Giovanni Bianco’s Say a Little Prayer

The famous creative's new project aims to insert a little spirituality into everyday life

For his “Say a Little Prayer” project, graphic designer Giovanni Bianco, has re-imagined how we connect to the spiritual. The unique format, reminiscent of Bianco’s Catholic upbringing, means prayers appear in decks of cards. Each system of belief (from Catholicism to Hinduism to Islam) features 10 prayer cards with a colorful icon on the reverse. Bianco—who works with brands such as Versace and Miu Miu, …

Cacti Made from Plastic Bottles

Czech artist Veronica Richterová is repurposing plastic bottles into dreamy works of sculptural art in what she calls PET-ART. The crinkly green, blue, brown and clear bottles are distorted, punctured and popped to form small cacti or are stacked on top of each other to create larger works like transparent trees or jellyfish. Since 2004, Richterová has been dedicated to using the recyclable bottles as …

Montblanc’s Vasco da Gama-Inspired Timepiece Collection

Exploring the pieces with Director of Watches, Alexander Schmiedt

Inspiration strikes in many ways, but for an explorer at heart, there’s nothing quite like hearing the tales of early adventurers. This can certainly be said of the tales surrounding Vasco da Gama, who sailed from Lisbon in 1497 and found the first southern seaway to India. He also did so with the most rudimentary tools—guided primarily by the stars. While there’s nothing rudimentary about …