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Lula'/><category term='glass dolls'/><category term='momoko'/><category term='Pippa factor'/><category term='Aron Demetz'/><category term='dolls and forensics'/><category term='Little Red Cap'/><category term='surrealism'/><category term='Elsita'/><category term='Razanne doll'/><category term='bamboline guatemalteche'/><category term='alexandfelix'/><category term='Ken'/><category term='OOAK dolls'/><category term='Mattel Italia'/><category term='Caterina de&apos; Medici'/><category term='British Museum'/><category term='Cappuccetto Rosso'/><category term='Venus'/><category term='Momoko doll design contest'/><category term='Marly'/><category term='Fabio Novembre'/><category term='private memories'/><category term='kitplastic'/><category term='Kizzychan'/><category term='Mantegna a Brera'/><category term='guerrilla marketing'/><category term='Vogue Russia'/><category term='Costabello'/><category term='Francie doll'/><category term='design shoes'/><category term='portrait-puppet'/><category term='plastic tan'/><category term='MY SCENE'/><category term='tubino nero'/><category term='giornata mondiale dell&apos;alimentazione'/><category term='doll-shoe'/><category term='Barbie game'/><category term='Delfina Delettrez'/><category term='dolls of the dolls of the dolls'/><category term='Alberto Costabello'/><category term='Cats'/><category term='Michel Pintado'/><category term='Doll Collectors’ Club Italia'/><category term='bambole antiche'/><category term='JAMIEshow'/><category term='American icon'/><category term='pre-school'/><category term='vacuum packed'/><category term='dolls or idols'/><category term='eyemazing'/><category term='dislogram'/><title type='text'>Doll Cult-ure</title><subtitle type='html'>Dolls reflect. 
I mean, they reflect the Zeitgeist. 
They can (make us) think. 
*

Le bambole riflettono. 
Cioè, riflettono lo spirito del tempo. 
E sanno (farci) riflettere.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>592</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-7660521723522976383</id><published>2012-01-29T11:18:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T11:30:21.615+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wind-up doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='take this waltz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tin toys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='latta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='siamese embrace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='embrace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giocattoli a molla'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dancing doll'/><title type='text'>“Take this waltz”</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PJOtbs2y0Bk/TyUdbR8vNrI/AAAAAAAACnk/xGVZEV-_p-E/s1600/dalvivo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PJOtbs2y0Bk/TyUdbR8vNrI/AAAAAAAACnk/xGVZEV-_p-E/s400/dalvivo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702996857646429874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oh, it’s BTW the &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sZzJAxfD-4"&gt;title of this stirring song by Leonard Cohen&lt;/a&gt;, composed after a poem written by Federico Garcìa Lorca. But on the dollcultural side, it’s the proper caption to comment this &lt;strong&gt;wind-up dancing couple, holding each other in a Siamese embrace and damned to waltz together for all the rest of their tin toy life.&lt;/strong&gt; Is it a doll or two? I don’t know, so take this waltz and many others, too.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;oh, tra l’altro è il titolo di &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sZzJAxfD-4"&gt;qsta canzone di Leonard Cohen – una di qlle canzoni che ti rimescolano - &lt;/a&gt; composta su una poesia di Federico Garcìa Lorca. Ma sul fronte dollculturale, “Take this waltz” è la didascalia appropriata per questa &lt;strong&gt;coppia danzante, caricata a molla, stretta in un abbraccio siamese e condannata a ballare il valzer per tutto il resto della sua vita di latta.&lt;/strong&gt; È una bambola o due? Non lo so, perciò prendetevi qsto valzer, e molti altri ancora.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-7660521723522976383?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/7660521723522976383/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=7660521723522976383&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7660521723522976383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7660521723522976383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2012/01/take-this-waltz.html' title='“Take this waltz”'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PJOtbs2y0Bk/TyUdbR8vNrI/AAAAAAAACnk/xGVZEV-_p-E/s72-c/dalvivo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-4412659442293936630</id><published>2012-01-28T11:54:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T11:28:00.815+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacuum packed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pop culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aesthetic contamination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='embrace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary art'/><title type='text'>Vacuum packed couples</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WXHPWbEddWU/TyPUlSB1wKI/AAAAAAAACnY/JbBms7wXCuw/s1600/vacuum%2Bpacked%2Bcouple.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WXHPWbEddWU/TyPUlSB1wKI/AAAAAAAACnY/JbBms7wXCuw/s400/vacuum%2Bpacked%2Bcouple.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702635290140983458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are you seeing here: &lt;strong&gt;vacuum packed couples &lt;/strong&gt;asking to be depacked, with their harsh colours and their incongruously shining skin - forever young and looking like plastic - or rather &lt;strong&gt;consenting prisoners?&lt;/strong&gt; Or again, &lt;strong&gt;plastic dolls &lt;/strong&gt;to be never removed, perversely preserved for a future Wunderkammer? Is this photo &lt;strong&gt;metaphoring the asphyxia&lt;/strong&gt; of some real life or even synthetic relationships.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Cosa vedete qui: &lt;strong&gt;coppie sottovuoto &lt;/strong&gt;che chiedono di essere spacchettate, coi loro colori squillanti e la loro pelle incongruamente lucida, eternamente giovane, plasticosa nell’aspetto – o piuttosto, &lt;strong&gt;prigionieiri consenzienti? &lt;/strong&gt;O ancora, &lt;strong&gt;bambole di plastica &lt;/strong&gt;da non rimuovere, perversamente preservate per una futura Wunderkammer? Forse qsta foto vuole essere &lt;strong&gt;metafora dell’asfissia di alcune relazioni &lt;/strong&gt;sia reali sia sintetiche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://fotologue.jp/photographerhal/"&gt;Click here &lt;/a&gt;for the complete series.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-4412659442293936630?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/4412659442293936630/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=4412659442293936630&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/4412659442293936630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/4412659442293936630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2012/01/vacuum-packed-couples.html' title='Vacuum packed couples'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WXHPWbEddWU/TyPUlSB1wKI/AAAAAAAACnY/JbBms7wXCuw/s72-c/vacuum%2Bpacked%2Bcouple.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-3923966233384163609</id><published>2012-01-26T17:51:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T17:56:38.161+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='polymer clay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sexy figurine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shoe fetish'/><title type='text'>Innocent sleep?</title><content type='html'>A fairy figurine sleeps in a shoe. A sexy dolly dreams lovely dreams in a heeled pump. A clay pornostar experiences x-rated fantasies in a fetish vintage pump. &lt;strong&gt;Any interpretation is possible, as it’s just a reflection of what you, the observer, are.&lt;/strong&gt; Honi soit qui mal y pense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rOzXRhsrOtE/TyGFMcv2z5I/AAAAAAAACnE/_c27KFh2P0o/s1600/clay%2Bfairy%2Bin%2Ba%2Bshoe%2Bby%2Bpatrizia%2Bcozzo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rOzXRhsrOtE/TyGFMcv2z5I/AAAAAAAACnE/_c27KFh2P0o/s400/clay%2Bfairy%2Bin%2Ba%2Bshoe%2Bby%2Bpatrizia%2Bcozzo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701985052149600146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Una figurina di fatina dorme in una scarpina. Una bambolina sexy fa sogni romantici in una scarpetta coi tacchi. Una pornostar di resina vive fantasie proibite in una décolleté vintage. &lt;strong&gt;Ogni interpretazione è possibile, in quanto riflesso di ciò che sei tu, osservatore.&lt;/strong&gt; Honi soit qui mal y pense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thx, λάθε βιώσας!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-3923966233384163609?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/3923966233384163609/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=3923966233384163609&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3923966233384163609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3923966233384163609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2012/01/innocent-sleep.html' title='Innocent sleep?'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rOzXRhsrOtE/TyGFMcv2z5I/AAAAAAAACnE/_c27KFh2P0o/s72-c/clay%2Bfairy%2Bin%2Ba%2Bshoe%2Bby%2Bpatrizia%2Bcozzo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-4712362310702289326</id><published>2012-01-23T12:21:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T23:15:42.927+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='distorted body ideal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blythesthetics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll head'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blythe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='body perception'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Il corpo delle dolls'/><title type='text'>Heavy head</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9lJjsSh3lGc/Tx1DYJkl5XI/AAAAAAAACm4/2CrJ1HA9DdU/s1600/stress%2B%2526%2Bthe%2Bdoll.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9lJjsSh3lGc/Tx1DYJkl5XI/AAAAAAAACm4/2CrJ1HA9DdU/s400/stress%2B%2526%2Bthe%2Bdoll.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700786785486234994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t loose your head, or you head will make you lost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The disproportion&lt;/strong&gt; in a doll’s body can be &lt;strong&gt;toyish&lt;/strong&gt; (actually no doll has real human proportions, not even the most anatomically ever) or &lt;strong&gt;ironical&lt;/strong&gt; (and it may be a voluptuous, fanatic exaggeration**), or something very serious, connected to feelings of &lt;strong&gt;body misperception and dismorphophobia&lt;/strong&gt;. Or again, it can &lt;strong&gt;metaphorize the frustrations &lt;/strong&gt;of a too fast-paced life. “Can you make it?” “Oh my poor head”&lt;br /&gt;What else?&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Non perdere la testa, o la testa ti farà perdere te stesso/a.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;La sproporzione &lt;/strong&gt;nel corpo di una bambola può essere &lt;strong&gt;indice di giocattolo&lt;/strong&gt; (infatti non c’è una bambola che abbia reali proporzioni umane, neanche la bambola più anatomically correct) oppure &lt;strong&gt;ironica&lt;/strong&gt; (e può essere una voluttuosa, fanatica esagerazione**) ma anche qlcosa di molto serio, connesso alla &lt;strong&gt;percezione distorta del corpo e alla dismorfofobia&lt;/strong&gt;. O ancora, può essere &lt;strong&gt;metafora delle frustrazioni &lt;/strong&gt;di una vita che va troppo veloce. “Ce la fai?” “Oh, la mia povera testa”.&lt;br /&gt;Cos'altro ancora?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thx Maurizio Goetz!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;** to name one, just think of Blythe's giant head! Her main feature.&lt;br /&gt;** per dirne una, basti pensare al testone di Blythe! Il suo tratto caratterizzante.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-4712362310702289326?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/4712362310702289326/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=4712362310702289326&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/4712362310702289326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/4712362310702289326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2012/01/heavy-head.html' title='Heavy head'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9lJjsSh3lGc/Tx1DYJkl5XI/AAAAAAAACm4/2CrJ1HA9DdU/s72-c/stress%2B%2526%2Bthe%2Bdoll.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-1424902304621545414</id><published>2012-01-16T21:19:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T21:23:39.851+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pamela De Lorenzi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='printed on demand'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my muse'/><title type='text'>4 questions on My Muse #04</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M5qc9CdtW_Q/TxSGqzZ4A_I/AAAAAAAACms/tO3yknUEpvg/s1600/MM4_cover.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M5qc9CdtW_Q/TxSGqzZ4A_I/AAAAAAAACms/tO3yknUEpvg/s400/MM4_cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698327498441884658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My Muse is an Italian way to the global doll-related magazine. &lt;/strong&gt;Created by a small team, offered in digital version for web and smartphone, printed on demand. Last Xmas, with its 4th issue, My Muse has been offered 4 free. So I asked &lt;strong&gt;4 Qs to Pamela De Lorenzi, one of the editors&lt;/strong&gt;, to learn how it went:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;DF:This is not the first issue of My muse, why did you decide to make it downloadable for free?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MM: Because it was Xmas -we wanted to make a gift to our best readers, and we made the most to gain awareness among those who didn’t know us yet. Giving for free one digital issue of My Muse has been useful to promote ourselves and attract new readers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;DF: How did those on the web react?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MM: I’d say very well! We got a lot of emails from people who were interested, and many “thank you” and greetings messages - our audience liked our initiative, hence I’d say we hit our target.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;DF: How many of them downloaded My Muse?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MM: we got 300 requests the first week, and emails are still coming in! Jan 6th was the deadline for those who wanted to take advantage of our offer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;DF: Once I liked issue #04, is there an offer to conveniently get the three previous ones?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;MM: you can combine shipping for the printed version, or get the digital version immediately at a very attractive price. &lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My Muse è una via italiana al magazine globale che parla di bambole&lt;/strong&gt;. Creato da un piccolo team, offerto in versione digitale per il web e gli smartphone, stampato on demand. Durante le feste di Natale appena trascorse, in occasione della sua 4^ uscita, My Muse digitale è stato offerto gratis. Ho fatto allora &lt;strong&gt;4 domande a Pamela De Lorenzi, una dei redattori&lt;/strong&gt;, per sapere com’è andata:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;DF: Non è il primo numero di MM, perché hai deciso di regalare il download?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MM: Perchè era Natale e abbiamo voluto fare un regalo ai nostri lettori più fedeli e ne abbiamo approfittato per farci conoscere anche da chi ancora non sapeva della rivista. Rendere gratuito un numero digitale di My Muse, ci è servito per lo più per farci pubblicità e attirare nuovi lettori.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;DF: Come hanno reagito sul web?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MM: Davvero molto bene direi! abbiamo ricevuto moltissime email di gente interessata e tantissimi ringraziamenti e auguri, il pubblico ha gradito la nostra iniziativa, quindi direi che abbiamo fatto centro!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;DF: Quanti hanno scaricato MM?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MM: Ci sono state più di 300 richieste solo nella prima settimana e le email continuano ad arrivare! C'è tempo fino al 6 gennaio per approfittare della nostra offerta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;DF: Visto il #04, c'è qlche bella offerta per acquistare in modo conveniente i 3 già usciti?&lt;/em&gt;MM: puoi fare un’unica spedizione per gli arretrati della versione cartacea, o prenderti la versione digitale immediatamente, col prezzo superattraente che ha.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-1424902304621545414?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/1424902304621545414/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=1424902304621545414&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1424902304621545414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1424902304621545414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2012/01/4-questions-on-my-muse-04.html' title='4 questions on My Muse #04'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M5qc9CdtW_Q/TxSGqzZ4A_I/AAAAAAAACms/tO3yknUEpvg/s72-c/MM4_cover.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-2927709342033986214</id><published>2012-01-15T22:39:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T00:00:05.852+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giant doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dolls and dummies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DIE ZEIT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sehnsucht nach Schönheit'/><title type='text'>Nostalgic and beautiful</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7PW1z1TuS7E/TxNJD7pStVI/AAAAAAAACmc/DMMlMm5T6HI/s1600/Blumenfeld_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 351px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7PW1z1TuS7E/TxNJD7pStVI/AAAAAAAACmc/DMMlMm5T6HI/s400/Blumenfeld_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697978285453129042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ve just got a link from the German DIE ZEIT online magazine, bearing the evocative title &lt;strong&gt;“Sehnsucht nach Schönheit”, i.e. Nostalgia of Beauty &lt;/strong&gt;– an exhibition on fashion photography in Vienna. &lt;a href="http://www.zeit.de/lebensart/mode/2012-01/fs-sammlung-gundlach/seite-1"&gt;In the gallery provided with the news&lt;/a&gt;, these &lt;strong&gt;two very vintage images hit the dollcultural me. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erwin Blumenfeld: "Model and Mannequin", New York, 1945 | © The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld/Art + Commerce &lt;br /&gt;You notice the model and &lt;strong&gt;a wax double&lt;/strong&gt;, a giant doll with long-lashed eyes. &lt;strong&gt;But her teeth &lt;/strong&gt;seem more real and more tarnished by smoking than (presumably) the model’s. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;George Hoyningen-Huene: "Vogue's Eye View" (Model: Agneta Fischer), 1932 | © HORST – Courtesy Staley/Wise Gallery NYC&lt;br /&gt;This is a very conceptual photo. Nothing prevents you from imagining that there’s &lt;strong&gt;a doll in the crystal sphere&lt;/strong&gt;, whatever it means.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J9fTxLohG2U/TxNITLnLaeI/AAAAAAAACmQ/mR5T0RBaxhs/s1600/Hoyningen-Huene.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J9fTxLohG2U/TxNITLnLaeI/AAAAAAAACmQ/mR5T0RBaxhs/s400/Hoyningen-Huene.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697977447925639650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ho appena avuto un link dalla rivista tedesca DIE ZEIT online, dal titolo evocativo di &lt;strong&gt;“Sehnsucht nach Schönheit”, i.e. Nostalgia della Bellezza&lt;/strong&gt; – una mostra sulla fotografia di moda ora a Vienna. &lt;a href="http://www.zeit.de/lebensart/mode/2012-01/fs-sammlung-gundlach/seite-1"&gt;Nella gallery che corredava la notizia&lt;/a&gt;, qste &lt;strong&gt;due immagini molto vintage hanno colpito la mia parte dollculturale. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erwin Blumenfeld: "Model and Mannequin", New York, 1945 | © The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld/Art + Commerce &lt;br /&gt;Si vede la modella e &lt;strong&gt;un „doppio“ di cera&lt;/strong&gt;, una bambola gigante con occhioni molto cigliati. &lt;strong&gt;Ma i suoi denti &lt;/strong&gt;sembrano più veri e più scuriti dal fumo che non qlli (immaginiamo) della modella.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;George Hoyningen-Huene: "Vogue's Eye View" (Model: Agneta Fischer), 1932 | © HORST – Courtesy Staley/Wise Gallery NYC&lt;br /&gt;Qsta è una foto molto concettuale. Niente perciò impedisce di immaginare che &lt;strong&gt;nella sfera di cristallo c'è una bambola&lt;/strong&gt;, qualunque cosa significhi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thx Azzurra!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-2927709342033986214?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/2927709342033986214/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=2927709342033986214&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2927709342033986214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2927709342033986214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2012/01/nostalgic-and-beautiful.html' title='Nostalgic and beautiful'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7PW1z1TuS7E/TxNJD7pStVI/AAAAAAAACmc/DMMlMm5T6HI/s72-c/Blumenfeld_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-1928363338715048788</id><published>2012-01-08T00:27:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-08T00:45:54.375+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='celebrity dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iDoll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lares'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American icon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dollification'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iCon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Steve Jobs doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='controversial celebrity'/><title type='text'>Introducing the iDoll?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dWN4mdCo3mM/TwjXVnsJcMI/AAAAAAAACmE/ol9rqEZ0s9o/s1600/sj%2Bgallery4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dWN4mdCo3mM/TwjXVnsJcMI/AAAAAAAACmE/ol9rqEZ0s9o/s400/sj%2Bgallery4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695038495241367746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;According to Apple grammar rules&lt;/strong&gt;, this might be the iDoll or maybe the iCon. But this is not from Cupertino. What you see is &lt;strong&gt;a 12” figure &lt;/strong&gt;(like Ken) in an almost &lt;strong&gt;perfect, impressively credible likeness of Steve Jobs,&lt;/strong&gt; produced and marketed by &lt;a href="http://inicons.com/"&gt;in icons&lt;/a&gt;, who launched the doll encouraging pre-orders. &lt;strong&gt;Homage or plagiarism?&lt;/strong&gt; The copy features highlights from the already famous Stanford speech, the one with the mantra “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” What should this vinyl Steve Jobs be? The &lt;strong&gt;contemporary Lar** &lt;/strong&gt;in the geek’s house? A prophet in black turtleneck, since the prophetic look has been really emphasized? The immediate dollification of an icon, before he’s de-iconized? Who will buy him? By the moment I’m posting, the &lt;strong&gt;first stock is sold out&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yzLEL0A3QBM/TwjWY30fIqI/AAAAAAAACls/QWpVNeezMZ0/s1600/sj%2Bgallery1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yzLEL0A3QBM/TwjWY30fIqI/AAAAAAAACls/QWpVNeezMZ0/s400/sj%2Bgallery1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695037451599291042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stando alle regole grammaticali Apple&lt;/strong&gt;, qsta potrebbe essere la iDoll o magari la iCon. Ma non viene da Cupertino. Qlla che vedete è una &lt;strong&gt;figura alta 12”&lt;/strong&gt; (come Ken, diciamo) con le sembianze &lt;strong&gt;praticamente perfette di Steve Jobs, credibili in modo impressionante&lt;/strong&gt;, prodotta e commercializzata da &lt;a href="http://inicons.com/"&gt;in icons&lt;/a&gt;, che è partita con il lancio incoraggiando i preordini. Omaggio o plagio? Il testo presenta frammenti dell’ormai famoso discorso di Stanford, quello con il mantra: “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” E cosa dovrebbe essere qsto Steve Jobs vinilico: il &lt;strong&gt;Lare contemporaneo &lt;/strong&gt;nella casa dello smanettone? Un profeta in dolcevita nero, vista l’enfasi data al look profetico? L’immediata bambolizzazione di un’icona, prima che la de-iconizzino? Chi lo comprerà? Nel momento in cui scrivo, &lt;strong&gt;il primo lotto è andato esaurito&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;**(Lar: in Roman mythology, the deity or spirit who protected a household)&lt;br /&gt;**(Lare: nella mitologia romana, la divinità o lo spirito protettore di una casa)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-1928363338715048788?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/1928363338715048788/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=1928363338715048788&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1928363338715048788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1928363338715048788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2012/01/introducing-idoll.html' title='Introducing the iDoll?'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dWN4mdCo3mM/TwjXVnsJcMI/AAAAAAAACmE/ol9rqEZ0s9o/s72-c/sj%2Bgallery4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-2673468258134096289</id><published>2012-01-02T12:08:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T12:24:26.739+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='digitalized body'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JAKKS dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Corpo automi robot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vinylity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='body perception'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Il corpo delle dolls'/><title type='text'>A blog is a corpus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jv4idUmXgNI/TwGRftW7VII/AAAAAAAAClg/Xkumk5t8Hp8/s1600/gambe.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jv4idUmXgNI/TwGRftW7VII/AAAAAAAAClg/Xkumk5t8Hp8/s400/gambe.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692991377910748290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Looks like a self-contemplating pose &lt;/strong&gt;and despite the appearence, it’s not. It’s a tonic, digitally designed, firm under your fingers, strong doll body (to be picky, from a JAKKS G.I.R.L. force doll, a superinteresting line now out of production). I’m using its image &lt;strong&gt;to start an elastic and focused tonic brand new year &lt;/strong&gt;in which &lt;strong&gt;the body of the dolls will be a relevant topic in the corpus of my posts&lt;/strong&gt;, furtherly developing the idea that dolls mirror us, therefore this &lt;strong&gt;should make us reflect&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sembra una posa autocontemplativa &lt;/strong&gt;e invece, a dispetto delle apparenze, non lo è. È un corpo di bambola tonico, progettato digitalmente, sodo al tatto, energico (ad essere precisi, da una bambola JAKKS G.I.R.L. force, una linea superinteressante ora uscita di produzione). E io sto usando la sua immagine &lt;strong&gt;per iniziare un elastico, concentrato bell’anno nuovo&lt;/strong&gt; in cui &lt;strong&gt;il corpo delle dolls sarà un argomento rilevante nel corpus dei miei post&lt;/strong&gt;, continuando a sviluppare l’idea che le bambole ci rispecchiano e che questo &lt;strong&gt;dovrebbe farci riflettere.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph Pamela De Lorenzi aka PamiFashionDolls (she’s one of the editors of the colorful &lt;a href="www.mymusemag.com"&gt;doll-related magazine My Muse&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-2673468258134096289?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/2673468258134096289/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=2673468258134096289&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2673468258134096289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2673468258134096289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-is-corpus.html' title='A blog is a corpus'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jv4idUmXgNI/TwGRftW7VII/AAAAAAAAClg/Xkumk5t8Hp8/s72-c/gambe.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6966919688392103952</id><published>2011-12-31T13:15:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T13:36:19.137+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dark beauty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American Girl Barbie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage mood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barbie in art'/><title type='text'>Dark trophies</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kyA3vZHm4_A/Tv79bnp2mDI/AAAAAAAAClU/21Y5b_qBlTw/s1600/wednesday.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 218px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kyA3vZHm4_A/Tv79bnp2mDI/AAAAAAAAClU/21Y5b_qBlTw/s400/wednesday.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692265629985708082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A precious bijou-fantaisie, an homage to vintage culture, or a macabre trophy?&lt;/strong&gt; Pls look at the necklace on this dark &amp; dollyish Wednesday painted &lt;a href="http://astrocat.com/samaras/"&gt;by Isabel Samaras&lt;/a&gt;, and go to &lt;strong&gt;your personal dollcultural conclusions, while this year itself &lt;/strong&gt;comes to an end.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Un prezioso bijou-fantaisie, un omaggio alla cultura vintage, o un trofeo macabro? &lt;/strong&gt;Guardate la collana su qsta Mercoledì dark &amp; bambolosa dipinta da &lt;a href="http://astrocat.com/samaras/"&gt;Isabel Samaras&lt;/a&gt;, e andate alle &lt;strong&gt;vs dollculturali conclusioni, mentre l’anno stesso &lt;/strong&gt;si avvia al termine. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thx Azzurra!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6966919688392103952?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6966919688392103952/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6966919688392103952&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6966919688392103952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6966919688392103952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/12/dark-trophies.html' title='Dark trophies'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kyA3vZHm4_A/Tv79bnp2mDI/AAAAAAAAClU/21Y5b_qBlTw/s72-c/wednesday.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-7036673772015800496</id><published>2011-12-22T20:53:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T21:11:48.186+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restopolis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='andrea rossi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dolls and food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dollyful greetings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='auguralia 2011-2012'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='almir ambeskovic'/><title type='text'>“Click eat”, dolls!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1ycywPrSkIA/TvOLF7UCArI/AAAAAAAAClI/bVzFGfG_j5w/s1600/auguri%2Brestopolis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1ycywPrSkIA/TvOLF7UCArI/AAAAAAAAClI/bVzFGfG_j5w/s400/auguri%2Brestopolis.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689043688236384946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They (2 of Restopolis founders, aka Andrea Rossi and Almir Ambeskovic) &lt;strong&gt;didn’t know I have a sweet tooth for dolls &lt;/strong&gt;when they sent me this greetings card. So I had to re-post it here asap, because &lt;strong&gt;I love when non collectors &lt;/strong&gt;meet and choose dolls. &lt;strong&gt;Milan-based Restopolis &lt;/strong&gt;in on the digital scene since this year with a platform for users to &lt;a href="http://www.restopolis.com"&gt;search and book their restaurant, then to comment and share &lt;/a&gt;their experience - &lt;strong&gt;“Click eat!” to summarize&lt;/strong&gt;. And such platform is as “scalable” as this pandoro cake for a group of foodie dolls, I suppose. Prosit 2012!&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Loro (due dei fondatori di Restopolis, i.e. Andrea Rossi e Almir Ambeskovic) &lt;strong&gt;non sapevano che io ho un debole per le bambole&lt;/strong&gt; quando mi hanno mandato qsta cartolina d’auguri. L’ho dovuta ri-postare qui al più presto, perché &lt;strong&gt;mi piace quando dei non-collectors &lt;/strong&gt;si imbattono nelle bambole, le scelgono. &lt;strong&gt;Restopolis, con sede a Milano&lt;/strong&gt;, è sulla scena digitale da quest’anno con una piattaforma che permette agli utenti di &lt;a href="http://www.restopolis.com"&gt;cercare e prenotare il loro ristorante e poi di commentare e condividere &lt;/a&gt;la loro esperienza - &lt;strong&gt;“Click eat!”, in sintesi&lt;/strong&gt;. Suppongo che tale piattaforma sia “scalabile” quanto qsto pandoro per un gruppo di bambole foodie. Prosit 2012!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-7036673772015800496?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/7036673772015800496/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=7036673772015800496&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7036673772015800496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7036673772015800496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/12/click-eat-dolls.html' title='“Click eat”, dolls!'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1ycywPrSkIA/TvOLF7UCArI/AAAAAAAAClI/bVzFGfG_j5w/s72-c/auguri%2Brestopolis.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-8968786552332492388</id><published>2011-12-18T13:34:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-20T14:13:33.182+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='a star a doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='auguralia 2011-2012'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligram'/><title type='text'>A star a doll, a doll a wish</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D8iiR53yt4Y/Tu3e6hBPquI/AAAAAAAACk4/QNkgeEARH88/s1600/stellatum%2B2012.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D8iiR53yt4Y/Tu3e6hBPquI/AAAAAAAACk4/QNkgeEARH88/s400/stellatum%2B2012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687447001316174562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xmas 2011 and new Year 2012: my season's greetings &lt;strong&gt;calligram&lt;/strong&gt;, in Latin, made using text characters only. Well, the image is not featuring dolls but the title can help getting &lt;strong&gt;an interpretation for each star&lt;/strong&gt;, for those very picky with consistency in blogging and blog theme. &lt;br /&gt;* &lt;br /&gt;S. Natale 2011 e Nuovo Anno 2012: &lt;strong&gt;il mio calligramma augurale&lt;/strong&gt;, in latino, fatto solo con caratteri di testo. Beh, l'immagine non rappresenta bambole ma il titolo può essere utile in &lt;strong&gt;un'interpretazione di ciascuna stellina&lt;/strong&gt;, per quelli pedanti sulla coerenza tra il postare e il tema del blog. *&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-8968786552332492388?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/8968786552332492388/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=8968786552332492388&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8968786552332492388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8968786552332492388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/12/star-doll-doll-wish.html' title='A star a doll, a doll a wish'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D8iiR53yt4Y/Tu3e6hBPquI/AAAAAAAACk4/QNkgeEARH88/s72-c/stellatum%2B2012.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6927805711405945316</id><published>2011-12-13T10:28:00.011+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T11:10:34.439+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CO2 neutral'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I plant a tree'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zero impact'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='a blog a tree'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doveconviene'/><title type='text'>I have just planted a tree</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4UeqSbMDIBY/TuccwGaKavI/AAAAAAAACiM/9V72T4LK32Q/s1600/co2-consumo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 195px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4UeqSbMDIBY/TuccwGaKavI/AAAAAAAACiM/9V72T4LK32Q/s400/co2-consumo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685544667258186482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I've just been told a tree will be planted in my name.