2009/08/03
Danish Rose
The Savage Rose is a Danish psychedelic rock group, founded in 1967 by Thomas Koppel, Anders Koppel, Alex Riel, Jens Rugsted, Flemming Ostermann, and Annisette. Ilse Marie Koppel was also participating. Nils Tuxen replaced Flemming Ostermann from their second album. Since the mid 1970s, the group has been an acoustic trio consisting of Thomas Koppel, Annisette Hansen and John Ravn as a core. From the beginning of the 1990s, the group returned to electric instrumentation. Thomas Koppel died on February 25, 2006.
2009/08/02
MTV new stuff
MTV International / Mister Furry from Universal Everything on Vimeo.
There is a whole new identity to MTV originated in Europe! Fresh out of the oven!"MTV launches a spanky new look as of today – as its international brand refresh rolls out across the company's network of 64 channels, created by MTV's creative directors from around the world in collaboration with UK-based studio Universal Everything."Now the logo is sacred," says Roberto Bagatti, Vice President of Creative for MTV Networks International and Creative Director of MTV's World Design Studio in Milan, who oversaw the project. MTV Networks International now has a new flexible typographic navigation system for displaying onscreen information. The MTV logo remains in a fixed top left position onscreen at all times and acts as an anchor for the new system of information display - with the title of the current programme always appearing immediately to the right of the logo in a blue progress-bar so viewers can guage where they are in the current programme. To the right of this info is where viewers will occasionally see information in yellow text boxes: yellow denotes what's coming up next on the channel. And to the right of this, appears what's coming up later - always in a pink info box. The typeface used for this primary information is Pharma Bold Condensed by Swiss type foundry Optimo. As well as the main programme info, more playful messages will appear in the lower third of the screen - and for this text, there is a collection of secondary brand typefaces to choose from, depending on the mood of the message. The eight secondary typefaces were selected for their expressive or emotion-inducing nature - and to add an element of fun to the onscreen identity of the channel." Source
2009/08/01
Sontag on Photography
A must read on Photography.
From Wikipedia
"In 1977, Sontag wrote the essay On Photography, which gave media students and scholars an entirely different perspective of the camera in the modern world. The essay is an exploration of photographs as a collection of the world, mainly by travelers or tourists, and the way we therefore experience it. She outlines the concept of her theory of taking pictures as you travel:
The method especially appeals to people handicapped by a ruthless work ethic – Germans, Japanese and Americans. Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to be having fun. They have something to do that is like a friendly imitation of work: they can take pictures.
Sontag suggested photographic "evidence" be used as a presumption that "something exists, or did exist", regardless of distortion. For her, the art of photography is "as much an interpretation of the world as paintings and drawings are", for cameras are produced rapidly as a "mass art form" and are available to all of those with the means to attain them. Focusing also on the effect of the camera and photograph on the wedding and modern family life, Sontag reflects that these are a "rite of family life" in industrialized areas such as Europe and America.
A New Visual Code
In her Essay On Photography Sontag says that the evolution of modern technology has changed the viewer in three key ways. She calls this the emergence of a new visual code. Firstly, Sontag suggests that modern photography, with its convenience and ease, has created an overabundance of visual material. As photographing is now a practice of the masses, due to a drastic decrease in camera size and increase of ease in developing photographs, we are left in a position where “just about everything has been photographed”(Sontag, Susan, (1977), On Photography 3). We now have so many images available to us of: things, places, events and people from all over the world, and of not immediate relevance to our own existence, that our expectations of what we have the right to view, want to view or should view has been drastically affected. Arguably, gone are the days that we felt entitled of view only those things in our immediate presence or that affected our micro world; we now seem to feel entitled to gain access to any existing images. “In teaching us a new visual code, photographs alter and enlarge our notion of what is worth looking at and what we have the right to observe” (3). This is what Sontag calls a change in “viewing ethics” (3)."
Christopher Kane graphic fang
These Babbon T-Shirt series by Chistopher Kane are yummy and kind of devilish. The contrast of the big prints with the shape of the garments create amazing organic patterns that are colorful and totally unexpected.It probably will get you stronger powers than the infamous 3 wolfs shirt.
