officially elected best pastry chef of the world.
· INTERIOR DESIGN ·
A 6,000 km. Bacteria WallMagnun Larsson, an architecture student from London has proposed an idea to transform the Sahara Desert by creating a 6,000 km wall of sandstone. His proposal was awarded the top prize at the Holcim Foundation’s Awards for Sustainable Construction. The purpose wall would not only create an oasis by providing to create an oasis by providing [...]