&lt;/strong&gt; This infographic image (Italian text only, sorry, but intuitive) tells how the &lt;strong&gt;CO2&lt;/strong&gt; produced by a blog can be &lt;strong&gt;neutralized by planting a new tree &lt;/strong&gt;- "plant" this msg in yr friends' pages!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ISTedX1haCk/TuceIse44CI/AAAAAAAACiY/wLBGmHlntXg/s1600/tilda%2Bcerulea%2Bteddy%2B%2526%2Bbalocchi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ISTedX1haCk/TuceIse44CI/AAAAAAAACiY/wLBGmHlntXg/s400/tilda%2Bcerulea%2Bteddy%2B%2526%2Bbalocchi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685546189307043874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mi hanno appena detto che piantano un albero a mio nome. &lt;/strong&gt;Qsta infografica spiega come la &lt;strong&gt;CO2 emessa &lt;/strong&gt;dall'attività di un blog può essere &lt;strong&gt;neutralizzata piantando un nuovo albero &lt;/strong&gt;- messaggio da "piantare" nelle pagine web degli amici!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph "Tilda Cerulea" by Teddy &amp; Balocchi on flickr&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+ &gt; &lt;a href="http://www.doveconviene.it/co2neutral/"&gt;This initiative is funded by*questa iniziativa è finanziata da Dove Conviene&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6927805711405945316?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6927805711405945316/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6927805711405945316&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6927805711405945316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6927805711405945316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-have-just-planted-tree.html' title='I have just planted a tree'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4UeqSbMDIBY/TuccwGaKavI/AAAAAAAACiM/9V72T4LK32Q/s72-c/co2-consumo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-4316852298949466017</id><published>2011-12-08T20:19:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T20:40:42.308+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CO2 neutral'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I plant a tree'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zero impact'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='a blog a tree'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reforestation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doveconviene'/><title type='text'>Dollcultural, and CO2 neutral</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YA5cW6YjvLU/TuEONh1Q6uI/AAAAAAAACiA/d4A-qpVL0_k/s1600/mikann%2Bflickr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YA5cW6YjvLU/TuEONh1Q6uI/AAAAAAAACiA/d4A-qpVL0_k/s400/mikann%2Bflickr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683839830301141730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Use your blog to plant a tree, and tell your friends! A tree can neutralize yr blog’s carbon print.&lt;/strong&gt; I found this beautiful image of a Momoko doll metamorphosized into a tree to attract as many as possible dollcultural readers and urge them to act now. This is an idea by &lt;a href="http://www.doveconviene.it/co2neutral/"&gt;Dove Conviene &lt;/a&gt;in collaboration with &lt;a href="http://www.iplantatree.org/home"&gt;I plant a tree&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;And here’s what to do&lt;/strong&gt;: 1) Post on your blog about this project and say your blog is CO2 neutral. 2) choose a widget, and embed it in a well visible position on your blog 3) write to co2neutral@doveconviene.it with your post’s link 4) a tree will be planted to neutralize your blog’s carbon print.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here’s why a blog = a tree&lt;/strong&gt;: according to dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross, environmental activist and physicist in Harvard, a website produces an average of g 0,02 of CO2 for each visit. Assuming 15.000 page views per month, this makes a total of kg 3,6 of CO2 p.a., and this is mainly due to the servers. How much CO2 can a tree absorb? Well, this depends on many factors, however the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) calculates that a tree can absorb an average of kg 10 of CO2 p.a. – let’s conservatively say Kg 5 per tree per year. Well, &lt;strong&gt;one tree will ensure your blog 50 years of zero impact. So pls, ACT NOW&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Usa il tuo blog per piantare un albero, e dillo ai tuoi amici! Un albero può neutralizzare l’anidride carbonica prodotta dal tuo blog.&lt;/strong&gt; Ho trovato qsta stupenda immagine di una Momoko e della sua metamorfosi in albero per attrarre quanti più possibile lettori dollculturali e farli agire con urgenza. L'idea è di &lt;a href="http://www.doveconviene.it/co2neutral/"&gt;Dove Conviene&lt;/a&gt; in collaborazione con &lt;a href="http://www.iplantatree.org/home"&gt;I plant a tree&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Ecco come partecipare:&lt;/strong&gt; 1) crea un post sul tuo blog che parli di questo progetto e scrivi che il tuo blog è a impatto zero. 2) scegli un widget, e inseriscilo nel tuo blog bene in vista 3) segnala il link del tuo post a co2neutral@doveconviene.it 4) a tree will be planted to neutralize your blog’s carbon print e 4) un albero sarà piantato per neutralizzare le emissioni del tuo blog. &lt;strong&gt;Ecco qui perché un blog = un albero:&lt;/strong&gt; secondo il Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross, attivista ambientale e fisico di Harvard, un sito web produce una media di circa 0,02 g di CO2 per ogni visita. Ipotizzando 15.000 pagine visite al mese, questo si traduce in 3,6 kg di CO2 l'anno. Questa produzione è legata soprattutto al funzionamento dei server. Quanta CO2 viene assorbita da un albero? Dipende da diversi fattori, ma la Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sui cambiamenti climatici (UNFCCC) calcola che un albero assorba ogni anno in media circa 10kg di CO2. Diciamo con una stima conservativa, 5kg l'anno per ogni albero. Beh,&lt;strong&gt;un albero assicurerà al tuo blog 50 anni di impatto zero. Perciò AGISCI SUBITO!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph Mikann/flickr ©&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-4316852298949466017?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/4316852298949466017/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=4316852298949466017&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/4316852298949466017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/4316852298949466017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/12/dollcultural-and-co2-neutral.html' title='Dollcultural, and CO2 neutral'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YA5cW6YjvLU/TuEONh1Q6uI/AAAAAAAACiA/d4A-qpVL0_k/s72-c/mikann%2Bflickr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-4651529916294975583</id><published>2011-12-07T21:40:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-07T21:49:28.563+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Carlo Golia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='galleria toselli'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='step 09'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aesthetic contamination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pop toy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary art'/><title type='text'>Weredolls and other rencontres</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-opUxmhuU9WA/Tt_QZIwdBNI/AAAAAAAACh0/Xh7agHO62Vw/s1600/carlo%2Bgolia.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-opUxmhuU9WA/Tt_QZIwdBNI/AAAAAAAACh0/Xh7agHO62Vw/s400/carlo%2Bgolia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683490385030874322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Merry-go-round faces, weredolls and wererabbits, celebrities &lt;/strong&gt;in the dark, confusing landscapes. These are &lt;strong&gt;Carlo Golia’s photos&lt;/strong&gt;, which I discovered &lt;a href="http://www.step09.com/index.php"&gt;at step 09&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;What do they have to do with dolls? They are an extremization, a gigantic doll-parody.&lt;/strong&gt; If you take and make a glittered Barbie bigger and older, you’ll obtain someone who’s perfect for a Luna Park. It you take the tender toy-rabbit and cut off his right ear, you’ll obtain kinda lysergic monster. If you subtract a dazed Elvis figurine the smoothness of the vinyl, he’ll be kinda lifeless shell singing at night. &lt;strong&gt;A deformed and parallele hyperreality &lt;/strong&gt;is &lt;strong&gt;in ambush for us &lt;/strong&gt;in these images. Let’s be careful next time we play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-25cPDo5OB9M/Tt_QNpDYOmI/AAAAAAAACho/i8r-GD_g1s0/s1600/carlo%2Bgolia%2Bitalo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 183px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-25cPDo5OB9M/Tt_QNpDYOmI/AAAAAAAACho/i8r-GD_g1s0/s320/carlo%2Bgolia%2Bitalo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683490187541756514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x_Ta9wlNgBI/Tt_QDw5vp3I/AAAAAAAAChc/vLSMquuEEUg/s1600/carlo%2Bgolia%2Belvis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 117px; height: 78px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x_Ta9wlNgBI/Tt_QDw5vp3I/AAAAAAAAChc/vLSMquuEEUg/s320/carlo%2Bgolia%2Belvis.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683490017850140530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Facce da giostra, dolls e conigli mannari, celebrities &lt;/strong&gt;al buio, paesaggi spaesanti. Queste sono &lt;strong&gt;le foto di Carlo Golia&lt;/strong&gt;, che ho scoperto &lt;a href="http://www.step09.com/index.php"&gt;a step09&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Cosa c’entrano con le dolls? Ne sono un’estremizzazione, una caricatura gigante. &lt;/strong&gt;Perché se gigantizzi e invecchi una Barbie glitterata è perfetta per un Luna Park. Se al tenero toy-coniglietto rifili l’orecchio destro, diventa un mostro lisergico. Se ad una figurina di Elvis imbambolato togli il liscio-morbido del vinile, diventa un guscio senz’anima che canta nella notte. &lt;strong&gt;Un’iperrealtà&lt;/strong&gt; deforme e parallela è &lt;strong&gt;in agguato &lt;/strong&gt;in queste immagini. Stiamo attenti la prossima volta che giochiamo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.galleriatoselli.com/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Catalog courtesy Galleria Toselli&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-4651529916294975583?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/4651529916294975583/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=4651529916294975583&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/4651529916294975583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/4651529916294975583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/12/weredolls-and-other-rencontres.html' title='Weredolls and other rencontres'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-opUxmhuU9WA/Tt_QZIwdBNI/AAAAAAAACh0/Xh7agHO62Vw/s72-c/carlo%2Bgolia.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-9202556355065431076</id><published>2011-12-06T11:13:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-07T13:26:12.254+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gloomy aesthetics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dasha Zhukova'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dollcultural stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dinos Chapman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Monster High'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nick Knight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meringa doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Garage magazine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary art'/><title type='text'>A doll in a Garage</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gEhV8_WOnXs/Tt3ri_Zx9gI/AAAAAAAAChQ/M4kLtkLzg-0/s1600/Dasha-Zhukovas-Garage-Magazine-Covers---First-Issue-Shot-Hedi-Slimane.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gEhV8_WOnXs/Tt3ri_Zx9gI/AAAAAAAAChQ/M4kLtkLzg-0/s400/Dasha-Zhukovas-Garage-Magazine-Covers---First-Issue-Shot-Hedi-Slimane.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682957291179079170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oh, a bit of creepy beauty. &lt;strong&gt;While the most meringued doll-related events were taking place&lt;/strong&gt; during the last 2 Sundays and l couldn’t be there, I happened to collect non-meringued &lt;strong&gt;dollcultural material for future meditation&lt;/strong&gt;. This is one – one of &lt;strong&gt;3 covers &lt;/strong&gt;deviced to launch &lt;strong&gt;Garage, influencer Dasha Zhukova’s art magazine&lt;/strong&gt;. And I’m not meaning the much talked about peel-off butterfly version; my favourite cover, the one I chose, is instead this &lt;strong&gt;kinda OOAK roombox &lt;/strong&gt;and in it, &lt;strong&gt;a doll in the likeness of the British model Lily Donaldson &lt;/strong&gt;(other than a Monster High creature, sorry). The scene could well recall a Victorian doll house, but seen through the lenses of a more comtemporary gloomy aesthetics. This is actually a Nick Knight + Dinos Chapman image set and creation.&lt;br /&gt;I’m still very interested in those &lt;strong&gt;dollcultural installations and OOAK artifacts increasingly invading the territory of art collecting&lt;/strong&gt;, whereas the meringue genre will take dust on toyshop shelves or at an ordinary doll colletors convention. &lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;oh, un po’ di brividi di bellezza. &lt;strong&gt;Mentre gli eventi bambolari più meringati si tenevano nelle due ultime domeniche &lt;/strong&gt;senza che io ci fossi, mi è capitato di raccogliere &lt;strong&gt;materiale dollculturale non meringato a scopo di futura meditazione&lt;/strong&gt;. E questo è uno – una delle 3 copertine inventate per il lancio di &lt;strong&gt;Garage, magazine d’arte voluto da Dasha Zhukova, una influente&lt;/strong&gt;. Non sto a parlare della versione chiacchierata con la farfallina peel-off. La mia cover preferita, qlla che ho scelto, è qsta &lt;strong&gt;specie di roombox OOAK&lt;/strong&gt; e ha al suo interno una &lt;strong&gt;bambola &lt;/strong&gt;con le sembianze della &lt;strong&gt;modella britannica Lily Donaldson&lt;/strong&gt; (altro che creaturine Monster High, mi spiace per voi). La scena potrebbe ricordare una casa di bambole vittoriana, ma vista attraverso le lenti del gusto contemporaneo per il tenebroso. È in realtà un lavoro congiunto di Nick Knight + Dinos Chapman per quando riguarda set, immagine, creazione.&lt;br /&gt;Continuo ad essere curiosa e interessata alle &lt;strong&gt;installazioni e ai manufatti OOAK che sempre più invadono il territorio del collezionismo d’arte&lt;/strong&gt;, mentre le meringastre prendono la polvere sugli scaffali di qualche negozio di giocattoli o alle normali convention di Doll collectors.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-9202556355065431076?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/9202556355065431076/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=9202556355065431076&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/9202556355065431076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/9202556355065431076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/12/oh-bit-of-creepy-beauty.html' title='A doll in a Garage'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gEhV8_WOnXs/Tt3ri_Zx9gI/AAAAAAAAChQ/M4kLtkLzg-0/s72-c/Dasha-Zhukovas-Garage-Magazine-Covers---First-Issue-Shot-Hedi-Slimane.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-3605967541942070659</id><published>2011-11-29T10:39:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-29T12:57:20.638+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the white gallery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meringa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bella caffettiera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dollymorphic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='italian design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='design icon'/><title type='text'>Other meringues? WAKE UP!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1NNIb4xv16c/TtSsjjZPcYI/AAAAAAAAChE/yMbXt53N280/s1600/mokawakeup.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 344px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1NNIb4xv16c/TtSsjjZPcYI/AAAAAAAAChE/yMbXt53N280/s400/mokawakeup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680354756817547650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Magnificent meringuemorphic head &lt;/strong&gt;on a dollymorphic and very dollcultural moka by Vanni Cuoghi for &lt;a href="http://www.thewhitegallery.it"&gt;The White Gallery, Milan&lt;/a&gt;. Pls notice those monumental ears on top of the powdered beehive. This work is part of a collective and thematic series of 63 OOAK moka machines modified by 61 artists. The project has been exhibited under the name "WAKE UP!" and it's a touching hommage to the city of Naples, to the coffee culture and to an Italian design icon as the little Bialetti moka.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Magnifica testa meringomorfa &lt;/strong&gt;su una moka molto bambolomorfa e dollculturale creata da Vanni Cuoghi per &lt;a href="http://www.thewhitegallery.it"&gt;The White Gallery, Milano&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Si notino le orecchie monumentali sul colmo della cofana incipriata&lt;/strong&gt;. L'opera fa parte di una serie collettiva tematica di &lt;strong&gt;63 moka OOAK&lt;/strong&gt; modificate da 61 artisti. Il progetto ha avuto una mostra dal titolo "WAKE UP!" ed è un commovente omaggio alla città di Napoli, alla cultura del caffè e a un'icona del design italiano come la piccola moka Bialetti.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-3605967541942070659?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/3605967541942070659/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=3605967541942070659&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3605967541942070659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3605967541942070659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/11/other-meringues-wake-up.html' title='Other meringues? WAKE UP!'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1NNIb4xv16c/TtSsjjZPcYI/AAAAAAAAChE/yMbXt53N280/s72-c/mokawakeup.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-8627622645219377864</id><published>2011-11-27T12:27:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-27T22:02:50.092+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creative contest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Antonio Russo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MeringONE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Collectors’ Club Italia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borsa Scambio Calenzano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emma Gilardi'/><title type='text'>meringONE, the day</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5zoEAVOXA5M/TtIgXGfZNAI/AAAAAAAACg4/Bz-UOvyt2lg/s1600/POSTER.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5zoEAVOXA5M/TtIgXGfZNAI/AAAAAAAACg4/Bz-UOvyt2lg/s400/POSTER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679637661318984706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The meringONE day is today&lt;/strong&gt;, and I'm not there. Long story. Tried to get the things done even without me. So this is the poster Emma Gilardi designed for the event. I wish Antonio Russo, president of &lt;strong&gt;Doll Collectors' Club Italia&lt;/strong&gt;, the whole (very reduced) staff, all the contestants, dealers ans visitors &lt;strong&gt;a very meringued day in Calenzano.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Il meringONE day è oggi&lt;/strong&gt;, e io non sono lì. Storia lunga. Ho fatto in modo che tutto fosse organizzato anche con me lontana. E così, qsto è il poster che Emma Gilardi ha disegnato per l'evento. Auguro ad Antonio Russo, presidente del &lt;strong&gt;Doll Collectors' Club Italia&lt;/strong&gt;, a tutto lo staff (molto ridotto), a tutti i concorrenti al contest, agli espositori e visitatori &lt;strong&gt;un giorno molto meringato alla Borsa Scambio del Giocattolo a Calenzano.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-8627622645219377864?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/8627622645219377864/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=8627622645219377864&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8627622645219377864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8627622645219377864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/11/meringone-day.html' title='meringONE, the day'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5zoEAVOXA5M/TtIgXGfZNAI/AAAAAAAACg4/Bz-UOvyt2lg/s72-c/POSTER.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-7462227748083609594</id><published>2011-11-24T13:17:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-24T13:29:13.940+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Antonio Russo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MeringONE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Collectors’ Club Italia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borsa Scambio Calenzano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emma Gilardi'/><title type='text'>Doll News #61 cover preview!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OoktvloM0Gs/Ts44jM7hWJI/AAAAAAAACgs/Jq2Eq8f4DxQ/s1600/DCCI_News_61cop.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OoktvloM0Gs/Ts44jM7hWJI/AAAAAAAACgs/Jq2Eq8f4DxQ/s400/DCCI_News_61cop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678538357578225810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sweet sweet, almost too sugary news! The meringuish Doll News #61 is ready&lt;/strong&gt;, this is a cover preview. If you are a &lt;strong&gt;Doll Collectors' Club Italia member&lt;/strong&gt;, you'll receive yr copy on Sunday during the &lt;strong&gt;meringONE event &lt;/strong&gt;in Calenzano. Other club members will receive it at home. For the rest of the world it will be downloadable for free on Slideshare in 10 days.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dolce notizia, talmente dolce da essere quasi stucchevole! La meringosa Doll news #61 è pronta&lt;/strong&gt;, qsta è una preview della copertina. Se sei socio di &lt;strong&gt;Doll Collectors' Club Italia,&lt;/strong&gt; avrai in mano la tua copia domenica prox a Calenzano (FI) &lt;strong&gt;durante l'evento meringONE&lt;/strong&gt;. Gli altri soci la riceveranno a casa per posta. Per il resto del mondo, sarà scaricabile gratis su Slideshare nel giro di una decina di gg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;special thanks to Emma Gilardi, here and on the web!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-7462227748083609594?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/7462227748083609594/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=7462227748083609594&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7462227748083609594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7462227748083609594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/11/doll-news-61-cover-preview.html' title='Doll News #61 cover preview!'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OoktvloM0Gs/Ts44jM7hWJI/AAAAAAAACgs/Jq2Eq8f4DxQ/s72-c/DCCI_News_61cop.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-1881040194121731358</id><published>2011-11-21T18:13:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T18:19:46.299+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kitsch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aesthetic contamination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dollcultural furniture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barbie in art'/><title type='text'>Barbie hair chandelier</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;When the kitsch goes up, up, up, it may even reach the ceiling &lt;/strong&gt;- ceiling from which a chandelier is suspended, made with &lt;strong&gt;ash-blonde Barbie hair &lt;/strong&gt;skeins: &lt;strong&gt;not luminous filaments&lt;/strong&gt;, but heads and heads of Barbie hair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OhhccYRkkio/TsqICwkO5LI/AAAAAAAACgg/OcHLJLsIwhc/s1600/barbie_hair_chandelier.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 329px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OhhccYRkkio/TsqICwkO5LI/AAAAAAAACgg/OcHLJLsIwhc/s400/barbie_hair_chandelier.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677499861231920306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quanto il kitsch sale molto in alto, può arrivare benissimo al soffitto&lt;/strong&gt;. Al quale soffitto, è appeso un lampadario chandelier fatto di &lt;strong&gt;matasse di capelli di Barbie biondo-cenere&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;non filamenti luminosi &lt;/strong&gt;ma capilliferi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry, I don't know the author of this work, but will gladly edit this post if someone tells me something more. * Mi spiace, non conosco il nome dell'autore di quest'opera, ma integrerò volentieri il post se qualcuno sa dirmi qlcosa di più!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-1881040194121731358?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/1881040194121731358/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=1881040194121731358&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1881040194121731358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1881040194121731358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/11/barbie-hair-chandelier.html' title='Barbie hair chandelier'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OhhccYRkkio/TsqICwkO5LI/AAAAAAAACgg/OcHLJLsIwhc/s72-c/barbie_hair_chandelier.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-5557499495783795873</id><published>2011-11-15T22:27:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T09:55:32.814+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Benedetta Mori Ubaldini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dolls in art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>Wired dolls</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bhm23129CO4/TsLaFHnX-8I/AAAAAAAACgU/gLinUcwssbk/s1600/ratsandbabies.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bhm23129CO4/TsLaFHnX-8I/AAAAAAAACgU/gLinUcwssbk/s400/ratsandbabies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675338261918645186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.benedetta.info/"&gt;Benedetta Mori Ubaldini &lt;/a&gt;is a peculiar scultor, as she creates with balloons and wire – the very kind of &lt;strong&gt;wire-net you would use in the countryside to protect your rabbits or chickens&lt;/strong&gt;. She folds and curves and paints the material to obtain &lt;strong&gt;smaller or bigger animals and little or bigger figurines &lt;/strong&gt;– some of them really dollylike, and they all share an extraordinary &lt;strong&gt;lightness and transparency. So they are present and absent&lt;/strong&gt; wherever you put them. Also when the story is a bit disquieting as in this “rats and babies” installation.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.benedetta.info/"&gt;Benedetta Mori Ubaldini&lt;/a&gt; è una scultrice del tutto particolare, visto che crea utilizzando palloncini e fil-di-ferro – anzi qlle &lt;strong&gt;reti di fil-di-ferro usate in campagna per proteggere i conigli o le galline&lt;/strong&gt;. Lei piega e curva e dipinge quel materiale per ottenere &lt;strong&gt;animali e animaletti e figure o figurine&lt;/strong&gt; – alcune davvero simili a bambole - che hanno in comune una &lt;strong&gt;straordinaria leggerezza e trasparenza. Così sono presenti e assenti &lt;/strong&gt;ovunque li si metta. Anche quando la storia si fa un po’ inquietante come in qsta installazione “ratti e bimbi”.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-5557499495783795873?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/5557499495783795873/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=5557499495783795873&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5557499495783795873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5557499495783795873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/11/wired-dolls.html' title='Wired dolls'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bhm23129CO4/TsLaFHnX-8I/AAAAAAAACgU/gLinUcwssbk/s72-c/ratsandbabies.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-949702203655416374</id><published>2011-11-12T22:07:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-12T23:06:05.519+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palazzo Barolo Torino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='automaton doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='robot doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bambole e design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bambole giapponesi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KARAKURI'/><title type='text'>Analytic anatomy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uKas5v83HQw/Tr7gqdG7K-I/AAAAAAAACgI/I7E1VhT9XBQ/s1600/bambola%2Bsmontata.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uKas5v83HQw/Tr7gqdG7K-I/AAAAAAAACgI/I7E1VhT9XBQ/s400/bambola%2Bsmontata.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674219600506203106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is &lt;strong&gt;a cha-hakobi doll &lt;/strong&gt;– a small automaton serving tea - in pieces though, &lt;strong&gt;kinda ready for an anatomy table&lt;/strong&gt;, from the &lt;a href="http://www.bambolegiappone.it "&gt;KARAKURI exhibition now on display in Turin&lt;/a&gt;. I don’t know why, &lt;strong&gt;more than by the all-dressed automaton dolls, I was moved by the naked parts, &lt;/strong&gt;with their smooth wood essences, their elegant structure, their essential design, their gentle harmony. And we also are talking about antiquities, dating back to the Edo era (1603-1868), yet somehow &lt;strong&gt;anticipating the “friendly robot” philosophy &lt;/strong&gt;in contemporary Japan. &lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Questa è &lt;strong&gt;una bambola cha-hakobi &lt;/strong&gt;– un piccolo automa servitore di tè – in pezzi però &lt;strong&gt;come pronta per una tavola anatomica&lt;/strong&gt;, dalla &lt;a href="http://www.bambolegiappone.it "&gt;mostra KARAKURI attualmente visitabile a Torino&lt;/a&gt;. Non so perché, &lt;strong&gt;più che dalle bambole-automi interamente vestite, io sono stata toccata dalle nude parti&lt;/strong&gt;, dalle loro essenze di legni levigati, dalla loro struttura elegante, dal design essenziale, dall’armonia gentile. E stiamo anche parlando di antichità, che risalgono al periodo Edo (1603-1868) eppure &lt;strong&gt;anticipatrici, in qualche modo, della filosofia del robot amichevole &lt;/strong&gt;(“friendly robot”) del Giappone contemporaneo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph courtesy of Maria Grazia Balbiano&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-949702203655416374?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/949702203655416374/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=949702203655416374&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/949702203655416374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/949702203655416374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/11/analytic-anatomy.html' title='Analytic anatomy'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uKas5v83HQw/Tr7gqdG7K-I/AAAAAAAACgI/I7E1VhT9XBQ/s72-c/bambola%2Bsmontata.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-173518598141092816</id><published>2011-11-04T19:54:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-04T22:11:14.589+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palazzo Barolo Torino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Corpo automi robot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='automaton doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='robot doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bambole giapponesi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KARAKURI'/><title type='text'>KARAKURI opening, Turin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WtVpN7FP6fI/TrQ2DYWnVfI/AAAAAAAACfo/gcBmdzliSkI/s1600/MASCHERA_CINGHIALE2.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WtVpN7FP6fI/TrQ2DYWnVfI/AAAAAAAACfo/gcBmdzliSkI/s400/MASCHERA_CINGHIALE2.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671217262471108082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who’s behind the mask? A KARAKURI doll – an automaton.&lt;/strong&gt; The wonderful &lt;strong&gt;Palazzo Barolo &lt;/strong&gt;in the very heart of Turin is hosting a selected bunch of Japanese treasures. &lt;a href="http://www.bambolegiappone.it "&gt;KARAKURI, this is the exhibit, features stunning antique mechanic dolls&lt;/a&gt;, a few miniatures of Matsuri carriages and a couple of contemporary robots. Coming back soon with more comments, just wanted to you titillate you now. First day tomorrow, &lt;strong&gt;till Dec 18&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chi c’è dietro la maschera? Una KARAKURI – una bambola-automa.&lt;/strong&gt; Il meraviglioso &lt;strong&gt;Palazzo Barolo &lt;/strong&gt;nel cuore del centro di Torino ospita un selezionato gruppo di tesori giapponesi. &lt;a href="http://www.bambolegiappone.it "&gt;KARAKURI, questa la mostra, presenta sbalorditive bambole meccaniche &lt;/a&gt;antiche, alcune miniature di carri Matsuri e un paio di robot contemporanei. Torno presto con più commenti, volevo solo titillarvi, ora. Primo giorno domani, &lt;strong&gt;fino al 18 dicembre&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-173518598141092816?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/173518598141092816/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=173518598141092816&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/173518598141092816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/173518598141092816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/11/karakuri-opening-turin.html' title='KARAKURI opening, Turin'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WtVpN7FP6fI/TrQ2DYWnVfI/AAAAAAAACfo/gcBmdzliSkI/s72-c/MASCHERA_CINGHIALE2.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-2759542245868289670</id><published>2011-11-01T17:22:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T17:26:18.460+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mourning dress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dress code'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage mood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage Barbie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='black dress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage Ken'/><title type='text'>The topos of black</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8C-kJ907KoU/TrAdkHOVrgI/AAAAAAAACfc/aC-9ZtnevaI/s1600/quvani%2Btrio%2Bin%2Bblack.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8C-kJ907KoU/TrAdkHOVrgI/AAAAAAAACfc/aC-9ZtnevaI/s400/quvani%2Btrio%2Bin%2Bblack.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670064437111139842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vintage trio. Mourning trio?&lt;/strong&gt; I don’t know, although this &lt;strong&gt;black dress code &lt;/strong&gt;could mean anything. It’s the topos of black. However, the three (dolls) are silent, don’t ask questions and &lt;strong&gt;look more respectful &lt;/strong&gt;than most of the fashion-noisy and socialite-skueaky images out there. &lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trio vintage. Trio in lutto? &lt;/strong&gt;Non so, sebbene questo questo &lt;strong&gt;dress code in nero&lt;/strong&gt; possa significare qualunque cosa. È il topos del nero. Tuttavia le tre (bambole) tacciono, non fanno domande e in qualche modo &lt;strong&gt;hanno l’aria più rispettosa &lt;/strong&gt;di tante immagini fashion-clangorose e socialite-bercianti là fuori.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph Quvani/flickr all rights etc etc&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-2759542245868289670?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/2759542245868289670/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=2759542245868289670&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2759542245868289670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2759542245868289670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/11/topos-of-black.html' title='The topos of black'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8C-kJ907KoU/TrAdkHOVrgI/AAAAAAAACfc/aC-9ZtnevaI/s72-c/quvani%2Btrio%2Bin%2Bblack.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-1188139132114284846</id><published>2011-10-29T22:13:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-29T22:17:43.635+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the body of the dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sweet tooth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curvy beauty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curve'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie as testimonial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Il corpo delle dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bambola doll'/><title type='text'>Curvy &amp; sweet (tooth)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-51H0fZGujgA/TqxfBnN992I/AAAAAAAACfE/uMhtWG1p9ak/s1600/curvy%2Bmarzipan%2Bgoddesses.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-51H0fZGujgA/TqxfBnN992I/AAAAAAAACfE/uMhtWG1p9ak/s400/curvy%2Bmarzipan%2Bgoddesses.