video still
Icon painting in Ukraine
Ukraine’s icon tradition didn’t survive by staying still—it bent, borrowed, and rebuilt itself across ten centuries.
Byzantium
The Roman empire that lasted another thousand years and gets a different name.
- 3
- in culture
- 9:48
- average
- 29 min
- in total
- 10
- across the network
All briefs
video still
Burqa
A garment that proves modesty has never been exclusively Muslim—and never required the face to disappear.
video still
Gianni Versace
Gianni Versace
Versace founded an international luxury-fashion house producing diverse consumer goods; designed costumes for theatre and film; linked fashion to the music world; used vivid colours, bold prints and sexy cuts as a deliberate contrast to dominant minimalist aesthetics; combined luxurious classicism with overt sexuality, drawing both criticism and praise; rejected conventional notions of good taste and defied fashion rules; drew design inspiration from historical periods including Classicism, Byzantium, the 18th century, and the 1920s–1930s; reimagined historical elements like Ravenna's mosaics and Roman drapery for contemporary fashion; and was born and raised in Reggio di Calabria, with his career spanning 1946–1997.
More from culture
All briefs →video still
Grammy Awards
The Grammys weren’t born from art—they were spun off from a sidewalk.
video still
Nobel Prize in Literature
A prize that rewards idealism—but refuses to define it.
video still
Notting Hill Carnival
Notting Hill Carnival did not begin in 1966 — it began in 1959 as an act of racial repair.
video still
Quiche Lorraine
Quiche Lorraine isn’t traditional—it’s translated.