May 16, 2009 - ...concrete runway which was designed to look like a plain street soaked with water. The results were were sober and chic. People keep trying to divide designers into optimists and pessimists, but me—I'm a realist," declared Alber Elbaz....

March 22, 2009 - Patricia Piccinini’s controversial hyper-realist sculptures received critical acclaim in 2003 when she represented Australia at the Venice Biennale. Hyper-realist sculptures force the viewer to respond to the artwork as they would to the presence...