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669010512264689506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My &lt;strong&gt;explorations&lt;/strong&gt; around and about &lt;strong&gt;the body of the dolls &lt;/strong&gt;continue. &lt;strong&gt;Curvy beauty is interestingly and interestedly coming back &lt;/strong&gt;in the real world; so, you dolls, be prepared! And if Barbie has a few curves without being curvy, we notice that &lt;strong&gt;truly curvy and widely successful dolls don’t exist yet&lt;/strong&gt; - Bambola is still too much a niche idol at the moment. In the meanwhile, I spotted these &lt;strong&gt;marzipan minidolls &lt;/strong&gt;for those with the curvy obsession and a sweet tooth.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Continuano le mie &lt;strong&gt;esplorazioni&lt;/strong&gt; intorno e &lt;strong&gt;sul corpo delle dolls&lt;/strong&gt;. Nel mondo reale, in &lt;strong&gt;modo interessante e interessato, è di ritorno la bellezza con le curve&lt;/strong&gt;; perciò, dolls, tenetevi pronte! E seppure Barbie ha qualche curva senza essere curvy, notiamo che &lt;strong&gt;bambole veramente curvy e di ampio successo non esistono ancora&lt;/strong&gt; – Bambola è ancora troppo un idolo di nicchia per il momento. Frattanto, ho scovato queste &lt;strong&gt;bambolucce di marzapane&lt;/strong&gt; per quelli con l’ossessione delle curve e un debole per i dolci.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28805692@N00/5458486419/in/photostream/ "&gt;warmandcosy on flickr &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-1188139132114284846?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/1188139132114284846/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=1188139132114284846&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1188139132114284846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1188139132114284846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/10/curvy-sweet-tooth.html' title='Curvy &amp; sweet (tooth)'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-51H0fZGujgA/TqxfBnN992I/AAAAAAAACfE/uMhtWG1p9ak/s72-c/curvy%2Bmarzipan%2Bgoddesses.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-7150406568407322945</id><published>2011-10-27T21:34:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T10:03:50.215+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MOD icon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memyd'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mauro Marchetti'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage mood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='me &apos;n my dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miniature'/><title type='text'>Memo for memyd</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h_U5oZE1CN0/Tqmzd2EjnuI/AAAAAAAACe4/Lj2sEHBw3PQ/s1600/silver%2Bsplendour%2BMM.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h_U5oZE1CN0/Tqmzd2EjnuI/AAAAAAAACe4/Lj2sEHBw3PQ/s400/silver%2Bsplendour%2BMM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668258931334684386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Memyd aka Me 'n my Dolls aka Mauro Marchetti, is now on etsy&lt;/strong&gt;. One of the most reluctant and most talented doll artists I ever met in my life, therefore a myth for many collectors, &lt;strong&gt;Mauro doesn’t love starring here and there or selfpromoting by liking himself on facebook or so. Absent, and yet famous. Hidden, and yet followed. A rare mix.&lt;/strong&gt; For him do speak his OOAK dressed dolls, all about vintage and MOD revisited with culture, and the stunning totally handmade miniature series reproducing Barbie and her friends, featured in a very reduced scale with outfits and giftsets. His prices are surprisingly honest, which is consistent with his rigorous personality.&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/memyd "&gt; Listen to this memo, take a look at his etsy page&lt;/a&gt; and don’t miss your favourite piece!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sHb3Xn856lQ/TqmyjIB6NpI/AAAAAAAACes/fEApCcArkmY/s1600/stacey%2Bgiftset%2BMM.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sHb3Xn856lQ/TqmyjIB6NpI/AAAAAAAACes/fEApCcArkmY/s400/stacey%2Bgiftset%2BMM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668257922543138450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Memyd alias Me ‘n my Dolls alias Mauro Marchetti, adesso è su etsy&lt;/strong&gt;. Uno dei doll artist più riservati e più talentuosi che abbia conosciuto in vita mia, e perciò un mito per molti collezionisti, Mauro &lt;strong&gt;non ama fare la star qua e là o autopromuoversi laikandosi da solo su facebook o cose così. Assente, eppure famoso. Nascosto, eppure seguito. Un mix raro.&lt;/strong&gt; Per lui parlano le sue dressed dolls OOAK, tutte in stile vintage o MOD rivisitato con cultura, e la sbalorditiva serie di miniature fatte a  mano che riproducono Barbie e le amiche in scala ridottissima e complete di outfit e giftset vari. I suoi prezzi sono sorprendentemente onesti, il che è coerente col suo carattere rigoroso. Date retta a qsto memo, date &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/memyd "&gt;un’occhiata alla sua pagina etsy &lt;/a&gt;e non perdetevi il vs pezzo preferito!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-7150406568407322945?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/7150406568407322945/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=7150406568407322945&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7150406568407322945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7150406568407322945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/10/memo-for-memyd.html' title='Memo for memyd'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h_U5oZE1CN0/Tqmzd2EjnuI/AAAAAAAACe4/Lj2sEHBw3PQ/s72-c/silver%2Bsplendour%2BMM.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-7131137078515143365</id><published>2011-10-23T17:54:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T18:01:23.083+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pupazzi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paris'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie and Ken'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giocattoli in mostra'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dollcultural happening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bambole antiche'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Grand Palais'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='des jouets et des hommes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collectors&apos; community'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='orsacchiotti'/><title type='text'>Des jouets et des hommes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FMPH5r1vftw/TqQ5v3gkO-I/AAAAAAAACeg/1KwId_Qc37M/s1600/arton2244-41dd4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FMPH5r1vftw/TqQ5v3gkO-I/AAAAAAAACeg/1KwId_Qc37M/s400/arton2244-41dd4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666717725656103906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Save the date, you lucky ones dropping by Paris and don’t miss:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Des jouets et des hommes&lt;br /&gt;Paris, Grand Palais, Galeries nationales&lt;br /&gt;September 14, 2011 – January 23, 2012&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the official presentation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“A thousand toys from Antiquity to the present day, all in one exhibition! Nothing of such scope has ever been attempted before: antique dolls, royal dolls, Barbie dolls, trains, planes, boats, bears of all sorts, astonishingly lifelike clockwork toys, warlike videogames, lead soldiers and plastic figurines, flying saucers, Noah’s arks and even Father Christmas in an aeroplane.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So now I wonder: Is this &lt;strong&gt;a sign of attention to the toycultural aspects of life &lt;/strong&gt;we could ever expect to see &lt;strong&gt;in an Italian museum? &lt;/strong&gt;I don’t know. We have thematic museums as the one in Angera all about dolls. Or we have private collections more or less temporarily exhibited to a public audience. I think however that &lt;strong&gt;the doll and toys collectors’ community could also be more focused on sharing culture,&lt;/strong&gt; i.o. simply meeting for selling and networking… and I know &lt;strong&gt;I’m not alone &lt;/strong&gt;with this sentiment.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Segnatevi la data, fortunelli che passate da Parigi, e non perdetevi:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Des jouets et des hommes&lt;br /&gt;Parigi, Grand Palais, Galeries nationales&lt;br /&gt;14 settembre 2011 – 23 gennaio 2012&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dalla presentazione ufficiale:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Mille giocattoli dall’Antichità ad oggi, tutti in una sola mostra. Niente di simile è mai stato tentato prima d’ora: bambole antiche, bambole principesche, Barbie, trenini, aeroplani, navi, orsacchiotti di ogni tipo, automi simili ad esseri viventi, videogames di guerra, soldatini di piombo e di plastica, dischi volanti, arche di Noè e perfino un Babbo Natale in aereo.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perciò allora mi chiedo: è qsto &lt;strong&gt;un segno di attenzione agli aspetti… giocattologici della vita&lt;/strong&gt; che potremmo aspettarci di vedere &lt;strong&gt;in un museo italiano? &lt;/strong&gt;Non lo so. Abbiamo musei tematici come qllo di Angera, incentrato sulle bambole. O abbiamo collezioni private più o meno temporaneamente proposte al pubblico. Io penso però che &lt;strong&gt;la community di collezionisti di bambole e giocattoli potrebbe anche essere più focalizzata sulla condivisione culturale&lt;/strong&gt;, anziché solo sul fare incontri per vendere e conoscersi… e &lt;strong&gt;so di non essere la sola &lt;/strong&gt;con questo sentimento. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rmn.fr/presentation-de-l-exposition-des "&gt;Presentation/presentazione (in French, switchable to English/in francese, o in inglese &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;poster: Création Pierrick Sorin &lt;br /&gt;© Les Arts Décoratifs, Droits Réservés - Graphisme Dame Loky&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thx Azzurra!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-7131137078515143365?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/7131137078515143365/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=7131137078515143365&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7131137078515143365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7131137078515143365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/10/des-jouets-et-des-hommes.html' title='Des jouets et des hommes'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FMPH5r1vftw/TqQ5v3gkO-I/AAAAAAAACeg/1KwId_Qc37M/s72-c/arton2244-41dd4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-1086473625160044233</id><published>2011-10-19T20:17:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T20:47:22.081+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion icon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dress form'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion dummies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Il corpo delle dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll body parts'/><title type='text'>Hanging and waiting</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q4UD9hn8zss/Tp8VHUkyfZI/AAAAAAAACeU/RabET6pJZps/s1600/FR%2Bdress%2Bform%2Bby%2Bcrazydolls.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q4UD9hn8zss/Tp8VHUkyfZI/AAAAAAAACeU/RabET6pJZps/s400/FR%2Bdress%2Bform%2Bby%2Bcrazydolls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665270071781653906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A dress form is &lt;strong&gt;not the dress nor the person nor a body&lt;/strong&gt;. It can be, however, a way to evoke the three of them. So you don’t know which doll dress will fit which doll, but you can see &lt;strong&gt;a doll body, sewn in its details&lt;/strong&gt;, sculpted to portray without being a portrait, curvy and sexy and ever softer than the real doll’s. A dress form is in fact &lt;strong&gt;kinda patient placeholder, an incomplete secret &lt;/strong&gt;between you and the couturier, an excuse to accept and love other forms of incompleteness as well.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Una forma per abiti &lt;strong&gt;non è il vestito, né la persona, né il corpo&lt;/strong&gt;. Può essere però un modo per evocarli tutti e tre. Così, non è dato sapere quale vestito di bambola starà a quale bambola, ma si può vedere &lt;strong&gt;un corpo di bambola, cucito nei dettagli&lt;/strong&gt;, scolpito per ritrarre senza essere un ritratto, curvilineo e sexy e addirittura più morbido di qllo della bambola vera. Una forma per abiti è infatti &lt;strong&gt;una specie di paziente segnaposto, un segreto incompleto&lt;/strong&gt; tra te e il sarto. Una scusa per accettare e amare anche altre incompletezze.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph: Fashion Royalty dress form &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39027611@N02/ "&gt;by crazydolls/flickr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-1086473625160044233?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/1086473625160044233/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=1086473625160044233&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1086473625160044233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1086473625160044233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/10/hanging-and-waiting.html' title='Hanging and waiting'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q4UD9hn8zss/Tp8VHUkyfZI/AAAAAAAACeU/RabET6pJZps/s72-c/FR%2Bdress%2Bform%2Bby%2Bcrazydolls.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-572978087310757265</id><published>2011-10-16T09:10:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-16T09:57:17.017+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giornata mondiale dell&apos;alimentazione'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blog Action Day 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='#BAD11'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dolls and food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie cake'/><title type='text'>BAD (on) FOOD</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p6UNdkkhkeA/TpqDudv5MCI/AAAAAAAACeI/alstWrbQbZY/s1600/BAD%2B2011%2Bbarbie-style%2Bcake.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p6UNdkkhkeA/TpqDudv5MCI/AAAAAAAACeI/alstWrbQbZY/s400/BAD%2B2011%2Bbarbie-style%2Bcake.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663984315654549538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When a normal birthday cake &lt;/strong&gt;is no longer enough, when a sexy bunnygirl in the cake is too early, &lt;strong&gt;a winged Barbie fairy head and torso &lt;/strong&gt;on a hyperdecorated meringuish lilac-frosted cake can make &lt;strong&gt;a sweet surprise. Or maybe not. &lt;/strong&gt;The cake has been sliced and Barbie’s dissected gown reveals layers of creamy stuffing. &lt;strong&gt;Yes, but where is everybody? This excessive, solitary, already sliced cake &lt;/strong&gt;gives me a feeling like of &lt;strong&gt;wasted food&lt;/strong&gt; where food is an issue for millions. This is my contribution to Blog Action Day 2011 on FOOD. &lt;a href="http://blogactionday.org"&gt;Much more here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quando una normale torta di compleanno&lt;/strong&gt; non è più abbastanza, quando una coniglietta sexy nella torta è troppo in anticipo, &lt;strong&gt;una Barbie fatina con le ali (testa e torso)&lt;/strong&gt; sopra a una torta iperdecorata meringosa e glassata in lilla può costituire &lt;strong&gt;una dolce sorpresa. O magari no.&lt;/strong&gt; La torta è stata tagliata e la gonna di Barbie rivela strati di farcitura alla crema. &lt;strong&gt;Sì, ma dove sono tutti? Questa torta eccessiva, solitaria, ormai aperta &lt;/strong&gt;mi dà come un senso di &lt;strong&gt;cibo sprecato &lt;/strong&gt;laddove il cibo è un problema per milioni di persone. Questo è il mio contributo al Blog Action Day 2011 sul tema FOOD. &lt;a href="http://blogactionday.org"&gt;Molto altro qui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogactionday.org"&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogactionday.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Blogactiondaybloggerbadge21.jpg" alt="I am proud to be taking part in Blog Action Day OCT 16 2011 www.blogactionday.org" width="147" height="300" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cake photo: barbie-style&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-572978087310757265?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/572978087310757265/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=572978087310757265&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/572978087310757265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/572978087310757265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/10/bad-on-food.html' title='BAD (on) FOOD'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p6UNdkkhkeA/TpqDudv5MCI/AAAAAAAACeI/alstWrbQbZY/s72-c/BAD%2B2011%2Bbarbie-style%2Bcake.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-3738236476160321895</id><published>2011-10-13T21:18:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T21:26:27.627+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blog Action Day 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dolls and food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food issue'/><title type='text'>Almost BAD</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p0NcGEsenN8/Tpc6Q6iRDrI/AAAAAAAACd8/v8zR20IrFiw/s1600/blogactionday2011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p0NcGEsenN8/Tpc6Q6iRDrI/AAAAAAAACd8/v8zR20IrFiw/s400/blogactionday2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663059118706986674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'll dollculturally post on this topic&lt;/strong&gt;. Be sure I'll &lt;strong&gt;connect dolls and food&lt;/strong&gt;. And what about you? Are you taking part to &lt;a href="http://blogactionday.org/"&gt;Blog Action Day 2011&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Farò un post dollculturale in tema&lt;/strong&gt;. Potete star sicuri che &lt;strong&gt;connetterò bambole e cibo&lt;/strong&gt;. E voi? parteciperete al &lt;a href="http://blogactionday.org/"&gt;Blog Action Day 2011?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-3738236476160321895?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/3738236476160321895/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=3738236476160321895&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3738236476160321895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3738236476160321895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/10/almost-bad.html' title='Almost BAD'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p0NcGEsenN8/Tpc6Q6iRDrI/AAAAAAAACd8/v8zR20IrFiw/s72-c/blogactionday2011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-1357876926601711897</id><published>2011-10-10T21:48:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-16T09:58:25.933+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Do Ho Suh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll scale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll house'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary art'/><title type='text'>Cultural collision</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XObNQNBY_oM/TpNNopn0cxI/AAAAAAAACd0/Qbt2-idZP9o/s1600/suh%2Bfallen%2Bstar.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XObNQNBY_oM/TpNNopn0cxI/AAAAAAAACd0/Qbt2-idZP9o/s400/suh%2Bfallen%2Bstar.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661954517297820434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CRASH! &lt;strong&gt;A tiny South Korean building, somehow parachuted from the sky, has smashed into a 19th century American mansion&lt;/strong&gt;, filling a ground-floor room with debris. And all of us are &lt;strong&gt;shocked viewers &lt;/strong&gt;of this collision. &lt;strong&gt;Not a real collision, but rather a doll-scaled hyperdetailed cultural one,&lt;/strong&gt; named “Fallen Star 1/5”, by Korean artist Do Ho Suh, now exhibiting at Los Angeles LACMA. We might take this like a &lt;strong&gt;metaphor of immigration&lt;/strong&gt;, with the artist saying: "It's my personal journey from Korea to the U.S. and the story of the house that came along with me, or brought me here." The house itself, and its &lt;strong&gt;photosensitive resin prototypes &lt;/strong&gt;are both breathtaking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EleP5izZDqc/TpNNedi0T3I/AAAAAAAACds/7DhzzHNAAvc/s1600/Suh-Home-Within-Home-LMG-2011-01-hr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EleP5izZDqc/TpNNedi0T3I/AAAAAAAACds/7DhzzHNAAvc/s400/Suh-Home-Within-Home-LMG-2011-01-hr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661954342256922482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CRASH! &lt;strong&gt;Una casetta sudcoreana, in qualche modo paracadutata dal cielo, si è schiantata su una casa americana dell’800&lt;/strong&gt;, riempiendo di macerie tutta una stanza al pianterreno. E noi tutti, &lt;strong&gt;scioccati, ad osservare &lt;/strong&gt;questa collisione. &lt;strong&gt;Non una collisione reale, ma piuttosto una collisione culturale in scala bambolare e iperdettagliata &lt;/strong&gt;opera dell’artista coreano Do Ho Suh, dal titolo “Fallen Star 1/5”, ora in mostra al LACMA di Los Angeles. Potremmo prenderla come una &lt;strong&gt;metafora dell’immigrazione&lt;/strong&gt;, con l’artista che dice: “È il mio viaggio personale dalla Corea agli USA e la storia della mia casa che è venuta via con me, o che mi ha portato qui.” La casa stessa, e i relativi &lt;strong&gt;prototipi in resina fotosensibile &lt;/strong&gt;sono da lasciare senza fiato.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+ &gt; &lt;a href="http://flavorwire.com/218213/do-ho-suhs-amazing-giant-dolls-house-installation-art "&gt;on flaworwire &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-1357876926601711897?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/1357876926601711897/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=1357876926601711897&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1357876926601711897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1357876926601711897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/10/cultural-collision.html' title='Cultural collision'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XObNQNBY_oM/TpNNopn0cxI/AAAAAAAACd0/Qbt2-idZP9o/s72-c/suh%2Bfallen%2Bstar.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6782718977408174155</id><published>2011-10-05T22:22:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-05T22:22:22.650+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Momoko merry-go-rouuund</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="281" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"&gt; &lt;param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&amp;photo_secret=7d4ecf3302&amp;photo_id=6109756284&amp;flickr_show_info_box=true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"&gt;&lt;/param&gt; &lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"&gt;&lt;/param&gt; &lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&amp;photo_secret=7d4ecf3302&amp;photo_id=6109756284&amp;flickr_show_info_box=true" height="281" width="500"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraesushi/6109756284/"&gt;Filmato giostra&lt;/a&gt; a video by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraesushi/"&gt;Laura.vet&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;one of the most lovely Momoko-OOAK-artifacts ever seen!&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;uno dei più belli oggetti-OOAK fatti per Momoko che io abbia visto mai!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph + creation Laura.vet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6782718977408174155?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6782718977408174155/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6782718977408174155&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6782718977408174155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6782718977408174155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/10/momoko-merry-go-rouuund.html' title='Momoko merry-go-rouuund'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-3071606142801431246</id><published>2011-10-02T08:48:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-02T09:02:00.617+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kate Moss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Frida Kahlo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='momoko'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='La piel que habito'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='J-Lo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rossy de palma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extreme makeover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artificial beauty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sybarite dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bambola doll'/><title type='text'>Imperfectly beautiful</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sAyTTQ5H4is/TogLNuwEKCI/AAAAAAAACdk/8ZfPwqAHP_E/s1600/daniela_ferrando_0125.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sAyTTQ5H4is/TogLNuwEKCI/AAAAAAAACdk/8ZfPwqAHP_E/s320/daniela_ferrando_0125.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658785262306863138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The post below is my latest article on fashionblabla, on &lt;strong&gt;dolls&lt;/strong&gt; being &lt;strong&gt;not so perfect and yet beautiful&lt;/strong&gt;, in parallele with &lt;strong&gt;beautiful celebrities, yet not so perfect&lt;/strong&gt; (ITA only).&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Il post qui sotto è il mio ultimo articolo su fashionblabla, sulle &lt;strong&gt;bambole&lt;/strong&gt; non poi così perfette &lt;strong&gt;eppure bellissime&lt;/strong&gt;, in parallelo con &lt;strong&gt;bellissime celebrities, pur non così perfette&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-3071606142801431246?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/3071606142801431246/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=3071606142801431246&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3071606142801431246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3071606142801431246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/10/imperfectly-beautiful.html' title='Imperfectly beautiful'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sAyTTQ5H4is/TogLNuwEKCI/AAAAAAAACdk/8ZfPwqAHP_E/s72-c/daniela_ferrando_0125.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6487276646387026674</id><published>2011-10-02T08:43:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-02T08:43:45.761+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Difetto-diletto</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.fashionblabla.it/i-dolls/difetto-diletto.html#.TogIEELd5ek.blogger"&gt;Difetto-diletto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6487276646387026674?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.fashionblabla.it/i-dolls/difetto-diletto.html#.TogIEELd5ek.blogger' title='Difetto-diletto'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6487276646387026674/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6487276646387026674&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6487276646387026674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6487276646387026674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/10/difetto-diletto.html' title='Difetto-diletto'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6462237642307196437</id><published>2011-09-28T21:31:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-28T21:38:51.202+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='burnt Barbie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie odiosamata doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mito di Barbie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daniela Ferrando'/><title type='text'>Eternal doll</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NX_gqqsiHTw/ToN3ciAOsHI/AAAAAAAACdc/rf9zBwRYMl0/s1600/odiosamata%2Bis%2Banything.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NX_gqqsiHTw/ToN3ciAOsHI/AAAAAAAACdc/rf9zBwRYMl0/s400/odiosamata%2Bis%2Banything.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657496888955285618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Burnt, sliced, pierced, tortured, whirred, massacred and detested, Barbie &lt;/strong&gt;resurrects all the time. And you know why? Yes you know why: because &lt;strong&gt;she’s anything&lt;/strong&gt; and because this statement will always &lt;strong&gt;reset to zero any accusation or flame&lt;/strong&gt;. Here’s one of my slides &lt;strong&gt;presented to an audience of NON doll collectors &lt;/strong&gt;last Friday, under the purposedly created logo and title of “Barbie odiosamata doll”, wich means “Barbie hated-loved doll”. Wiew &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/DCCI/barbie-odiosamata-doll"&gt;the whole presentation here &lt;/a&gt;(ITA only, English to come), or contact me for a free copy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w5ew8-8rJCc/ToN3Qno5pLI/AAAAAAAACdU/gga520rsib4/s1600/Odiosamata_03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 139px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w5ew8-8rJCc/ToN3Qno5pLI/AAAAAAAACdU/gga520rsib4/s400/Odiosamata_03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657496684309619890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bruciata, affettata, torturata, perforata, frullata, massacrata e detestata, Barbie &lt;/strong&gt;risorge continuamente. E sapete perché? Sì che lo sapete: perché “she’s anything” - &lt;strong&gt;è qualsiasi cosa &lt;/strong&gt;- e perché questa affermazione &lt;strong&gt;riuscirà sempre ad azzerare ogni accusa, ogni flame&lt;/strong&gt;. Quella sopra è una delle &lt;strong&gt;slide presentate ad un pubblico di NON collezionisti &lt;/strong&gt;venerdì scorso, sotto il logo e il titolo appositamente creati di “Barbie odiosamata doll”. Potete vedere &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/DCCI/barbie-odiosamata-doll"&gt;l’intera presentazione qui&lt;/a&gt;, o contattarmi per averne una copia gratis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;once again, I'm not affiliated or else with Mattel and my interest towards Barbie is purely dollcultural.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6462237642307196437?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6462237642307196437/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6462237642307196437&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6462237642307196437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6462237642307196437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/09/eternal-doll.html' title='Eternal doll'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NX_gqqsiHTw/ToN3ciAOsHI/AAAAAAAACdc/rf9zBwRYMl0/s72-c/odiosamata%2Bis%2Banything.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-2725812411858603827</id><published>2011-09-23T09:30:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T09:49:55.021+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marinellafashiondolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rimini doll convention'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='A Vinyl Love Story'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Antonio Russo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DCCI'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll news'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Collectors’ Club Italia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my muse'/><title type='text'>Rimini sneak peeks</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OgTb9pBtH2c/Tnw3ZerEM4I/AAAAAAAACdM/dYT-m_zL98M/s1600/sneak%2BVLS.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OgTb9pBtH2c/Tnw3ZerEM4I/AAAAAAAACdM/dYT-m_zL98M/s400/sneak%2BVLS.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655456142940451714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Vinyl Love Story &lt;/strong&gt;– Barbie and Ken through the latest 50 years: &lt;strong&gt;100% vintage couples &lt;/strong&gt;from Antonio Russo private collection. It’s a &lt;strong&gt;special full colour feature &lt;/strong&gt;coming with Doll News #60 for Doll Collectors’ Club Italia members in Rimini. You’ll see it &lt;strong&gt;for free on slideshare next week&lt;/strong&gt;, or directly shipped at home if DCCI member.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mymusemag.com/ "&gt;My muse new issue &lt;/a&gt;is ready! #3 if we count officially, #4 if we count #0. Printed on demand or digital? It's up to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marinellafashiondolls.com "&gt;See you in Rimini at Marinella’s!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gsvv8xkBxJ8/Tnw2XIjvaSI/AAAAAAAACdE/UbVGzu5vEFc/s1600/MM3_magazine.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 142px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gsvv8xkBxJ8/Tnw2XIjvaSI/AAAAAAAACdE/UbVGzu5vEFc/s320/MM3_magazine.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655455003132782882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Vinyl Love Story&lt;/strong&gt; – Barbie and Ken through the latest 50 years: &lt;strong&gt;coppie 100% vintage &lt;/strong&gt;dalla collezione privata di Antonio Russo. È un &lt;strong&gt;inserto speciale a colori &lt;/strong&gt;abbinato alla Doll News #60 distribuita ai soci Doll Collectors’ Club Italia a Rimini. &lt;strong&gt;Gratis online su slideshare &lt;/strong&gt;la prox settimana, o direttamente a casa per gli altri soci DCCI.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;È pronto &lt;a href="http://www.mymusemag.com/ "&gt;il nuovo numero di My muse&lt;/a&gt;! È il #3 if del conteggio ufficiale, ma il quarto considerando il bellissimo #0. Averlo di carta o in formato digitale, dipende da te.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marinellafashiondolls.com "&gt;Arrivederci a Rimini da Marinella!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SvUJgTQJlk8/Tnw1rkPoDwI/AAAAAAAACc8/booEXUcaF3Y/s1600/volantino2011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SvUJgTQJlk8/Tnw1rkPoDwI/AAAAAAAACc8/booEXUcaF3Y/s320/volantino2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655454254650363650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-2725812411858603827?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/2725812411858603827/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=2725812411858603827&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2725812411858603827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2725812411858603827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/09/rimini-sneak-peeks.html' title='Rimini sneak peeks'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OgTb9pBtH2c/Tnw3ZerEM4I/AAAAAAAACdM/dYT-m_zL98M/s72-c/sneak%2BVLS.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-5027843036386010519</id><published>2011-09-21T18:49:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T18:55:08.495+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='made in China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DCCI contest 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DCCI'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MeringONE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Collectors’ Club Italia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borsa Scambio Calenzano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie artwork'/><title type='text'>Waiting for MeringONE 09</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fNk4luENR_A/TnoWUE_cIcI/AAAAAAAACc0/yzCAmUT5nmk/s1600/china%2Blin%2Bprincess.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fNk4luENR_A/TnoWUE_cIcI/AAAAAAAACc0/yzCAmUT5nmk/s400/china%2Blin%2Bprincess.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654856816310100418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;China Lin’s interpretation of a Beijing Opera Princess &lt;/strong&gt;is a &lt;strong&gt;flabbergasting “made in china”&lt;/strong&gt; Barbie-based, one-of-a-kind, handmade specimen. So colourful and hyperdecorated, it might spark an inspiration for &lt;strong&gt;some meringuish creative drift &lt;/strong&gt;in view of DCCI’s MeringONE contest (pls see page bottom).&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;L’interpretazione di China Lin di una Principessa dell’Opera di Pechino &lt;/strong&gt;è un &lt;strong&gt;esempio sbalorditivo di “made in china”&lt;/strong&gt; su base Barbie OOAk e fatto a mano. Così variopinto e ipercolorato, potrebbe accendere l’ispirazione &lt;strong&gt;per qualche deriva creativa e meringòfila &lt;/strong&gt;in vista del contest MeringONE (v. fondo pagina).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+ &gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/china-lin/with/5142250589/"&gt;flickr/China Lin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-5027843036386010519?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/5027843036386010519/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=5027843036386010519&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5027843036386010519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5027843036386010519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/09/waiting-for-meringone-09.html' title='Waiting for MeringONE 09'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fNk4luENR_A/TnoWUE_cIcI/AAAAAAAACc0/yzCAmUT5nmk/s72-c/china%2Blin%2Bprincess.