Elitsa Dobreva blog
The Shoe. An Object of Ultimate Self-Expression and Cultural Curation. Today’s Footwear Market: Sudden Revival, Cultural Outrage, Diversified Investment The most accessible form of self-expression, consumption, has peaked for footwear in the past decade, allowing for millions of unusual pairs, neglected in the past, to roll off the dusty Footlocker shelves and…
Minimalism Historically Minimalism is one of the most popular design trends of the past decade. Many associate it with a certain lifestyle, a pared down set of belongings, a certain décor and object aesthetic. When talking about the current era of minimalism, words like ‘capsule wardrobe’, ‘decluttering’, and ‘anti-capitalism’ are often thrown around, and…
As recently as 2020, Earth’s anthropomass, the human-made non-bio mass (metals, concrete, bricks, glass, plastics) exceeded its living biomass (plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, viruses, humans).
January 18. A couple of days after my friends’ wedding in Kochi, India, my body screams ‘Europe’. I had been in the country for just over two weeks and, although my spirituality and humility were nurtured by the experience, my body wasn’t. 5 days, a full body infection, and 41C temperature into my mistake to…
Just in time for Tokyo Fashion Week, we ventured to the ancient land of the centennials in a quest to discover all the little joys that make the life of Japanese an aspiration for us, overworked self-indulgent Westerners.
Anything humans have discovered so far: electricity, fire, the energy of wind and water, has made life easier, work more efficient, survival more secure. But does this apply to AI as well?