Now, give 400 bucks to buy one!
Kane established his own-name label in 2006, with his sister, Tammy Kane, who studied at the Scottish College of Textile Design, running the financial side of the business and also assisting in his fabric creation and design process. [5]. His first independent show, presented on 20 September 2006, consisted of super-short bandage dresses in neon shades. Kane said of his collection that he " only used neon last year because it was [his] first collection and I wanted to go as bright as possible." [5] The collection was lauded by prominent international fashion critics [6][7]and credited by various sources as a major contributor to summer 2007's 'fluoro' trends. [8] In April 2006, Kane was awarded the Young Designer of the Year at the Scottish Fashion Awards. [9] Subsequently, the designer launced a capsule collection for British high-street clothing store Top Shop.[10]
2009/07/31
Bill Murray As Hunter S. Thompson
The film music was scored by Neil Young, who sings the opening theme, "Home on the Range" accompanied by a harmonica. Variations on "Home on the Range" are played by Young on electric guitar as "Ode to Wild Bill" and by an orchestra with arrangements by David Blumberg on "Buffalo Stomp". Music in the film included rock and R&B songs by Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Temptations, the Four Tops and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Additionally, characters played by Bill Murray and Rene Auberjonois sing lyrics from "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
Where the Buffalo Roam is a 1980 comedy film based on a number of semi-biographical stories written by author Hunter S. Thompson. The film loosely depicts Thompson's rise to fame in the 1970s and his relationship with Chicano attorney and activist Oscar Zeta Acosta
On japanese Goth
I have never been a big fan of frills ribbons or lace, anything that defines femininity as arrested development. There is something about the literal mockery of the Gothic Lolita child like yet totally erotic elements that turns me off. BUT i do think taken in healthy proportions it can be a very interesting addition to fashion. I found some examples of these healthy measured appropriations that have been subtracted from a bigger landscape of Japanese inflections into a more western frame.
Photos by Young Kyu Yoo
Illustrations by Takato Yamamoto
Japanese Gothic Lolita
Gothic Lolita or “GothLoli” (ゴスロリ, gosurori) is a fashion particularly popular among Japanese teenagers and young women. It emphasizes Victorian-style girl’s clothing and often aims to imitate the look of Victorian porcelain dolls.
Variations of the Gothic Lolita look include “Classic Lolita” (more traditional clothing) and “Elegant Gothic Lolita” (EGL, which is heavily influenced by gothic fashion). The male analog to this fashion is “Elegant Gothic Aristocrat” (EGA) which shares EGL’s emphasis on the Victorian era, though not on children’s clothing. Gothic Lolita is also influenced by the imagery of more feminine Visual Kei (or “visual rock”) bands. Visual Kei is a Japanese form of pop music where the musical style may vary but defined by bands featuring performers in elaborate costumes.
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Dandella (think dandelion) is a GPS-like tracking device. Though it behaves more like a sunflower always point towards the sun, this device lights up & bends towards its direction or other dandella that it's been synchronised with. Easy for finding your friend in a crowded mall, or for parents to keep track of their kids at the mall. The form is kept minimal and humble, likened to holding a flower in the hand. Dandella simplifies the complex interface of current GPS devices to a simple notion of ‘just follow where it points.
Designers Yong-kai Tan and Priscilla Lui from NUS Design Incubation Centre say they were simply trying to solve the problem of losing someone and having to find them.
Dandella provides an intuitive way to navigate, and find directions by ‘pointing’ to the right way.
This device works with GPS enabled mobile phones to track physical locations. Dandella bends and points toward the targeted location. It can be programmed to track each other, for parent and child to locate one another. Alternatively, it can also be use to find a location base on a particular set of GPS coordinates determined by the user. By ‘going where it points’ users can instinctively find their way with Dandella.
Dandella provides an intuitive way to navigate, and find directions by ‘pointing’ to the right way.