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-5223499285987817945</id><published>2011-09-15T15:08:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-15T15:14:37.389+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='male action figure'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rugby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emanuele Bonati'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dieux du stade'/><title type='text'>Minced meat who?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YZ5GY-uhWcA/TnH5-siPkaI/AAAAAAAACcs/BH0DpNa9CEU/s1600/dieux%2Bdu%2Bstade.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YZ5GY-uhWcA/TnH5-siPkaI/AAAAAAAACcs/BH0DpNa9CEU/s400/dieux%2Bdu%2Bstade.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652573862828675490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Carne trita”, i.e. minced meat, is the title of &lt;a href="http://blog.cibvs.com/2011/09/12/carne-trita-blogvs-e-4rugby-ai-mondiali-di-rugby/"&gt;a brilliant new column on rubgy worldcup &lt;/a&gt;written by a friend of mine, Emanuele (in ITA only, sorry). Now, &lt;strong&gt;who would dare to call minced meat the so called Dieux du stade&lt;/strong&gt;, c’est à dire, all those rubgysts attenting to the hormonal balance of men and women from their calendar and web pages? As built and athletic as action figures, I think the’re &lt;strong&gt;well aware of being kinda adult male dolls for adults&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;“Carne trita” è il titolo di &lt;a href="http://blog.cibvs.com/2011/09/12/carne-trita-blogvs-e-4rugby-ai-mondiali-di-rugby/"&gt;una nuova brillante rubrica sulla coppa del mondo di rugby&lt;/a&gt;, curata da un amico, Emanuele. Ora però, &lt;strong&gt;chi oserebbe definire “carne trita” i cosiddetti, Dieux du stade&lt;/strong&gt;, c’est à dire, tutti quei rugbisti che attentano all’equilibrio ormonale di uomini e donne dalle pagine del loro calendario e sito? Possenti e atletici come action figures, credo siano &lt;strong&gt;ben consapevoli di essere una specie di doll maschile adulta per adulti.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-5223499285987817945?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/5223499285987817945/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=5223499285987817945&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5223499285987817945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5223499285987817945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/09/minced-meat-who.html' title='Minced meat who?'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YZ5GY-uhWcA/TnH5-siPkaI/AAAAAAAACcs/BH0DpNa9CEU/s72-c/dieux%2Bdu%2Bstade.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6452718068166213777</id><published>2011-09-11T23:37:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T23:47:19.985+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='with a pearl earring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='repro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='con l&apos;orecchino di perla'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie #1'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barbie in art'/><title type='text'>Another pearl</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zWJuHLfMgis/Tm0rz8lLC9I/AAAAAAAACck/Nbd8kLH2Fw8/s1600/vermeer1%2B%25231%2BBarbie.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zWJuHLfMgis/Tm0rz8lLC9I/AAAAAAAACck/Nbd8kLH2Fw8/s400/vermeer1%2B%25231%2BBarbie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651221278855203794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is &lt;strong&gt;Jan Vermeer's masterpiece &lt;/strong&gt;as seen by Jocelyne Grivaud, who loves playing famous paintings and works &lt;strong&gt;in Barbie version&lt;/strong&gt;. In my case, it goes to make a wonderful addition to the "Girl with the pearl earring" &lt;strong&gt;dollcultural thread &lt;/strong&gt;featured in this blog (pls verify by typing "pearl earring" in the search field on top left corner of this page)... Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Questo è &lt;strong&gt;il capolavoro di Jan Vermeer &lt;/strong&gt;visto da Jocelyne Grivaud, che ama rieseguire famosi dipinti ed opere &lt;strong&gt;in versione Barbie&lt;/strong&gt;. Nel mio caso, va ad aggiungersi al &lt;strong&gt;thread dollculturale &lt;/strong&gt;"Ragazza con l'orecchino di perla" all'interno di qsto blog(verificare digitando "orecchino di perla" in alto a sx in qsta pagina)... Buon divertimento!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6452718068166213777?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6452718068166213777/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6452718068166213777&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6452718068166213777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6452718068166213777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/09/another-pearl.html' title='Another pearl'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zWJuHLfMgis/Tm0rz8lLC9I/AAAAAAAACck/Nbd8kLH2Fw8/s72-c/vermeer1%2B%25231%2BBarbie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-4245203729585495087</id><published>2011-09-09T19:50:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-09T19:56:37.298+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dolls as testimonials'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dolls as symbols'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sensitive issues'/><title type='text'>Think while you sink</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wBJA7mX09Rs/TmpSDRlEEBI/AAAAAAAACcc/e39N_kFtzBM/s1600/plastic%2Bdrift.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wBJA7mX09Rs/TmpSDRlEEBI/AAAAAAAACcc/e39N_kFtzBM/s400/plastic%2Bdrift.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650418898701651986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not a tropical fish. Nor an art installation. This &lt;strong&gt;drifting hollow plastic doll torso stands for all the human marks &lt;/strong&gt;being left around in the form of wasted objects now washed up in our oceans. So I happened to think about &lt;strong&gt;our staking mania and doll collecting.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;“The artist collected the objects, taking them back into the water to make her photographic images. Similarities in the colour and form of the plastic objects and the background in which they are positioned combine to provide curious and fascinating visual material.”&lt;/em&gt;Despite the kinda suspended beauty of these images, the topic is as pressing as environmental pollution, thus requiring our involvement. &lt;strong&gt;Will biodegradable dolls exist in a near future? &lt;/strong&gt;Or are they a paradox?&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Non è un pesce tropicale. Non è nemmeno un’installazione d’arte. Questo &lt;strong&gt;torso di bambola in plastica vuota, alla deriva, simboleggia tutti i segni dell'uomo &lt;/strong&gt;lasciati in giro sotto forma di oggetti gettati via e ora rigettati dai ns oceani. Mi ha fatto pensare alla &lt;strong&gt;nostra mania di accumulo e al collezionare bambole.&lt;/strong&gt;“&lt;em&gt;L’artista ha raccolto gli oggetti, rimettendoli in acqua per creare le sue immagini fotografiche. Le similarità tra il colore e la forma degli oggetti di plastica e lo sfondo sul quale sono stati collocati si combinano così da offrire materiale visuale curioso e affascinante&lt;/em&gt;.”&lt;br /&gt;Nonostante la bellezza come sospesa di qste immagini, l’argomento è tanto pressante quanto l’inquinamento ambientale, coinvolgendoci. &lt;strong&gt;Esisteranno bambole biodegradabili in un prossimo futuro?&lt;/strong&gt; O sono un paradosso?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sarah Engelhard | Plastic Drift&lt;br /&gt;Gallery gCS &lt;br /&gt;Postjesweg 6-8, 1057 EA Amsterdam&lt;br /&gt;The Netherlands&lt;br /&gt;+31 (20) 412 17 41&lt;br /&gt;info@gcs-art.eu&lt;br /&gt;http://www.gcs-art.eu&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-4245203729585495087?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/4245203729585495087/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=4245203729585495087&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/4245203729585495087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/4245203729585495087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/09/think-while-you-sink.html' title='Think while you sink'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wBJA7mX09Rs/TmpSDRlEEBI/AAAAAAAACcc/e39N_kFtzBM/s72-c/plastic%2Bdrift.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-3547168888626872411</id><published>2011-09-08T17:27:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-08T17:43:36.317+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='momoko'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hairstyle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll hair'/><title type='text'>Well rounded</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NLxdcJJuby0/TmjiiJdGQgI/AAAAAAAACcU/rKi0a6ggNq8/s1600/double%2Bhaircut.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NLxdcJJuby0/TmjiiJdGQgI/AAAAAAAACcU/rKi0a6ggNq8/s400/double%2Bhaircut.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650014808817680898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bowl-shaped haircut for two &lt;/strong&gt;- often in the past really made putting a bowl on the kid's head and then cutting hair all around the bowl's edge. Don't know which kind of doll-dimensioned bowl this OOAKer used, but I love the result: something &lt;strong&gt;fresh and nice and clean and natural looking, not at all diva-like. &lt;/strong&gt;Models: Barbie doll, Momoko doll. Mhhh... just the style &lt;strong&gt;my wavy hair &lt;/strong&gt;will never accept.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Taglio a scodella per due &lt;/strong&gt;- spesso in passato lo si faceva realmente mettendo una scodella in testa al bambino per poi tagliare i capelli tutt'intorno seguendo il bordo della scodella. Non so che tipo di scodella-per-bambole abbia usato qsto/a OOAKer, ma mi piace il risultato: una &lt;strong&gt;cosa fresca e carina e pulita e dall'aria naturale, per niente divistica.&lt;/strong&gt; Modelle: Barbie, Momoko. Mhhh... giusto la pettinatura che &lt;strong&gt;i miei capelli ondulati &lt;/strong&gt;non accetteranno mai.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+ &gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinkboxribon/4365683650/in/faves-34688454@N05/"&gt;flickr/escapism* &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-3547168888626872411?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/3547168888626872411/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=3547168888626872411&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3547168888626872411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3547168888626872411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/09/well-rounded.html' title='Well rounded'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NLxdcJJuby0/TmjiiJdGQgI/AAAAAAAACcU/rKi0a6ggNq8/s72-c/double%2Bhaircut.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6084295166343525256</id><published>2011-09-05T08:49:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T07:53:03.359+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rocca Borromeo Angera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boudoir doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lenci dolls'/><title type='text'>Boudoir fortune?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jITBBSr2y7E/TmRyGLtTE1I/AAAAAAAACcM/rj7PSzZFtvc/s1600/boudoir%2Bdoll%2Bfortune.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 396px; height: 303px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jITBBSr2y7E/TmRyGLtTE1I/AAAAAAAACcM/rj7PSzZFtvc/s400/boudoir%2Bdoll%2Bfortune.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648765283177010002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A true “boudoir doll” knows secrets; her owner’s bedroom secrets. &lt;/strong&gt;To my surprise, when I recently revisited &lt;strong&gt;the doll museum in Angera &lt;/strong&gt;- Museo della Bambola - at Rocca Borromeo (Maggiore Lake), I discovered a few &lt;strong&gt;mischievous boudoir dolls &lt;/strong&gt;in the collections. Then, back home, I searched and found images like the one featured above, which is about &lt;strong&gt;“the doll’s fortune” - a quite cynical, discouraging suggestion. &lt;/strong&gt;No irony, IMO. The other one is an allegedly liberated &lt;strong&gt;smoking Lenci doll&lt;/strong&gt;, instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dFamVf7LT9g/TmRxwmzPPNI/AAAAAAAACcE/sDaWhzKR2wc/s1600/boudoir%2Bdoll%2Bsmoking.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dFamVf7LT9g/TmRxwmzPPNI/AAAAAAAACcE/sDaWhzKR2wc/s400/boudoir%2Bdoll%2Bsmoking.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648764912492559570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Una “bambola da boudoir” che si rispetti conosce segreti. I segreti della camera da letto di chi la possiede.&lt;/strong&gt; Con mia sorpresa, quando ho recentemente rivisitato il &lt;strong&gt;Museo della Bambola della Rocca Borromeo di Angera &lt;/strong&gt;sul Lago Maggiore, ho scoperto nelle collezioni alcune &lt;strong&gt;bambole da boudoir, belle malandrine. &lt;/strong&gt;Tornata a casa, ho cercato e trovato immagini come qlla sopra il cui tema è &lt;strong&gt;“la fortuna della bambola” – un’allusione un po’ cinica e avvilente&lt;/strong&gt;. Nessuna ironia, secondo me. L’altra invece è una &lt;strong&gt;bambola Lenci fumatrice&lt;/strong&gt;, in teoria una emancipata.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6084295166343525256?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6084295166343525256/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6084295166343525256&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6084295166343525256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6084295166343525256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/09/boudoir-fortune.html' title='Boudoir fortune?'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jITBBSr2y7E/TmRyGLtTE1I/AAAAAAAACcM/rj7PSzZFtvc/s72-c/boudoir%2Bdoll%2Bfortune.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-3923468670000760198</id><published>2011-08-30T19:51:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-30T19:57:44.683+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earpick'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jaulleixe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='usa-e-getta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toothpick'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mini dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foot fetish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='japanese dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lorenzo Lotto'/><title type='text'>Available VS disposable</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0NTJw8fNlAI/Tl0kVKAQ4bI/AAAAAAAACb8/LNRFowSX8Kk/s1600/earpicks.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 337px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0NTJw8fNlAI/Tl0kVKAQ4bI/AAAAAAAACb8/LNRFowSX8Kk/s400/earpicks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646709453673783730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For doll lovers or foot fetishists: clean up your ears graciously with this Japanese doll's pointy feet.&lt;/strong&gt; The naked and sexy dolls, dating back to the 70s, come &lt;strong&gt;in a couple like our ears&lt;/strong&gt;. However, what impresses me most of all here, is the change in our habits and in the concept of hygiene: we are comparing an artistic and always available vintage earpick for repeated use VS our disposable contemporary cotton fioc. &lt;strong&gt;This available VS disposable issue &lt;/strong&gt;recalls me the precious &lt;strong&gt;toothpick pendant &lt;/strong&gt;noticed in an Renaissance painting by Lorenzo Lotto (portrait of Lucina Brembati). Such personal accessories were as rare as jewels, an excuse for showing-off and a sign of &lt;strong&gt;exquisite politeness &lt;/strong&gt;and savoir-vivre. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H1yUWyRLFwY/Tl0j-18E1bI/AAAAAAAACb0/4CmSdUsu94c/s1600/lotto_lucina-brembati.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 329px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H1yUWyRLFwY/Tl0j-18E1bI/AAAAAAAACb0/4CmSdUsu94c/s400/lotto_lucina-brembati.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646709070330385842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Per amanti delle bambole e feticisti del piede: pulitevi le orecchie graziosamente con i piedini appuntiti di qsta bambola giapponese.&lt;/strong&gt; Le bamboline nude e sexy, databili agli anni ’70, sono &lt;strong&gt;una coppia come le nostre orecchie&lt;/strong&gt;. Ciò che qui più mi impressiona è però il cambiamento nelle ns abitudini e nel concetto di igiene: stiamo confrontando un artistico nettaorecchie vintage, disponibile per utilizzi ripetuti VS il nostro cotton fioc contemporaneo usa-e-getta. &lt;strong&gt;Qsta faccenda del disponibile VS usa-e-getta &lt;/strong&gt;mi ha ricordato il &lt;strong&gt;ciondolo stuzzicadenti &lt;/strong&gt;visto in un dipinto rinascimentale, di Lorenzo Lotto (ritratto di Lucina Brembati). Accessori personali come qllo erano rari come gioielli, pretesto di ostentazione e segno di &lt;strong&gt;squisita educazione &lt;/strong&gt;e savoir-vivre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jaulleixe.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/pulirsi-con-i-piedi-le-orecchie/"&gt;Thx Julie and Alexander for this curious item/info!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-3923468670000760198?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/3923468670000760198/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=3923468670000760198&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3923468670000760198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3923468670000760198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/available-vs-disposable.html' title='Available VS disposable'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0NTJw8fNlAI/Tl0kVKAQ4bI/AAAAAAAACb8/LNRFowSX8Kk/s72-c/earpicks.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-7162364105498136979</id><published>2011-08-28T11:44:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-28T11:51:02.075+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion icon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='celebrity dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pippa factor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie celebration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cool factor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='magia2000'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communication power'/><title type='text'>b-sided, multifaceted B.</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Barbie’s new spot&lt;/strong&gt;, featuring a &lt;strong&gt;red carpet scene &lt;/strong&gt;and intended to emphasizing the &lt;strong&gt;“cool factor”&lt;/strong&gt; ot the doll, is an actual epitome of all expected celebrity life ingredients. Including an obvious &lt;strong&gt;“B-side” walk (Pippa factor). &lt;/strong&gt;I’m therefore waiting for the humorous and playful development of the message after reading how Jenny Watson, Senior Marketing Manager at Mattel, explains: “&lt;em&gt;This campaign was designed to communicate Barbie’s appeal and popularity to girls and mums in a new way. The &lt;strong&gt;Barbie brand is fashionable and credible but also humorous and playful. &lt;/strong&gt;The new campaign brings to life all elements of the brand to remind people of Barbie’s status as a fashion icon&lt;/em&gt;.” I’d like to see &lt;strong&gt;some other status anyway&lt;/strong&gt;. BTW, in the creative  team a proud bit of Italy, with &lt;a href="http://www.magia2000.com"&gt;Magia2000’s Mario Paglino&lt;/a&gt; styling the doll for the shooting. Let’s wait and see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-51InR2gS5YI/TloPF8_aMtI/AAAAAAAACbs/hXcgqtZBqKo/s1600/barbie%2Bred%2Bcarpet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 260px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-51InR2gS5YI/TloPF8_aMtI/AAAAAAAACbs/hXcgqtZBqKo/s400/barbie%2Bred%2Bcarpet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645841677808186066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Il nuovo spot di Barbie&lt;/strong&gt;, che rappresenta una &lt;strong&gt;scena da tappeto rosso &lt;/strong&gt;ed è inteso ad enfatizzare il &lt;strong&gt;“cool factor” della doll&lt;/strong&gt;, è una reale epitome di tutti gli ingredienti topici della vita di una celebrità, inclusa un’ovvia &lt;strong&gt;camminata a favore di “lato b” (fattore Pippa&lt;/strong&gt;). Attendo pertanto gli sviluppi spiritosi e giocosi del messaggio dopo aver letto la dichiarazione di Jenny Watson, Senior Marketing Manager Mattel: “&lt;em&gt;Qsta campagna è stata progettata per comunicare alle bambine e alle mamme l’attrattività di Barbie e la sua popolarità in un modo nuovo. &lt;strong&gt;Il marchio Barbie è chic e credibile, ma anche spiritoso e giocoso.&lt;/strong&gt; La nuova campagna dà vita a tutti gli elementi del marchio per ricordare al pubblico che Barbie ha lo status di icona della moda&lt;/em&gt;.” Io cmq &lt;strong&gt;vorrei vedere anche altri status&lt;/strong&gt;. Si segnala che nel team creativo c’è un orgoglioso pezzettino di Italia, con &lt;a href="http://www.magia2000.com"&gt;Mario Paglino di Magia2000 &lt;/a&gt;come stylist della bambola per le riprese. Aspettiamo, vedremo. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-7162364105498136979?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/7162364105498136979/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=7162364105498136979&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7162364105498136979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7162364105498136979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/b-sided-multifaceted-b.html' title='b-sided, multifaceted B.'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-51InR2gS5YI/TloPF8_aMtI/AAAAAAAACbs/hXcgqtZBqKo/s72-c/barbie%2Bred%2Bcarpet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-1701562405989091452</id><published>2011-08-26T19:29:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-26T19:32:22.806+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bambola abbandonata'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Abandoned doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll body parts'/><title type='text'>Vacuum at hand</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4Lkkhe6yjWY/TlfYRujiT-I/AAAAAAAACbk/EhR8vE5bs7c/s1600/doll%2Bparts%2B-delainey.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4Lkkhe6yjWY/TlfYRujiT-I/AAAAAAAACbk/EhR8vE5bs7c/s400/doll%2Bparts%2B-delainey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645218456998662114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Doll arms and doll hands&lt;/strong&gt;, yes. But not healthy and rosy, just dusty and empty, somehow &lt;strong&gt;vacuum treated &lt;/strong&gt;without being cleaned; they look like gloves or body parts, alluding to &lt;strong&gt;stacks of corpses?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Braccia di bambole e mani di bambole&lt;/strong&gt;, sì. Ma non sane e rosee, solo polverose e vuote, &lt;strong&gt;come messe sottovuoto&lt;/strong&gt;, ma senza essere state pulite. Sembrano guanti o parti di corpi, con allusione a &lt;strong&gt;mucchi di corpi?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph flickr/delainey &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-1701562405989091452?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/1701562405989091452/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=1701562405989091452&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1701562405989091452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1701562405989091452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/vacuum-at-hand.html' title='Vacuum at hand'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4Lkkhe6yjWY/TlfYRujiT-I/AAAAAAAACbk/EhR8vE5bs7c/s72-c/doll%2Bparts%2B-delainey.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6612099225989845637</id><published>2011-08-24T09:00:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-24T09:03:51.280+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion icon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie phenomenon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dietmar Spolert'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='serial vs unique'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diva doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion show'/><title type='text'>Multiplied diva</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ro8WcIOAqss/TlShs8qmKVI/AAAAAAAACbc/7wzCxEtGoTA/s1600/dietmar%2Bspolert.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 393px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ro8WcIOAqss/TlShs8qmKVI/AAAAAAAACbc/7wzCxEtGoTA/s400/dietmar%2Bspolert.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644314026573179218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m not even sure, but I tend to say &lt;strong&gt;these are dolls &lt;/strong&gt;– Barbies, in case - &lt;strong&gt;displayed in a kinda colourful mise en abîme,&lt;/strong&gt; which is multiplying the same pose in chromatic variations. Serial divas? &lt;strong&gt;How can you be a diva if you are serial?&lt;/strong&gt; This image by Dietmar Spolert seems to genially capture such &lt;strong&gt;ambiguity&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Non ne sono nemmeno sicura, ma propendo per dire che siano &lt;strong&gt;bambole&lt;/strong&gt; – delle Barbie, nel caso – &lt;strong&gt;esposte in una specie di mise en abîme&lt;/strong&gt;, che moltiplica la stessa posa in variazioni cromatiche. Dive seriali? &lt;strong&gt;Come puoi essere una diva se sei seriale?&lt;/strong&gt; Qst’immagine di Dietmar Spolert sembra catturare con genio tale &lt;strong&gt;ambiguità&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph &lt;a href="www.dietmarspolert.de"&gt;courtesy of Dietmar Spolert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6612099225989845637?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6612099225989845637/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6612099225989845637&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6612099225989845637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6612099225989845637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/multiplied-diva.html' title='Multiplied diva'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ro8WcIOAqss/TlShs8qmKVI/AAAAAAAACbc/7wzCxEtGoTA/s72-c/dietmar%2Bspolert.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-4647661500453936329</id><published>2011-08-21T22:57:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T23:00:49.312+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll centerpiece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jackie Sleper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barbie in art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll body parts'/><title type='text'>Waiting for MeringONE 08</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bFwU0y5h7UQ/TlFxcEqC3MI/AAAAAAAACbU/IpBpsf49Arw/s1600/jackie%2Bsleper%2Bdear%2Bbarbie.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 364px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bFwU0y5h7UQ/TlFxcEqC3MI/AAAAAAAACbU/IpBpsf49Arw/s400/jackie%2Bsleper%2Bdear%2Bbarbie.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643416535172308162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An amazing doll pyramid. Dolls like creamy profiteroles. Dolls looking &lt;strong&gt;a bit gelatinous.&lt;/strong&gt; Dolls with something old-fashioned and something else hyper-cyber-futuristic. Dolls in a frozen choreographic pose, maybe reusable as a memorable centerpiece. &lt;a href="http://www.jackiesleper.eu/ "&gt;Ask the author whether they are Barbies or not&lt;/a&gt;, or be carelessly directly inspired.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Una sbalorditiva piramide di bambole. Bambole come cremosi profiteroles. Bambole &lt;strong&gt;dall’aria un po’ gelatinosa.&lt;/strong&gt; Bambole con qualcosa di vecchio stampo e qualcos’altro di iper-cyper-futuristico. Bambole in una posa coreografica congelata, magari riusabile come un centrotavola da ricordare. &lt;a href="http://www.jackiesleper.eu/ "&gt;Chiedete all’autrice se sono Barbie o no&lt;/a&gt;, o non curatevene e traete ispirazione direttamente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jackie Sleper&lt;br /&gt;Dear Barbie&lt;br /&gt;Mixed media/materiali misti&lt;br /&gt;cm 32 x 20 x 20&lt;br /&gt;2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-4647661500453936329?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/4647661500453936329/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=4647661500453936329&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/4647661500453936329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/4647661500453936329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/waiting-for-meringone-08.html' title='Waiting for MeringONE 08'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bFwU0y5h7UQ/TlFxcEqC3MI/AAAAAAAACbU/IpBpsf49Arw/s72-c/jackie%2Bsleper%2Bdear%2Bbarbie.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6080639645030716432</id><published>2011-08-20T12:06:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-20T12:53:04.568+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion icon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='celebrity dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='controversial celebrity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='disney princess'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vogue covers'/><title type='text'>Persisting Princesses</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7EeDt7auocU/Tk-Ip-4jxyI/AAAAAAAACbM/Xr2XsRHcHC8/s1600/vogue7-pocahontas.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7EeDt7auocU/Tk-Ip-4jxyI/AAAAAAAACbM/Xr2XsRHcHC8/s400/vogue7-pocahontas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642879112954758946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cinderella, Aurora, Pocahontas, Belle, Tiana… We know them &lt;strong&gt;from Disney movies &lt;/strong&gt;and even before (for some of them, at least) from the most famous &lt;strong&gt;fairytales&lt;/strong&gt;. We played with them &lt;strong&gt;as dolls**. &lt;/strong&gt;We now meet them on &lt;a href="http://flavorwire.com/202915/disney-princesses-as-vogue-cover-models"&gt;imaginary Vogue covers thru Dante Tyler’s artwork.&lt;/a&gt; Interesting - why? Because the princess myth is persisting. Because &lt;strong&gt;a fictional character or a toy or a fashion icon or an instant celebrity share many mechanisms of image building&lt;/strong&gt;, visual and gesture and attitude communication.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;** the sentence is generic and a bit rhetorical, as I’m not so interested in princesses nor did I play with such dolls, anyway... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oGOkW-Ll_08/Tk-If6vsymI/AAAAAAAACbE/tIyUm0U1Ebo/s1600/vogue8-cinderella.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oGOkW-Ll_08/Tk-If6vsymI/AAAAAAAACbE/tIyUm0U1Ebo/s400/vogue8-cinderella.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642878940045167202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cenerentola, Aurora, Pocahontas, Bella, Tiana… le conosciamo dai filmoni Disney e anche da prima (alcune di loro, almeno) dalle favole più famose. Ci abbiamo giocato, con loro come bambole**. Le incontriamo ora su &lt;a href="http://http://flavorwire.com/202915/disney-princesses-as-vogue-cover-models"&gt;immaginarie copertine di Vogue tramite l’opera grafica di Dante Tyler. &lt;/a&gt;Interessante – perché? Perché il mito della principessa è persistente. Perché &lt;strong&gt;un personaggio di fantasia o un giocattolo o un’icona della moda o una celebrity istantanea hanno in comune molti meccanismi di costruzione dell’immagine&lt;/strong&gt;, di comunicazione visiva, gestuale e di atteggiamento. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;** la frase è generica e un po’ retorica, io veramente non amerei il genere principessa né ci ho giocato, ma tant’è...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZdlTDd2sZps/Tk-IR1kmTCI/AAAAAAAACa8/W-912eDtmPM/s1600/vogue5-tiana.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZdlTDd2sZps/Tk-IR1kmTCI/AAAAAAAACa8/W-912eDtmPM/s400/vogue5-tiana.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642878698138258466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6080639645030716432?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6080639645030716432/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6080639645030716432&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6080639645030716432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6080639645030716432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/persisting-princesses.html' title='Persisting Princesses'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7EeDt7auocU/Tk-Ip-4jxyI/AAAAAAAACbM/Xr2XsRHcHC8/s72-c/vogue7-pocahontas.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-8052983437401920471</id><published>2011-08-18T09:47:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-18T09:50:28.050+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shelley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kaleidoscope effect'/><title type='text'>Kaleidoscope Barbie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fdGkpMs31TE/TkzDwrYGmiI/AAAAAAAACa0/RLuLpeSvkgw/s1600/kaleidoscope%2Bdoll.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fdGkpMs31TE/TkzDwrYGmiI/AAAAAAAACa0/RLuLpeSvkgw/s400/kaleidoscope%2Bdoll.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642099674233346594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, this is not Barbie, but it’s in bona fide that &lt;strong&gt;the author of this pic tagged so – “…, kaleidoscope, Barbie”. &lt;/strong&gt;This is how a fly would see the doll, in his opinion. Actually, the &lt;strong&gt;kaleidoscope effect &lt;/strong&gt;is one of the various visual trends you find on flickr. &lt;strong&gt;Very 70s.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Beh, Barbie non lo è. Ma è in buona fede che &lt;strong&gt;l’autore dell’immagine ha taggato proprio così– “…, kaleidoscope, Barbie”&lt;/strong&gt;. Qst’immagine è come secondo lui una mosca vedrebbe la bambola. In realtà, &lt;strong&gt;l’effetto caleidoscopio &lt;/strong&gt;è uno delle varie tendenze visuali che si trovano su flickr. &lt;strong&gt;Molto anni 70&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph flickr/ Ben Haldenby&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-8052983437401920471?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/8052983437401920471/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=8052983437401920471&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8052983437401920471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8052983437401920471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/kaleidoscope-barbie.html' title='Kaleidoscope Barbie'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fdGkpMs31TE/TkzDwrYGmiI/AAAAAAAACa0/RLuLpeSvkgw/s72-c/kaleidoscope%2Bdoll.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-8896874190878771638</id><published>2011-08-17T17:07:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-17T17:11:21.528+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll hair'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='#3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage Barbie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blonde Barbie'/><title type='text'>Even tousled, a true lady</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C62LFdSyaKc/TkvZodB0d_I/AAAAAAAACas/PkxEKJIuTT4/s1600/%25233%2Bspettinata.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C62LFdSyaKc/TkvZodB0d_I/AAAAAAAACas/PkxEKJIuTT4/s400/%25233%2Bspettinata.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641842247221934066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a #3 Barbie doll. A wonderful sample of blonde #3 Barbie doll, perfect in her paleness, colourwise enhanced I don't know. &lt;strong&gt;No, she’s not having a bad hair day.&lt;/strong&gt; She probably came out of some box or parcel just like this. But a true lady doesn’t care. &lt;strong&gt;“Never complain, never explain.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Qsta è una Barbie #3. Un meraviglioso esempio di Barbie #3 bionda, perfetta nel suo pallore, ritoccata non so. &lt;strong&gt;No, non ha avuto una giornata no per i capelli&lt;/strong&gt;. Probabilmente è uscita così da qlche scatola o pacco postale. Ma una vera signora non ci fa caso. &lt;strong&gt;“Mai reclamare, mai spiegare.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(C) All rights reserved by La Dee Dolly (flickr)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-8896874190878771638?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/8896874190878771638/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=8896874190878771638&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8896874190878771638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8896874190878771638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/even-tousled-true-lady.html' title='Even tousled, a true lady'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C62LFdSyaKc/TkvZodB0d_I/AAAAAAAACas/PkxEKJIuTT4/s72-c/%25233%2Bspettinata.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6797667379968372135</id><published>2011-08-14T15:19:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-14T15:26:43.127+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DCCI contest 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MeringONE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Collectors’ Club Italia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borsa Scambio Calenzano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meringa doll'/><title type='text'>Waiting for MeringONE 07</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6By-6XnfRO8/TkfMLtFj1xI/AAAAAAAACak/fMbjY1RxtiE/s1600/irina%2Bpolin%2BMULINE.