Menswear Musings
As someone who sometimes thinks seriously about trivial things, I want to consider that gendered mainstay of weddings, galas, funerals,...
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Alex Swart
Nov 21, 2022
An Architecture of Memory: Amsterdam’s Holocaust Memorial of Names
AMSTERDAM CAN FEEL LIKE A CITY OF GHOSTS. The past is always present there. On a drizzly October morning, my partner Ellen and I visited...
Alex Swart
Oct 7, 2021
Chinatown: A Perfect Movie Poster
I first saw the Chinatown poster in a display case at our small town movie house, ambitiously named The Ritz. Once inside the darkened...
Alex Swart
Aug 10, 2021
DESIGN GONE SIDEWAYS: Branding Wine and a Wine-Themed Musical
THE BOOKS As the pandemic lock-down continued and travel became impossible, I found welcome escape in a trilogy of novels by Rex Pickett....
Alex Swart
Sep 10, 2020
Eighties Elegance: Movie Posters From a Gilded Decade
The polished conservative look of the Eighties, consisting of serif typography and representational imagery, matched the political climate..
Alex Swart
Jul 14, 2020
When Style and Design Agreed
Zeitgeist sums up the spirit of an era, including the applied arts. There was a year when synchronicity occurred across design disciplines..
Alex Swart
Apr 21, 2020
The View From Our Dining Room
Writers and designers start with a blank page and imagine something that only feels inevitable once completed. That also applies to business
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