This device works with GPS enabled mobile phones to track physical locations. Dandella bends and points toward the targeted location. It can be programmed to track each other, for parent and child to locate one another. Alternatively, it can also be use to find a location base on a particular set of GPS coordinates determined by the user. By ‘going where it points’ users can instinctively find their way with Dandella.
2009/07/30
extravangance in times of depression
This is the story of a private art installation in a terrace in NYC:"Designer Lisa Perry and her hedge-fund hubbie Richard live in the luxury apartment, and prior to her 50th birthday she "had only to look out the window for a clue to what [he] had in mind as a gift. [He] gave his wife a ring that is a miniature version of Jeff Koons’s green Diamond, which graces the terrace of their New York penthouse."
The first image is Jeff Koons Blue Diamond.The second and third are images of this private installation.
In the capital of excess it seems extravagance will never go out of style.
2009/07/29
Antonio Berardi cool jacket
I got a jacket similar to this one wondering how to pair it. Here are two good examples found in AB Resort 2010 collection.
2009/07/28
2009/07/27
the land of reflections
Tron the cult series has a new movie.
Of course the new version is not a low tech affair...it has to transport us to a place of pristine perfection where light reigns in perfectly sharp surfaces, a sleek glossy world devoid of the randomness of nature. a place with no dust...
This place seems to be shaped by an orthodoxy of graphic purism where Apollo would have felt at home. Humanity is only present at certain times with all its imperfection and vulnerabilities...
2009/07/25
Good music from gourgeous days
Thanks to Patricia I rediscovered my love for Spanish/Argentinian band Los Rodriguez.Los Rodríguez was a rock band composed by two Spaniards and two Argentines, that played during the 90's.Their music is a fusion of different styles as flamenco, rumba, bolero, ranchera, milonga, funk, blues, and Rolling Stones-style rock.
2009/07/23
2009/07/21
Bambi & Stella
Stella McCartney's latest ad campaign!
Bringing ethical awareness is always fashionable, Go stella!
2009/07/19
Los Viajes Del Viento - The Wind Journeys
Magnificent Colombian film in what it is our own musical genre and cultural identity: Vallenato!
A fox on taming
"My life's very monotonous," he said.
"I hunt chickens; men hunt me.
All chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike.
And in consequence, I am a little bored.
But if you tame me, it'll be as if the sun came to shine on my life.
I shall know the sound of a step that'll be different from all the others.
Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground.
Yours will call me, like music out of my burrow.
And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder?
I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me.
The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad.
But you have hair that is the color of gold.
Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me!
The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you.
And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat..."
2009/07/14
2009/07/08
2009/07/05
Ahh humans!
This site is both a display of demented humanity and hilarious specimens.
crappytaxidermy.com
lick my mind
"I was shooting stills of models with long tongues swirling and sucking bakery products from under a pane of glass. I wanted to make enamel paintings along the idea of 'painting with my tongue'. My makeup artist shot some short videos during the shoot just to see how it would look. The low definition videos looked so good that we made plans to do a professional high definition video. This made sense to me as I have made both billboards and produced a commercial advertising a painting show in 1989."
- Marilyn Minter
Pacific UV
Beautiful and haunting sounds to work by.
Listen here
“As the soundtrack to a moon landing, the reference posts — from Ride to Spiritualized — are secure for the group’s interstellar sound, as the atmosphere is thicker, the guitars more towering and the catharis more rewarding than seems likely on Planet Earth.” - SPIN
2009/07/03
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2009/06/14
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2009/05/28
Vintage Collector
Beautiful images from beginning of the 20th century, one of those gems you can find when browsing flickr.
Coppola newest work
It looks fresh, a different approach to his films. I personally love the image composition, contrast of dark blacks and super bright light whites...and the splashes of color; very clean and purposeful.
2009/05/26
Music at the side of Lynch
Great compilation!
If you like haunting inspiring music, the one that tickles your brain and touches your soul this is a good one:
"It turns out Dark Night Of The Soul is an album and the songs were written by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse (Mark Linkous), though the myriad singers featured on each track also had a big hand in composing and producing the work. The album was initially going to be packaged with a book of photos taken by David Lynch. But now there's word that the music may never be officially released at all.
