Naples filled me to the brim in all the most satisfying and stimulating ways. My mind is still awhirl a week after...
An Eyeful in Naples
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Graphics Articles
Signage, Graphics and Street Art Around Milan
My Designer/Artist's eye thrills at the strong visuals of signage – old and new – graphic elements and street art that...
Triennale – Mestiere di Grafico Oggi
Triennale – Mestiere di Grafico Oggi – Professions in Graphics Today: So many expressions of design that weren’t feasible when I began 45 years ago… and so many that remain still.
Triennale – Ettore Sottsass
Triennale – Ettore Sottsass Installation: A design great, so always an honour to see his sketches, his thinking, the fruition of his ideas.
Triennale – Giovanni Gastel
Triennale – Giovanni Gastel Show: Powerful, dramatic, moody photos, made all the more striking by the very large size of these digital prints.
Triennale – Saul Steinberg
Triennale – Saul Steinberg Show. Masterful. Genius. Witty. Broadly talented. And there must be hundreds of his works in this show!
Triennale Design Museum of Milano
The current selection of shows at the Triennale Design Museum is reason enough to come to Milano right now! Knocked my...
20,000 Steps in Torino
Torino. Turin. A lovely city in the far northwest of Italy, in the Piedmont region—Piemonte—an hour's ride on the fast...
Home Again
Home again. It amuses and pleases me that returning to Milano, Italia, is so known and so comfortable. This is my...
Feelin’ Groovy in New York City
My perception of the enormity, diversity, energy and intensity of New York had felt daunting all these years, so I had...
Long Pilgrimage Stroll to the Duomo
After sitting inside all day working, by 6:00 p.m. I had to get out and take a walk from here to my beloved Duomo. I...
A Merchandising Puzzle
While you're shopping for Chocolate Pudding Mix, don't forget the garlic! Really? I'm still scratching my head...
Milan Thoughts in the Rain
On a rainy day in Seattle - there have been so many lately - the car in front of me was branded "Milan" and my...
Buon Anno! Happy New Year!
Buon Anno. Tanti Auguri. Happy New Year. Many Good Wishes. L'anno duemilleundici. The year two thousand eleven. Vi...
Buy More Stuff
"Black Friday". THE day upon which retailers place their hopes and base their projections for their year's sales and...
For Grace Received
Two years ago, in exploring one church after another, I noticed cathedral walls laden with silver framed medallions...
My “Tricolore” Year
One year ago today my plane landed at Milano Malpensa Aeroporto. I caught the train into the center of town, to the...
Bella Venezia
Venezia - Venice - will always remain, for me, one of the great and marvel-filled cities of the world. . . . . . . . ....
Around Town in Bologna
The visual lushness in Italy thrills me. Architectural details. Signage. The artistic sense. And the character of the...
Portraits of a Regional Election
They put the temporary, scaffold-and-tin poster walls back up in my neighborhood just in time to feature advertising...