Beck wins Grammy for Best Alternative Album

Beck, the genre-bending experimental artist whose postmodern arrangements have endured since the 1990s, won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album Sunday.

The 48-year-old Californian whose eccentric sound collages have won him both critical and commercial success, beat competition from fellow musical shapeshifters Bjork and St Vincent.

The 13th studio album of Beck, “Colors”, found praise for its lush soundscapes and energetic ear candy.

The album was the first for Beck since 2014’s “Morning Phase”, for which he earned three Grammys, including the coveted Album of the Year.

“Colors” is also nominated this year for Best Pop Solo Performance and won for Best Non-Classical Engineered Album. Beck boasts 20 career nominations, of which he has now won seven awards.

Two of Beck’s earlier albums, “Odelay” and “Sea Change”, are ranked as Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 greatest albums of all time. JB

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‘Ultra violet’ is the color of 2018, say trendwatchers

The trendwatchers and trendsetters at Pantone have revealed their 2018 pick for color of the year: the “dramatically provocative and thoughtful purple shade” known as ultra violet.


The color authority describes the blue-based purple shade, more specifically named 18-3838 Ultra Violet, as one that “communicates originality, ingenuity, and visionary thinking that points us towards the future.”

Pantone links the color, and “enigmatic purples” more generally, to “counterculture, unconventionality and artistic brilliance,” especially when associated with icons such as Prince, David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix. Ultra violet is also noted for its “mystical or spiritual quality,” associated with mindfulness practices and used as lighting in meditation spaces.

The company notes that ultra violet is increasingly used in packaging and can also be found in “it” foods such as purple-hued cauliflower and carrots; in fashion, it brings a sense of the theatrical, while in home decor it makes a variety of statements, from tradition and elegance to boldness and spirituality, says Pantone.

Those looking to get a head start on adding ultra violet to their decor may be interested in Pantone’s partnership with online gallery Saatchi Art (saatchiart.com) on a limited-edition collection of official Pantone Color of the Year 2018 prints. Available starting Jan. 1, the collection will include new works by international artists in various mediums that “embody the spirit of ultra violet.”

Ultra violet is not the first enigmatic purple Pantone has put in the spotlight this year: in August, it revealed the new color Love Symbol #2, created in honor of the late musical icon Prince. JB

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Barcelona brand is all about color–and flowers

Confident and fresh, Desigual made its début appearance on the New York runway.

Desigual’s Spring-Summer 2014 collection radiates a passion, excitement and enthusiasm for life that characterize the brand and embodies the slogan “La vide es chula,” or “Life is cool.”

The most important aspect of the collection is color. Pastel shades have been replaced by bold and vivid colors.

The color palette ranges from classic black and white in dresses, coats and T-shirts with graphic pop art prints and contrasting block designs, to primary



colors with a hint of lace and cashmere.

The collection includes a variety of offerings like light, floaty dresses, mainly in black and featuring provocative phrases.  Animal prints and galactic balls turned into squares mix baroque style and simplicity.

And flowers—lots and lots of flowers—are the indisputable queens of the romantic and bohemian part of the collection, which features long draping dresses and light jacquard jackets that best showcase the brand’s range of striking colors.

In the Philippines, Desigual is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists Inc., and is located at Shangri-La Plaza Mall and Bonifacio High Street Central.

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