“I have, sometimes, problems with my objects,” Alessandro Mendini, the Italian designer, architect and editor, once admitted. “Sometimes my objects are aggressive even to me.” Aggressive, brash, free-spirited — those words and more have been applied to Mr. Mendini’s work, large and small. There was, for instance, the Sirfo table (1986), a small side table…
The video of the Christchurch mosque killings portrays the murder of innocent people from the perspective of their killer, who also used it to disseminate his racist motivations and genocidal worldview. The recording was made with that intention — to spread. This, Facebook said, was among the reasons the company couldn’t quickly eliminate the footage…
Researchers say a drug that is already available on the market can help those affected by cystic fibrosis. An antifungal medication may help people with cystic fibrosis. Amphotericin, which is an antifungal medication, might help people with cystic fibrosis fight the chronic bacterial lung infections that tend to occur with this disease, according to a…
In the coming adventure video game Sea of Solitude, the main character — a young woman named Kay — navigates a partly submerged city as she faces a multitude of red-eyed scaly creatures. None are as terrifying as her own personal demons. As the game progresses, Kay realizes the creatures she is encountering are humans…
Many people who have a stroke also experience vision impairment as a result. New groundbreaking research looks at the mechanisms that play a role in this damage and shows that it may be reversible. New research may offer people who have lost some of their vision due to a stroke renewed hope that they may…
Nicole Marie Rivera and Sumit Khatod were married March 23 at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami. Naoko Miyamoto, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, officiated. On March 22, the couple took part in a traditional Hindu ceremony led by Pandit Vinod R. Mehta at Maps Backlot…
Judy Yung-Ling Chang and Christopher Gerona Gayomali were married March 23 at 501 Union, an events space in Brooklyn. Andrew Joon Lee, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. The couple met at the University of California, Irvine, from which they graduated. The bride, who is 33…
Christopher Michael Ray Slye and Jeremy Scott Woolf were married March 22 at Casa De Monte Vista, a private estate in Palm Springs, Calif. Louis J. Woolf, the uncle of Mr. Woolf who became ordained by the American Marriage Ministries for the event, officiated. Until August 2018, Mr. Slye (left), 42, was the retail marketing…
Rebecca Louise Friedman and Zachary Thomas Philip Blume were married March 23 at Korakia Pensione, a resort in Palm Springs, Calif. Rabbi Dov Gartenberg officiated. Ms. Friedman, 32, is a lawyer at Dropbox in San Francisco. She graduated summa cum laude from Whitman College and received a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley.…
Jessica Eve Nachman and Eric Michael Wasserstrum were married March 23 at the St. Regis New York. Rabbi Michael A. White officiated. The bride, 33, is a trusts and estates lawyer at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, a law firm in New York. She graduated summa cum laude from Yale and received a law…