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2011 is ‘da-year’! da-eYe is back as we can read on his website, and he wants you to know. On Dec 10th last year, the observing eye from the mid-Eighties went Barefoot Against Poverty to support the Every Human Has Rights Campaign. Now, on a totally different topic, the waggish da-eYe decided to strike the pose, the Wendy Brandes Pose to be precise. Wendy Brandes, also known as WendyB, is a talented jewelry designer, whose fine jewelry line is very popular; the Sama Gazette has mentioned her several times. And apparently, da-eYe is not insensible to Wendy’s work and charming enthusiasm. That’s why he decided (with a little help, I have to admit) to take on the challenge and to strike the famous WendyB pose. Here is his tribute: a photo of da-eYe was taken in the street, hands on hips, crossed legs.  But no red lips, no toothy smile…⇒ READ MORE

What would be black without white and white without black? I am not making a metaphorical combination here (although I believe it could make some sense) but since I started to draw and design clothes when I was a young teenager, I always had a preference for black and white colors. I already shared with you my admiration for Pierre Soulages‘ work and his ‘outrenoir‘ (beyond black) concept in Pierre Soulages: black like you never saw it before. Pierre Soulages, also known as ‘the painter of black’ allowed me to think in black and to assume the black color as the source of my creative process. But someone else later confirmed my black and white world could go way beyond and exists by itself in our everyday furniture; this person is Andrée Putman. I was impressed when I first saw Putman’s signature monochrome graphics she created at the Morgans Hotel…⇒ READ MORE

Happy new year everyone! I guess we are going to hear those words many times again in the coming hours, days and weeks. Today is the first day of 2011 and many are already recovering from a bash that lasted until early this morning. Most of the people I know are celebrating, wishing everyone the best for the new year. Me too I hope everything will be better in 2011 but since we always hope the next year will be better than the previous one, it makes me feel a little bit desperate about how things will turn out… On December 31, 2011 we will all hope -again- than 2012 will be better than 2011. Sounds kind of crazy, isn’t it? It reminds me my post about how things are repeating themselves again and again in Darfur: when History is a never ending story… Anyway. So yesterday night, as I…⇒ READ MORE