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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