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Born in Germany, Yasmine Mahmoudieh studied Art History in Florence, Architecture at the École d’Interieur in Geneva and at UCLA in the United States, and Interior Design at the College of Nôtre Dame in Belmont. In 1986 she opened her first studio in Los Angeles and today has her headquarters in London and a satellite

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Maryana Greenberg examines the contemporary Ukrainian art scene and the importance of their upcoming Biennale in May 2012 Ukrainian contemporary art has been generating some of the most exciting work in Europe in recent years, with the new generation of contemporary artists exhibiting in such prestigious international venues as the Venice Biennale and Art Basel.

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“I’d rather describe it in the way that I use it: visual poetry.” So says Yasmine Mahmoudieh of digital art, a catch-all term for a movement that exploits digital technologies to create new forms of art: primarily visual, but also mathematic, immersive and interactive. The medium offers all the qualities of traditional art forms –

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She is blessed with model looks, armed with an MBA from Stanford, former City high-flyer, and now founder and CEO of Casa Forma, interior design firm to the international jet-set. James Ollerenshaw discovers that with Faiza Seth there’s definitely more than meets the eye. Download the full Casa Forma Article