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6By-6XnfRO8/TkfMLtFj1xI/AAAAAAAACak/fMbjY1RxtiE/s400/irina%2Bpolin%2BMULINE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640701559758378770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Irina Polin. I don’t remember &lt;/strong&gt;where/doing what her works popped into my screen; therefore, I saved with name some of them, seduced by the &lt;strong&gt;playful use of things&lt;/strong&gt;, with the impression it was &lt;strong&gt;not intentionally dollcultural&lt;/strong&gt;. These old-fashioned &lt;strong&gt;dolls dressed, or I should say almost dipped&lt;/strong&gt; in pastel colours mouliné yarn - the silky one you use for embroidering –, are exquisitely meringalike.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Irina Polin. Non ricordo &lt;/strong&gt;dove/facendo cosa i suoi lavori mi sono apparsi sullo schermo; così qlcuno l’ho salvato con nome, sedutta dall’&lt;strong&gt;uso giocoso degli oggetti&lt;/strong&gt;, con l’impressione che fosse &lt;strong&gt;non intenzionalmente dollculturale&lt;/strong&gt;. Qste &lt;strong&gt;bamboline&lt;/strong&gt; un po’ all’antica &lt;strong&gt;vestite, o dovrei meglio dire pucciate &lt;/strong&gt;nel filo mouliné color pastello – qllo setoso che si usa per ricamare-, sono squisitamente meringose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6797667379968372135?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6797667379968372135/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6797667379968372135&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6797667379968372135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6797667379968372135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/waiting-for-meringone-06_14.html' title='Waiting for MeringONE 07'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6By-6XnfRO8/TkfMLtFj1xI/AAAAAAAACak/fMbjY1RxtiE/s72-c/irina%2Bpolin%2BMULINE.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-7481521760777114840</id><published>2011-08-12T09:14:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-12T09:25:23.698+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exuberant syle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DCCI contest 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Collectors&apos; Club Italia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MeringONE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sybarite dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meringa doll'/><title type='text'>Waiting for MeringONE 06</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eUedBwPG13Y/TkTTIX1eHII/AAAAAAAACac/nXc5uNoDtVg/s1600/frozenhouse.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eUedBwPG13Y/TkTTIX1eHII/AAAAAAAACac/nXc5uNoDtVg/s400/frozenhouse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639864774165404802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don't need to read Cyrillic characters to appreciate &lt;strong&gt;the fractal geometry and the fine folding &lt;/strong&gt;of &lt;a href="http://izoldafrozenhouse.blogspot.com/2011/02/stealth-sybarite.html"&gt;this creation by frozenhouse &lt;/a&gt;on a Syb doll. It's &lt;strong&gt;a way of being meringue &lt;/strong&gt;a bit more Eastern, and lavish as well. Taking inspiration...&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Non occorre saper leggere i caratteri cirillici per apprezzare &lt;strong&gt;la geometria frattale e le finissime piegoline &lt;/strong&gt;di qsta &lt;a href="http://izoldafrozenhouse.blogspot.com/2011/02/stealth-sybarite.html"&gt;creazione di frozenhouse &lt;/a&gt;su una Syb. E' qsto &lt;strong&gt;un modo di essere meringa&lt;/strong&gt; un po' più dell'Est, e parimenti sontuoso. Ispirazioni in corso...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;creation name: Stealth&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-7481521760777114840?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/7481521760777114840/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=7481521760777114840&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7481521760777114840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7481521760777114840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/waiting-for-meringone-06.html' title='Waiting for MeringONE 06'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eUedBwPG13Y/TkTTIX1eHII/AAAAAAAACac/nXc5uNoDtVg/s72-c/frozenhouse.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6510003299467534137</id><published>2011-08-10T19:23:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-10T22:56:31.146+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DCCI contest 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gothic inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BJDs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MeringONE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borsa Scambio Calenzano'/><title type='text'>Waiting for MeringONE 05</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LHHa2Jmp-U4/TkK-6Ku-7II/AAAAAAAACaU/sVnRstF1-4M/s1600/tireless%2Bartist.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LHHa2Jmp-U4/TkK-6Ku-7II/AAAAAAAACaU/sVnRstF1-4M/s400/tireless%2Bartist.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639279589944388738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A gothic meringue?&lt;/strong&gt; I think something more. There’s &lt;strong&gt;a blend of gloomy and fashionable &lt;/strong&gt;in this outfit and OOAK hand-made BJD by a Lithuanian artist named Dorote aka Tireless Artist. Most of all, I was impressed by &lt;strong&gt;the headpiece which is fiery and chilling at the same time&lt;/strong&gt;, very graphical and probably inspired from some literary or visionary hell. &lt;strong&gt;A super-headpiece might by paradox make the meringuish essence &lt;/strong&gt;of your doll in the MeringONE contest (rules and regolations at page bottom).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tirelessartist-tutorials.blogspot.com/ "&gt;Check Dorote’s BJD tutorials&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Una Meringa gotica?&lt;/strong&gt; Qualcosa di più, penso. C’è &lt;strong&gt;un misto di cupo e di fashionable &lt;/strong&gt;in qsto insieme e in qsta BJD OOAK fatta a mano da un’artista lituana chiamata Dorote aka Tireless Artist. &lt;strong&gt;L’acconciatura&lt;/strong&gt;, o headpiece se preferite, mi ha colpita: &lt;strong&gt;di fuoco e di gelo al tempo stesso&lt;/strong&gt;, molto grafica e probabilmente ispirata a qlche inferno letterario o visionario. &lt;strong&gt;Un super-headpiece del genere potrebbe paradossalmente essere l’essenza meringàtica della vs doll &lt;/strong&gt;nel contest MeringONE (regolamento a fondo pagina).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tirelessartist-tutorials.blogspot.com/ "&gt;V. i tutorial di Dorote sulle BJD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph flickr/tireless artist&lt;br /&gt;+ &gt; &lt;a href="http://tirelessartist.blogspot.com/"&gt;her website&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6510003299467534137?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6510003299467534137/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6510003299467534137&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6510003299467534137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6510003299467534137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/waiting-for-meringone-05.html' title='Waiting for MeringONE 05'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LHHa2Jmp-U4/TkK-6Ku-7II/AAAAAAAACaU/sVnRstF1-4M/s72-c/tireless%2Bartist.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-5004649790026479388</id><published>2011-08-07T15:40:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-07T15:50:52.677+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='celebrity dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Frida Kahlo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eyebrows'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marina Bychkova'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pinterest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll repainting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emma Gilardi'/><title type='text'>Frida, Fridita</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oQwZIbrsOqs/Tj6WxAuXWJI/AAAAAAAACaM/ZL8eXc2N9U4/s1600/fridita%2Bfrom%2Bpinterest.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oQwZIbrsOqs/Tj6WxAuXWJI/AAAAAAAACaM/ZL8eXc2N9U4/s400/fridita%2Bfrom%2Bpinterest.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638109552266664082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It’s another pole of the too crowded celebrity doll mania&lt;/strong&gt;: the &lt;strong&gt;beyond-fashion-beyond-doll figurine, like this mini Frida Kahlo, &lt;/strong&gt;pinned with name Fridita on pinterest, incredibly accessorized with a Frida-headed white dove. Despite/thanks to her bold face her eyebrows and personality, this is not the first or last time Frida is touching the world of dolls. See by comparison this &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mamephoto/5418594235/sizes/z/in/faves-34688454@N05/"&gt;Fridalike virtual retouch &lt;/a&gt;by Emma Gilardi on her own enchanted doll.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aK_MgbZYxgo/Tj6WiFWBU3I/AAAAAAAACaE/NOUXgROV05s/s1600/frida%2Bbychkova%2Bby%2Bemma.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aK_MgbZYxgo/Tj6WiFWBU3I/AAAAAAAACaE/NOUXgROV05s/s320/frida%2Bbychkova%2Bby%2Bemma.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638109295808697202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;È un altro polo della troppo affollata mania &lt;/strong&gt;per le celebrity dolls: &lt;strong&gt;la figurina oltre-fashion-oltre-doll, tipo qsta mini Frida Kahlo,&lt;/strong&gt; virtualmente spillata col nome Fridita su pinterest, incredibilmente accessoriata con una colomba bianca con testa-ritratto di Frida. E nonostante/grazie al volto marcato, le sopracciglia e la sua personalità, non è la né l’ultima prima volta che Frida tange il mondo delle bambole. Si veda per confronto il &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mamephoto/5418594235/sizes/z/in/faves-34688454@N05/"&gt;fotoritocco in stile fridesco&lt;/a&gt; fatto da Emma Gilardi sulla sua personale enchanted doll.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+ &gt; Frida doll by Chan Park being commented soon&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-5004649790026479388?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/5004649790026479388/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=5004649790026479388&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5004649790026479388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5004649790026479388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/frida-fridita.html' title='Frida, Fridita'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oQwZIbrsOqs/Tj6WxAuXWJI/AAAAAAAACaM/ZL8eXc2N9U4/s72-c/fridita%2Bfrom%2Bpinterest.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-3437698257249850193</id><published>2011-08-06T15:55:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-07T14:04:02.863+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='perk pioneers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll collecting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China New Design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mini dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chinese contemporary art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='figurines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='triennale milano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bambolina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='designer toys'/><title type='text'>Perk Pioneers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H62_D_fkqI4/Tj1JyVojG6I/AAAAAAAACZ8/iGdr2Tlbd8k/s1600/perk%2Bpioneer%2Bdolls%2B02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 388px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H62_D_fkqI4/Tj1JyVojG6I/AAAAAAAACZ8/iGdr2Tlbd8k/s400/perk%2Bpioneer%2Bdolls%2B02.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637743437687233442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you in Milan? Go &lt;a href="http://www.triennale.org/index.php?idq=1462"&gt;to Triennale, visit the exhibition China New Design &lt;/a&gt;(free entrance in August) and meet &lt;strong&gt;these small dolls…figurines called Perk Pioneers.&lt;/strong&gt; Created by the Shanghai designer duo PERK for adFunture, they are kinda assorted small atheletes. You &lt;strong&gt;couldn’t guess their gender, as they appear so childish and imperturbable. &lt;/strong&gt;They remind me &lt;strong&gt;a contemporary and peaceful resin rivisitation of Xi’an terracotta warriors or also the playmobil characters, &lt;/strong&gt;due to the very similar articulations. But it’s so clear they’re designer toys. Originally seen as a life-size sculptures, Perk Pioneers are actually 8-9cm tall each. I’m trying to find and have a series sent to my place. Not easy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2de-d_TenQM/Tj1JiogQCVI/AAAAAAAACZ0/RRbftKGgyHw/s1600/perk1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2de-d_TenQM/Tj1JiogQCVI/AAAAAAAACZ0/RRbftKGgyHw/s400/perk1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637743167874795858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M_E5gIRlJiQ/Tj1JZP7fZHI/AAAAAAAACZs/MTjhivvS6mc/s1600/perkknowbig.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M_E5gIRlJiQ/Tj1JZP7fZHI/AAAAAAAACZs/MTjhivvS6mc/s400/perkknowbig.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637743006659339378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Siete a Milano? Andate allora &lt;a href="http://www.triennale.org/index.php?idq=1462"&gt;in Triennale, visitate la mostra China New Design &lt;/a&gt;(ingresso libero tutto agosto) e fate la conoscenza con &lt;strong&gt;qste bambol…figurine chiamate Perk Pioneers&lt;/strong&gt;. Create dal duo di designer PERK di Shanghai per adFunture, sono una specie di piccoli atleti assortiti. &lt;strong&gt;Non si capisce se maschi o femmine, visto che appaiono così infantili e imperturbabili&lt;/strong&gt;. Mi ricordano &lt;strong&gt;una rivisitazione in resina, contemporanea e pacifica, dei guerrieri di terracotta di Xi’an, o anche i playmobil,&lt;/strong&gt; per l’articolazione molto simile. Ma sono molto più evidentemente designer toys. In origine immaginati come sculture a grandezza naturale, i Perk Pioneers sono in realtà alti 8-9cm ciascuno. Sto cercando di trovare e farmi spedire una serie. Mica facile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rb1qTuDm2cE/Tj1I8llklaI/AAAAAAAACZk/iAlixDZYczw/s1600/perkpkg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rb1qTuDm2cE/Tj1I8llklaI/AAAAAAAACZk/iAlixDZYczw/s400/perkpkg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637742514256778658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-3437698257249850193?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/3437698257249850193/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=3437698257249850193&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3437698257249850193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3437698257249850193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/perk-pioneers.html' title='Perk Pioneers'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H62_D_fkqI4/Tj1JyVojG6I/AAAAAAAACZ8/iGdr2Tlbd8k/s72-c/perk%2Bpioneer%2Bdolls%2B02.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-2132785123842048732</id><published>2011-08-04T11:55:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-04T12:01:04.942+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skull dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Van Essie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artificial beauty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll&apos;s skeleton'/><title type='text'>Skull dolls</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gpvBTbOy39s/TjptqiBMUbI/AAAAAAAACZc/ua2hSWUirHU/s1600/vanessie%2Bbird.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gpvBTbOy39s/TjptqiBMUbI/AAAAAAAACZc/ua2hSWUirHU/s400/vanessie%2Bbird.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636938461061337522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aYNdxD2QfmI/TjptiLotoRI/AAAAAAAACZU/s879nhe8DDU/s1600/vanessie%2Bcat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aYNdxD2QfmI/TjptiLotoRI/AAAAAAAACZU/s879nhe8DDU/s400/vanessie%2Bcat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636938317614129426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brrrrr. Dolls with lovely bones – animal skulls to be exact. &lt;a href="http://vanessie.nl/index.html "&gt;Esther Verschoor aka Van Essie’s very own OOAK creations &lt;/a&gt;are &lt;strong&gt;an unusual combination of sculpted resin bodies and real small animals skulls&lt;/strong&gt; in a goth-victorian style. Such bones, the artist declares “are &lt;strong&gt;bought from a legal taxidermist&lt;/strong&gt; who guarentees that these skulls are from animals who died of age, illness, or traffic accidents and not from animals killed for their fur, meat, bones, or lab experiments”. She calls her works “art dolls” and indeed they are &lt;strong&gt;doll-scaled and accessorized like dolls&lt;/strong&gt;, but still I think they are something different and somehow disquieting: sort of idols, invented divinities, small ghosts, lovely companions, &lt;strong&gt;fashionable memento mori&lt;/strong&gt;. Forgetting &lt;strong&gt;other all-resin, animal-headed &lt;/strong&gt;dolls existing, I look at these with mixed feelings. Can’t forget &lt;strong&gt;the presence of thànatos. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Brrrrr. Bambole con amabili resti – teschi animali, per l’esattezza. &lt;a href="http://vanessie.nl/index.html "&gt;Le creazioni OOAK di Esther Verschoor alias Van Essie&lt;/a&gt; sono &lt;strong&gt;un’inusuale combinazione di corpi in resina modellata e veri teschi di animaletti &lt;/strong&gt;in uno stile gotico-vittoriano. Tali ossa, l’artista dichiara “vengono &lt;strong&gt;acquistate da un imbalsamatore legale &lt;/strong&gt;che garantisce che questi teschi provengono da animali morti di vecchiaia, per malattia, in incidenti stradali e non da animali uccisi per la loro pelliccia, carne, ossa, o per esperimenti di laboratorio”. Lei chiama dunque i suoi lavori “bambole artistiche” e veramente qste sono &lt;strong&gt;in scala bambolare e accessoriate come bambole&lt;/strong&gt;, ma continuo a pensare che siano qlcosa di differente e in qualche modo inquietante: ua sorta di idoletti, divinità inventate, piccoli fantasmi, amabili compagni, &lt;strong&gt;memento mori con un fascino&lt;/strong&gt;. Dimenticando &lt;strong&gt;altre bambole esistenti con testa di animale, ma tutte in resina, &lt;/strong&gt;guardo a qste con un misto di sentimenti. Non riesco a dimenticare &lt;strong&gt;la presenza di thànatos&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(thx Stefania, Emma!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-2132785123842048732?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/2132785123842048732/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=2132785123842048732&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2132785123842048732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2132785123842048732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/skull-dolls.html' title='Skull dolls'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gpvBTbOy39s/TjptqiBMUbI/AAAAAAAACZc/ua2hSWUirHU/s72-c/vanessie%2Bbird.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6766835019322673577</id><published>2011-08-03T17:14:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-03T17:20:14.089+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poseable doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BJDs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll&apos;s skeleton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Il corpo delle dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll body parts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='articulated body'/><title type='text'>A doll’s skeleton</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aivwM_LgPto/Tjlm5L5yGwI/AAAAAAAACZM/ul9DGZazKIo/s1600/BJD%2Bskeleton.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 192px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aivwM_LgPto/Tjlm5L5yGwI/AAAAAAAACZM/ul9DGZazKIo/s400/BJD%2Bskeleton.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636649541264612098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is somehow a very educational “How is it done?” for doll collectors, speaking &lt;strong&gt;neither about plastic bones or rubber bands. &lt;/strong&gt;Under a smooth contemporary doll body, there must be something else. Please look at the pic: &lt;strong&gt;this highly designed “inner body” is what makes a BJD so poseable - and so expensive.&lt;/strong&gt; And how would you define &lt;strong&gt;the hidden structure of a an articulated doll, engineering and guaranteeing the maximum of agility? Skeleton? OK, we tend to humanize everything,&lt;/strong&gt; but I don’t see smart synonyms. As I’m very interested in reflecting on &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/DCCI/il-corpo-delle-dolls"&gt;the body of the dolls &lt;/a&gt;in this period, this post must be seen in a wider reflexion framework.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SJGHIwnTstw/TjlmuUvbrDI/AAAAAAAACZE/l0aikTbdJx4/s1600/BJD%2Bskeleton%2Bcompared.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SJGHIwnTstw/TjlmuUvbrDI/AAAAAAAACZE/l0aikTbdJx4/s320/BJD%2Bskeleton%2Bcompared.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636649354658556978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo è una specie di “Come fanno?” molto educativo per doll collectors, che non parla &lt;strong&gt;né di ossa in plastica né di elastici di gomma&lt;/strong&gt;. Sotto un levigato corpo di bambola contemporanea, dev’esserci qualcos’altro. Prego, guardate la foto: &lt;strong&gt;questo “corpo interno” di gran design è ciò che rende una BJD così posabile – e pure così cara.&lt;/strong&gt; E come definireste &lt;strong&gt;la struttura nascosta &lt;/strong&gt;di una bambola articolata, &lt;strong&gt;capace di ingegnerizzare e di garantire il massimo di agilità? Scheletro? OK, tendiamo ad umanizzare tutto,&lt;/strong&gt; ma non vedo sinonimi astuti. E siccome sono molto interessata al &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/DCCI/il-corpo-delle-dolls"&gt;corpo delle bambole &lt;/a&gt;in qsto periodo, qsto post va visto in una cornice di riflessioni più ampia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph flickr/mitsuki-chan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6766835019322673577?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6766835019322673577/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6766835019322673577&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6766835019322673577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6766835019322673577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/08/dolls-skeleton.html' title='A doll’s skeleton'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aivwM_LgPto/Tjlm5L5yGwI/AAAAAAAACZM/ul9DGZazKIo/s72-c/BJD%2Bskeleton.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-1853891787676644690</id><published>2011-07-31T14:57:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-31T17:23:34.257+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meringa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creative contest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DCCI contest 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MeringONE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Collectors’ Club Italia'/><title type='text'>Waiting for MeringONE 04</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rwv-EVCslKY/TjVR3HaUEmI/AAAAAAAACY0/VvhMcycsIBM/s1600/Elga73.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rwv-EVCslKY/TjVR3HaUEmI/AAAAAAAACY0/VvhMcycsIBM/s320/Elga73.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635500516048114274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK, I’m &lt;strong&gt;insisting on meringue-thematic posts. &lt;/strong&gt;But I couldn’t resist to this &lt;strong&gt;whipped pre-meringue &lt;/strong&gt;still on its whip: doesn’t it recall a crinoline for the sweetest and fluffiest &lt;strong&gt;of all gowns?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gWqiKhvzXr0/TjVRoN4npOI/AAAAAAAACYs/uRf6yKifocE/s1600/crin25030.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 172px; height: 243px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gWqiKhvzXr0/TjVRoN4npOI/AAAAAAAACYs/uRf6yKifocE/s320/crin25030.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635500260087801058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK, &lt;strong&gt;insisto sui post di tema meringàtico.&lt;/strong&gt; Ma non ho potuto resistere a qsta &lt;strong&gt;pre-meringa ancora sulla frusta&lt;/strong&gt;: non ricorda una crinolina per il più dolce e vaporoso &lt;strong&gt;di tutti i vestiti da sera?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph flickr/Elga73&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-1853891787676644690?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/1853891787676644690/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=1853891787676644690&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1853891787676644690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1853891787676644690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/07/waiting-for-meringone-04.html' title='Waiting for MeringONE 04'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rwv-EVCslKY/TjVR3HaUEmI/AAAAAAAACY0/VvhMcycsIBM/s72-c/Elga73.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-4544378929386475475</id><published>2011-07-30T17:52:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T18:01:06.792+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curve'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;La scimmia nuda&quot;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pumps'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll shoe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Desmond Morris'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;The naked ape&quot;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='femminilità'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scarpine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bambola doll'/><title type='text'>Arch of seduction</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5vK6MPt5qUM/TjQpMHDaBvI/AAAAAAAACYk/U7wxZuUXjzw/s1600/Bambola%2Bsilver%2Bpumps.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5vK6MPt5qUM/TjQpMHDaBvI/AAAAAAAACYk/U7wxZuUXjzw/s400/Bambola%2Bsilver%2Bpumps.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635174321775838962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arched feet are sexy all along&lt;/strong&gt; (I’m saving you anthropological reasons you might read e.g. in Desmond Morris’ “The Naked Ape”), and no surprise if many cultures considered - or still do consider - showing the ankles something &lt;strong&gt;too suggestive&lt;/strong&gt;, therefore scandalous. BTW, High heels are just a way to artificially arch feet and emphasize all those curves in the leg shape. &lt;strong&gt;Dolls are no exception. Bambola, the Korean fashion doll &lt;/strong&gt;with the look of a curvy vintage pin-up, &lt;strong&gt;can afford silver pumps &lt;/strong&gt;underlining her "en pointe" feet, her thin ankles and her generous curves. En plein.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I piedini arcuati sono sexy da sempre &lt;/strong&gt;(vi risparmio ragioni antropologiche che potreste cmq leggervi su “La scimmia nuda” di Desmond Morris per esempio), e non c’è da stupirsi se molte culture consideravano - o ancora considerano - mostrare le caviglie qualcosa di &lt;strong&gt;troppo allusivo&lt;/strong&gt;, perciò scandaloso. Tra l’altro, i tacchi alti sono giusto un modo di arcuare artificialmente i piedi e di enfatizzare tutte quelle curve nella forma della gamba. &lt;strong&gt;Le bambole non fanno eccezione. Bambola, la fashion doll coreana &lt;/strong&gt;che sembra una pin-up vintage curvacea, &lt;strong&gt;può permettersi décolleté d’argento &lt;/strong&gt;che sottolinenano i suoi piedini sulle punte, le sue caviglie sottili e le sue curve generose. En plein. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph flickr/bambola_world&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-4544378929386475475?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/4544378929386475475/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=4544378929386475475&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/4544378929386475475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/4544378929386475475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/07/arch-of-seduction.html' title='Arch of seduction'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5vK6MPt5qUM/TjQpMHDaBvI/AAAAAAAACYk/U7wxZuUXjzw/s72-c/Bambola%2Bsilver%2Bpumps.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-7069969178201433318</id><published>2011-07-28T22:29:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-28T22:36:40.135+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meringa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DCCI contest 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MeringONE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Collectors’ Club Italia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Calenzano'/><title type='text'>Waiting for MeringONE 03</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--F5XfYCMQA0/TjHINYMcV8I/AAAAAAAACYc/OrQxuCFvqKg/s1600/meringa%2Bpreziosa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--F5XfYCMQA0/TjHINYMcV8I/AAAAAAAACYc/OrQxuCFvqKg/s400/meringa%2Bpreziosa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634504740975695810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So precious, so fragile. A silver drop on top of this tiny and perfect meringue. A small headpiece for a gourmet doll? &lt;strong&gt;An inspiration for a grander dollcultural and meringue-morphic project?&lt;/strong&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Così preziosa, così fragile. Una goccia d'argento culmina qsta meringa piccola e perfetta. Cappellino per una bambola golosa? &lt;strong&gt;Ispirazione per un più grandioso progetto dollculturale meringomorfico?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph S*D*P* on flickr&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-7069969178201433318?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/7069969178201433318/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=7069969178201433318&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7069969178201433318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7069969178201433318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/07/waiting-for-meringone-03.html' title='Waiting for MeringONE 03'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--F5XfYCMQA0/TjHINYMcV8I/AAAAAAAACYc/OrQxuCFvqKg/s72-c/meringa%2Bpreziosa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6802916360049457517</id><published>2011-07-27T22:16:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-27T22:33:40.457+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DCCI contest 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Collectors&apos; Club Italia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MeringONE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Calenzano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meringa doll'/><title type='text'>Waiting for MeringONE 02</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;To partially counterbalance my minimalism, I'm here publishing a true big meringue &lt;/strong&gt;which could inspire some future entries in the MeringONE DCCI contest (s. page bottom). This is actually a paper wedding dress. &lt;strong&gt;Paper is all but flat, here.&lt;/strong&gt; It's fluffy, frivolous and frilly. Who said that only a textile work is admitted? Unchain your fantasy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vjMtsIUU5kE/TjB17QQDqAI/AAAAAAAACYU/LAWn9-BOq10/s1600/paper-wedding-dress.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vjMtsIUU5kE/TjB17QQDqAI/AAAAAAAACYU/LAWn9-BOq10/s400/paper-wedding-dress.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634132794675537922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Per controbilanciare almeno in parte il mio minimalismo, pubblico qui una vera meringona&lt;/strong&gt; che potrebbe ispirare qlche lavoro partecipante al prox contest DCCI, MeringONE (v. in fondo alla pagina). sarebbe in verità un vestita da sposa fatto di carta. Dove &lt;strong&gt;la carta è tutto fuorché piatta.&lt;/strong&gt; E' anzi vaporosa, frivola e fioccosa. Chi l'ha detto che solo i lavori di stoffa possono concorrere? Scatenate la fantasia.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6802916360049457517?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6802916360049457517/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6802916360049457517&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6802916360049457517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6802916360049457517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/07/waiting-for-meringone-02.html' title='Waiting for MeringONE 02'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vjMtsIUU5kE/TjB17QQDqAI/AAAAAAAACYU/LAWn9-BOq10/s72-c/paper-wedding-dress.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-1899478807502273996</id><published>2011-07-26T21:33:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-26T21:49:49.573+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alexandfelix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aesthetic contamination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dolls in art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie artwork'/><title type='text'>“We are family”</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I8ubyaPgKJc/Ti8XG86uhuI/AAAAAAAACYM/lYMa48nj8Y8/s1600/alexandfelix.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I8ubyaPgKJc/Ti8XG86uhuI/AAAAAAAACYM/lYMa48nj8Y8/s400/alexandfelix.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633747067062879970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the title of the &lt;strong&gt;very dollcultural composition &lt;/strong&gt;above, &lt;a href="http://www.alexandfelix.com/portfolio/underconstruction.html"&gt;a work belonging to the "under construction" series by the artistic duo known with the combo name of alexandfelix.&lt;/a&gt; Looks like &lt;strong&gt;a mysteriously organised taxonomy, or a ad libitum collage, or a bi-dimensional Wunderkammer &lt;/strong&gt;featuring – to my/our amazement - generations of fashion dolls’ heads with a  preponderant presence of Barbie &amp; friends, plus a number of related knick-offs. However, the artists underline it’s &lt;strong&gt;real sceneries and real stuff&lt;/strong&gt;. No computer creations.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;“We are family”, qsto è il titolo della &lt;strong&gt;composizione molto dollculturale &lt;/strong&gt;qui sopra, &lt;a href="http://www.alexandfelix.com/portfolio/underconstruction.html"&gt;opera del duo artistico chiamato alexandfelix,&lt;/a&gt; facente parte della serie "under construction". Sembra &lt;strong&gt;una tassonomia misteriosamente organizzata, un collage ad libitum, una Wunderkammer bidimensionale &lt;/strong&gt;che allinea – per il mio/nostro stupore – generazioni di teste di fashion dolls con una presenza preponderante di Barbie &amp; friends, più un po’ di imitazioni. Peraltro, gli artisti sottolineano che sono &lt;strong&gt;scene vere e roba vera&lt;/strong&gt;. Niente di creato al computer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-1899478807502273996?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/1899478807502273996/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=1899478807502273996&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1899478807502273996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1899478807502273996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/07/we-are-family.html' title='“We are family”'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I8ubyaPgKJc/Ti8XG86uhuI/AAAAAAAACYM/lYMa48nj8Y8/s72-c/alexandfelix.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-3273183145302995912</id><published>2011-07-20T18:29:00.010+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-21T09:12:36.659+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DCCI contest 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Collectors&apos; Club Italia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DCCI'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borsa Scambio Calenzano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Calenzano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meringa doll'/><title type='text'>meringONE, DCCI contest 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-crBKw5pYu_g/TicFfgiKMdI/AAAAAAAACX0/SGiJbt_ZafA/s1600/MERINGONE_logo_varianti.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-crBKw5pYu_g/TicFfgiKMdI/AAAAAAAACX0/SGiJbt_ZafA/s400/MERINGONE_logo_varianti.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631475897917387218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meet the new contest logo! &lt;strong&gt;A big meringue will inspire you.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;In this blog, I'm showing you also &lt;strong&gt;a few variations &lt;/strong&gt;studied by Emma to obtain the final version on darker green background.