Slowear Journal

Breakfast in Istanbul

22/02/2012

Fresh cheese and cucumbers, clotted buffalo milk cream or a traditional continental buffet? Waking up …

breakfast

Save our Cyclists

21/02/2012

It all started last November, when 27-year-old journalist Mary Bowers was hit by a cement …

ciclisti

House of Tales

20/02/2012

Oporto, Portugal. In the central area of Cedofeita, scattered with historical remnants like the ancient …

casadoconto

The age of innocence

16/02/2012

The Fifties and Sixties are here again. At least on TV, where a new generation …

madmen

Japanese Hot Springs

15/02/2012

“Hot springing water”: that’s the literal meaning of the word onsen, indicating the Japanese hot-spring, …

onsen

Slowear goes global

15/02/2012

Korean, English, Italian, Spanish, French and Japanese. These are the languages that Slowear will be …

6lingue

heretical winemakers

14/02/2012

What drives the choices of winemakers? On the one side, the aesthetic approach follows the …

eretici

Obama’s playlist

13/02/2012

Every presidential campaign has its own anthems and soundtrack, but no one ever had a …

obama

Titanic’s resting place

10/02/2012

Newfoundland. The name evokes rocky and deserted landscapes and a violent sea. Yet, there’s a …

cape_race

Guerrilla Gardening

09/02/2012

New York City, 1973. An abandoned lot in the Bowery Houston area suddendly turns into …

pothole

Verona in the 18th Century

08/02/2012

Pietro Antonio Rotari and Giambettino Cignaroli: these are the names of the protagonists of 18th …

verona

A night at the museum

07/02/2012

Part art gallery, part bed & breakfast. An unusual combination as well as a brilliant …

proposal

Modern antique gastronomy

06/02/2012

Apparently, the mind of Jamie Oliver, Britain’s most famous (and rich) chef, is never at …

union_jacks

A strange case

03/02/2012

Is she the new icon of indie music or a blatant product of marketing? The …

lana

5 bookstores you should know

02/02/2012

The smell of paper, the tickling roughness of a cover under your fingertips, the joy …

bookstores

E-waste? No, thanks

01/02/2012

Everyone has an old cell phone sitting on the bottom of a drawer, be it …

eco_atm

Aging gracefully

31/01/2012

Fifty years ago, in 1962, the first James Bond movie, Dr. No, hit the cinemas . …

bond

High definition

30/01/2012

Remember the famous photograph of the Earth as seen from outer space taken in 1972 …

terra

What are you doing for dinner?

27/01/2012

If culinary talent is a matter of creativity, it is also true that, when you …

gojee

Is rock’n'roll dead?

26/01/2012

Lately, an alarming rumour has been going about the Web: during 2011, rock’n’roll sales have …

rock

A bike-friendly planet

25/01/2012

It tones up your body, does not produce polluting emissions, lets you ride with agility …

bike_friendly

Making your custom IBook

24/01/2012

An interactive iBook complete with images, sounds and videos. That’s what all Apple users with …

ibooksauthor

The sound of time

23/01/2012

What’s the sound of the years going by? That’s probably what Bartholomäus Traubeck asked himself …

years

Film Alphabet

20/01/2012

D for Dirty Dancing, L for Labyrinth, R for Rambo, Z for Zelig. It’s the …

film_alphabet

Myspace strikes back

19/01/2012

Sooner or later the announcement had to come: Myspace, the first successful social network ever, …

myspace

A taste of Jerusalem

18/01/2012

A town at the crossing of three great religions. That’s Jerusalem, sacred to Christians, Muslims …

mahane_yehuda

Future past

17/01/2012

Retronaut, by British “past explorer” Chris Wild, is a constant stimulus to reflection as well …

passato_futuro

Cheap & chic

16/01/2012

Just because you’re having a hard time reducing your expenses and consumption to make ends …

cheap_chic

Without Words

13/01/2012

The news is fresh from last night: The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius has won Best …

without_words

Taxi driver revisited

12/01/2012

Remember the “sweded” film concept from Be Kind Rewind? If you missed this amazing movie …

taxi_driver

The Big Smoke

11/01/2012

Fog, monarchy, tea, umbrellas and bowler hats. What’s left of old London in the contemporary, …

big_smoke

A German Miracle

10/01/2012

German people do love to ride bicycles, that’s a fact. Just spend one day in …

radb1

A Techrospective

09/01/2012

What do the tablet wars have to do with Groupon’s success, the death of  Steve …

udemy

A Foodie Paradise

05/01/2012

Rumours have been spreading for months, but now we finally have the dates and the …

milano_food_wine

Secret Cinema

04/01/2012

Suppose you received a mysterious invitation to the cinema complete with place and time, but …

secret_cinema

A dinner with a view

03/01/2012

Milano, Piazza del Duomo. Besides the huge tree and the Christmas lights, since last December …

dinner_view

Time is the new space

02/01/2012

How do we measure distances in 2012? If you think about it, it’s in terms …

time_space

Getting organized

30/12/2011

Although it might be the last, like the Maya predicted, the year 2012 is already …

agenda

At Clementina’s

29/12/2011

You can have a snack in the kitchen, sip a drink in the drawing room, …

casa_clementina

The Wine Scholars

28/12/2011

What if wine fermentation was a perfectly self-sufficient process needing no intervention from our part? …

filosofia_vino

Anti-design hotel

27/12/2011

Less exclusive and more inclusive. That’s the best definition for the boutique hotel of the …

public

Fresh from the roof

23/12/2011

Farming in town – that’s how the world’s great cities seem to be coping with …

frisch_vom_dach