For me, one of the first truly inspiring shows – fresh-feeling, but old-fashioned; relevant, but sweetly anachronistic; and nothing trop de tout – of the season. Surprised it's Marni? Of course not!
Marni Fall 2011 [click to enlarge]via style.com
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Ciao, Bella!
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For me, one of the first truly inspiring shows – fresh-feeling, but old-fashioned; relevant, but sweetly anachronistic; and nothing trop de tout – of the season. Surprised it's Marni? Of course not!
Marni Fall 2011 [click to enlarge]
via style.com
For me, one of the first truly inspiring shows – fresh-feeling, but old-fashioned; relevant, but sweetly anachronistic; and nothing trop de tout – of the season. Surprised it's Marni? Of course not!
Marni Fall 2011 [click to enlarge]via style.com
Yellow Pages
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This week Abe Books' rare book room pulls together a collection of books produced by visionary publisher Victor Gollancz. Here's what they have to say about him:
This week Abe Books' rare book room pulls together a collection of books produced by visionary publisher Victor Gollancz. Here's what they have to say about him:Gollancz (1893-1967) studied the classics at Oxford University and during World War I began his life in publishing when he joined Ernest Benn’s firm … recruiting writers [such as] Edith Nesbit and H. G. Wells. In 1927, he set up his own publishing house and his career took off. [Among others,] he signed George Orwell, Ford Madox FordDaphne Du Maurier.
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Gollancz was ahead of this time. He placed full-page adverts for his books in newspapers (very rare for this period) and his designers established a recognizable style featuring powerful typography and yellow dust jackets. Gollancz was creating ‘branding’ 50 years before marketers embraced the buzzword.
In 1936, Gollancz was a co-founder of the Left Book Club with the intention of halting the growth of Fascism in Europe and promoting socialism. Every month, Gollancz recommended a left-leaning book and members received the book for a discounted price of two shillings and six pence. The first selection was France Today and the People's Front by Maurice Thorez, a French Communist. The Left Book Club had 45,000 members within 12 months and hundreds of local groups met and debated the books up and down Britain.
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The publisher was knighted in 1965.
I cut out a lot, but the point, to make a long story short, is that Victor Gollancz was quite an interesting dude. Visit abebooks.com to learn more about him and browse.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Image of the Day
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Tara Donovan, Drawing (Pins), 2010 (72" x 72")
Tara Donovan, Drawing (Pins), 2010 (detail)
Donovan's show by the same name is up now through March 19 at The Pace Gallery in NYC. From the gallery's press release:
Tara Donovan, Drawing (Pins), 2010 (72" x 72")
Tara Donovan, Drawing (Pins), 2010 (detail)For the first time, Donovan determines a composition prior to the work’s creation and brings it into realization through mark-making within the self-defined parameters of a traditional picture plane. The optical effect—a visual field with shifting viewpoints—is central, underlining and expanding upon a concept that has defined much of the artist’s installation and sculptural work.
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In [Jonathan T.D.] Neil’s catalogue essay [Neil] relates Donovan’s new work to psychologist James J. Gibson’s mid-twentieth century theories on the “ecological approach” to the study of vision. . . . Donovan’s new drawings, Neil proposes, reposition perceptual experience (both literally and figuratively) at the forefront of visual concern in the digital era[:] . . . “we could say that nature is still at stake in these works[;] it is the nature of human perceptual experience, an experience that is undergoing a massive reshaping at present, all at the hands, or rather through the inhuman eye, of a screen.”
(Monday Morning Weather Report)
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[+] More snow than I've seen in the Olympics since we've lived here.
(This is actually from Friday morning but I'm pretty sure the mountains are still there.)
[+] More snow than I've seen in the Olympics since we've lived here.(This is actually from Friday morning but I'm pretty sure the mountains are still there.)
Friday, February 25, 2011
Both Sides Now
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The excellent new issue of Aperture, with a cover image by Collier Schorr (Lisanne and Aleks, 2009). Vince Aletti wrote the cover story.
Click here for info.
The excellent new issue of Aperture, with a cover image by Collier Schorr (Lisanne and Aleks, 2009). Vince Aletti wrote the cover story.