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-olTNkNsd0VU/TicFYZjRJwI/AAAAAAAACXs/J1FKDq8VRds/s1600/MERINGONE_LOGO.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-olTNkNsd0VU/TicFYZjRJwI/AAAAAAAACXs/J1FKDq8VRds/s320/MERINGONE_LOGO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631475775783905026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fate la conoscenza col nuovo logo del contest! &lt;strong&gt;Una grande meringa vi ispirerà.&lt;/strong&gt; Vi mostro anche qualche variante studiata da Emma per poi ottenere la versione finale con lo sfondo verde più scuro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Artwork: Emma Gilardi&lt;br /&gt;Concept: Antonio Russo, Daniela Ferrando&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS at the bottom of this page: pls scroll!&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;br /&gt;REGOLAMENTO CONTEST in fondo a qsta pagina: si prega di andare di scroll!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-3273183145302995912?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/3273183145302995912/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=3273183145302995912&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3273183145302995912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3273183145302995912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/07/meringone-dcci-contest-2011.html' title='meringONE, DCCI contest 2011'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-crBKw5pYu_g/TicFfgiKMdI/AAAAAAAACX0/SGiJbt_ZafA/s72-c/MERINGONE_logo_varianti.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-3026934291688771931</id><published>2011-07-19T14:12:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-19T16:16:03.181+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll wig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nickis'/><title type='text'>Think wig</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N04u-Yh9Yg0/TiV1Dx2sn7I/AAAAAAAACXc/HH_VD70M8dU/s1600/Immagine%2B838.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N04u-Yh9Yg0/TiV1Dx2sn7I/AAAAAAAACXc/HH_VD70M8dU/s400/Immagine%2B838.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631035616879484850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love &lt;strong&gt;Nickis’ creativity &lt;/strong&gt;in making visionary&lt;strong&gt;, totally handmade, OOAK doll wigs. &lt;/strong&gt;Exaggerated proportions and spectacular spirit, shades of colour and sharp shapes. This is one of the most understated, and yet grand, wigs he created. It’s my fav indeed, as &lt;strong&gt;I don’t betray the minimalist in me&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Mi piace &lt;strong&gt;la creatività di Nickis &lt;/strong&gt;nel realizzare &lt;strong&gt;parrucche per bambola visionarie, totalmente fatte a mano, OOAK&lt;/strong&gt;. Proporzioni esagerate e spirito spettacolare, toni di tinte diverse, forme definite. Qsta è una delle più discrete che ha fatto, eppure grandiosa. La mia preferita davvero; &lt;strong&gt;perché neanche qui tradisco il minimalista in me.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+ &lt;a href="www.flickr.com/nickisrock"&gt;Nickis' wigs and OOAKs, here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-3026934291688771931?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/3026934291688771931/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=3026934291688771931&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3026934291688771931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3026934291688771931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/07/think-wig.html' title='Think wig'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N04u-Yh9Yg0/TiV1Dx2sn7I/AAAAAAAACXc/HH_VD70M8dU/s72-c/Immagine%2B838.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-7598208664362461607</id><published>2011-07-18T20:17:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T20:22:55.948+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='60s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pupa-pupilla'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zucchi spot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage mood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bambola doll'/><title type='text'>A doll, an eye, a connection</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6VKDQqh9FM4/TiR55CmP8oI/AAAAAAAACXU/P3pZc34fiWw/s1600/spot%2Bzucchi%2Banni%2B%252760.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 254px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6VKDQqh9FM4/TiR55CmP8oI/AAAAAAAACXU/P3pZc34fiWw/s400/spot%2Bzucchi%2Banni%2B%252760.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630759454976766594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just as well, what a lovely connection! &lt;strong&gt;I captured in this frame the essence of one of the very first posts &lt;/strong&gt;written for this blog 4 yrs ago. What you see is &lt;strong&gt;a “doll” in an eye&lt;/strong&gt;, which is &lt;a href="http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2007/05/my-eye-doll.html "&gt;the explanation of the word meaning “doll” in many languages. Pls read the related post.&lt;/a&gt; Where does the frame come from? From &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=ag8KisNIroY"&gt;an unforgettable TV commercial – you can view it here.&lt;/a&gt; It’s sooo ‘60s in every detail of mood, moves, layout, visual style… and &lt;strong&gt;that whispered non-song!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Era ora, che bella coincidenza! &lt;strong&gt;Ho catturato in qsto fotogramma l’essenza di uno dei primissimi post &lt;/strong&gt;scritti per qsto blog 4 anni fa. Ciò che vedete è &lt;strong&gt;una “bambolina” in un occhio&lt;/strong&gt;, che è poi &lt;a href="http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2007/05/my-eye-doll.html "&gt;la spiegazione della parola che indica “bambola” in numerose lingue – leggete pure il post&lt;/a&gt;. E da dove viene il fotogramma? &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=ag8KisNIroY"&gt;Da uno spot televisivo indimenticabile, potete vederlo qui.&lt;/a&gt; È talmente anni ’60 in ogni dettaglio del mood, dei movimenti, dell’impaginazione, dello stile visuale… per non dire di &lt;strong&gt;qlla non-canzone sussurrata!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THX Al for the great repêchage of these Zucchi commercials!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-7598208664362461607?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/7598208664362461607/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=7598208664362461607&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7598208664362461607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7598208664362461607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/07/doll-eye-connection.html' title='A doll, an eye, a connection'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6VKDQqh9FM4/TiR55CmP8oI/AAAAAAAACXU/P3pZc34fiWw/s72-c/spot%2Bzucchi%2Banni%2B%252760.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-1366667379708764650</id><published>2011-07-16T17:27:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T16:30:19.349+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shopping bag=arte'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='3R'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galleria Vittoria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shopper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie artwork'/><title type='text'>A Barbie shopper</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r3YY-ZJQsII/TiGvtduMuwI/AAAAAAAACXM/n_D4Fm3d_TI/s1600/barbie%2Bshopper%2Btaurisano-todi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r3YY-ZJQsII/TiGvtduMuwI/AAAAAAAACXM/n_D4Fm3d_TI/s400/barbie%2Bshopper%2Btaurisano-todi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629974204797205250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My fav 3R hit again: i.e. "Repair, re-use and recycle". &lt;strong&gt;SHOPPING BAG=ARTE, a yearly contest+charity event in Rome &lt;/strong&gt;involved artists and fine arts students in creating OOAK artworks with signature shoppers. Such event is promoted by Diletta Vittoria association at Galleria Vittoria - Via Margutta. Among the many entries, showing a variety of techniques and celebrating the 150th anniversary since the unification of Italy, &lt;strong&gt;I spotted a Barbie shopper -&lt;/strong&gt; and I mean not a person who shops for Barbie, but a Barbie doll featured on the GUCCI shopper bag revisited &lt;strong&gt;by Piergiacomo Taurisano and Tiziano Todi&lt;/strong&gt;. Cool idea. Cool message: I’m a bag, an artwork, I’m unique, buy me. Re-use me or exhbit me in you prestigious shop-window or at home. &lt;strong&gt;Dont’ waste me.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Le mie 3R preferite, ancora: "Ripara, ri-usa, ricicla". &lt;strong&gt;SHOPPING BAG=ARTE, contest+evento benefico che si ripete a Roma ogni anno&lt;/strong&gt;, ha coinvolto artisti e studenti di belle arti nella creazione di lavori OOAK a partire da shopper firmate. L’evento è promosso &lt;a href="http://www.galleriavittoria.com/maggiomarguttiano.html"&gt;dall’Associazione Diletta Vittoria presso Galleria Vittoria - Via Margutta.&lt;/a&gt; E dunque, tra i tanti lavori partecipanti, che con una varietà di tecniche celebravano il 150° dell’unità d’Italia, &lt;strong&gt;ho notato una Barbie shopper &lt;/strong&gt;- e con ciò non intendo una persona che fa incetta di Barbie, ma una Barbie sul sacchetto GUCCI rivisitato da &lt;strong&gt;Piergiacomo Taurisano e Tiziano Todi. &lt;/strong&gt;Cool idea. E anche il messaggio: sono una borsa, un oggetto d’arte, sono unica, comprami. Ri-utilizzami o mettimi in mostra nella tua prestigiosa vetrina o a casa. &lt;strong&gt;Non sprecarmi&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;PS the shopper is for sale. Contact piergi88@hotmail.it if interested&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-1366667379708764650?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/1366667379708764650/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=1366667379708764650&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1366667379708764650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1366667379708764650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/07/barbie-shopper.html' title='A Barbie shopper'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r3YY-ZJQsII/TiGvtduMuwI/AAAAAAAACXM/n_D4Fm3d_TI/s72-c/barbie%2Bshopper%2Btaurisano-todi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-9065186625630473330</id><published>2011-07-14T21:26:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-14T21:53:03.381+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creative contest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Collectors&apos; Club Italia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DCCI'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MeringONE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borsa Scambio Calenzano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meringa doll'/><title type='text'>Waiting for MeringONE</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XmQpeRkBQ30/Th9D5tKfk-I/AAAAAAAACXE/UPL_U5lhYHQ/s1600/boyle5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XmQpeRkBQ30/Th9D5tKfk-I/AAAAAAAACXE/UPL_U5lhYHQ/s400/boyle5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629292717891621858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MeringONE (sthg like “big meringue”) &lt;/strong&gt;is the theme launched for the next &lt;strong&gt;DCCI contest in Calenzano&lt;/strong&gt; near Florence, &lt;strong&gt;next Nov 27th&lt;/strong&gt;. And the &lt;strong&gt;porcelain piece&lt;/strong&gt; pictured above is, to my delight, &lt;strong&gt;the very epitome&lt;/strong&gt;, the condensed form of what I mean when I say a doll is a meringue: &lt;strong&gt;something sugary, twee, frilly, too beaded, too laced, hyperdecorated, sometimes kitsch.&lt;/strong&gt; But this one has something more: irony, irreverence, and a bunch of &lt;strong&gt;Barbielike legs &lt;/strong&gt;kicking in the air! It’s one of the visionary sculptures by Shary Boyle, a Canadian artist. I suggest &lt;a href="http://www.sharyboyle.com/"&gt;you visit her whole gallery &lt;/a&gt;to &lt;strong&gt;refresh &lt;/strong&gt;your notion of meringue and to &lt;strong&gt;nurture&lt;/strong&gt; your expectations about the above mentioned dollcultural contest, i.e. MeringONE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TGA25xfvkzk/Th9DwiAootI/AAAAAAAACW8/PDpuSXtszXc/s1600/boyle6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TGA25xfvkzk/Th9DwiAootI/AAAAAAAACW8/PDpuSXtszXc/s400/boyle6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629292560278659794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MeringONE (nome che somiglia a “grande meringa”) &lt;/strong&gt;è il tema lanciato per il &lt;strong&gt;prox contest DCCI di Calenzano per il 27 Novembre di quest’anno&lt;/strong&gt;. E &lt;strong&gt;l'oggetto di porcellana &lt;/strong&gt;qui sopra raffigurato è, per mia delizia, &lt;strong&gt;l’autentica epitome&lt;/strong&gt;, il condensato di tutto ciò che intendo quando dico che una bambola è una meringa: &lt;strong&gt;qualcosa di zuccheroso, stucchevole, tutto-balze, troppo imperlato, troppo impizzettato, iperdecorato, a volte kitsch.&lt;/strong&gt; Ma questa qui sopra ha qualcosa in più: ironia, irriverenza e un mazzo di &lt;strong&gt;gambe similBarbie &lt;/strong&gt;che scalciano nell’aria! È una delle visionarie statuette dell’artista canadese Shary Boyle. Suggerisco di &lt;a href="http://www.sharyboyle.com/"&gt;visitare per intero la sua galleria &lt;/a&gt;per &lt;strong&gt;rinfrescarvi &lt;/strong&gt;la nozione di “meringa” e per &lt;strong&gt;nutrire&lt;/strong&gt; le vostre attese riguardo il summenzionato contest dollculturale MeringONE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contest rules and regulations coming soon! * a breve il regolamento del contest!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-9065186625630473330?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/9065186625630473330/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=9065186625630473330&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/9065186625630473330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/9065186625630473330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/07/waiting-for-meringone.html' title='Waiting for MeringONE'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XmQpeRkBQ30/Th9D5tKfk-I/AAAAAAAACXE/UPL_U5lhYHQ/s72-c/boyle5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6919237947921130070</id><published>2011-07-10T16:17:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-10T16:37:59.041+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exuberant syle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='embroidered'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beaded beauty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vittoria Porto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ricamo'/><title type='text'>A devil in the details</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ltNqk_OzHhQ/Thm4R12oYEI/AAAAAAAACWs/qNW0nTXPVKo/s1600/vp%2Bcoral.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ltNqk_OzHhQ/Thm4R12oYEI/AAAAAAAACWs/qNW0nTXPVKo/s400/vp%2Bcoral.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627731826029649986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Brazilian doll artist known as &lt;strong&gt;Vittoria Porto &lt;/strong&gt;has &lt;strong&gt;a diabolic hand for embellishing her dolls in a flabbergasting manner&lt;/strong&gt;. And I’m not interested here in reviewing them as examples of an exuberant, colourful, sambastic or fantasy style, &lt;a href="http://vittoria-porto.blogspot.com/"&gt;which is what everybody can see and realize for themselves on the blog&lt;/a&gt; or at her doll exhibitions. I’d rather like to draw you attention on the &lt;strong&gt;materials as coral or amber she generously uses&lt;/strong&gt;, and most of all on &lt;strong&gt;the patterns of her fully embroidered and encrusted outfits&lt;/strong&gt; - the way those tiny beads are sewn on the fabric to make swirls and rows and frills. With the artist’s permission one should always look under the doll’s skirt to check &lt;strong&gt;the reverse of the work: proudly perfect.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gjtFrncKZd4/Thm4x-B_7JI/AAAAAAAACW0/RNOSTJkbiuw/s1600/vp%2Bfrills.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 302px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gjtFrncKZd4/Thm4x-B_7JI/AAAAAAAACW0/RNOSTJkbiuw/s320/vp%2Bfrills.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627732377980628114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’artista brasiliana nota col nome di &lt;strong&gt;Vittoria Porto &lt;/strong&gt;ha &lt;strong&gt;una mano diabolica per ornare le sue bambole in maniera sbalorditiva&lt;/strong&gt;. Qui non m’interessa recensirle come esempi dello stile esuberante, variopinto, sambastico o fantasy, &lt;a href="http://vittoria-porto.blogspot.com/"&gt;che è ciò che tutti vedono e colgono da soli sul suo blog&lt;/a&gt; o alle sue mostre. Voglio piuttosto attirare la vostra attenzione sui &lt;strong&gt;materiali come corallo e ambra che usa con generosità&lt;/strong&gt;, e più di tutto sui &lt;strong&gt;motivi dei suoi abiti tutti ricamati e incrostati&lt;/strong&gt;, il modo in cui quelle minuscole perline sono cucite sulla sfoffa per formare vortici e file e balze. Col permesso dell’artista, si dovrebbe sempre guardare sotto la gonna della bambola controllare &lt;strong&gt;il rovescio del lavoro: orgogliosamente perfetto. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6919237947921130070?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6919237947921130070/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6919237947921130070&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6919237947921130070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6919237947921130070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/07/devil-in-details.html' title='A devil in the details'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ltNqk_OzHhQ/Thm4R12oYEI/AAAAAAAACWs/qNW0nTXPVKo/s72-c/vp%2Bcoral.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-5845990893332261885</id><published>2011-07-06T23:25:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T23:30:51.168+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pamela De Lorenzi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='slideshare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='so scrumptious'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daniela Ferrando'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Il corpo delle dolls'/><title type='text'>Smooth, scrumptious and sexy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jayptvfLx98/ThTT3x9YB2I/AAAAAAAACWc/htCJ7AXyq54/s1600/macaron%2Bovale.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 222px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jayptvfLx98/ThTT3x9YB2I/AAAAAAAACWc/htCJ7AXyq54/s400/macaron%2Bovale.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626354789749622626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A little &lt;strong&gt;dollcultural divertissement &lt;/strong&gt;created with my collector friend Pamela. &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/DCCI/so-scrumptious-macarons-dolls"&gt;Now on slideshare&lt;/a&gt;. Maybe another light-hearted reflexion on the body of the dolls.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Piccolo &lt;strong&gt;divertissement dollculturale &lt;/strong&gt;creato con l'amica collector Pamela. &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/DCCI/so-scrumptious-macarons-dolls"&gt;Ora su slideshare&lt;/a&gt;. Magari è un'ulteriore riflessione, a cuor leggero, sul corpo delle dolls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph Pamela De Lorenzi&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-5845990893332261885?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/5845990893332261885/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=5845990893332261885&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5845990893332261885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5845990893332261885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/07/smooth-scrumptious-and-sexy.html' title='Smooth, scrumptious and sexy'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jayptvfLx98/ThTT3x9YB2I/AAAAAAAACWc/htCJ7AXyq54/s72-c/macaron%2Bovale.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-3448555309030792499</id><published>2011-07-05T21:27:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-05T21:34:32.207+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MOD icon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='power of play'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stacey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Julia doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fashion Queen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage Barbie'/><title type='text'>Being friends</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bmgrlhvzlEU/ThNm1ocLPII/AAAAAAAACWU/yXvpaAQpB78/s1600/4%2Bamiche%2Bmani.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bmgrlhvzlEU/ThNm1ocLPII/AAAAAAAACWU/yXvpaAQpB78/s400/4%2Bamiche%2Bmani.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625953431090576514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each doll pictured in the pic above &lt;strong&gt;belongs to, and represents, a different collector friend and one is mine &lt;/strong&gt;(actually, the &lt;strong&gt;friends involved would ideally be well more than four!&lt;/strong&gt;), but this is not the point. The point is the spirit, the knowing gesture, spending time together, &lt;strong&gt;building and seizing this happy moment (despite all).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Ognuna delle bambole nella foto sopra è di, e simboleggia &lt;strong&gt;un diverso amico amico/a collezionista e una è mia&lt;/strong&gt; (in realtà, &lt;strong&gt;gli amici coinvolti sarebbero idealmente ben più di quattro! &lt;/strong&gt;), ma non è qsto il punto. Il punto è lo spirito, il gesto complice, trascorrere del tempo insieme, &lt;strong&gt;costruire e cogliere qsto attimo felice (nonostante tutto).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30932954@N08/"&gt;ph borgia64&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-3448555309030792499?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/3448555309030792499/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=3448555309030792499&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3448555309030792499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3448555309030792499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/07/being-friends.html' title='Being friends'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bmgrlhvzlEU/ThNm1ocLPII/AAAAAAAACWU/yXvpaAQpB78/s72-c/4%2Bamiche%2Bmani.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-900676665256853995</id><published>2011-07-01T08:41:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-01T22:06:43.470+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='distorted body ideal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion camp'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='body comparison'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='body perception'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Il corpo delle dolls'/><title type='text'>Corpora</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FK9BE4Tm2xs/Tg1vg0100II/AAAAAAAACWE/xcW5WD4dfEI/s1600/doll%2Bbouquet.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FK9BE4Tm2xs/Tg1vg0100II/AAAAAAAACWE/xcW5WD4dfEI/s320/doll%2Bbouquet.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624274119386517634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Corpora" means "bodies" in Latin, "&lt;strong&gt;The body of the dolls&lt;/strong&gt;" is taking a lot of my dollcultural exploration, and I'd like to &lt;strong&gt;extend it to a more respectful awareness of our own bodies&lt;/strong&gt;. I started adding in the "ME @ FASHIONCAMP 2011" item on this blog &lt;strong&gt;my unconference &lt;/strong&gt;on this theme.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;"Corpora" significa "corpi" in latino, e "&lt;strong&gt;Il corpo delle dolls&lt;/strong&gt;" sta prendendo una gran parte della mia esplorazione dollculturale, che vorrei &lt;strong&gt;estendere ad una consapevolezza più rispettosa dei nostri propri corpi&lt;/strong&gt;. Ho cominciato aggiungendo qui su qsto blog, nell'elemento "ME @ FASHIONCAMP 2011", &lt;strong&gt;la mia unconference &lt;/strong&gt;sul tema.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph **morganours** from flickr, thx Pam!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-900676665256853995?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/900676665256853995/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=900676665256853995&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/900676665256853995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/900676665256853995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/07/corpora.html' title='Corpora'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FK9BE4Tm2xs/Tg1vg0100II/AAAAAAAACWE/xcW5WD4dfEI/s72-c/doll%2Bbouquet.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-8245808530300096203</id><published>2011-06-28T19:21:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-28T23:25:24.702+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alessandra Paglialonga'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='textile dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='frengo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pop toy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK dolls'/><title type='text'>Go with frengo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IlBvcYEQSWQ/TgoOGWs138I/AAAAAAAACVs/NWWYVotEYIU/s1600/frengo%2B01_franky.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IlBvcYEQSWQ/TgoOGWs138I/AAAAAAAACVs/NWWYVotEYIU/s400/frengo%2B01_franky.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623322587061149634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Among the many intentions of posting left behind &lt;/strong&gt;in this too busy period there is one &lt;a href="http://www.frengo.it/"&gt;about frengo dolls, or maybe creatures or better toys&lt;/a&gt;, discovered at MI-Japan event last May. They are &lt;strong&gt;kinda textile OOAK&lt;/strong&gt;, individually made, and not exactly dolls, although each one has a name and a peculiar look. Alessandra Paglialonga, who is the person behind it all, art designer in her professional life, seems to suggest that &lt;strong&gt;frengo items are states of mind to play with&lt;/strong&gt;. I don’t even know if the imperative is “Collect them all!” but I don’t think so, because it’s more likely that each one choose a favourite frengo to keep - all colorful, or total black instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uPDli644vmE/TgoN7TAi_fI/AAAAAAAACVk/f7BkoUNN-ss/s1600/frengo%2B04_genius.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uPDli644vmE/TgoN7TAi_fI/AAAAAAAACVk/f7BkoUNN-ss/s400/frengo%2B04_genius.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623322397091495410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tra le tante intenzioni di post lasciate indietro &lt;/strong&gt;in questo periodo troppo pieno, ce n’è una sulle &lt;a href="http://www.frengo.it/"&gt;bambole frengo - o forse creature o meglio toys &lt;/a&gt;– che ho scoperto all’evento MI-Japan lo scorso maggio. Sono &lt;strong&gt;una specie di OOAK tessile&lt;/strong&gt;, e non esattamente delle bambole, sebbene ciascuna abbia un nome e un look particolare. Alessandra Paglialonga, che è la persona dietro a tutto ciò, art designer nella vita professionale, sembra suggerire che qsti &lt;strong&gt;frengo sono degli stati d’animo con cui giocare.&lt;/strong&gt; Non so nemmeno se l’imperativo sia “”Collezionali tutti!” ma non credo, perché è molto più probabile che ciascuno scelga il frengo preferito come cosa da tenere/cui tenere – in versione molto colorata o al contrario, total black.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xYhOWLRLL4c/TgoNtx_f3SI/AAAAAAAACVc/q1Vnun9Dneo/s1600/frengo%2B15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xYhOWLRLL4c/TgoNtx_f3SI/AAAAAAAACVc/q1Vnun9Dneo/s400/frengo%2B15.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623322164890426658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-8245808530300096203?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/8245808530300096203/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=8245808530300096203&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8245808530300096203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8245808530300096203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/06/go-with-frengo.html' title='Go with frengo'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IlBvcYEQSWQ/TgoOGWs138I/AAAAAAAACVs/NWWYVotEYIU/s72-c/frengo%2B01_franky.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-8900006543845808131</id><published>2011-06-23T14:36:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-23T14:40:43.661+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pamela De Lorenzi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italian magazine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion mag'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my muse'/><title type='text'>The third (My) Muse</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lk692dKKXyU/TgM0PsXIjmI/AAAAAAAACVU/WCfQ64WS2l0/s1600/MM_covers2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 184px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lk692dKKXyU/TgM0PsXIjmI/AAAAAAAACVU/WCfQ64WS2l0/s400/MM_covers2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621394204099382882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, I like to count &lt;strong&gt;#0, too – somehow the most groundbreaking, IMO&lt;/strong&gt;. With its &lt;strong&gt;just published third issue, My Muse is making its way &lt;/strong&gt;among doll curious and doll collectors. It had to choose a more traditional and handy format to reach them, &lt;a href="http://www.mymusemag.com/"&gt;in printed on demand mode; but it’s available in downloadable and (coming soon) mobile version, too.&lt;/a&gt; So, why wait? I suggest you &lt;strong&gt;browse, read and compare the issues published so far &lt;/strong&gt;to capture the evolution of this magazine all about and around dolls. &lt;strong&gt;Get the three Muses &lt;/strong&gt;to do so. &lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Sì, conto anche &lt;strong&gt;il #0 – magari il più dirompente, a mio parere&lt;/strong&gt;. Con &lt;strong&gt;terzo numero fresco di pubblicazione, My Muse si sta facendo strada &lt;/strong&gt;tra i curiosi dollculturali e i collezionisti. Ha dovuto scegliere un formato più tradizionale e gestibile per raggiungerli &lt;a href="http://www.mymusemag.com/"&gt;in modalità printed on demand; ma si trova anche in versione online scaricabile e (presto) per mobile&lt;/a&gt;. Pronti, via: direi di &lt;strong&gt;sfogliare, leggere, comparare i numeri pubblicati finora &lt;/strong&gt;per catturare l’evoluzione di qsto magazine tutto intorno alle bambole. &lt;strong&gt;Prendetevi tutte e 3 le Muse&lt;/strong&gt;, e giudicate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;image courtesy of Pamdelo&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-8900006543845808131?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/8900006543845808131/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=8900006543845808131&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8900006543845808131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8900006543845808131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/06/third-my-muse.html' title='The third (My) Muse'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lk692dKKXyU/TgM0PsXIjmI/AAAAAAAACVU/WCfQ64WS2l0/s72-c/MM_covers2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6849758279263077381</id><published>2011-06-21T19:43:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-21T19:51:15.833+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll beauty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flickr'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll body parts'/><title type='text'>Beauty and sacrifice</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LYA-n-E6O9Q/TgDY8EdX0PI/AAAAAAAACVM/gZZ0Pp04AtA/s1600/LaSandra.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 195px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LYA-n-E6O9Q/TgDY8EdX0PI/AAAAAAAACVM/gZZ0Pp04AtA/s400/LaSandra.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620730861459067122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Minimalism of glare**. Someone could ask &lt;strong&gt;why an eyelash curler and a hollow, dismembered doll body &lt;/strong&gt;should match. I think it’s a connection (or maybe a collision?) of objects &lt;strong&gt;all about beauty and sacrifice&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Minimalismo dell’appariscenza**. Qualcuno potrebbe chiedere &lt;strong&gt;perché un piegaciglia e un corpo di bambola, vuoto, smembrato &lt;/strong&gt;dovrebbero stare insieme. Penso sia una connessione (o magari una collisione?) di oggetti  &lt;strong&gt;riguardante bellezza e sacrificio&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;** title and Ph: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lasandrala/2087682198/in/faves-34688454@N05/"&gt;La Sandra, flickr.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6849758279263077381?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6849758279263077381/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6849758279263077381&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6849758279263077381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6849758279263077381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/06/beauty-and-sacrifice.html' title='Beauty and sacrifice'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LYA-n-E6O9Q/TgDY8EdX0PI/AAAAAAAACVM/gZZ0Pp04AtA/s72-c/LaSandra.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-2545096204861393803</id><published>2011-06-12T10:52:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-12T10:59:31.683+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion camp'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FashionCamp'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daniela Ferrando'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Il corpo delle dolls'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Km3sckiw1Uc/TfR_6XPAzVI/AAAAAAAACVE/FeQKvfaCSVo/s1600/my%2Bunconference.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Km3sckiw1Uc/TfR_6XPAzVI/AAAAAAAACVE/FeQKvfaCSVo/s400/my%2Bunconference.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617255275883973970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;me at Fashioncamp 2011. &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/DCCI/il-corpo-delle-dolls"&gt;And my slides, here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;eccomi al Fashioncamp 2011. &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/DCCI/il-corpo-delle-dolls"&gt;E le mie slide, qui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreygol/sets/72157626814634379/"&gt;ph Andrey Golub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-2545096204861393803?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/2545096204861393803/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=2545096204861393803&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2545096204861393803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2545096204861393803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/06/me-at-fashioncamp-2011.html' title=''/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Km3sckiw1Uc/TfR_6XPAzVI/AAAAAAAACVE/FeQKvfaCSVo/s72-c/my%2Bunconference.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6000060820005105497</id><published>2011-06-10T22:26:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-10T22:31:33.695+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pop culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nickis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free fantasy dolls'/><title type='text'>Dancing dolls…</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7SNtgrRlWf0/TfJ_FkL2bFI/AAAAAAAACU8/hvNXNBBPqQo/s1600/nickisvideo.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7SNtgrRlWf0/TfJ_FkL2bFI/AAAAAAAACU8/hvNXNBBPqQo/s400/nickisvideo.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616691418873883730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;… or better, &lt;strong&gt;doll presence in life and music and creativity &lt;/strong&gt;– therefore &lt;strong&gt;in video promo,too.&lt;/strong&gt; There it is, Nickis Fabbrocile’s “Free Fantasy dolls” &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=e3keXpB0TCM "&gt;you can listen and watch right now&lt;/a&gt;. Fashion dolls are not spurious or subliminal or used as an attention-getter here, nor a fad. They are a very part of the artist’s world. &lt;a href="http://www.nickisfabbrocile.com   "&gt;Beyond singing, Nickis &lt;/a&gt;has in fact a very own and personal and whimsical and graphical touch in &lt;strong&gt;creating visionary OOAK dolls.&lt;/strong&gt; Since his dolls love music, his music requires his dolls – and I find all this very interesting from my dollcultural viewpoint. &lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;… o per meglio dire, &lt;strong&gt;presenza di bambole nella vita nella musica e nella creatività &lt;/strong&gt;– perciò &lt;strong&gt;anche nel video promo&lt;/strong&gt;. Ecco “Free Fantasy dolls” di Nickis Fabbrocile, &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=e3keXpB0TCM "&gt;subito da guardare e ascoltare qui&lt;/a&gt;. Le fashion doll non sono pretestuose o subliminali o usate per catturare l’attenzione e nemmeno una mania del momento. Sono una parte importante del mondo di Nickis &lt;a href="http://www.nickisfabbrocile.com   "&gt;che, oltre a cantare, &lt;/a&gt;ha un modo molto personale e capriccioso e grafico di &lt;strong&gt;creare bambole OOAK visionarie&lt;/strong&gt;. Dato che le sue bambole amano la musica, la sua musica vuole le bambole – e io trovo tutto questo molto interessante dal mio punto di vista dollculturale.