What WNW Member Emiliano Ponzi and MoMA have created is not just a picture book but a reminder of the educational benefits of understanding how your surroundings work from a young age, and recognizing the humanity behind design decisions.
Read MoreMeet the Artist Behind Italy's First Underground Art Gallery
In our interview below, WNW Member Emiliano Ponzi perfectly sums up the brief and his creative approach for his latest project creating Italy's first underground art gallery at a subway stop in Milan. "They needed strong scenes. We decided on a series of shots able to depict the variety of people who come and go in that specific neighboorhood, which is a combination between skyscrapers, fancy apartments and the traditional 'old Milano' populated by folks who have lived there for generations. I walked around, felt the atmosphere and tried to represent these two different souls, making them living in harmony." We talk to Emiliano about some of the challenges and breakthroughs that came with this endeavor, how Milan's creative scene has evolved, and what it means to him to be responsible for Italy's first underground art gallery. We also asked who his influences were on this time-consuming endeavor, and what his ultimate hope is in hindsight. "It took 2 years between the first call with the agency to the finished job with many other projects in the meantime, so I think I didn’t have a clear influence. I just know I wanted to depict a dynamic city where everyone could find a mirror and feel represented."
Read MoreOlimpia Zagnoli Demonstrates How to Eat Spaghetti Like a Lady
Olimpia Zagnoli Demonstrates How to Eat Spaghetti Like a Lady
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In 1942, Time Life magazine prescribed a step-by-step process for "how to eat spaghetti like a lady." It seems the times have changed. Milan-based Illustrator and WNW Member Olimpia Zagnoli has now masterfully subverted the original with her own series, also titled How to Eat Spaghetti Like a Lady. The black-and-white originals by Alfred Eisenstaedt (displayed below) suggest composure, conduct, and convention. Olimpia twirls this idea of uniformity into submission and shows off an eclectic array of colorful personalities, creatively enjoying their pasta as they defy the rules of conduct and, while they're at it, even the rules of gravity. Olimpia's show will be open through the end of July at Antonia Colombo Arte Contemporanea in Milan.
Photographs and Instructions from Time Life
Step 1: “Four strands of spaghetti should be segregated from the pile.” Step 2: “With soup spoon as prop, twirl fork and spaghetti gently.” Step 3: “A ladylike mouthful of spaghetti is ready for consumption.” Step 4: “Full forkfuls should be consumed in entirety. Nibbling is out.” Step 5: “Truant strands require patience, lip facility, suck-power.” Step 6: “With end in sight, diner has consumed 160 in. of spaghetti.”