Click here for info.Image of the Day
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Pablo Pijnappel: still from Fontenay-aux-Roses, 2010 (Slide projector, 79 b/w slides, sound), from his exhibition opening tomorrow at Ambach & Rice, with a reception from 7–9PM.
Also in my inbox this morning: bummer news (for Seattle) that Ambach & Rice is moving to LA this Summer.
Pablo Pijnappel: still from Fontenay-aux-Roses, 2010 (Slide projector, 79 b/w slides, sound), from his exhibition opening tomorrow at Ambach & Rice, with a reception from 7–9PM.Also in my inbox this morning: bummer news (for Seattle) that Ambach & Rice is moving to LA this Summer.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Best Foot Forward
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Red Wing Work Boots Style #8131 (also available in Style #877, the 8" height) from Blackbird and other fine retailers. This might be kind of an obvious pick but that doesn't take away from the fact that they're great boots. Hey, like Lloyd Cole said, "the reason it's a cliché is because it's true."
Plus, I wanted to post this video:
Red Wing Work Boots Style #8131 (also available in Style #877, the 8" height) from Blackbird and other fine retailers. This might be kind of an obvious pick but that doesn't take away from the fact that they're great boots. Hey, like Lloyd Cole said, "the reason it's a cliché is because it's true." Plus, I wanted to post this video:
Best Foot Forward Too
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Alright alright, here's one for the ladies. (Though I think ladies can wear Red Wings too.)
Songzio black strap sandal, $498 from Oak.
Rock 'em with shorts, jeans, A-line skirt, sheath dress, whatever you like... on the deck at Captain Blacks when it stops snowing.
Alright alright, here's one for the ladies. (Though I think ladies can wear Red Wings too.)
Songzio black strap sandal, $498 from Oak. 
Rock 'em with shorts, jeans, A-line skirt, sheath dress, whatever you like... on the deck at Captain Blacks when it stops snowing.Bursting at the Seams
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Francesca Woodman: Untitled, Rome, Italy, 1977-1978 © The Estate of Francesca Woodman, Courtesy George and Betty Woodman and Victoria Miro Gallery
I've posted before about the photographer Francesca Woodman, and about The Woodmans, a recent documentary film on her short but immensely full life, and how it has affected her family – and I wanted to mention that the film is coming to Northwest Film Forum this weekend.
Francesca Woodman: Untitled, Rome, Italy, 1977-1978 © The Estate of Francesca Woodman, Courtesy George and Betty Woodman and Victoria Miro GalleryI've posted before about the photographer Francesca Woodman, and about The Woodmans, a recent documentary film on her short but immensely full life, and how it has affected her family – and I wanted to mention that the film is coming to Northwest Film Forum this weekend.
Ancient Artifact
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I've been a little under the weather, and also I'm extremely old, but I'm tempted to go see Artifacts tonight. The only other time I saw them was for a very memorable show at Rocksteady Park in the Summer of 1994, when the group had first broken out with its first (and biggest) cuts "C'mon wit da Get Down" and "Wrong Side of the Tracks." Here are a couple lesser-known favorites from Tame One and El Da Sensei:
Artifacts "Who I Am" (prod. EZ LPEE) – non-album B-side from the "Dynamite Soul" 12-inch (1995, Big Beat)
Tame One "Slick Talking" (prod. J-Zone) from When Rappers Attack (2003, Eastern Conference)
Anyway – I estimate my chance of attendance at around 49.8%, but if anyone's up for a hip-hop show in Seattle tonight, Artifacts get my full (and I'm sure much appreciated) endorsement.