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6000060820005105497?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6000060820005105497/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6000060820005105497&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6000060820005105497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6000060820005105497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/06/dancing-dolls.html' title='Dancing dolls…'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7SNtgrRlWf0/TfJ_FkL2bFI/AAAAAAAACU8/hvNXNBBPqQo/s72-c/nickisvideo.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-485038828018183036</id><published>2011-06-07T22:11:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-07T22:20:09.412+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion camp'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arianna Chieli'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barcamp'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daniela Ferrando'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Il corpo delle dolls'/><title type='text'>my Fashioncamp 2011 unconference</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D9gQwdg5mI0/Te6GpKx5upI/AAAAAAAACU0/tymT-X2Lpak/s1600/Il%2Bcorpo%2Bdelle%2Bdolls%2Bcover.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D9gQwdg5mI0/Te6GpKx5upI/AAAAAAAACU0/tymT-X2Lpak/s400/Il%2Bcorpo%2Bdelle%2Bdolls%2Bcover.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615573827204004498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cover preview!&lt;/strong&gt; See you next Sat &lt;a href="http://www.fashioncamp.it/"&gt;at Spazio A - ex Ansaldo&lt;/a&gt;... &lt;br /&gt;* &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anteprima cover!&lt;/strong&gt; A sabato prox, &lt;a href="http://www.fashioncamp.it/"&gt;allo Spazio A - ex Alsaldo&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph: birthmark&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fashioncamp, Milano, 10 e 11 giugno 2011 – Spazio A – ex Ansaldo, Via Tortona 54&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-485038828018183036?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/485038828018183036/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=485038828018183036&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/485038828018183036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/485038828018183036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-fashioncamp-2011-unconference.html' title='my Fashioncamp 2011 unconference'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D9gQwdg5mI0/Te6GpKx5upI/AAAAAAAACU0/tymT-X2Lpak/s72-c/Il%2Bcorpo%2Bdelle%2Bdolls%2Bcover.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-477553657865758013</id><published>2011-06-01T20:42:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-01T21:01:27.416+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='distorted body ideal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion camp'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='12 tocchi vintage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FashionCamp'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Il corpo delle dolls'/><title type='text'>Waiting for Fashioncamp 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xVFynrKuyto/TeaMIJe8JxI/AAAAAAAACUo/nLB3VLkjntQ/s1600/sitting%2Bpretty.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xVFynrKuyto/TeaMIJe8JxI/AAAAAAAACUo/nLB3VLkjntQ/s400/sitting%2Bpretty.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613328057176434450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... sitting pretty, according to their &lt;strong&gt;different grades of education, politeness and effrontery&lt;/strong&gt;, a bunch of contemporary and vintage dolls is waiting for &lt;a href="http://www.fashioncamp.it/fashioncamp-unconferences/"&gt;Fashioncamp 2011, where I should be talking &lt;/a&gt;about the body of the dolls. &lt;strong&gt;"Lupus in fabula" effect&lt;/strong&gt;, at least for them ;-)&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;... tutte belle sedute, secondo il rispettivo &lt;strong&gt;differente grado di cultura, educazione e sfrontatezza&lt;/strong&gt;, un gruppo di bambole contemporanee e vintage aspetta &lt;a href="http://www.fashioncamp.it/fashioncamp-unconferences/"&gt;Fashioncamp 2011, dove dovrei parlare &lt;/a&gt;del corpo delle dolls. &lt;strong&gt;Effetto "Lupus in fabula"&lt;/strong&gt;, almeno per loro ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;save the date: Saturday, June 10!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph: Michael Williams, MAWphoto.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-477553657865758013?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/477553657865758013/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=477553657865758013&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/477553657865758013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/477553657865758013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/06/waiting-for-fashioncamp-2011.html' title='Waiting for Fashioncamp 2011'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xVFynrKuyto/TeaMIJe8JxI/AAAAAAAACUo/nLB3VLkjntQ/s72-c/sitting%2Bpretty.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-5010608579734459860</id><published>2011-05-30T09:06:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-30T10:16:46.912+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italian Doll Convention'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion show'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daniela Ferrando'/><title type='text'>The Show must begin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cx-HAXn106c/TeNMjl1wh_I/AAAAAAAACUg/Wnz0Yr8cpFM/s1600/Lisette-Babs.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 334px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cx-HAXn106c/TeNMjl1wh_I/AAAAAAAACUg/Wnz0Yr8cpFM/s400/Lisette-Babs.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612413734970492914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisette-Babs modeling &lt;strong&gt;down the stairway at Italian Doll Convention &lt;/strong&gt;to let the show begin! &lt;strong&gt;An impromptu "thank you all" speech by me,&lt;/strong&gt; being awarded a plate for my dollcultural activity. And &lt;strong&gt;the freshest Doll News, la #59&lt;/strong&gt;, in special full color free download edition from slideshare (scroll down this page and click on the black rectangle on the left). Many other pics being added &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/topocri/sets/72157626838241158/with/5773395303/"&gt;"on flickr under the title "IDC 2011 Milano&lt;/a&gt;". Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rCb_nzT2KEk/TeNKn3cQ-VI/AAAAAAAACUY/MBWaZq-Q7MQ/s1600/thank%2Byou%2Ball.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 327px; height: 210px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rCb_nzT2KEk/TeNKn3cQ-VI/AAAAAAAACUY/MBWaZq-Q7MQ/s400/thank%2Byou%2Ball.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612411609391626578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisette-Babs sfila &lt;strong&gt;scendendo lo scalone all'Italian Doll Convention &lt;/strong&gt;per dare inizio allo spettacolo! &lt;strong&gt;Un improvvisato "grazie a tutti" da parte mia,&lt;/strong&gt; nel ricevere una targa-premio per l'attività dollculturale. E &lt;strong&gt;l'ultima Doll News uscita, la #59&lt;/strong&gt;, in speciale edizione tutta a colori, &lt;strong&gt;scaricabile gratis da slideshare &lt;/strong&gt;(scrollare qsta pagina per cliccare sul rettangolo nero in basso a sx). Tantissime altre foto in arrivo &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/topocri/sets/72157626838241158/with/5773395303/"&gt;su flickr nel set intitolato "IDC 2011 Milano&lt;/a&gt;". Divertitevi!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mario, Gianni, Ale, Giu, Babs, Gabriele, Betty, Marinella, Mistergiuseppe and Nickis with his première and everybody: bravi!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph: topocri&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-5010608579734459860?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/5010608579734459860/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=5010608579734459860&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5010608579734459860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5010608579734459860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/05/show-must-begin.html' title='The Show must begin'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cx-HAXn106c/TeNMjl1wh_I/AAAAAAAACUg/Wnz0Yr8cpFM/s72-c/Lisette-Babs.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-2531625977440142284</id><published>2011-05-27T22:42:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-27T22:51:20.145+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll scale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Benedetta Alfieri'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='1:6 scale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='1:1 scale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MIA fair'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Me and my dolls'/><title type='text'>Framed in 1:6 scale</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Back to Benedetta Alfieri’s works &lt;/strong&gt;(s. May 22nd post), and back to the artistic &lt;strong&gt;choice of reducing and framing her photos in doll scale – i.e. in 1:6 scale.&lt;/strong&gt; I asked the artist, and she replied in an informal conversation (Italian only, sorry) it’s a deliberate choice, implying a substantial question we can summarize in: &lt;strong&gt;“which are the dimensions of an image? What we recognize as an “absent body” depends on what we see, or on the dimension of what we see?”.&lt;/strong&gt; IMO, &lt;strong&gt;the framed outfit in doll scale is as powerful and evocative as the full scale one. &lt;/strong&gt;It’s a replacement, an announcement, sthg potential and awaiting or sthg archived as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For English speaking readers&lt;/strong&gt;, the topic is developed in &lt;a href="http://www.benedettalfieri.com/ruggeropierantoni.html "&gt;an interesting paper by Ruggero Pierantoni &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a5vXCjZGCWc/TeAOEjeIopI/AAAAAAAACUQ/ZDoUSwFn2Ks/s1600/benedetta%2Balfieri%2B04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a5vXCjZGCWc/TeAOEjeIopI/AAAAAAAACUQ/ZDoUSwFn2Ks/s400/benedetta%2Balfieri%2B04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611500607107539602" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Torno ai lavori di Benedetta Alfieri &lt;/strong&gt;(v. post del 22 maggio) e torno alla &lt;strong&gt;scelta artistica di ridurre e incorniciare le sue foto in scala bambolare – cioè in scala 1:6.&lt;/strong&gt; Ho chiesto all’artista, e lei mi ha risposto in una conversazione informale (che pubblico qui con il suo consenso) che sì, &lt;strong&gt;è una scelta deliberata e implica una questione fondamentale &lt;/strong&gt;evidenziata qui sotto. Per me, &lt;strong&gt;il piccolo vestito incorniciato in scala bambolare è tanto potente ed evocativo quanto qllo in scala naturale.&lt;/strong&gt; È come un rimpiazzo, un annuncio, qualcosa di potenziale e in attesa o qualcosa di archiviato. Tanto quanto qllo vero.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“le dimensioni dei formati sono deliberate scelte di linguaggio artistico e non dettate dal caso.&lt;br /&gt;La ricerca fotografica sul corpo - o sull'assenza del corpo - che ha visto esposta a MIA fair, lavora da una parte sulla dimensione 1:1 e sul fatto che la fotografia sia una traccia del reale, suggerendo così corrispondenza e ambiguità tra l'oggetto e l'immagine dell'oggetto; dall'altra parte, lavora su un' altra dimensione riproponendo un modello "noto", quello della Barbie, giocando su senso di straniamento percettivo. &lt;strong&gt;Il progetto fotografico pone infatti, tra le altre, un'interessante questione: quali sono le dimensioni di un'immagine? ciò che riconosciamo come "corpo assente" dipende da ciò che vediamo o dalla dimensione di ciò che vediamo? &lt;/strong&gt;l'oggetto fotografato rimane abito quando ha le stesse dimensioni di un corpo umano? o è corpo assente? e quando la dimensione è ridotta è ancora umano quel corpo, seppur assente, o inevitabilmente ricorriamo ad un altro senso che non è forse più solo visivo?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pubkLMNeOlA/TeAN0yBvqhI/AAAAAAAACUI/WitUNmEX99Q/s1600/MM%2Bper%2Bitaliantime.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pubkLMNeOlA/TeAN0yBvqhI/AAAAAAAACUI/WitUNmEX99Q/s400/MM%2Bper%2Bitaliantime.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611500336137087506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sulle questioni qui accennate le segnalo &lt;a href="http://www.benedettalfieri.com/ruggeropierantoni.html"&gt;un interessante testo critico &lt;/a&gt;di un noto studioso di percezione”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ph: Benedetta Alfieri’s works exhibited in Bergamo VS Me ‘n my dolls OOAK outfit&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-2531625977440142284?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/2531625977440142284/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=2531625977440142284&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2531625977440142284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2531625977440142284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/05/framed-in-16-scale.html' title='Framed in 1:6 scale'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a5vXCjZGCWc/TeAOEjeIopI/AAAAAAAACUQ/ZDoUSwFn2Ks/s72-c/benedetta%2Balfieri%2B04.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-2046758346047867935</id><published>2011-05-26T17:35:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-26T18:05:34.406+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marco Banfi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage Barbie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll repainting'/><title type='text'>Flirty eye</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BC8GK7pFhAw/Td56RAhWDOI/AAAAAAAACUA/nEOgIrawpFw/s1600/sguardo%2Bdardeggiante.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BC8GK7pFhAw/Td56RAhWDOI/AAAAAAAACUA/nEOgIrawpFw/s400/sguardo%2Bdardeggiante.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611056618366438626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all know &lt;strong&gt;how much a darting glance can be dangerous! Even more dangerous when&lt;/strong&gt; the repaint in very knowing about this seduction trick. This is a Barbie Ballerina head on a Model Muse body in vintage Formal Occasion dress, vintage Fashion Queen Barbie wig. Total repaint by Marco Banfi.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Sappiamo tutti &lt;strong&gt;quanto può essere pericoloso uno sguardo dardeggiante! Ancor più pericoloso quando &lt;/strong&gt;il repaint è parecchio consapevole di qsto trucco di seduzione. Ecco dunque una testa di Barbie Ballerina su un corpo Model Muse. Indossa un vestito vintage Formal Occasion dress, una parrucca vintage Fashion Queen Barbie. Repaint totale di Marco Banfi.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-2046758346047867935?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/2046758346047867935/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=2046758346047867935&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2046758346047867935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2046758346047867935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/05/flirty-eye.html' title='Flirty eye'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BC8GK7pFhAw/Td56RAhWDOI/AAAAAAAACUA/nEOgIrawpFw/s72-c/sguardo%2Bdardeggiante.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-7992246853851477264</id><published>2011-05-22T15:10:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-22T15:37:18.602+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Benedetta Alfieri'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='human scale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='1:6 scale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='1:1 scale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mint in box'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MIA fair'/><title type='text'>Textile bodies</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WHVTjHZg66k/TdkNzcjSA4I/AAAAAAAACTw/8FvClEhLgmU/s1600/benedetta%2Balfieri%2B01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 340px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WHVTjHZg66k/TdkNzcjSA4I/AAAAAAAACTw/8FvClEhLgmU/s400/benedetta%2Balfieri%2B01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609529988355326850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.miafair.it/espositori.aspx?id=15&amp;idesp=225&amp;lng=ENG"&gt;Last Sat at MIA fair&lt;/a&gt;, under a true visual bombing, I’ve been struck with &lt;a href="http://www.benedettalfieri.com/sorelle.html"&gt;a series of photos by Benedetta Alfieri&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;single clothing pieces in a white non-space&lt;/strong&gt;. Like memory pop-ups or desolate dresses, these unmanned images featured &lt;strong&gt;two formats&lt;/strong&gt;: the larger one to reproduce an impressive &lt;strong&gt;1:1 scale&lt;/strong&gt;; the smaller one, to recall an even more impressive approx &lt;strong&gt;1:6 scale&lt;/strong&gt;. Now, &lt;strong&gt;1:6 is the most common doll scale, the idol scale since ancient times. Was it done purposely?&lt;/strong&gt; I’ll ask the artist. As a matter of fact, where the larger pics evoked an elsewhere someone through a textile body, the smaller ones were to me &lt;strong&gt;kinda MIB (= mint-in-box) doll outfits waiting &lt;/strong&gt;for unknown dreams to be revived or fulfilled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0DT8_4pXYq0/TdkNk-R66kI/AAAAAAAACTo/0CQZI-Q4ZPQ/s1600/benedetta%2Balfieri%2B02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 199px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0DT8_4pXYq0/TdkNk-R66kI/AAAAAAAACTo/0CQZI-Q4ZPQ/s320/benedetta%2Balfieri%2B02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609529739711277634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.miafair.it/alfieri%2Bbenedetta_esp_idesp225_15_ita.aspx"&gt;Sabato scorso al MIA&lt;/a&gt;, sotto ad un vero bombardamento visuale, sono stata colpita da &lt;a href="http://www.benedettalfieri.com/sorelle.html"&gt;una serie di foto di Benedetta Alfieri&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;singoli elementi di vestiario in un non-spazio bianco&lt;/strong&gt;. Come pop-up della memoria o abiti disabitati, queste immagini senza persone erano in &lt;strong&gt;due formati&lt;/strong&gt;: il grande a riprodurre un’impressionante &lt;strong&gt;scala 1:1&lt;/strong&gt;; il piccolo a ricordare un’ancora più impressionante &lt;strong&gt;scala 1:6&lt;/strong&gt;. Ora, va detto, &lt;strong&gt;1:6 è la più comune scala dimensionale delle bambole, la scala degli idoli fin dai tempi antichi. L’ha fatto apposta?&lt;/strong&gt; Chiederò all’artista. Sta di fatto che laddove le immagini più grandi evocavano con un corpo tessile qualcuno che era altrove, quelle più piccole invece sono state per me come degli &lt;strong&gt;abitini di bambola MIB (= mint-in-box), in attesa&lt;/strong&gt; di sogni ignoti da ravvivare o realizzare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jlRJznZ2lcQ/TdkNUQgsTPI/AAAAAAAACTg/BZav81HIS_4/s1600/benedetta%2Balfieri%2B03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jlRJznZ2lcQ/TdkNUQgsTPI/AAAAAAAACTg/BZav81HIS_4/s400/benedetta%2Balfieri%2B03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609529452547296498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interior pic from &lt;a href="http://www.manzonidesign.com"&gt;Galleria Manzoni, Bergamo &lt;/a&gt;facebook fan page&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-7992246853851477264?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/7992246853851477264/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=7992246853851477264&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7992246853851477264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/7992246853851477264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/05/textile-bodies.html' title='Textile bodies'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WHVTjHZg66k/TdkNzcjSA4I/AAAAAAAACTw/8FvClEhLgmU/s72-c/benedetta%2Balfieri%2B01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-8136372085682366757</id><published>2011-05-18T22:26:00.011+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-18T23:45:00.480+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dolls for charity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italian Doll Convention'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fondazione blu'/><title type='text'>Dolls for good</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1tRP2G5lpqc/TdQ0f6v4C4I/AAAAAAAACTY/w56lhQu0Cl8/s1600/Collage%2BArtisti%2Br.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1tRP2G5lpqc/TdQ0f6v4C4I/AAAAAAAACTY/w56lhQu0Cl8/s400/Collage%2BArtisti%2Br.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608165158933760898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.italiandollconvention.it/index-engl.html"&gt;IDC, aka Italian Doll Convention&lt;/a&gt;, next Sat 28- Sun 29 here in Milan, pre-starts with &lt;strong&gt;a big charity auction on eBay&lt;/strong&gt;, featuring &lt;strong&gt;a selected bunch of OOAK dolls by internationally renowned creators&lt;/strong&gt;. Alphabetically: Artist Creations, Fashion Doll Agency, Ilaria, Magia2000, Matt Trujillo, Matthew Sutton, Grant-A-Wish/Lisa Lackie, Melissa Windham, Patrick Kon, Ninimomo, Ovaz, Paul Pham.&lt;br /&gt;The proceeds will go to &lt;a href="http://www.fondazione-blu.org/"&gt;Fondazione Blu&lt;/a&gt;, whose mission is "solidarity for childhood education".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://shop.ebay.it/fondazioneblu/m.html?_dmd=1&amp;_ipg=50&amp;_sop=12&amp;_rdc=1"&gt;Sooooo, BID NOW. BID BIG. BID HERE!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.italiandollconvention.it/"&gt;IDC, o meglio Italian Doll Convention &lt;/a&gt;(save the date: sab 28- dom 29 maggio qui a Milano), pre-inizia con un'asta di beneficenza su eBay, &lt;strong&gt;offrendo selezionatissime bambole OOAK realizzate da creatori di fama internazionale&lt;/strong&gt;. In ordine alfabetico: Artist Creations, Fashion Doll Agency, Ilaria, Magia2000, Matt Trujillo, Matthew Sutton, Grant-A-Wish/Lisa Lackie, Melissa Windham, Patrick Kon, Ninimomo, Ovaz, Paul Pham. I proventi andranno a &lt;a href="http://www.fondazione-blu.org/"&gt;Fondazione Blu&lt;/a&gt;, la cui missione è "solidarietà per l'educazione dell'infanzia".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://shop.ebay.it/fondazioneblu/m.html?_dmd=1&amp;_ipg=50&amp;_sop=12&amp;_rdc=1"&gt;E perciò: biddate ora, tanto, e qui!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-8136372085682366757?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/8136372085682366757/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=8136372085682366757&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8136372085682366757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8136372085682366757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/05/dolls-for-good.html' title='Dolls for good'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1tRP2G5lpqc/TdQ0f6v4C4I/AAAAAAAACTY/w56lhQu0Cl8/s72-c/Collage%2BArtisti%2Br.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-352029965032052370</id><published>2011-05-16T07:18:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-16T07:22:39.102+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='3D scan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bodyscan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rapid prototyping'/><title type='text'>Again on bodyscan</title><content type='html'>The keyword to interesting elaborations is "&lt;strong&gt;rapid prototyping&lt;/strong&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;La keyword per interessanti approfondimenti è "rapid prototyping" (&lt;strong&gt;prototipazione rapida&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-352029965032052370?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/352029965032052370/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=352029965032052370&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/352029965032052370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/352029965032052370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/05/again-on-bodyscan.html' title='Again on bodyscan'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-8183384577996611366</id><published>2011-05-15T23:09:00.010+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-17T23:29:00.757+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Principia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll scale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='digitalized body'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='3D scan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Milano Design Week'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Karin Sander'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='body comparison'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll body parts'/><title type='text'>A doll-scaled bodyscan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4ELaXjhYDlE/TdBDaDZ10-I/AAAAAAAACTA/M1oEOd4ZlUY/s1600/principia%2Bbr1%2B01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4ELaXjhYDlE/TdBDaDZ10-I/AAAAAAAACTA/M1oEOd4ZlUY/s320/principia%2Bbr1%2B01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607055650945618914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BobAR5FSTtg/TdBDNzC-xKI/AAAAAAAACS4/zFwBM6DwXJQ/s1600/principia%2B3D%2Bscan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 205px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BobAR5FSTtg/TdBDNzC-xKI/AAAAAAAACS4/zFwBM6DwXJQ/s320/principia%2B3D%2Bscan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607055440396338338" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It’s almost a mini-me, but it isn’t.&lt;/strong&gt; What you see in the pic, i.e. the b/w doll-dimensioned thing, is a &lt;strong&gt;3D body-scan automatically transformed in a plaster sculpture by Karin Sander. &lt;/strong&gt; It's been exhibited at “Principia”, a curious free entrance event about science and its principles hosted last month here in Milan during the tentacular Design Week. On a closer inspection, the statuette reveals in vertical section all the &lt;strong&gt;subtle layers - I’d say like innumerable isohypsae &lt;/strong&gt;- determining not only its volume and proportions, but also its incredible resemblance with the living person portrayed. So, it’s &lt;strong&gt;like scanning and exactly miniaturizing somebody. Making their portrait in form of a statuette. Making them a doll. Making them ethernal. &lt;/strong&gt;So, must we confront ourselves with the &lt;strong&gt;digitalized body&lt;/strong&gt; issue when talking about doll bodies? Are dolls going digital? Probably yes. Years ago, when searching info about the &lt;strong&gt;JAKKs dolls experience, I read their pink and tonic body &lt;/strong&gt;was kinda collage of digitalized perfect bodies – really was it? No counterevidence. Sex dolls are digitally designed, too. &lt;strong&gt;Miniaturizing the loved one(s)&lt;/strong&gt; was one of my creative dreams when I was a little girl. That’s why I was so impressed seeing Karin Sander’s 3D mini bodyscans. &lt;strong&gt;It’s another God-game.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-26-jvHTxMAU/TdBCeoLcL3I/AAAAAAAACSo/Y3B-R4emDfg/s1600/bodies1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-26-jvHTxMAU/TdBCeoLcL3I/AAAAAAAACSo/Y3B-R4emDfg/s320/bodies1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607054630025178994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Si direbbe una mini-me, ma non lo è.&lt;/strong&gt; Quella che vedete nella foto, cioè l’oggetto in b/n di dimensioni bambolari, è la &lt;strong&gt;scansione tridimensionale di un corpo automaticamente trasformata in una sculturina di gesso da Karin Sander&lt;/strong&gt;, e presentata a “Principia”, un curioso evento a ingresso libero ospitato il mese scorso qui a Milano durante la tentacolare Design Week. Ad un esame ravvicinato, la statuetta rivela &lt;strong&gt;in sezione verticale dei sottili strati – come innumerevoli isoipse &lt;/strong&gt;– che ne determinano non solo il volume e le proporzioni, ma anche l’incredibile somiglianza con la persona vivente ritratta. Insomma è come &lt;strong&gt;scannerizzare e miniaturizzare esattamente una persona. Farne il ritratto in forma di statuetta. Farne una bambola. Renderla eterna. &lt;/strong&gt;Dobbiamo dunque confrontarci con l'argomento del &lt;strong&gt;corpo digitalizzato&lt;/strong&gt; quando parliamo dei corpi di bambola? Le bambole stanno diventando digitali? Sì, probabile. Anni fa, cercando info sull’esperienza delle &lt;strong&gt;bambole JAKKS, leggevo che il loro roseo e tonico corpo &lt;/strong&gt;era una specie di collage di corpi perfetti digitalizzati – lo era veramente? Non ho controprove. E le sex dolls sono anch’esse progettate digitalmente. Quando ero piccola, uno dei miei sogni era&lt;strong&gt; miniaturizzare chi mi piaceva&lt;/strong&gt;. Ecco perché mi ha fatto così impressione vedere le miniscansioni in 3D di Karin Sanders. Perché è un altro &lt;strong&gt;gioco della Creazione&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OO4Dx39zSvw/TdBCLdGppoI/AAAAAAAACSg/bQKlB6TjuRA/s1600/principia%2Bbr1%2B02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OO4Dx39zSvw/TdBCLdGppoI/AAAAAAAACSg/bQKlB6TjuRA/s400/principia%2Bbr1%2B02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607054300634785410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ph MCC, &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/br1dotcom/5701502628/in/photostream/ "&gt;br1dotcom from flickr&lt;/a&gt; (grazieeee)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-8183384577996611366?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/8183384577996611366/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=8183384577996611366&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8183384577996611366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8183384577996611366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/05/doll-scaled-bodyscan.html' title='A doll-scaled bodyscan'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4ELaXjhYDlE/TdBDaDZ10-I/AAAAAAAACTA/M1oEOd4ZlUY/s72-c/principia%2Bbr1%2B01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-5116766593347549525</id><published>2011-05-12T20:05:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-13T22:27:28.245+02:00</updated><title type='text'>splash! In your salad</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bzGm8H2L0QQ/Tcwhluqg0tI/AAAAAAAACSY/DNIXFqTeTlg/s1600/nuotatorinsalata.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 345px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bzGm8H2L0QQ/Tcwhluqg0tI/AAAAAAAACSY/DNIXFqTeTlg/s400/nuotatorinsalata.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605892568234644178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A doll duo is &lt;strong&gt;diving in your salad. For dieting with humour&lt;/strong&gt;. Would you say it’s &lt;a href="http://www.lafeltrinelli.it/products/3661561003731/Posate_da_insalata_-_Nuotatori.html?srch=0&amp;cat1=7&amp;page=6 "&gt;sold in a bookshop&lt;/a&gt;? It's the concept store concept, stupid.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Un duo di doll &lt;strong&gt;dentro la tua insalata. Per stare a dieta con humour&lt;/strong&gt;. Chi direbbe che &lt;a href="http://www.lafeltrinelli.it/products/3661561003731/Posate_da_insalata_-_Nuotatori.html?srch=0&amp;cat1=7&amp;page=6 "&gt;le vendono in una libreria&lt;/a&gt;? E' il concetto di concept store, stupid.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-5116766593347549525?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/5116766593347549525/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=5116766593347549525&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5116766593347549525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5116766593347549525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/05/splash-in-your-salad.html' title='splash! In your salad'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bzGm8H2L0QQ/Tcwhluqg0tI/AAAAAAAACSY/DNIXFqTeTlg/s72-c/nuotatorinsalata.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-1952424572414422923</id><published>2011-05-05T16:10:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-05T18:30:43.313+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eyebrows'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll eyes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marco Banfi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lingerie doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll repainting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sopracciglia bambole'/><title type='text'>Eye-browsing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WTP4kJTBLWE/TcKwW3PEO0I/AAAAAAAACSI/su-n4wQgFTQ/s1600/bluegray%2Beyebrows.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WTP4kJTBLWE/TcKwW3PEO0I/AAAAAAAACSI/su-n4wQgFTQ/s400/bluegray%2Beyebrows.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603234793233070914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dolls’ eyebrows &lt;/strong&gt;are a very satisfying dollcultural topic - to me, at least. &lt;strong&gt;I don’t stop (eye)browsing websites &lt;/strong&gt;for interesting paradigms, and that’s how I spotted this wonderful &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mood4mod/5679168072/in/photostream"&gt;blue-grayish repainting example by my collector friend Marc*.&lt;/a&gt; It’s more a matter of colour than anything else: &lt;strong&gt;on classical, fluent lines it makes an optical touch of unclassical “folie”.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Le sopracciglia nelle bambole &lt;/strong&gt;sono un tema appagante – almeno per me. &lt;strong&gt;Non smetto di occhieggiare siti &lt;/strong&gt;in cerca di paradigmi interessanti, ed è così che ho trovato qsto meraviglioso &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mood4mod/5679168072/in/photostream"&gt;repainting grigiazzurro del mio amico collector Marc*. &lt;/a&gt;Qui è questione di colore più che altro: &lt;strong&gt;su linee classiche, fluide, dà un tocco ottico di non-classica follia.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-1952424572414422923?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/1952424572414422923/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=1952424572414422923&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1952424572414422923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/1952424572414422923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/05/eye-browsing.html' title='Eye-browsing'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WTP4kJTBLWE/TcKwW3PEO0I/AAAAAAAACSI/su-n4wQgFTQ/s72-c/bluegray%2Beyebrows.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-659626649553712037</id><published>2011-04-30T19:35:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T11:07:54.694+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Royal Wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shoe fetish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll shoe'/><title type='text'>In her shoes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s0X3befQCD4/TbxKujGAGaI/AAAAAAAACSA/jaL7Xy-Auxo/s1600/vb%2Bshoes.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s0X3befQCD4/TbxKujGAGaI/AAAAAAAACSA/jaL7Xy-Auxo/s400/vb%2Bshoes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601434200096905634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If I were in her shoes, I wouldn't wear these shoes&lt;/strong&gt;, although they have somehow hypnotized me. She'll stay unnamed by me, but &lt;strong&gt;this model totally eclipsed all other &lt;/strong&gt;Royal Wedding shoes. Would a doll wear something similar? Yes, because &lt;strong&gt;only a pair of vinyl legs could &lt;/strong&gt;show a decent allure when walking in such a fetish monument.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fossi in lei, non sarei in qste scarpe&lt;/strong&gt;, per quanto mi abbiano in un certo senso ipnotizzata. Lei rimarrà da me innominata, ma &lt;strong&gt;qsto modello ha eclissato tutte&lt;/strong&gt; la scarpe presenti al Royal Wedding. Potrebbe una bambola indossare qualcosa del genere? Sì, perché &lt;strong&gt;solo un paio di gambe di vinile avrebbe &lt;/strong&gt;un portamento decente con un simile monumento fetish.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-659626649553712037?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/659626649553712037/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=659626649553712037&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/659626649553712037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/659626649553712037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-her-shoes.html' title='In her shoes'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s0X3befQCD4/TbxKujGAGaI/AAAAAAAACSA/jaL7Xy-Auxo/s72-c/vb%2Bshoes.