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Best high-end iPod hi-fi systems

ALL-IN-ONE AUDIO
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT IPOD HI-FI SYSTEMS

Back in the '80s when CDs began superseding vinyl among music lovers, the question raging >>>
Looking at the work of New York designer Andy Gilmore

ANDY GILMORE
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT GRAPHIC DESIGN

For a while, this designer from Rochester, New York, has been creating ripples in the art >>>
Looking at the work of Oxfordshire potter Margaret O'Rorke

MARGARET O'RORKE
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT LIGHT SCULPTURE

Margaret O'Rorke is an unassuming potter who makes striking light sculptures. Since the early >>>
News story about Philips' Cinema TV and its award-winning Carousel commercial

PHILIPS CINEMA TV
LAUNCH HOME CINEMA / ADVERTISING

'Tis a little known fact that when you watch your regular TV — which delivers movies at a >>>
An overview of the cameras and photography of the Lomography Society International

LOMOGRAPHY
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

Analogue technology is on life support. It's been teetering on the edge of extinction for two >>>
An overview of the Bauhaus Archive - Museum Of Design in Berlin

BAUHAUS
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT DESIGN

To suss out what makes cities tick, a schooling in the immensely influential Bauhaus movement >>>
Profiling French graffiti artist Blek le Rat

BLEK LE RAT
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT GRAFFITI ART

With Bristolian graffiti artist Banksy fetching a whopping £322,900 at Sotheby's in 2007 for >>>
Profiling Japanese artist Takashi Murakami

TAKASHI MURAKAMI
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT MODERN ART

It's a cliché to call Takashi Murakami "Japan's answer to Andy Warhol", but there are some >>>

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BOOKS JAZZ COVERS

  Taschen, the purveyors of many a saucy coffee-table book, has published this colourful tome featuring jazz LP covers from the Forties to Nineties. The images and interviews (with the likes of Blue Note sound engineer Rudy Van Gelder) will arouse the interests of all self-respecting jazz fans and graphic designers.