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Díga(…): What’s in a name?

By digamama On May 15, 2013 · Add Comment
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A Final Embrace Is a Silent Scream That Demands a Response

By digamama On May 10, 2013 · Add Comment
A few days before Rana Plaza building collapse, I looked at the label on one of my son’s shirts. “Made in Bangladesh”, it read. I thought, in passing, about the people who made that shirt: who cut the fabric; did the buttons and stitches; how many fractions of a penny it had earned [...]
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Salvaged Bike Chain Chandeliers Defy Concepts of Wealth

On October 1, 2012 By digamama
File this under sexy: dripping chandeliers made from salvaged bicycle chains. LA-based multidisciplinary artist Carolina Fontoura Alzaga produces what she calls “reflections and documents of…shifting realities” inspired by her tri-cultural upbringing in Mexico, Brazil and the USA. Referencing tricycles at this stage would seem a natural progression, given that these functional sculptures are made from [...]
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Back…After a Series of Unfortunate Technical + Idealogical Mishaps

On September 6, 2012 By digamama
Sin ti, soy yo…without you, I am: the díga(monster) reincarnated. I’d like to welcome you to the new Díga(Mama)! What happened to the old díga, you ask? Well, a series of unfortunate technical mishaps that have plagued díga(yo) since August 2012 have forced her into early retirement over here, on the rump of [...]
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The Truth Behind ‘House Hunters’ & Why It Really Doesn’t Matter

On June 15, 2012 By digamama
The following appeared on Huffington Post: There’s a reason I look right at home.  The internet has been abuzz with the recent revelation that House Hunters and House Hunters International aren’t as real as they purport to be. Via Slate: Earlier this week on the website Hooked on Houses, formerHouse Hunters participant Bobi [...]
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Baby Head (Wheat)Grass Grower

On June 1, 2012 By digamama
Don’t throw the baby out with the bad batch of wheat grass.  Yes, wheatgrass is awesome. It will return your grey hair back to its rightful hue; supercharge your system with vitamins, minerals and enzymes. It’s a bit grassy on the palette, but who cares, given that it’s a solar powered super green [...]
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Marni’s 100 Chairs Raise Money for Children of Imprisoned Mothers

On May 29, 2012 By digamama
Salvaged + socially-responsible = very cool furniture.  Milan-based fashion house Marni created quite a scene with its 100 Chairs collection at last month’s Salone del Mobile. Lots of attention was generated in Milan, online and off, because the collection was created in San Gil, Colombia by craftsmen and former inmates as part of a post-prison [...]
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The Perfect Minimalist

On January 30, 2012 By digamama
The monastic and ordered realm of the design perfectionist. Last week, the world learned of a certain breed of human known as the design perfectionist. They’re a type driven by symmetry, aesthetics, distinct lines and extreme minimalism. So extreme in fact, that many who eschew design most, consider Read Full Article →

(Re)Designing the Schoolhouse

On January 25, 2012 By digamama
Futuristic, pretty, handmade, techie, and minimalist schools make high school look more fun than it really is.   Not that anyone in his or her right mind would want to repeat high school. Pretending that you could, however, might the innovative architecture of these structures make it a more compelling proposition? Or is [...]
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How to Make an American (Foreclosure) Quilt

On January 18, 2012 By digamama
Patchwork as complex as Americana.  A quilt is never just a quilt. It’s like Winona said in How to Make an American Quilt: “Young lovers seek perfection. Old lovers learn the art of sewing shreds together and of seeing beauty in a multiplicity of patches.” [...]
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