Clemetine Wilde

Jun 16, 2024 | tobemagazine.com.au | Alexia Petsinis |Carwyn Mcintyre |Clemetine Wilde

0 $0.00 0 items When Frank Lloyd Wright was designing the Guggenheim Museum in the 1950s, he claimed that “form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.” Wright borrowed this idea from Louis Sullivan’s axiom, “form follows function”, which has become the touchstone and point of contention for many architects since. While Sullivan proposes that aesthetics is subsidiary to utility, Wright suggests that the two actually go hand in hand.

Jan 11, 2024 | tobemagazine.com.au | Clemetine Wilde

The boxy Saffiano leather purse by Prada is a staple. Its shape provides comfort in synonymity with its designer and our wardrobes. In an effort to trace the historic origins of the 'boxy bag', I instead found the remnants of a Guardian article reviewing the V&A's Bags: Inside Out exhibition. Nodding towards its roots, the Prada Galleria bag is a namesake of Mario Prada's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, opened in 1913.