The Hawa Mahal in Jaipur, India, was built in 1799 for the sole purpose of allowing the ladies of the royal household to watch processions unobserved. Hence the 953 intricately screened windows in its facade.
The world is constantly changing and creative agency Les Créatonautes happily contributes to the process, mixing animals, foods and technology in its digital collages. They transform an onion into a hare’s head and a soft cheese into a crocodile’s jaws while their owl sees the world through accelerated eyes. Who knows? Perhaps “Night Owl” will make a vertical takeoff at the crack of dawn.
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Bee timekeeper from the Timeless line by Alessandro Michele for Gucci.
This one’s cuddly: a fluffy-headed chow chow to accompany you on your travels.
Pendulous pachyderms: light-hearted elephant earrings in gold-plated bronze.
Slip-on comfort: Pad around like the tiger on top of these leather sneakers by Kenzo.
Red and white are Santa’s colors, but also those of the Night of the Radishes celebrated every December 23 since 1897 in Oaxaca, Mexico. That’s when specially grown, often oddly shaped radishes as big as potatoes are carved into animals and monsters, crib figures and saints.
Bangladesh is not exactly a classic tourist destination, but photographer Ashraful Arefin’s images of everyday life on the streets in the capital, Dhaka, in Delhi, India, and in Bhaktapur, Nepal (photo) cast ordinary people in a special, warm light, arousing interest in his homeland.
