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Raymond Abrenica
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The cult of biannuals
by Raymond Abrenica - September 7, 2012 - 12:00am
There is something to be said about holding a glossy magazine in your hands and flipping page after page as opposed to reading one on your tablet.
Dangerous liaisons
by Raymond Abrenica - August 24, 2012 - 12:00am
Spotting a chair copy these days is no longer as heart-breaking a drama as, say, a Dries knit rehashed clumsily in a high street chain rack.
The virtue of practical design
by Raymond Abrenica - July 27, 2012 - 12:00am
It is commonplace to quote ancient philosophers or historians when lobbying for new laws or bills for democrats and diplomats.
The good, the bad and the ugly (typeface)
by Raymond Abrenica - July 20, 2012 - 12:00am
You’re a Didot.
Never too old for dance
by Raymond Abrenica - July 6, 2012 - 12:00am
 If not for notifications on Facebook, I could not recall dates or events.
The perks of being a polymath
by Raymond Abrenica - June 8, 2012 - 12:00am
Summer’s farniente is only beginning in the West, but in our offices and universities, the rains can be a tempting stimulus for resilience, with a revitalizing air of cool productivity, lasting perhaps until...
Summer in time of rainfall
by Raymond Abrenica - March 30, 2012 - 12:00am
So, it’s the time of the year when I wonder how goths shop for the summer.
Print in the time of e-books
by Raymond Abrenica - March 16, 2012 - 12:00am
In the age of convenient, one-click purchases, here are odes to books and publications — worth the sacrificial tree that restores the integrity of the analog format back to the unlimited shelf life they ...
A parody of a baroque feast
by Raymond Abrenica - February 10, 2012 - 12:00am
Palais d’Iéna is a forgotten 1930s Modernist building, of which, for a short period each year, little is known about what happens inside.
The (new) new you begins with not frowning
by Raymond Abrenica - January 13, 2012 - 12:00am
If you’re having a nice time, you end up glowing.
12 ideas to improve your life
by Raymond Abrenica - January 6, 2012 - 12:00am
Sometimes it is all about buying less, but better.
Restoration Rookie
by Raymond Abrenica - October 21, 2011 - 12:00am
VENICE — Hidden behind crumbling estates on this island almost entirely marked by UNESCO heritage sites is the Ca’ Corner della Regina palazzo, housing Fondazione Prada’s first multifaceted exhibition...
'Less but better' with Dieter Rams
by Raymond Abrenica - August 26, 2011 - 12:00am
Household appliances are the domain of newlyweds.
Beauty: Sight unseen
by Raymond Abrenica - July 15, 2011 - 12:00am
It is not random thinking: one way to occupy precious space is through fragrance.
Form us with love (and function)
by Raymond Abrenica - July 1, 2011 - 12:00am
There is pleasure in the ordinary (and shamelessly self-righteous) act of converting from incandescent bulbs to energy-saving light with the practical “anglepoise” lamp.
In search of that private moment
by Raymond Abrenica - June 10, 2011 - 12:00am
Call me a little old-fashioned.
Resort's world
by Raymond Abrenica - May 27, 2011 - 12:00am
There is heritage waiting to be conserved, if only you take a dip closer to your own shores.
An ivy league of their own
by Raymond Abrenica - April 29, 2011 - 12:00am
While beards have always been present on the faces of scientists, mathematicians, philosophers and the like, one variety not too ephemeral and exclusive for growing (for us scruff-barren boys, anyway) is the Creeping...
Venturing into sustainable transportation at the capital of design
by Raymond Abrenica - April 15, 2011 - 12:00am
 For 50 years, the Salone Internazionale del Mobile (iSaloni) or Design Week in Milan brings together a global network of designers, exhibitors, retailers, journalists and afficionados for the latest design...
In defense of the shadow gap
by Raymond Abrenica - April 1, 2011 - 12:00am
Perhaps one of the more mundane marks of modernism on interior design is the absence of an obtrusive baseboard.
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