Tag: inspiration

The Elegant Fashion of Art–Goût–Beauté

.Reading time 10 minutes.

By Francesca Lungarotti Thanks to UIG Image Partner Florilegius, we have the opportunity to literally dive into vintage French fashion.  The Florilegius collection includes selected images from Art–Goût–Beauté, a wonderful monthly magazine bound with a silk cord and featuring Art Deco fashion illustrations.  These illustrations provide a glimpse into the luxurious lifestyles that women aspired to in […]

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Natural Patterns

.Reading time 3 minutes.

By Francesca Lungarotti A pattern is a repeating decorative design, and the realm of nature is full of them. It seems trivial but it is quite surprising to observe how many design matrices exist around us that were created without any human intervention. Throughout history patterns have always influenced art and architecture.  Photography is the […]

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Yeager breaks sound barrier!

.Reading time 6 minutes.

Seventy-five years ago the sound barrier was broken by Chuck Yeager. It is October 14, 1947, over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California. A former WW2 flight officer named Chuck Yeager (1923-2020), a test pilot with the US Air Force sitting at the controls of a Bell X-1 rocket plane drops from the modified bomb bay […]

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