An unnamed spokesperson for Danger Mouse says that "due to an ongoing dispute with EMI" the book of photographs will "now come with a blank, recordable CD-R. All copies will be clearly labeled: 'For legal reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will.'" While offering no specifics, EMI has acknowledged the legal dispute with Danger Mouse and released a statement saying, "Danger Mouse is a brilliant, talented artist for whom we have enormous respect. We continue to make every effort to resolve this situation and we are talking to Brian Burton (Danger Mouse) directly. Meanwhile, we need to reserve our rights."
You can order the book, sans music, from the official Dark Night Of The Soul Web site. In the meantime, you can hear the entire album here on NPR Music as an Exclusive First Listen.
I've listened to the record all the way through at least a dozen times, and can confirm that Dark Night of the Soul delivers in every way you'd hope for. It's beautiful but haunting, surreal and dark, but sometimes comical and affecting, with ear-popping, multilayered production work. It just gets more mesmerizing with every listen.
In addition to Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse (Mark Linkous), other artists appearing on Dark Night of the Soul include James Mercer of The Shins, The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, Frank Black of the Pixies, Iggy Pop, Nina Persson of The Cardigans, Suzanne Vega, Vic Chesnutt, David Lynch, and Scott Spillane of Neutral Milk Hotel and The Gerbils."
2009/04/19
2009/03/14
2009/03/10
Koolhaas/Prada transformer
"SEOUL--Prada and OMA/Rem Koolhaas are preparing to unveil their much-anticipated Transformer project next month on the grounds of an imperial palace, where rulers during Korea’s Joseon dynasty used to meet foreign diplomats.Tomaso Galli, Prada's head of communications, officiated a press conference Tuesday to outline the details of the collaboration. Miuccia Prada and Koolhaas are both planning to attend the April inauguration of the steel tetrahedron-shaped structure, which true to its name can morph its shape.
The Transformer's five-month life cycle will kick off in April 25 with a reprise of Prada's "Waist Down- Skirts by Miuccia Prada" exhibition including some added looks from emerging Korean fashion students. In June, the structure will screen a series of films selected by Oscar nominated director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu of Babel fame. The program, entitled "Flesh, Mind and Soul", will be co-curated by film critic Elvis Mitchell and will span "multiple genres, countries and decades of filmmaking," the company said in a release.
The Transformer will also host an exhibition of the Prada Foundation's artworks entitled "Beyond Control" but dates have not yet been established. Additional events for the space are under consideration, Galli said.
All of the events are free to the public.
The building's structure is composed of hexagon, cross, rectangle and circle-shaped components made of an elastic-coated steel, allowing them to be moved to accommodate the different events. The structure is currently under construction on the grounds of the 16th-century Gyeonghui Palace. Prada is not disclosing the cost of its project, 18 months in the making, except to specify that it is providing up to 80 percent of the financing while its partners LG Electronics, Hyundai Motor Co. and Red Resources Inc. are providing the rest of the money.
Unlike Chanel's traveling Mobile Art exhibition, which the French house famously canceled last year mid-itinerary, the Transformer will stay in Seoul for the duration of its run- although Galli added that Prada has already received one offer from a party interested in buying the structure and Prada may eventually bring the Transformer back to Milan to round out its arts collection.
Seoul was chosen as home of the project because of the "passion and enthusiasm" Prada’s local staff and the Seoul metropolitan government had for the concept, Galli said. The city has an understanding of contemporary art, boasts an influential entertainment industry and has an abiding interest in architecture and fashion, he added.
The project has raised eyebrows in Seoul. The Korean peninsula has suffered numerous invasions throughout the centuries and half a century ago almost all of Seoul was destroyed as communist and United Nations’ armies fought to capture the city. As a result, its few ancient buildings have been restored and Seoul is inordinately sensitive to preserving its architectural relics. But at the conference, Galli stressed that Prada will foot the bill for the palace grounds to be completely restored to their original state."
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