I've been a little under the weather, and also I'm extremely old, but I'm tempted to go see Artifacts tonight. The only other time I saw them was for a very memorable show at Rocksteady Park in the Summer of 1994, when the group had first broken out with its first (and biggest) cuts "C'mon wit da Get Down" and "Wrong Side of the Tracks." Here are a couple lesser-known favorites from Tame One and El Da Sensei:Artifacts "Who I Am" (prod. EZ LPEE) – non-album B-side from the "Dynamite Soul" 12-inch (1995, Big Beat)
Tame One "Slick Talking" (prod. J-Zone) from When Rappers Attack (2003, Eastern Conference)
Anyway – I estimate my chance of attendance at around 49.8%, but if anyone's up for a hip-hop show in Seattle tonight, Artifacts get my full (and I'm sure much appreciated) endorsement.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The Brooklyn Bridge
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Clips from Founding Fathers, a documentary by Ron Lawrence and Hassan Pore – screening tomorrow night as part of the 2nd annual Ego Trip Film Series in New York.
Founding Fathers is particularly noteworthy because it refutes the conventional assertion that hip-hop started in the Bronx. A panel discussion follows the screening, with Hassan Pore, Fab 5 Freddy, The Disco Twins, DJ Lance, and DJ Divine of Infinity Machine. Click here for info.
Clips from Founding Fathers, a documentary by Ron Lawrence and Hassan Pore – screening tomorrow night as part of the 2nd annual Ego Trip Film Series in New York.
Founding Fathers is particularly noteworthy because it refutes the conventional assertion that hip-hop started in the Bronx. A panel discussion follows the screening, with Hassan Pore, Fab 5 Freddy, The Disco Twins, DJ Lance, and DJ Divine of Infinity Machine. Click here for info.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Theory and Practice
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Theyskens' Theory, Fall 2011 [click to enlarge].
Low-key, affordable Rochas!
Rochas, Olivier Theyskens, directed by Xavier Cariou and Damien Beneteau (fka Les Cyclopes). 2006 CFDA Fashion Awards.
Theyskens' Theory, Fall 2011 [click to enlarge].Low-key, affordable Rochas!
Rochas, Olivier Theyskens, directed by Xavier Cariou and Damien Beneteau (fka Les Cyclopes). 2006 CFDA Fashion Awards.
Image of the Day
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Everest Team, 1924. From the book Last Climb: The Legendary Everest Expeditions of George Mallory by David Breashears and Audrey Salkeld.
(via AnOther)
Everest Team, 1924. From the book Last Climb: The Legendary Everest Expeditions of George Mallory by David Breashears and Audrey Salkeld.(via AnOther)
Monday, February 21, 2011
It's About an Idea
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The Central Saint Martins show reliably provided some interesting ones.
[click to enlarge]
William Hendry; Viktor Smedinge
Bethan Silverwood
Charlotte Smith
Jamie Cockerill
Helen Bullock
The Central Saint Martins show reliably provided some interesting ones.
[click to enlarge]
William Hendry; Viktor Smedinge
Bethan Silverwood
Charlotte Smith
Jamie Cockerill
Helen Bullock
Image of the Day
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In honor of London Fashion Week – iconic British model Jean Shrimpton, 1963, by photographer Bert Stern – from his current solo show at Staley + Wise Gallery. Click here for more images and info.
In honor of London Fashion Week – iconic British model Jean Shrimpton, 1963, by photographer Bert Stern – from his current solo show at Staley + Wise Gallery. Click here for more images and info.If I Want It, I Need It
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For a recent Design Matters podcast, Debbie Milman interviewed Rob Walker, who wrote the "Consumed" column in The New York Times Magazine for six years, and is the author of Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are. Walker's goal is not to condemn, but to analyze the infinitely interesting ideas behind why people want what they want.
For a recent Design Matters podcast, Debbie Milman interviewed Rob Walker, who wrote the "Consumed" column in The New York Times Magazine for six years, and is the author of Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are. Walker's goal is not to condemn, but to analyze the infinitely interesting ideas behind why people want what they want."I think the idea of humans wanting more, I mean, it's the nature of us: get as much as you can and stockpile it, and consume as much as you can now because you don't know what's going to happen next.... If I could have a billion dollars to run my own brand campaign the one I would be interested in is 'Things You Already Own: Enjoy them today. Hey, look at what you have and enjoy it.' I would love to hire the brightest, sexiest minds in branding to help me spread the message of: be happy for what you have. That countervailing message doesn't exist anywhere."Click here to listen to the interview, and check out Rob Walker's blog, murketing.com, for more.
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