"Crafted an aesthetic for the house that drew upon both his own pared-back simplicity and the heritage of Hermès to create effortless luxury."

“Sustainability is a key issue in our lives right now,” Ford says. “And the amount of ocean plastic that we are generating is perhaps taking the greatest toll.… “

This year, the program’s director Shelley Fox worked with the video firm “1 Granary” to produce a film showcasing the ten graduates of the Parsons MFA program. The Parsons MFA film was shot in locations as far flung as Australia and China for the virtual school of 2020. 

Hermès’ documentary film on their adventurous experiment in textiles — a future-facing and experimental program with 22 artisans, engineers and designers — took place under the study director Matali Crasset.

The salty words of Frieda Kahlo mirrored the depth of her images. Born in Mexico City in 1907, she died there in 1954, only 47.

Bronze & Silk

Vonnegut’s novel Cat’s Cradle suggested living by “harmless untruths” — “live by the Foma that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.” In Vonnegut’s world, nothing was really certain. Nor is it today, living in Covidlandia. In this interview, for Rags Magazine in the seventies, we asked the famed author about living in hope:

The gently faded mural of David Vasquez — which you can view near Fabrica Aurora in San Miguel de Allende — seems to breathe with the sun-blasted life of the South of France, where Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau splashed their work across the Riviera’s grand houses.

On the mark! Very anxious moods, indeed.