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-8132819079014367928</id><published>2011-04-29T17:06:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-29T17:11:15.632+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liesje Reyskens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dolls in art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary art'/><title type='text'>Who’s the doll?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Whd15wBrk4/TbrVCIyX_FI/AAAAAAAACR4/ockma4EyaTY/s1600/liesje%2B02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Whd15wBrk4/TbrVCIyX_FI/AAAAAAAACR4/ockma4EyaTY/s400/liesje%2B02.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601023319283858514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shiny vinyl-like surfaces, hairsprayed or hyperbrushed styles&lt;/strong&gt;, brilliant or candylike colors: I perceived in these works by &lt;a href="http://www.albuslux.nl/ "&gt;Dutch artist Liesje Reyskens&lt;/a&gt; something &lt;strong&gt;like a swap between the vibrant beauty of human life and the magic of being a doll&lt;/strong&gt;. So, the question pops up: yes, but who’s the real doll? I notice all the time in &lt;strong&gt;contemporary professional photography &lt;/strong&gt;– not the amateur hobby I mean - &lt;strong&gt;an increasing exploration of the “doll” subject&lt;/strong&gt; in its brighter and darker sides. And I’m a curious, enjoyed and not acritical observer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T0XDiKJGmc8/TbrUzQm4hTI/AAAAAAAACRw/fCmc_BBk7bg/s1600/liesje%2B01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 344px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T0XDiKJGmc8/TbrUzQm4hTI/AAAAAAAACRw/fCmc_BBk7bg/s400/liesje%2B01.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601023063685104946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Superfici lucide quasi viniliche, capelli laccati o iperspazzolati&lt;/strong&gt;, colori squillanti o caramellosi: in qsti &lt;a href="http://www.albuslux.nl/ "&gt;lavori dell’olandese Liesje Reyskens &lt;/a&gt;ho percepito &lt;strong&gt;come uno scambio tra la vibrante bellezza della vita umana e la magia dell’essere bambola&lt;/strong&gt;. E allora salta su la domanda: sì, ma chi è la vera bambola? Continuo a notare sempre più &lt;strong&gt;nella fotografia professionale contemporanea &lt;/strong&gt;– proprio qlla non amatoriale, dico – &lt;strong&gt;l’esplorazione del soggetto “bambola”&lt;/strong&gt; nei suoi lati più vividi e più oscuri. E io sono un’osservatrice curiosa, che si diverte, non acritica.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-8132819079014367928?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/8132819079014367928/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=8132819079014367928&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8132819079014367928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/8132819079014367928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/04/whos-doll.html' title='Who’s the doll?'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Whd15wBrk4/TbrVCIyX_FI/AAAAAAAACR4/ockma4EyaTY/s72-c/liesje%2B02.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6986126491301800236</id><published>2011-04-28T15:04:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-28T15:09:16.684+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marina Bychkova'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='corso como 10'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary art'/><title type='text'>LOVE, issue four</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wDlWpv1jzkU/Tblm65rb-HI/AAAAAAAACRo/i8NRHJldQAM/s1600/love-perfect.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wDlWpv1jzkU/Tblm65rb-HI/AAAAAAAACRo/i8NRHJldQAM/s400/love-perfect.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600620773713377394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Browsing magazines at &lt;a href="http://www.10corsocomo.com/"&gt;Corso Como 10 &lt;/a&gt;bookshop&lt;/strong&gt;, I found this one &lt;a href="http://www.styleite.com/media/love-magazine-issue-4-covers/?pid=452#image "&gt;featuring, among other cover variations, a Marina Bychkova doll&lt;/a&gt;, connected with the “perfection” theme. What is &lt;strong&gt;dollculturally interesting here, is the field&lt;/strong&gt;: not only are these dolls popular in the doll collecting niche, but they are exploding &lt;strong&gt;in a wider and extremely discriminating context&lt;/strong&gt;, involving art, creation, content depth - a vision. They are increasily being something non serial but valuable, and therefore with a price. I think that any doll creator would &lt;strong&gt;dream to become a superstar artist&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sfogliando riviste alla libreria di &lt;a href="http://www.10corsocomo.com/"&gt;Corso Como 10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, ho trovato qsta che &lt;a href="http://www.styleite.com/media/love-magazine-issue-4-covers/?pid=452#image "&gt;mostrava, tra le altre varianti di copertina, una bambola di Marina Bychkova &lt;/a&gt;connessa al tema della “perfezione”. Ciò che è &lt;strong&gt;dollculturalmente interessante qui è il campo&lt;/strong&gt;: qste bambole non solo sono famose nella nicchia dei collezionisti, ma stanno esplodendo &lt;strong&gt;in un contesto più ampio e parecchio esigente&lt;/strong&gt;, che implica arte, creazione, profondità di contenuto - una visione. Sono sempre più qualcosa di non seriale ma prezioso, e quindi con un prezzo. Penso che ogni creatore di bambole &lt;strong&gt;sogni di diventare un artista superstar&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.styleite.com/media/love-magazine-issue-4-covers/?pid=452#image&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6986126491301800236?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6986126491301800236/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6986126491301800236&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6986126491301800236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6986126491301800236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/04/love-issue-four.html' title='LOVE, issue four'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wDlWpv1jzkU/Tblm65rb-HI/AAAAAAAACRo/i8NRHJldQAM/s72-c/love-perfect.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-731645094782221708</id><published>2011-04-25T15:49:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-26T08:37:10.555+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lilli'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shoe fetish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll shoe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clone doll'/><title type='text'>Feet-ish</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--xI9_4xdgvI/TbV9DnwPfjI/AAAAAAAACRg/Rmiqrw-61sc/s1600/lillifeetish.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--xI9_4xdgvI/TbV9DnwPfjI/AAAAAAAACRg/Rmiqrw-61sc/s400/lillifeetish.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599519212869484082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lilli or clone, repainted or original, &lt;strong&gt;these arched and booted feet are quite a bold example of how Lilli &lt;/strong&gt;(and her Hong Kong sisters) weren’t too much a toy for little girls.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Lilli o clone, ridipinti o originali, &lt;strong&gt;questi piedini arcuati e instivalati sono un esempio alquanto tosto di come Lilli&lt;/strong&gt; (e le sue sorelle di Hong Kong) non siano state troppo un giocattolo per bimbe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;other inspirations, &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dals/5561630063/in/pool-1289866@N23"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-731645094782221708?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/731645094782221708/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=731645094782221708&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/731645094782221708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/731645094782221708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/04/feet-ish.html' title='Feet-ish'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--xI9_4xdgvI/TbV9DnwPfjI/AAAAAAAACRg/Rmiqrw-61sc/s72-c/lillifeetish.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-5177375708057521750</id><published>2011-04-24T09:49:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-24T09:58:31.734+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='12 tocchi vintage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cerchietto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll accessories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='happy easter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Buona Pasqua 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deabyday.tv'/><title type='text'>Ring or headband?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UJp0MyXUMvU/TbPYCjjFbrI/AAAAAAAACRY/gl7d7YyXfZs/s1600/ring%2Bor%2Bheadband.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UJp0MyXUMvU/TbPYCjjFbrI/AAAAAAAACRY/gl7d7YyXfZs/s400/ring%2Bor%2Bheadband.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599056300165394098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Should have seen it a couple of weeks ago &lt;/strong&gt;when writing &lt;a href="http://www.deabyday.tv/bellezza-e-stile/style/241/il-secondo-tocco-vintage-il-cerchietto.html"&gt;the second vintage touch&lt;/a&gt;! Looks like the typical surprise found in the chocolate egg. Happy Easter to all of you, it's &lt;strong&gt;not these plastic minimalia &lt;/strong&gt;that really count.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Avrei dovuto vederlo un paio di settimane fa &lt;/strong&gt;quando ho scritto &lt;a href="http://www.deabyday.tv/bellezza-e-stile/style/241/il-secondo-tocco-vintage-il-cerchietto.html"&gt;il secondo tocco vintage&lt;/a&gt;! Sembra la tipica sopresa da uovo di cioccolato. Buona Pasqua a tutti, &lt;strong&gt;non sono davvero qste minimalia di plastica &lt;/strong&gt;che contano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/francie_it/5642571503/in/contacts/"&gt;ph La bottega di Francie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-5177375708057521750?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/5177375708057521750/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=5177375708057521750&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5177375708057521750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5177375708057521750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/04/ring-or-headband.html' title='Ring or headband?'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UJp0MyXUMvU/TbPYCjjFbrI/AAAAAAAACRY/gl7d7YyXfZs/s72-c/ring%2Bor%2Bheadband.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-3915548616449001131</id><published>2011-04-21T20:46:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T21:20:56.532+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RSI'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alessandra Marchese'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lilli'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Be Bop A Lula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie #1'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage Barbie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daniela Ferrando'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage Ken'/><title type='text'>Yesterday on RSI</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8UE8MENbUpE/TbCCy2f71eI/AAAAAAAACRQ/X31GtNZTsBQ/s1600/rsi%2Bpage.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8UE8MENbUpE/TbCCy2f71eI/AAAAAAAACRQ/X31GtNZTsBQ/s400/rsi%2Bpage.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598118146956056034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RSI, the Swiss-Italian radio and TV network&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;aired a special &lt;/strong&gt;on a special decade, featuring a "Barbie in the 50s" session. &lt;a href="http://reteuno.rsi.ch/home/networks/reteuno/laRete/2011/04/08/speciale-anni-50.html?selectedAudio=14#Audio"&gt;Click here and you'll hear me and my radio host Alessandra Marchese &lt;/a&gt;talking and investigating and breathing Barbie (sorry, ITALIAN only). It's actually &lt;strong&gt;a serious conversation with moments &lt;/strong&gt;of irony and vintage music too.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RSI, la radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;ha trasmesso uno speciale &lt;/strong&gt;su un decennio speciale, inclusa una parte dal titolo "Barbie anni '50". &lt;a href="http://reteuno.rsi.ch/home/networks/reteuno/laRete/2011/04/08/speciale-anni-50.html?selectedAudio=14#Audio"&gt;Un click qui, e sentirete me e la "padrona di casa" radiofonica Alessandra Marchese &lt;/a&gt;parlare e investigare e respirare Barbie. E' in realtà &lt;strong&gt;una conversazione seria con momenti &lt;/strong&gt;di ironia e di musica vintage.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-3915548616449001131?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/3915548616449001131/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=3915548616449001131&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3915548616449001131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3915548616449001131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/04/yesterday-on-rsi.html' title='Yesterday on RSI'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8UE8MENbUpE/TbCCy2f71eI/AAAAAAAACRQ/X31GtNZTsBQ/s72-c/rsi%2Bpage.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6397975758256055246</id><published>2011-04-19T22:58:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-19T23:17:57.983+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dolls for charity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;Bambole a Roma&quot;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nunzio Carbone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion doll agency'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kaori doll'/><title type='text'>Bid big for Japan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x2UGthizsh4/Ta35SS2oKgI/AAAAAAAACRA/Dpqu8GN2p8M/s1600/Kaori%2Bda%2Bemma.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x2UGthizsh4/Ta35SS2oKgI/AAAAAAAACRA/Dpqu8GN2p8M/s400/Kaori%2Bda%2Bemma.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597404004585318914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bid big for her:&lt;/strong&gt; this is &lt;strong&gt;an exclusive, OOAK Kaori Bois de Rose doll &lt;/strong&gt;created and donated &lt;strong&gt;by Fashion Doll Agency’s Nunzio Carbone&lt;/strong&gt;, to collect funds for Japan through &lt;strong&gt;Bambole a Roma for Japan&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=160575870992"&gt;The doll is now being auctioned on eBay &lt;/a&gt;by Bambole a Roma’s tireless staff and the proceedings will 100% go to Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund - a GlobalGiving Project. Kaori is an Asian beauty dressed and accessorized in a symphony of &lt;strong&gt;rose and violet shades&lt;/strong&gt;. As a blogger, I like promoting &lt;strong&gt;win-win opportunities like this one&lt;/strong&gt;: the high bidder will get a valuable doll and the money will do good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RIfPN7C2Ncw/Ta35GyPmc9I/AAAAAAAACQ4/hon1WWPxbgw/s1600/KaoriBDR06.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RIfPN7C2Ncw/Ta35GyPmc9I/AAAAAAAACQ4/hon1WWPxbgw/s320/KaoriBDR06.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597403806853133266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zdh8yz4zC6c/Ta34-tBpLKI/AAAAAAAACQw/Inf_xXXKNdM/s1600/KaoriBDR04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zdh8yz4zC6c/Ta34-tBpLKI/AAAAAAAACQw/Inf_xXXKNdM/s320/KaoriBDR04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597403668013460642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Offrite alla grande:&lt;/strong&gt; questa è &lt;strong&gt;un’esclusiva bambola Kaori Bois de Rose&lt;/strong&gt;, una creazione OOAK realizzata e donata da &lt;strong&gt;Nunzio Carbone di Fashion Doll Agency&lt;/strong&gt; per raccogliere fondi a favore del Giappone tramite &lt;strong&gt;Bambole a Roma for Japan&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=160575870992"&gt;La bambola è ora all’asta su eBay &lt;/a&gt;grazie all’istancabile staff di Bambole a Roma, e i proventi andranno al 100% all'iniziativa chiamata Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund - a GlobalGiving Project. Kaori è una bellezza asiatica vestita e accessoriata in &lt;strong&gt;una sinfonia di rosa e di violetti&lt;/strong&gt;. Come blogger, mi piace promuovere queste &lt;strong&gt;opportunità virtuose, che definirei win-win&lt;/strong&gt;: il migliore offerente prende una bambola che vale, e il denaro va a fare del bene.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6397975758256055246?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6397975758256055246/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6397975758256055246&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6397975758256055246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6397975758256055246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/04/bid-big-for-japan.html' title='Bid big for Japan'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x2UGthizsh4/Ta35SS2oKgI/AAAAAAAACRA/Dpqu8GN2p8M/s72-c/Kaori%2Bda%2Bemma.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-2714443605038060603</id><published>2011-04-18T09:12:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T09:18:12.136+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Like this likeness?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G5ncXptu2jk/TavlqcSNXrI/AAAAAAAACQo/Bs9xBE3xKCQ/s1600/kate%2Bdoll%2Bboxed.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G5ncXptu2jk/TavlqcSNXrI/AAAAAAAACQo/Bs9xBE3xKCQ/s400/kate%2Bdoll%2Bboxed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596819479247806130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don’t. &lt;strong&gt;What do you mean by likeness? &lt;/strong&gt;A dress, a hairstyle and a bunch of bling blings? Taking for granted that &lt;strong&gt;a declared celebrity doll should somehow portray its model &lt;/strong&gt;although in a reduced scale, this “Kate” doll is neither in target nor in style with the original. &lt;strong&gt;Making Royalty accessible &lt;/strong&gt;by means of cheap and poor-looking toys sounds a bit pretentious to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--Cv8TzxB4Ks/TavlXuuOLPI/AAAAAAAACQY/rD2KglguWX0/s1600/kate%2Bdoll%2Bpalace.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--Cv8TzxB4Ks/TavlXuuOLPI/AAAAAAAACQY/rD2KglguWX0/s200/kate%2Bdoll%2Bpalace.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596819157779623154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KGpTHUpFXiA/TavlO0aqJAI/AAAAAAAACQQ/U1r5EForDWc/s1600/kate%2Bor.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KGpTHUpFXiA/TavlO0aqJAI/AAAAAAAACQQ/U1r5EForDWc/s200/kate%2Bor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596819004689359874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le somiglia? Vi piace? A me no. &lt;strong&gt;E cosa si intende poi per somiglianza?&lt;/strong&gt; Un abito, una pettinatura e un po’ di cianfrusaglie scintillanti? Dando per scontato che &lt;strong&gt;una celebrity doll dichiarata deve almeno un po’ ritrarre ll personaggio&lt;/strong&gt; seppure in scala ridotta, questa bambola “Kate” non è né in target né in stile con l’originale. &lt;strong&gt;Rendere la regalità accessibile &lt;/strong&gt;per mezzo di giocattoli da poco e con l’aria sfigata mi sembra un tantino pretenzioso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1374709/Kate-Middleton-doll-goes-sale-Hamleys-ahead-royal-wedding.html "&gt;click x art. dailymail &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-2714443605038060603?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/2714443605038060603/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=2714443605038060603&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2714443605038060603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2714443605038060603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/04/like-this-likeness.html' title='Like this likeness?'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G5ncXptu2jk/TavlqcSNXrI/AAAAAAAACQo/Bs9xBE3xKCQ/s72-c/kate%2Bdoll%2Bboxed.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-2631213575966233091</id><published>2011-04-17T17:25:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-17T17:37:46.492+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Cult-ure'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dollcultural wishes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daniela Ferrando'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligram'/><title type='text'>500 of these posts!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fg4eR_pQDmQ/TasIq9OUa6I/AAAAAAAACQI/4M-M-dJKmZE/s1600/500%2Bposts%2B01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fg4eR_pQDmQ/TasIq9OUa6I/AAAAAAAACQI/4M-M-dJKmZE/s400/500%2Bposts%2B01.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596576496020122530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was also forgetting &lt;strong&gt;this is my post #500 on this blog&lt;/strong&gt;. Didn't plan to arrive to this today. &lt;strong&gt;Nor did I imagine &lt;/strong&gt;I would write so much on doll presence in our time when I started, &lt;strong&gt;and I still have so much to say! Thank you everybody &lt;/strong&gt;for inspiring, suggesting, forwarding images and news, provoking, talking (and breathing dolls). The image above is &lt;strong&gt;a calligram of mine&lt;/strong&gt;, made of a doll icon multiplied x 500.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Quasi dimenticavo anche che &lt;strong&gt;qsto è il mio post #500 sul blog&lt;/strong&gt;. Non pianificavo di arrivarci oggi. &lt;strong&gt;Né immaginavo &lt;/strong&gt;che avrei scritto così tanto sulla presenza delle bambole nel nostro tempo quando ho iniziato - &lt;strong&gt;e ho ancora talmente tante cose da dire! Grazie a tutti voi &lt;/strong&gt;per aver ispirato, suggerito, trasmesso immagini e notizie, provocato, parlato (e respirato bambole). L'immagine sopra è &lt;strong&gt;uno dei miei calligrammi&lt;/strong&gt;, fatto con l'icona di una bambolina moltiplicata x 500 volte.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-2631213575966233091?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/2631213575966233091/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=2631213575966233091&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2631213575966233091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/2631213575966233091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/04/500-of-these-posts.html' title='500 of these posts!'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fg4eR_pQDmQ/TasIq9OUa6I/AAAAAAAACQI/4M-M-dJKmZE/s72-c/500%2Bposts%2B01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-3829791121735138588</id><published>2011-04-10T14:29:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-10T14:37:01.024+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alacha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dolls in art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='uniqueness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemporary art'/><title type='text'>Triple uniqueness</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tVE78QV2imo/TaGkXXlZVcI/AAAAAAAACQA/xS0ud2555sw/s1600/alacha.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tVE78QV2imo/TaGkXXlZVcI/AAAAAAAACQA/xS0ud2555sw/s400/alacha.blogspot.com" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593932933545678274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;While the most fashionvictimist doll collectors &lt;/strong&gt;are running “pour cause” after any new FR or BJD or Syb issue, &lt;strong&gt;I'm more intrigued by dollcultural invasions &lt;/strong&gt;from other fields. This is e.g. “Triplette”, a pic from &lt;a href="http://www.alacha.blogspot.com/"&gt;alacha!, blog of Gustav Liliequist&lt;/a&gt; - a Swedish photographer based in Brazil. &lt;strong&gt;The multiplicity &lt;/strong&gt;of an object (like this doll), when you own one and would like it to be the one and only, is a very seducing topic to me.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mentre i doll collectors più fashionvittimisti &lt;/strong&gt;corrono “con buona ragione” dietro ad ogni uscita di FR o BJD o Syb, &lt;strong&gt;a me intrigano di più le invasioni dollculturali&lt;/strong&gt; da altri campi. Questa è per es. “Triplette”, una foto dal &lt;a href="http://www.alacha.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog alacha! di Gustav Liliequist&lt;/a&gt;, fotografo svedese che vive in Brasile. &lt;strong&gt;La molteplicità &lt;/strong&gt;di un oggetto (come questa bambolina), quando ne hai uno e vorresti che fosse l’unico, è un argomento molto seducente per me.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-3829791121735138588?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/3829791121735138588/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=3829791121735138588&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3829791121735138588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/3829791121735138588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/04/triple-uniqueness.html' title='Triple uniqueness'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tVE78QV2imo/TaGkXXlZVcI/AAAAAAAACQA/xS0ud2555sw/s72-c/alacha.blogspot.com' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6829356009548675018</id><published>2011-04-07T17:46:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-07T17:52:21.096+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Regina dlle Nevi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='doll couture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emiliacouture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Snow Queen'/><title type='text'>Sheer chrysalis</title><content type='html'>This is supposed to be &lt;strong&gt;the corset of a OOAK Snow Queen costume &lt;/strong&gt;by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emiliacouture/sets/72157626443413066/ "&gt;Finnish doll fashion designer emiliacouture&lt;/a&gt;. Someone else would also emphasize it’s inspired by &lt;strong&gt;Lady Gaga’s Armani dress. I’m not into this kind of co-marketed comments,&lt;/strong&gt; as I’m simply enchanted by the super-elegant, luminous &lt;strong&gt;insect-like look &lt;/strong&gt;of this piece, recalling me something like a sheer chrysalis, not a doll wardrobe addition - nothing to do with ice and cold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--6ytJdZwA6s/TZ3dKNrA4EI/AAAAAAAACP4/Og0z6TP8taw/s1600/emiliacouture%2Bchrysalis.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--6ytJdZwA6s/TZ3dKNrA4EI/AAAAAAAACP4/Og0z6TP8taw/s400/emiliacouture%2Bchrysalis.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592869479802527810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo dovrebbe essere &lt;strong&gt;il corpetto di un costume OOAK da Regina delle Nevi &lt;/strong&gt;fatto da &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emiliacouture/sets/72157626443413066/ "&gt;emiliacouture, designer finlandese di moda per bambole&lt;/a&gt;. Qualcun altro enfatizzerebbe il fatto che si ispira all’&lt;strong&gt;abito Armani di Lady Gaga. Io non m’infilo in questo genere di commenti di co-marketing&lt;/strong&gt;, perché sono semplicemente incantata dall’aspetto elegante, luminoso, &lt;strong&gt;come di insetto &lt;/strong&gt;di questo pezzo, che mi ricorda qualcosa di simile a una crisalide trasparente, non l’aggiunta ad un guardaroba di bambola - niente a che fare col ghiaccio e il freddo.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6829356009548675018?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6829356009548675018/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6829356009548675018&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6829356009548675018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6829356009548675018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/04/sheer-chrysalis.html' title='Sheer chrysalis'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--6ytJdZwA6s/TZ3dKNrA4EI/AAAAAAAACP4/Og0z6TP8taw/s72-c/emiliacouture%2Bchrysalis.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-5966606688728655749</id><published>2011-04-04T10:21:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T10:24:37.823+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American Girl Barbie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage Barbie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='style'/><title type='text'>Hidden grace</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aYZAm0JB4QY/TZmAFY3p69I/AAAAAAAACPw/dLDNdXWfjRg/s1600/ag.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aYZAm0JB4QY/TZmAFY3p69I/AAAAAAAACPw/dLDNdXWfjRg/s400/ag.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591641242420767698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The kinda perfect twist – or flip or curl, how could you call it? It’s a factory feature - of this hairstyle, so bulky and healthy and well brushed. Its graceful and &lt;strong&gt;ageless non-colour. An invisible face &lt;/strong&gt;(but I know it’s a vintage 1966 American Girl Barbie). &lt;strong&gt;Celebrating the non-ostentation,&lt;/strong&gt; because this is the way I’ll feel.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;Il per così dire perfetto piegarsi – o flip delle punte o ricciolo, come chiamarlo? È una caratteristica di fabbricazione – di questa testa, così voluminosa e sana e ben spazzolata. La grazia di questo &lt;strong&gt;non-colore senza età. Un volto invisibile &lt;/strong&gt;(ma lo so che è una Barbie American Girl vintage del 1966). &lt;strong&gt;Si celebra la non-ostentazione,&lt;/strong&gt; perché è così che mi sentirò.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-5966606688728655749?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/5966606688728655749/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=5966606688728655749&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5966606688728655749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5966606688728655749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/04/hidden-grace.html' title='Hidden grace'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aYZAm0JB4QY/TZmAFY3p69I/AAAAAAAACPw/dLDNdXWfjRg/s72-c/ag.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-5234613199720559690</id><published>2011-04-02T09:57:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-02T11:29:50.477+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jointed doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='praguefoto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seamless body'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poseable doll'/><title type='text'>Seamless bodies</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_1lBroI3pzI/TZbXibUpZlI/AAAAAAAACPo/jEuXid6Ajaw/s1600/doubledummy.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_1lBroI3pzI/TZbXibUpZlI/AAAAAAAACPo/jEuXid6Ajaw/s400/doubledummy.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590892973876930130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So many days without posting! &lt;/strong&gt;Ok, it may happen. So, I’m back with this photo, by Czech author &lt;a href="http://www.praguefoto.cz/"&gt;Gabriela Gernat Ksandr not exhibiting at Praguefoto&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;dolls, dummies, or flawless, seamless human bodies?&lt;/strong&gt; The flexy look of these woman and little girl figures recalls that of certain Jenny dolls or other flexy 1:6 scaled products. &lt;strong&gt;Many doll collectors don’t like bodies with no joint&lt;/strong&gt;s and prefer visibly jointed dolls. Actually, soft and seamless bodies look more natural but pose incongruously &lt;strong&gt;(elbows and knees curve, don’t bend!) &lt;/strong&gt;while jointed bodies look less natural but pose very credibly. &lt;strong&gt;Which one do you prefer?&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Tanti gg senza postare! Va beh, può succedere. Rieccomi con qsta foto, dell’autrice ceca &lt;a href="http://www.praguefoto.cz/"&gt;Gabriela Gernat Ksandr ora in mostra a Praguefoto&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;bambole, manichini, o corpi umani senza difetti e senza giunture? &lt;/strong&gt;L’aspetto modellabile di queste figure donna e bimba ricorda qllo di bambole come Jenny o altre simili morbide in scala 1:6. &lt;strong&gt;A molti doll collectors non piacciono i corpi senza giunture&lt;/strong&gt; e preferiscono bambole con giunti visibili. In realtà, i corpi morbidi e senza giunture sembrano più naturali all’aspetto, ma &lt;strong&gt;assumono pose incongrue (gomiti e ginocchi si curvano, non si piegano! Effetto Tiramolla), &lt;/strong&gt;mentre i corpi con giunti sembrano meno naturali ma posano molto credibilmente. &lt;strong&gt;Quale preferite?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-5234613199720559690?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/5234613199720559690/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=5234613199720559690&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5234613199720559690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/5234613199720559690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/04/seamless-bodies.html' title='Seamless bodies'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_1lBroI3pzI/TZbXibUpZlI/AAAAAAAACPo/jEuXid6Ajaw/s72-c/doubledummy.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4744566844633950114.post-6061343666173058377</id><published>2011-03-22T21:58:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-03-22T22:13:43.904+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='distorted body ideal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vogue Italia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sensitive issues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='body perception'/><title type='text'>Ana-logics</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vi0jjr_oJCg/TYkQJYblanI/AAAAAAAACPg/Hto8Miqz6lI/s1600/petition.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vi0jjr_oJCg/TYkQJYblanI/AAAAAAAACPg/Hto8Miqz6lI/s400/petition.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587014566092827250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With an unexpectedly courageous, slightly paradoxal, probably attackable gesture, Vogue Italia has launched a petition &lt;/strong&gt;to close a costellation of pro-ana websites, promoting anorexia. A courageous act, because coming from the influential voice of diaphanous fashion system priestesses; paradoxal because it wants to unhinge this system being at the same time part of it; attackable because some hyper(un)correct one will hiss that someone else’s liberty of expression is being harmed. &lt;strong&gt;A commendable gesture, instead&lt;/strong&gt;, as it’s trying to build a new common sentiment about body beauty in its multiplicity – thin or chubby, tall or short, old or young - even despite the exceeding way each one of us sees (or doen’t want to see) him/herself. The risk of distorting everything is still there. But &lt;strong&gt;breaking the silence &lt;/strong&gt;with a proposal deserves respect, &lt;strong&gt;i.o. generically blaming fashion, this society or even The Famous Blond Doll.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fXASzH9Ho_k/TYkP4_64yXI/AAAAAAAACPY/XytW5xc3z3k/s1600/dismorfofobia.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 129px; height: 103px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fXASzH9Ho_k/TYkP4_64yXI/AAAAAAAACPY/XytW5xc3z3k/s400/dismorfofobia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587014284635326834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Con gesto inaspettatamente coraggioso, leggermente paradossale, probabilmente attaccabile, Vogue Italia ha lanciato una petizione &lt;/strong&gt;per far chiudere una costellazione di siti pro-ana, che promuovono l’anoressia. Atto coraggioso perché viene dalla voce influente di diafane sacerdotesse del fashion system; paradossale perché vuole scardinarlo, questo sistema, facendone parte; attaccabile perché qualcuno iper(un)correct sibilerà che si lede la libertà di espressione di qualcuno. &lt;strong&gt;Ma invece: gesto lodevole.&lt;/strong&gt; Perché si cerca di costruire un nuovo sentimento comune riguardo la molteplicità delle bellezze del corpo, che sia magro o morbido, alto o basso, giovane o vecchio - anche a dispetto del modo eccessivo in cui ciascuno di noi si vede (o non vuole vedersi!). Il rischio di finire col distorcere tutto sussiste. Tuttavia &lt;strong&gt;rompere il silenzio &lt;/strong&gt;con una proposta merita rispetto, &lt;strong&gt;invece di incolpare genericamente la moda, qsta società, o La Famosa Bambola Bionda addirittura.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vogue.it/magazine/petizione-contro-i-siti-pro-anoressia"&gt;want to sign? vuoi firmare? &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4744566844633950114-6061343666173058377?l=dollculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/feeds/6061343666173058377/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4744566844633950114&amp;postID=6061343666173058377&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6061343666173058377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4744566844633950114/posts/default/6061343666173058377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dollculture.blogspot.com/2011/03/ana-logics.html' title='Ana-logics'/><author><name>Doll Cult-ure</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03816118460327278097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uP0VNO68BAU/SRWuJJq3XZI/AAAAAAAAA3E/o27Hwl-7cFQ/S220/dislogr-01-lightblue.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vi0jjr_oJCg/TYkQJYblanI/AAAAAAAACPg/Hto8Miqz6lI/s72-c/petition.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
